hy Bro. Sir John Smith P.P.S.G.W., and from this it appeared THE OLD MASONIANS , that a considerable sum had been spent in renovating the premises both inside and outside. It was proposed very shortly was with considerable gratification we perused the current IT to carpet the lower hall. number (No. 4, for November) of the " Old Masonians' Bro. Percy Wallis P.P.S.G.W. presented the report of the Charity Committee " as its pages afford ample evidence of an increased , which stated that during the year the sum Gazette, of £1,642 had been contributed by the Province towards the interest in the work of the Institution on the part of those who, funds of the Boys School—the annual function of which was in years gone by, have been the recipients of its bounty. We presided over by their Provincial Master, at Brighton. time when complaint was made of the lack of Bro. J. B. Coulson presented the report of the Audit remember the Committee. concern—almost general indifference—on the part of the There were two nominations for the position of Treasurer—• scholars who left the School , as to what was being done for Bro. J. B. Russell P.M. Hartington Lodge, proposed by Bro. W. those who succeeded them in after years ; while others again were H. Marsden, and seconded by Bro. Percy Wallis ; and Bro. E. Thornley P.M. Peveril of the Peak Lodge, proposed by Bro. S. accused, and with very good reason as we are personally aware, Taylor, and seconded by Bro. J. Whitehead. Bro. Russell was of being actually ashamed to give the Royal Masonic Institution elected to fill the position. for Boys—and the same has also been said in regard to the .The Masonic Hall Committee of Management and the representatives upon the Charity Committee were re-elected, Sister Institution—credit for the help it rendered in the and the Deputy P.G.M. then appointed and invested the Officers pupil's hour of need. There is, as we have already said , a as follow :— change in the present day, and we propose to devote a further Bro. Sir 'Thomas Roe - Senior Warden C. J. Jackson - Junior Warden portion of our space to the subject at an early opportunity ; Rev. Jas. Given - - „, , . - - I Chaplains meantime any of our readers interested in the subject should Rev. S. 0. Haywood - - - j J. E. Russell - - - Treasurer send to Mr. G. C. Willett, Secretary of the " Old Masonians," at W. W. Heywood - - - - Registrar 's Hotel, for a copy of the Gazette." W. Naylor ----- Secretary Anderton " C. F. Wardley ....Senior Deacon J. Hindle .....Junior Deacon R. Hall .....Superintendent of Works W. Hart ----- Director of Ceremonies W. H. Smedley ....Assistant Dir. of Cers. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Booth Waddington - - - Sword Bearer W. Campbell - - - - I „,. -, ¦, ,, the annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge, held »tandard Bearers AT S. J. Parkhill - - - - / at Cambridge, on Monday, 23rd inst., Bro. Colonel R. A. Day .....Organist Townley Caldwell Prov. Grand Master appointed and invested J. Cutting --- -- Assistant Secretary the following Officers for the ensuing year : W. Gaskell - - - . Pursuivant J. Stuart - Assistant Pursuivant Bro. H. C. Knott 859 - - - - Senior Warden F. E. Leech - . W. W. Rouse Ball 1492 - - - Junior Warden - - ' L. H. Bryson - - . - I Rev. G. B. Finch 859 - - - I n, , . W. J. Piper - . ... Rev. H. T. E. Barlow 859 - - - chaPIains J E. Leech L Stewards T. Watts 441 Treasurer L. H. Gandy - .. - T. Hunnybun 88 - - - - Registrar A. W. Allen - . - . Oliver Papworth 88 Secretary S. B. Smith . . P. H. Young 441 ....Senior Deacon - ' A. Slinn .....Tyler T. B. Hope 859 - Junior Deacon W. J. Drinkwatev - E. B. Bellairs 809 - - - - Superintendent of Works Assistant Tyler. F. Dewberry 441 - Director of Ceremonies After this Past Provincial Grand rank was conferred on C. H. French 492 - - - - Deputy Dir. of Cers/J W. J. Fernie 859 - - - - Sword Bearer three members in commemoration of the 21st installation of A. . W. Aldrich 2107 - - , - Organist H.R.H. the Prince of Wales as Grand Master, viz., Bros. E. C. John Bester 88 - - - - Pursuivant Milhgan (Phcenix Lodge of St. Anne's), T. N. Turner (Mundy F. J. Moden 88 - - - - \ Grove), and James Gutting L. Hosegood 441 - (Tyrian). W. Gilling 809 ... , Before the Lodge closed Bro. W. H. Marsden P.P.S.G.W - - - i Stewards. P.G.S.B. F. C. Begg 859 - - - f England referred to the work which was being carried W. B. Pike 859 - out in connection with the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys. J. W. Carr 2107 - / He mentioned that an important estate had been purchased at A Charity jewel was presented to Bro. H. Briggs 859, and Charity Bushey, and that the Board were committed to the removal of Jewel clasps to Bros. Oliver Papworth 88 and B. H. Sharman 441. the Institution. The price charged was something like £200 an —" Bast Anglian Daily Times." acre, and it was hoped to accommodate 500 children instead of 300 as at present. He proposed " That this P.G.L. begs to express its confidence in the governing body of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys, and its appoval of their policy." DERBYSHIRE This was seconded by Bro. B. Home, and carried unanimously. Before the conclusion of the Lodge the Deputy Provineial THE annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge was held Grand Master expressed pleasure that the affairs of the Province in the Masonic Hall , Derby, on Wednesday, the 25th , were proceeding on very satisfactory lines. Masonry in the when there was an attendance of upward s of 200 brethren. In Pioviuce had . shown a steady advance on the true principles and the absence of the Provincial Grand Master the Duke of Devon- foundations of the Craft, and they must feel very grateful and shire the proceedings were presided over by his Deputy Bro. thankful in hearing the reports of the various Lodges. The H. C. Okeover. great Masonic Charities, too, had been well supported, and the The annual written reports of the Worshipful Masters of only regret he felt that day was that the Provincial Master was Lodges were read , and they all showed the position of the unable to be p- esent. Province to be in an eminently satisfactory condition. A banquet followed , when the usual Masonic toast list was The report of the Masonic Hall Committee was presented gone through.— " Nottingham Guardian," The Brethren met in the first instance at the Lodge rooms NORTHUMBERLAND (the Bowling Green Hotel), where the dispensation was read, held alter which a procession was formed to the church , where a THE annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge was in the Assembly Room, Alnwick, on Tuesday, 24th inst., short service was conducted by Bro. Rev. John Kelty I.P.M. when there was a very large attendance. In the unavoidable P.P.G.Cuaplain. A collection was made at the close of this absence of the Right Hon, the Provincial Grand Master Sir service, on behalf of the bazaar fund , the sum realised being Matthew White Ridley, Bart., M-P-. the chair was taken by the £5 10s lOd. The procession then re-formed, and proceeded to the Deputv, Alderman Richard Holmes P.G.D. of England. schoolroom, where the bazaar was being held. Bro. Kelty then The Provincial Grand Lodge having been opened in form , took the chair, beiug supported by the following, viz., Bros. J. J. Meakin P.M. 992 P.P.G.W., the acting Master announced the receipt of a letter and telegram Joseph Leach P.M. 300 and 1774 from Sir Matthew White Ridley , who, he was sorry to say, was P.P.G.T., John Wrigley P.M. 2i0 P.P.G.T., Dr. Thomas D. unable to be with them. The telegram read from the Prov.G.M. Foreman P.M. 210 P.P.S.G.D., P. Wills P.M. 300 P.P.G.A.D.C , was as follows :— William Bee P.M. 1459 P.P.G.A.D.C , Ernest Moss P.M. 268 P.P.G.Sd.Br., Thomas Milton P.M. 210 P.P.G.Std.Br., James " Hearty greetin g to Provincial Grand Lodge, and sincere regrets. I cannot leave London. Express my profound disappointment. Glennie P.M. 1774 P.P.G.Std.Br., James Bromley P.M. 268 Ridley." P.P.G.Std.Br., J. W. Hully P.M. 268 P.P.G.S., James E. Smith The various reports were given and the roll of Lodges was P.M. 210 P.P.G.S., Edwin Walker P.M. 210 P.P.G.S., William called. Thornley P.M. P.P.G.S., Wm. Henry Beastow P.M. 1459 The appointment and investiture of three Officers to P.P.G.S., Geo. W. Davies P.M. 1459 , aud others whose names commemorate the twenty-first anniversary of the installation of are too numerous to mention. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales as Grand Master, took place as The Rev. Chairman said he rose that afternoon because follows :—Bros. George A. Allan, Tyne Lodge, as P.P.G.S.W. ; their Worshipful Master (Bro. Grundy) was not able to be Thomas J. Armstrong, Newcastle, as P.P.G.S.W., and William present. The position was not of his choice or seeking, but on Dorman , Northern Counties Lodge, Newcastle, as P.P.G.S.D. account of the office be held in the Lodge he felt bound to take The following were appointed and invested as the Provincial charge of matters when the W.M. was unable to be present. Grand Officers for the ensuing year :— His duty that afternoon was to introduce a gentleman who had Bro. Dr. Alex. J. Main - Senior Warden come to open the bazaar in the absence of Bro. Lord Stanley. Henry A. Peters ....Junior Warden The latter had, in his correspondence with him, definitely Rev. Arthur Llewelyn Curry - - Chaplain promised to be present on the third day of the bazaar, but they Ralph Carr (re-elected) - - - Treasurer would all know that his lordshi ' Thomas O. Robson - - - Registrar p was one of the Parliamentary F. H. Corder, B.A. (re-appointed) - - Secretary Whips, and members of the House of Commons did not have a W. Spicer ----- Senior Deacon very long holiday. He found that he was obliged to take his Isaac Black ....Junior Deacon wife away, she not being m good health, in order that they John Tweedy ....Superintendent of Works mi ht have a decent holiday before Parliament re-assembled J. Straker Wilson (re-appointed) - - Director of Ceremonies g in Frank Palmer - Assistant Dir. of Ceres. January next, and so he asked them to excuse him on that Vincent D. Raven ...- Sword Bearer account. They had secured in his place o»e who had been John A. A. Armstrong - - - 1 Sfi „ , , T,OOLMrB identified with a good many movements similar to that in which Charlton - - - - J they were then engaged, movements which tended to the R. W. Cummings - - - - Assistant Secretary C. H. Sherlock ....Organist amelioration of the condition of the poorer classes, and to the Thomas Appleby ....Pursuivant advancement of educational and religious works. He had Edward Purvis ....Assistant Pursuivant pleasure in their name in calling upon Bro. Meakin to open the Joshua Curry ....Tyler. bazaar. Bro. Aid. R. H. Holmes Acting P.G.M., addressing the Bro. Alderman Meakin, who was loudly applauded, Lodge, made a fitting reference to the unavoidable absence of the expressed his thanks for the very kind way in which Bro. Kelty Provincial Grand Master, through the discharge of the duties of had introduced him to the friends at Christ Church. He some- his high office which detained him in London. He was sure they times thought if people did not leave home they would be quite all regretted his absence very much. He knew how deeply oblivious to the many virtues they possessed. They might not all the Brethren of the Province svmpaihised with their Prov. all belon g to the same Lodge, or the same Order ; they mignt Grand Master and Lady Ridley in the lamented death of Miss not belong to the same church, but they were all Brethren, he Ridley during the past year. He had on behalf of the Provincial took it, in that assembly, and w ere there for one purpose—they Grand Master to express to them all the sincere thanks of Lady were met to give their little assistance to fche cause of education , Ridley and himself for the sympathy of the Brethren of the He ought to say, before they gob to that, how deeply they Lodges of the Province extended to them at the trying time of regretted that their illustrious Brother was not there that their great bereavement. The Lodges in the Province had sent afternoon to fulfil the engagement he promised. But as Bro. their condolences, and the Newcastle and down-river Lodges, the Kelty had told them , he way away because of the ill-health of Carville, and at Tynemouth , had sent an address of condolence Lady Stanley, and while they deeply regretted he was not there, signed by the Masters of the several Lod ges. For all of these, they more deeply regretted the cause. He was sure he expressed their esteemed P.G.M. and Lady Ridley desired to thank them. their sentiment and desire when he said he hoped Lady Stanley It needed no words of his to express the deep attachment of the would speedily recover to perfect health. When Bro. Kelty Brethren to Sir Matthew and Lad y Ridley and their family. asked him to come and occupy that position , he asked himself During the past year they had also lost by death, among other why they had invited the Masonic Order to take part in a Brethren , Bro. Thomas Anderson , for many years Treasurer of Bazaar, and he came to the conclusion that they had an idea the Province, and Bro. Farraday Spence, a Past Provincial Grand that Freemasons had some sympathy with education. Whilst Senior Warden. It was a source of satisfaction to them all that their Masonic ceremonial was shrouded in a veil of mystery, the Masonry in the Province was in a flourishing state, which he outside world knew that among the foremost planks of their hoped would long continue. He mentioned that their next Order were education, integrity, piety, and virtue, and, he might annual meeting would be held under the banner of St. Peter's say, anything and everything that tended to the amelioration of Lodge, No. 481, Newcastle. the condition of the people. In their Order, extending as it did The arrangements for the Provincial Grand Lodge meeting over every part of the globe, they had amongst them men of were very efficientl y made by the W.M. Bro. James Phillips and wealth and influence, including the Prince of Wales ; and there Officers of the Alnwick Lodge, No. 1167. — " Newcastle Journal." were also some who had not been successful in their fi ght for the riches of this world. It was on behalf of the children of these unfortunate Brethren that the institutions to which he had referred had been inaugurated, and were kept up. So far as their schools were concerned, he thought they were within BAZAAR AT DENTON , measurable distance of the time when they would receive a fairer GRAND bazaar has recently been held in connection with and more proper share of the help which had been given to other A Christ Church Schools, Denton , theT proceedings lasting denominations. The principle had now been universally several days, and the handsome sum of £606 ls 4d being accepted that the schools in which religious education was realised. Upon the third day, members of the Masonic taught should have at least as much help as those schools Fraternity were full y in evidence, probabl y on account of the wherein religious education was not taught. Whether that help announcement that the opening ceremony would be performed came from State or rate aid was a mere matter of detail, and by Bro. the Ri teht Hon. Loi d Stanley, M.P., P.P.S.G.W. In would be settled by their legislators ; but that they would have the unavoidable absence of his loidslup, however, tbe duty was it was an accomplished fact. He expressed a hope that the undertaken by Bro. Alderman J. J. Mtakin P.M. P.P.G.W., efforts now being made by the people of Christ Church would and was witnessed by a large concourse of Freemasons, the exceed their most sanguine expectations, and that the money Duke of Athol Lodge, No. 210, under whose auspices tbe obtained would enable them to give their scholars a sound function was promoted , being especially w ell represented. practical education, and also, as he had no doubt they would, inculcate in their minds the principles of true religion , so that it did not shake the faith of the Brethren in the Order of the Rosy Cross. when they grew to be men aud women they would have an Indeed, their faith in this impostor had been worthy of a better cause. In education which would enable them to grapple with the order to attract disciples Schrepfer from the first represented that he had difficulties of life in the various spheres in which they were been entrusted with a special mission and special powers to re-establish in placed. The earnest hope of every man and woman , and of Germany the ancient Order of the Templars. He represented that upon the every Freemason , was that as they grew up, they might become dispersal of the Templars, a certain number took refuge in Aberdeen, in living examples of piety and virtue. Bro. Meakin then declared Scotland, with records and books of ritual of the Order, which had been the bazaar open. hidden in some secret caves in the neighbourhood of Old Aberdeen, and th»t The Rector (Rev. R. T. Blackledge) proposed a vote oi there had been a succession of Priors and members of the Order ever rince. thanks to Alderman Meakin , and also thanked his Rev. friend When , after tho suicide of Schrepfer, some of the members sent an inquiry Bro. Kelty for his services of that day, further adding that he to the Rosicrncian Lodge actually established at Aberdeen , the Master said was - grateful for the kind assistance whieh the members of the that nobody in that region had ever heard of any Order of Templars, or of Masonic Lodges had rendered. documents or caves. The Rev. C Harpur, in seconding the vote of thanks, said Mr. Gould very sensibly remarks : that afternoon 's work had been unique so far as he was concerned . " We may well pause before giving our consent to the notion, however He had never seen a Masonic procession, witnessed a Masonic popular, that one mysterious and deathless body of men worked in silence service in the church, or seen a Masonic bod y open a bazaar until and darkness for the transmission of ancient fancies to generations yet that afternoon. The enterprise in which they were engaged was unborn " (Hist, of Freemasonry, iii, 71). a great one, and he had much pleasure in saying that the success, Another very remarkable case in connection with the Eosicrucians so far as they had gone, was greater than any of them expected . deserves to be recorded. A certain C. N. von Schroder, who held an exalted The first day's result was unprecedented , the second was good, position among the Freemasons at St. Petersburg, was sent by the Master of and he hoped that day would be still better. They wanted to his Lodge to Berlin to obtain from Wollner, a Bosicrucian, a phial of tha build up good schools, and they wanted the Masons to see that Elixir of Life which he professed to have prepared, in order to save the life the top stones were properly laid. of one of the Brethren named Schwarz. After considerable delay Schroder The Chairman , in responding, said he stood in that succeeded in obtaining a small phial of the elixir from Wollner, and posted position with somewhat mixed feelings. He was one of the back to St. Petersburg with it, but on his arrival there found that Sohwara Masons who helped to build that room. He had something to was dead. One of the members of the Lodge, however, who was a chemist, do with its planning, and he thought he watched, as carefully as thought he would try the effects of the elixir on some animals, and all those a curate of a parish could watch, the way in which the bricks to whom it was administered died immediately. On analysis it was found were put on, and tried to prevent the masons putting the bricks that the smallest dose of the elixir must be fatal to human life. on wrong side up as far as he could. He therefore felt that he Freemasonry has been extremely prolific in its development. Thus Mr. had probably more interest in that bazaar than most of his Gould mentions as some of the branches : " The Knights of the East," Brethren standing round him at that moment. He felt, some- founded 1756; " The Scots Philosophic Bite," 1766 ; " The Strict Obser- how , that he was in a way intertwined in its success or failure. vance," or " Scots Directories," 1774 ; " The Bite of Narbonne," 1780 ; " The If it was a success, a little of the credit was his ; if it was a failure, a Bite of Misraim," founded by the notorious Cagliostro ; " The Bite of good deal of the blame was his. However, he was told it had been a Memphis," &c. Mr. John Bobison , an eminent Freemason, writing in 1798, great success, aud so he thought he had grown at least two inches stated that it was within his own knowledge that the Grand Lodge oi since he received the information. When it was first mentioned England was in intimate connection with the leaders of the first French that they should come there and open that bazaar, every one of the Bevolution, and that he had seen letters from London urging the French Brethren jumped at it at once ; he thought it was because men Lodges to destroy the Catholic religion and to replace it by the worship of were always said to be vain—women never were—and they Beason. They also advocated secular education in the schools, the con- thought they would have an opportunity of displaying their fiscation of the property of the Church, the explusion of the religious Orders finery. He thought, after they had seen them in their regalia, etc. This is exactly the programme of the French Government, whioh has they would come to the conclusion that they were not at all a bad had for the past twenty years a majority of Freemasons in the different looking lot. But be that as it may, it had afforded them great Cabinets. In Italy the policy of the Craft has been the same as in France, pleasure in coming that day and assisting in the opening of the but its effects have been more disastrous to the Church in general, as they bazaar. He hoped not only the bazaar, but the work of Christ have been directed against the venerable Pontiff who holds the chair of throughout fche parish would go on and prosper, and that those St. Peter. who had assembled there would do all they could to strengthen It is now a matter of historic certainty, supported by the most undeniable the hands of those who had the work in hand. proofs, that the unification of Italy was effected by the Freemasons, headed Bro. Alderman Meakin said , in response, that they had in by Mazzini , Garibaldi, Crispi, and others. Cavour, who was a Mason—as Denton a splendid church, a splendid church organisation , was also Victor Emmauuel—was simply a tool of Mazzini, and was and they also had a splendid Masonic fraternity. The Masonic " removed " as soon as he had served the ends of the Craft. Mazzini has Order sometimes had to bear the sins it never committed . The declared in his letters that he only tolerated the Monarchy in order to Masonic Order, next to the church , was the finest order in prepare Italy for a Bepublic, and he declared to Crispi on one occasion that the land, and whatever they might say about individual members, he was to be " tbe gravedigger of the House of Savoy." let them please have a high and proper regard for the Order Enough has been said , however, to prove that Freemasonry imbued with itself. There was no order so high as the church , which Socinianism has been all through the bitter and implacable foe of must be placed in the van of all societies ; but they had black Christianity. This has been acknowledged over and over again by the leaders sheep in the church , and they might have black sheep in any of the Craft in public speeches, and it has been amply proved by their action order. N either the church nor the Masonic Order was wherever it has been in power. The following statement of a recent convert responsible for the individual actions of its members, and th > from Masonry amply bears out what has been said:—" Declaration of would bless the nei Order itself ghbourhood in which it was Salutore Avventore Zola, ex-Grand Master, ex-Grand Hierophant and properly conducted. , situated , if ex-Sovereign Grand Commander, founder of the Masonic Order in Egypt Upon returning to the Lodge room the Brethren partook and its dependencies." refreshments, which had been kindly provided for their of use. " I affirm that everything that Masonry pretends to be, it is not ; in all that is inserted of good in its laws and rituals there is not a single letter true. They are lies and nothing but shameless lies. Justice, humanity, philanthrophy, and charity do not exist, either in the temple of Masonry or FREEMASONRY. in the hearts of Masons. Truth does not exist in Freemasonry, and they do By Archibald T. Dunn, F.R.H.S., in the " Catholic Times." not know it. In the Masonic Order there reign as sovereigns, deception , fraud, and perfidy, disguised under the cloak of truth 2. THE FOE OF , to deceive honest CHRISTIANITY. men." (Continued from p. 244.) " I affirm in truth, that Freemasonry is a religious institution, having for its object to destroy all religions beginning with the Catholic religion in. \ \ T length, however, Sohrepfer displayed such boundless extravagance in his , , -£*- style of living that suspicions were aroused, and an audit of his accounts order to subsequently take their place, and to cause the human race to was ordered. It was found that he had been applying tbe money to his own return to primitive times, that is to say, to paganism." use, and -the next meeting of the Lodge was a stormy one, but Schrep fer In our next article we will examine the relations which exist between declined to attend it. A vote of censure was sent him. His answer was that the different Orders of Freemasonry in England with those of the continent of an injured, but forgiving man ; he invited all the Brothers of the Lodge to of Europe and America. a banquet at his house, and a seance, at which he said the spirits would (To be continued.) amply justify and explain all he had done. The dinner was sumptuous, and was attended by all the members. After dinner he proposed , in order to prepare their minds for the coming seance, that they should stroll through The Brethren of East and West Lancashire Provinces will the neighbouring wood. They did so, and, after a little space , Schrepfer be pleased to learn that Bro John Walton jun. P.M. Urmston stepped aside and blew out his brains. All this was very dramatic, but, it Lodge is now located at the Angel Hotel, which is a prominent might be thought, scarcely convincing or satisfactory. But, strange to sav, hostelry situate in the picturesque holiday town of Knutsford . UNITED GRAND LODGE , MARK GRAND LODGE. regular Quarterl THE following is the Agenda of Business to be transacted in THE y meeting of this Grand Lodge will be Grand Lodge, at the Quarterly Communication on held in Mark Masons' Hall, Great Queen Street, W.C, "Wednesday next, 2nd December, at six for seven p.m. : on Tuesday next, 1st December, at five for six p.m. The following is the Agenda of Business : BUSINESS. 1. The Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 2nd September 1. Bead and, if approved, confirm Minutes of Quarterly Communication• for confirmation. of 1st September 1896. 2. Nomination of a Grand Master for the ensuing year. 2. BEPOBT OF THE GENERAL BOARD. 3. Nomination of a Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year. 1ST DECEMBER 1896. 4. Appointment and Investment of a President of the Board of During the three months ending 30th September 1896 , there have been Benevolence. issued :—Mark Certificates, 179 ; total registered, 36,018. 5. Election of a Senior aud a Junior Vice-President of the Board of Eoyal Ark Mariner Certificates, 34 ; number registered , 5,030. Benevolence. His Boyal Highness the Grand Master has been graciously pleased to 6. Election of twelve Past Masters to serve on the Board of Benevolence re-appoint, for a further term of three years, B.W. Bro. Col. George S. Tudor for the year ensuing. as Provincial Grand Master for Staffordshire. 7. Beport of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter, in which are Warrant for a Lodge of Boyal Ark Mariners:— recommendations for the following Grants, viz. : — The Old York, to be attached to the Old York T.L, Bradford. h Cross Lodge, No. 754 London ... £75 0 0 A Brother of the Hig , The following letter has been received from the Dowager Countess of A Brother of the De Warren Lodge, No. 1302, Halifax ... 100 0 0 Limerick, in reply to the address of condolence on the death of M.W. Bro. The Widow of a Brother of the British Union Lodge, No. the Earl of Limerick Past Grand Master, forwarded to her by resolution of 114 , Ipswich ...... 100 0 0 last Grand Lodge :— A Brother of thc Lebanon Lodge, No. 1326, Feltham ... 100 0 0 DEAB SIB, The Widow of a Brother of the Lodge Brotherly Love, No. I beg to thank you very sincerely for the kind resolution of regret at 329, Yeovil 50 0 0 my husband's death, and condolence with myself and family, passed at the, And a Besolution of a vote of thanks to the President, V.W. Bro. Eobert last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge, and hope you will be good' Grey, for the courteous manner in which he has, during the past year, enough to express my warm thanks and appreciation of the feelings which presided over the Meetings of the Board. prompted it, at the next meeting. I am, dear Sir, yours trul 8. BEPOBT OF THE BOABD OF GENEBAL PURPOSES. y, ISA.BELI.E LIMEBICK . To the United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England. The Board have to report that the following Presentations have been The District Grand Secretary of South Africa having in the following made to the Library and Museum since the last meeting of Grand Lodge, all letter asked certain questions concerning the Status of Mark Masons under of which have been accepted with thanks i— the Grand Lodge of Scotland, the opinion of the Grand Secretary of Scotland was obtained , and after due deliberation the Grand Eegistrar TITLE OB OBJECT. Br WHOM PBESENTED. decided as follows : — Bobert Burns Commemoration Medal—William James Hughan P.G.D., &c. QUESTION OF DIST. G. OPINION OF GRAND DECISION OF THB The Great Pyramid—John Chapman P.P.G.D. Devon, &c. SEC OF SOUTH AFRICA. SECRETARY OF SCOTLAND. GRAND BEGISTBAB. The Descent of Symbolic Masonry, &c.— John Armitage P.M., &c. 1. A Scotch Mark 1. It is competent by 1. He having done the Jachin and Boaz, 1805—John Lane P.A.G.D.C , &c. Lodge has been opened all Lodges under the work in a Scotch Mark History of St. Michael's Lodge, No. 63, Dumfries—James Smith B. W.M., &c. under the Master Masons' Scottish Constitution to Lodge where it is legal, I Photograph of Bye-Laws of Prov. Grand Lodge of York, 1785—Michael C. Lodge. The Master of work the Mark as a do not see he has broken the Scotch Lodge is an section of the Fellow any . - Peck P.G.Std. Bearer, &c. obligation as an English Mark Mason, he Craft degree, the step to English Mark Mason, Boyal Alpha Lodge Members' Jewel of thc late Col. Shadwell H. Gierke— gave the degrees to Can- be conferred on Master Mrs. Shadwell H. Gierke, didates without being Masons . of the Scottish History of the Lodge of Honour, No. 526—Thomas J. Barnett P.P.G.W. duly installed in the Constitution. I could Staffordshire. chair of a Mark Lodge, not express an opinion Historical Sketch aud Centennial Medal of Washington Lodge, Massachusetts according to the Book of on the question of the —Herbert F. Morse W.M. Constitutions, he not Status of English par- having passed the chair tici Bye-Laws of Lambton Lodge, No. 789, 1825—Bobert Hudson P.G.Standard pant in the working Bearer, &o. of a Warden , nor was he of the Mark as referred installed by a P.W.M.M., to in your letter. Thoughts, Moral and Divine (Wollins Calcott) 1764—Thomas Francis has he not broken his P.P.G.W. Hants, &o. obligation of an English Back reports of Grand Lodge of Wisconsin—John W. Laflin Grand Secretary. Mark Mason by taking Old Masonic Oil Painting—George Everett P.G.Treasurer. part in this Lodge, he being a member of an The Board also submit a Statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts at the English Mark Lodge ? last meeting of the Finance Committee, held on Friday, the 13th day of November instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England (Law Courts 2. AW. M.of an English 2. At the date of re- 2. I do not see any- Branch) of £5,528 7s 9d, and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Mark Lodge took part in cognition of the English thing wrong in this ; the Cash £100, and for Servants' Wages £100. giving these degrees, he Mark Grand Lodge by Scotch acknowledge the (Signed) BICHABD LOVELAND LOVELAND. not being a Scotch Mark the Supreme Gr. B.A. English Mark, and vice President. or even been a Boyal Chapter of Scotland, the versa. Arch Mason of the then Gr. Master of Mark Freemasons' Hall, London, W.C , Constitution ? Masons, Lord Kintore, in 18th November 1896. answer to my question, APPEAL. assured the Sup. Gr. 9. By Bro. Edward H. Gibbon P.M. No. Chapter that Mark Ma- 2119 , Queensland, against the sons under the Scottish ruling of the District Grand Master that a motion was in order, and Craft Constitution would could be put to the Quarterly Communication, to excise from the get full recognition at the Minutes a resolution actuall ¦ y come to at the preceding meeting of hand of the English District Grand Lodge, although no notice of such motion had been given. Grand Mark Lodge, and under this assurance it NAMES OF BEETHBEN NOMINATED TO THE OFFICES OF has been the custom to SENIOB AND JUNIOB VICE-PBESIDENT OF THE admit Brethren of the English Mark at meet- BOABD OF BENEVOLENCE. ings of Craft Lodge giving Bro. David Dixon Mercer P.G.P. as Senior Vice-President. the Mark. Bro. Charles Alexander Cottebrune P.G.P. as Junior Vice-President. 3. Can a Mark Mason 3. I cannot answer. 3. Yes. And no others were nominated. made by this Lodge be NAMES OF PAST MASTEBS NOMINATED TO allowed to visit an Eng- SEBVE ON THE lish Mark Lodge ? BOABD OF BENEVOLENCE. Bro. George Graveley ... P.M. No. 898 4. Has a Scotch Master 4. Yes. Grand Lodge 4. This can only be Walter Martin ,, 879 of a Master Masons' of Scotland does not re- answered by the Grand George B. Langley ... ,, 2381 Lodge the right to give cognise Installation by a Secretary, Scotland. George B. Chapman ... ,, 27 the degrees without being Board of Installed Mark Charles Dairy „ 141 installed by a Board of Masters. The Master of William Fisher ... „ 634 Past Masters ? a Scottish Lodge holding James Bunker „ 1158 Lodges, if a Mark Mason William Vincent ... „ 1194 himself , may confer the Simon H. Goldschmidt „ 1329 Mark in any Craft Lodge; Bobert A. Gowan ... „ 2029 indeed any competent William Kipps „ 1275 Mark Mason may do so. Edward Nightingale ... „ 87 5. Can English Mark 5. Yes. When sitting 5, Yes. Aud no more than twelve were nominated. Masons visit this Lodge ? to confer the Mark. It therefore follows that the W. Master of a Scottish Lodge cannot be service the following congratulatory telegram was sent to the present at a Board of Installed Masters in the Mark Degree. Queen at Windsor Castle : The M.W. Pro Grand Master the Earl of Euston, and the R.W. Deputy " May it please your Majesty to accept the loyal and heartfelt congratu " Grand Master the Viscount Dungarvan, have presented to Grand Lodge a lations of the Vicar and Brother Masona assembled on the occasion of * beautiful gilt table on which the Consecrating Vessels are to be placed, and Special Masonio Service at St. Catherine's, Hatcham, to commemorate tha tbe Board would suggest that the best thanks of Grand Lodge are due to 60th year of an honoured and beneficent reign. Wishing your Majesty future these distinguished Brethren for this handsome gift. blessings. W. Bro. George Henry Parke P.G.Steward P.Prov.G.W. Lancashire and HOWARD G. H. TBUBCOTT. West Yorks. has offered for the acceptance of Grand Lodge a large portrait St. Catherine's Vicarage, Hatcham." of the Provincial Grand Master of Lancashire M.W. Bro. the Earl of The following reply was received later in the evening, Lathom, G.C.B., Past Grand Master, &c, &c, &c, whioh will be formally presented in Grand Lodge. addressed to the Vicar : W. Bro. Capt. George Hearn P.G.Steward P.Dist.G.W. Bombay has " The Queen thanks you and your Brother Masons for kind con- presented to Grand Lodge two magnificent trophies of Chinese spears, and gratulations." the Board suggest that the thanks of Grand Lodge are due for this valuable present. St. Paul's Church, Devonport , on Sunday, 15th inat., V.W. Bro. B. Loveland Loveland President of the General Board has AT collections were made in aid of tbe Boyal presented two trophies, consisting of Japanese Adzes, Tomahawks, and Albert Hospital. Ancient Knives, and the Board suggest that the thanks of Grand Lodge are In the afternoon the Freemasons of the three towns attended. due for this very handsome gift. In spite of the weather there was a big congregation, and the Owing to his departure to England with his regiment W. Bro. Major Brethren almost entirely rilled the centre of the church, says the Hamilton was unable to complete twelve months' service in the chair of the " Western Independent." Prayers were read by the Vicar, Rey. York Lodge, No. 483, meeting at Jubbulpore, Bombay, of which he was the A. J. Hamlyn and the Rev. B. Davies Curate. first Master. The Board, on the recommendation of the B.W. Dist.G.M. recommend Grand Lodge to confirm him in the rank and privileges of Past Master. FUND OF BENEVOLENCE. CRAFT MASONRY The Board have elected on the Educational Fund without a poll :— List of Lodges for which Warrants have been granted by the M.W. Grand George Darby, Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : Alfred Charles Coales. No. 2625.—The Guardian Lodge, London. The following cases have been relieved :— 2626.—The Leyton Lodge, London. Mrs. M. B., Lodges No. 48, 64, 66, £10. 2627.—The District Grand Stewards' Lodge of Canterbury, Chrisfcohuroh , New Zealand. Bro. G. C, Lodge No. 8, £15. 2628.—The Perseverance Lodge, Molteno, South Africa (E.D.) . Bro. J. M., Lodge No. 186 , £5. 2629.—The Killarney Lodge, Killarney, Queensland. Mrs. C. M., Lodge No. 172, £5. 2630.—The Tuthbury Castle Lodge, Hatton, Derbyshire. 2631. And the Board recommend to Grand Lodge :— —The Commercial Travellers' Lodge, Liverpool. 2632.—The Byfleld Lodge, London. £25 to Bro. S. K., No. 34. . 2633.—The Jubilee Lodge, Brisbane, Queensland. The R.W. Bro. Col. A. B. Cook Provincial Grand Master for Middlesex 2634—The Hopeful Lodge, Corinda, Queensland. has most kindly consented to preside at the twenty-ninth Annual Festival in aid of the Benevolent Fund, which will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Wednesday, Sth July 1897 , and tbe Grand Secretary will be happy to receive the names of Ladies and Brethren willing to act as Stewards. We are pleased to direct attention to the acceptance by (Signed), Bro. G. D. Mogford W.M. of the Bloomsbury Rifles Lodge' No. 2362, of the office of Secretary of the Westbourne Lod B. LOVELAND LOVELAND, President. ge of ' " FRANK RICHARDSON, Vice-President. Instruction, No. 733, which meets every Tuesday, at the Oliver 0. FITZGEBALD MATIEE, Grand Sec. Arms, Westbourne Terrace North, Harrow Road, W. 3. A Motion will be made that the Report bo taken as read. 4. A Motion will be made that the Eeport be received and entered on the Minutes. 5. Recommendation s arising out of the Report :— (a) That the thanks of Grand Lodge be given to the Pro Grand GAIETY RESTAURANT , Master and the Deputy Grand Master, for the gift of a table on which to place the Consecrating Vessels. iD (b) That tha thanks of Grand Lodge be given to Capt. Geo. Hearn STIR^ IIsr . for the gift of two trophies of Chinese Spears, (e) That the thanks of Grand Lodge be given to the President of the Board for the gift of Japanese Adzes, Tomahawks, and LUNCHEONS Ancient Knives. (HOT and COLD)—At Popular Prices, in BUFFET and (d) Fund of Benevolence—Grant recommended : £25 to Bro. S. K., Lodge St. Andrew, No. 34. RESTAURANT (on 1st floor). Also Chops, Steaks, Joints, 6. A Motion will be proposed that the Report be adopted. Entrees, &c, in the GRILL ROOM. 7. Nomination of the M.W. Grand Master for the ensuing year. 8. Nomination of Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year. (By Order) AFTERNOON TEA— 0. F. MATIEB P.G.W. Grand Secretary. Consisting of Tea or Coffee , Cut Bread and Butter, Jam, Cake, Pastry, ad lib, at 1/- per head ; served from 4 till 6 in CHURCH SERVICES. RESTAURANT (1st floor). EEEEMASONS gathered in goodly numbers, on Sunday evening, to the Masonic Service at St. Catherine's, Hatcbam, in commemoration of the Queen's long reign. Worship DINNERS IN RESTAURANT— commenced with the singing of the National Anthem. The sermon was preached by the Bev. J. Stephen Barrass, Bector of From 5-30 till 9 at Fixed Prices (3/6 and 5/-) and a la Carte. St. Michael Bassishaw, who has just seceded from the Anti- Gambling League owing to its recent attack upon the " sport of In this room the Viennese Band performs from 6 till 8. kings," says the " Daily Telegraph." Taking as his text the words " Love the Brotherhood ; fear God ; honour the King "— Smoking after 7-45. words pregnant with meaning to every Masonic Brother—the preacher dwelt at some length on the three great forces of religion , loyalty, and charity as essential to the human race. Speaking of our beloved Queen he said we rejoice in a monarch to whose AMERICAN BAR. beneficent rule the world's history offers no parallel. During the next few months many noble deeds would doubtless be done by THE GRILL ROOM a grateful nation to commemorate the truly great name of Victoria, but greater than anything that can be done is done already. The is open till 12-30. purity and sweetness of her character, the great charm of her humility and gentleness, the genuineness of her love and sympathy have made her beloved , not only in our own island home, but PEIVATE DINING EOOMS TOE LAESE AND SMALL PASTIES. among the hundreds of millions of her subjects in her distant colonies, dependencies, and the isles of the sea. Prior to the SPIERS AND POND, Ltd., Proprietors. THE CHEAP WINE HOU SE. THE Per tloz. Per doz. Bottles. Hiiir Kottles. 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St. Margaret's Offices, 55 Victoria Street , Westmi nste r , London , S.W. — Full particulars from — 100 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, LONDON , W. rtf\ IMPORTANT— Please not e that A. JUGLA'S I ]Al Trade mark is as under :— WEZ (Uyj GO^D >AZ } Eyesight Preserved, . j/ _ A, \^m j* ^^ ^ HERBERT R. WATTS , \ \\ALFRED JUGLA—(a candidate) . Consulting Optician, A well-known electioneering agent writes as follows :— "A. JUGLA heads the poll a long way as the best man in Loudon for per fectly fitting 43 Victoria Street , Westminster , S.W. genuine Kid Gloves, and my wife declares that bis black gloves are the only really black gloves to be had in London ; the others are black and white, or so badly dyed that they stain the hand like ink. The Eyes carefully examined and tested FREE OP CHARGE, and Suitable Glasses adapted with accurately fitted frames. HIGHLY FINISHED PERFECT FITTING SHIRTS Ready-made Spectacles and Eyeglasses - - - from 1/- made to measure or ready made. 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BOOKBINDING iu all its branches. Price list on application. Morgan WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED. Fleet Works, Bulwer Eoad, New Barnet, BEO. THOMAS FBISTE L will be pleased to entertain the J. BELCROIX & GO'S Brethren with his Dramatic and Humourous Becitals, and to supply artistes for Installation and other Banquets. CONCENTRATED PERFUMES 54 Maury Eoad , Stoke Newington. Banging from 1/- , 2/fl , 3/6, 5/-, to 10/6 per Bottle, Make choice, delightful, and acceptable presents, for Birthdays, Christmas, and New Year. Are always welcome, oan be sent carefully packed to any address, singly or in pairs, handsome out bottles, worthy to stand on any- The Cafe Royal, dressing table. The assortment ranges from :— WHITE ROSE. YANG YANG. JOCKEY OLUB. 68 Regent Street, W. LILY OF THE VALLEY. JASMINE. VIOLETTE DE PARMA. and over 100 others. This old establishment contains DISTILLERY, 72 HATTON GARDEN, LONDON, B.C. Superior Lodge Accommodation, VOICE PRODUCTION AND SINGING; with large Banquetting Rooms. NEW AND IMPORTANT WORK. Based on the true Italian method, by Prof. CELLIER. HIGH-CLASS CUISINE. Showing How to Breathe, Produce and Preserve the Voice ; also How to Phrase and Sing with Ease, Good Taste, and Effect. Absolutely THE FINEST CELLARS IN THE WORLD . invaluable to all vocalists. Highly recommended by eminent authorities. Post Free ls, from THE TEMPLE PUBLISHING COMPANY, " H.," TeUg aphic Address : Restaurant, London. Telephone : No. 35,414- Selborne Chambers, Bell Yard, Eleet Street, London, W.C.

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The Railway Hotel, now entirely re-decorated and furnished contains the best and 3 l li B g lll l f~fr J FJg ^ g a "JC *! ^ j* ¦ jj *iii Most Comfortable Lodge Accommodation, . i " H ^ ^VsStt^ it ^ fe mf «T " " \i iflJ iH i » 'Ur3 with ample Ante-Rooms, Large Banqueting Rooms and every convenience. SATURDAY, 28TH NOVEMBER 1896. THREE LODGES ALREADY MEET HERE . SPECIMENS OF MENU , WITH PBICES , SENT ON APPLICATION . Proprietor --- - - C. W. HOWELL. MARK BENEVOLENT FUND THE Provincial Grand Mark Master of Middlesex Bro. Col. A. B. Cook has kindly consented to take the chair at the SEYD'S HOTEL, 39 FINSBURY SQUARE, E.C. nexfc Festival of this Fund, which will be held on the 14th July HOST CENT RAL POSITION IN LONDON. 1897 , when it is hoped that hearty and cordial co-operation will result in aid of this useful and deserving charity, the claims of SPLENDID ACCOMMODATION FOR MASONIC LODGES. which should be paramount with every Mark Mason, as Lodge Room, Tyler 's Room , &c, on One Floor , conveniently arranged. affording to the distressed Brother, his Widow and family, not THE BANQUET ROOM WILL SEAT Upwards of 150 GUESTS only temporary relief , but also an annuity for the aged, and education for the young. LARGE HALL and other Rooms for Meetings , Smokers, Concerts, &c. It is urged that while the great Masonic Charities Dinners, Wedding Breakfasts, &c, served in liberal style. receive contributions from every Masonic Order, the Mark Benevolent Bed and Breakfast from 4s 6d, no extras. Choice stock of Wines , Spirits , &c. Fund is almost entirel maintained by the Mark degree Established Bro. HENRY GRUNE y , and 1832. , Proprietor. that it is supported Mark Masons for the benefit of PARTIES CATERED FOR AT THEIR OWN RESIDENCE . by Mark DISTANCE NO OBJECT. INSPECTION INVITED. Masons. It is sincerely hoped that in view of the advantages bestowed on every deserving applican t, the Chairman of 1897 will receive the most unqualified support on the occasion of his presidency. GREYHOUND HOTEL , HAMPTON COURT Further information, lists of subscribers, and petitions for (UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT). grants, &c, may be obtained on application to Bro. C. Fitzgerald Matier P.G.W. Mark Grand Secretary. The Greyhound Hotel, now entirely Be-decorated and Furnished, contains the Best and Most Comfortable Suites of Apartments.

A Superior Lodge Accommodation. ,^ H.R.H. the Prince of "Wales has granted a Warrant for a Banqueting Rooms, Lodge fco be called the "Byfield ," of which Bro. James Boulton V Three Large -f^ P.M. of several Lodges and Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies England, is to be the first W.M. The new Lodge The Ouisine is oi the Highest Class, and the Cellars have been well stocked will be held at the Great Eastern Hotel with the best know Brands of Champagne, and other Wines, &o. , but the date of consecration has not been communicated. Brother Luncheons, Dinners, 4c., at most reasonable charges. Ample Stabling. Boulton will be congratulated b his numerous friends on having Tables may be reserved ior Dinners, Sec, ordered ior Large or Small y Parties, by application to made an addition to his honours by this increase of Masonic Mro. CONSTANCE CAULFIELD, Proprietresa. numbers.— " East London Observer."

THE CASTLE HOTEL, EAST MOLESEY, Lively times seem to be in store for East Ham. A new Masonic Hall is in course of erection at the rear of the Adjoining Hampton Court Station, Denmark Arms, and the amended plans for the same were FACING THE RIVER AND PALACE. approved by the Works Committee on 23rd July last. The builder, counting his chickens before they were hatched, Special Provision for Lodge and other meetings, Including immediately commenced operations, with the result that when the plans came before the East Ham Urban District Council for A MASONIC TEMPLE acceptance or rejection the building was in an advanced stage of with ample Ante-Rooms Banquet Hall , , and every convenience. construction. The Council declined to pass the plans, and served FIVE LODGES ALREADY MEET HERE. an order on the builder to pull down the Masonic Hall, as far aa ifc was advanced Ample accommodation in the new wing of this old-established and noted , within fourteen days. This the builder Riverside Hotel for Banquets for any number np to 100. Every convcni«nce declines to do, and threatens an action for trespass if torce is for Ladies' Gatherings. Spacious landing to river, whence Steam Launches used. The Council, being of opinion that a legal m- ney penalty can start. Specimens of Menus, with prices, sent on application. will not fit the case, have decided to demolish the building them- TWO BILLIARD TABLES. GOOD STABLING ACCOMMODATION. selves, and information has been given to the police of their Tariff, Seo. of Bro. JOHN MAYO, Proprietor. intention. A free fight is expected.—" Citizen." which I have read, which shows thafc the authoress thinks in French whilst DIANA VAUGHAN. writing in English. And we have the statement of Margiotta. Here it is, taken from the " Memoires," No. 10, p. 316 : " La Diana Vaughan que j'ai THE following letters appeared in a recent issue of our oonnue en 1889 , a Naples, et pour laquelle il n'y eut jamais aucuno contemporary, the " Tablet :" exception a la rdgle de Postos, est toujours chez les pallauistes : l'histoire de sa conversion n'est qu'unc mystification pour leurrer les catholiques. La SIB,—The name of Diana Vaughan has appeared so often in tlie " Tablet " Diana Vaughan qui ecrit les Memories d'une ex-Palladiste who she is. , la Neuvieme of late that many of your readers must be curious to know Eucharistique, etc., et qui announce le 33e Crispi, est une fausse public life of Diana Diana Permit me to answer this question as well as I can. The Vaughan. Je la mets au defi de se montrer ; car ceux qui se servent du Vaughan, that is to say her Masonic life, stands revealed in the literature of nom de la grande-maitresse de New York ne pourraieut exhiber and Anti-Masonry. She has been before the world for some y ears q'une Masonry, aveuturiere, et immediatement je la convaincrais d'imposture. Quant a la as a prominent Mason of high degree, and a militant one ; fi ghting against vraie Diana Vaughan, il lui est indifferent que cette comedie se joue ; elle hand and against the corruptions of her own sect, Christianity with one , est la premiere eu a rire. Elle diabolise plus que jamais dans les Triangles. Luciferianism, with the other. Elle a fait sa paix avec Lemmi." She was born in America on 29th February 1864. Hor father was one of What a pity Margiotta did not think of giving Diana Vaughan's present the chief Luoiferians of America. Her mother was a French Protestant of address in New York ? It would have been so easy died when she was fourteen years of age. Through to compare her with her Cevennes. Her mother photograph, and so end this question. It seems strange, too, s influence she was apprenticed Mason at nineteen years of age— that she is her father' indifferent to the way her name is being used in Europe. It is not a feminine 15th March 1883. She got the next degree of companion on 20th December characteristic. And why tickle her with the moral turpitude of the Postos ? 1888 , and mistress on 1st May 1884. On 28th October 1884 she received Why ? As for defying her to come out aud " show herself , ifc is very cheap the grade of " Chevaliere Elue Palladique," the first feminine degree of the defiance, if men have been told off to assassi nate her, and are at her father presiding. present supreme rite, trying to find her hiding-place, as she states herself. Here I leave this Her father died shortly afterwards, on 4th December 1884. On the question. It is currently reported that a commission is investigating occasion of her reception into the Palladist O rder she wrote a poem , " The it , at Rome, by whom the identity of Diana Vaughan will be finally settled. Resurrection " dated 29th October 1884 , and published at Louisville, U.S.A. , We must reserve our judgment on this interesting case, as strange as any In the following year, 1885, she travelled to France and went up to receive in fiction . the degree of " Maitresse Templiere " at the Luciferian triangle of St. Jacques, Believe me, yours truly, Paris, on 25th March 1885. At this reception she refused to comply with the JAMES H. RATION. ritual with regard to stabbing the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar with a Cresswell Park, Blackheath, dagger. For this crime she was rejected by the triangle of St. Jacques, and 9th November 1896. denounced to her own triangle at Louisville, as one to be condemned to the penalty of her crime. Accordingly she appeared before her judges at SIB,—It may interest many of your readers to know that Mgr. Fava, Louisville, on 16th April 1885 , and was by them acquitted. Upon this a lively the Bishop of Grenoble, has written to " La Semaine " as follows : " Recent polemic ensued between the French and American triangles, which continued circumstances have occurred which have thrown doubt upon the very until Albert Pike, of Charleston , U.S.A., Grand Pontiff , decreed the cessation existence of Miss Diana Vaughan. We have been written to on this subject of hostilities, and elevated Diana Vaughan to the highest feminine degree, from many quarters, and we have always replied in the following terms : Inspectress-General of Palladist Trian gles, Sth April 1889. ' She does exist, she is a convert, she has been baptised , she has made On the death of Albert Pike, she went as a Delegate of the Province her firs t communion, she is still writing against Freemasonry and the reign of New York and Brooklyn , to attend the Grand Convent, held at Rome, in of Satan.' We can also add that she has sent us a copy of her book September 1893 , for the election of a new Grand Pontiff. She strongly ' Crispi,' with a dedication on the first page, written and signed ' with her opposed the election of Adriano Lemmi, and from the date of his election as own hand,' as follows : ' A Monseigneur Fava, Eveque de Grenoble. Humble Grand Pontiff of Universal Masonry, 20th September 1893, she sought to hommage et remerciements. Diana Vaughan. 31st August 1896. ' " liberate her own triangles from his control. The Bishop's letter, of which the above is only an extract, appears " in In 1895 she succeeded in organising in London a new departure, a extenso " in to-day's issue of " La Croix." There is also published in the Palladism without profanation of the Most Holy Sacrament, and same paper a letter written by Mgr. Villard, Secretary to Cardinal Parrocohi, purified in other ways. She went to Paris and there began the addressed to Miss Vaughan, in which he says : ".I have had material and publication of a monthly journal, " Le Palladium Regenere et Libre," which psychological proofs, not only of your existence, but also of the sincerity of was to be tha organ of the new sect. Three numbers of this journal appeared , your conversion. Thanks to these I have had the opportunity, and I may dated March, April and May 1895 , respectively. It may be noted that they add the happiness, to defend you energetically more than once. I can only were published by A. Pierret, 37 Rue Etienne-Marcel, Paris. see in this war which is declared against you an infamous manoeuvre on the At this time the case of Diana Vaughan excited great interest in certain part of that being whom yon know to be, beyond all others, the father clerical circles in France. Prayers, even lives, were offered up for her of lies." conversion . Ono or more priests wrote to her, and the last number of " Le These testimonies from two such eminent prelates should satisf y any Palladium " bear traces of their influence. Here ends her public life. reasonable person as to the identity of Miss Vaughan. The editor of " La Diana Vaughan, the Palladist, vanishes with the third and last number of Croix " says that other indisputable evidence will shortly be published, which " Le Palladium." She has not been seen since May 1895. But in July 1895, will finally settle that part of the question. that is to say after an interval of two months, the same publisher, A. Pierret, Yours truly, began a series of Memoirs entitled " Memoires d'une Ex-Palladist," by Miss ARCHIBALD J. DUNM . Diana Vaughan. llfch November 1896. These Memoirs, still running, are concerned with the practices of Luciferianism and with Diana Vaughan 's connection therewith. They contain revelations most damaging to foreign Masonry, and especially to Italian Masonry. And before long, sure enough, they were denounced by an CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND NEW YEAR'S GIFTS. Italian soi-disan t ex-Palladist as the fabrications of an impostor. This is the interesting point. Are the Memoirs written by the real Diana NOTHING is more acceptable or can be offered with better taste than a Vaughan, a convert from Palladism, writing with the authority of intimate nicely cut bottle of perfume, or a pair of bottles for the dressing Palladist knowledge, and with the grace of conversion , or are they little better table, either being a treasured and permanent souvenir. J. Delcroix & Co's than penny dreadfuls ? Concentrated Essence of Parma Violets is the choicest and most recherche The memoirs themselves throw some light upon this point. They of its kind, and any Brother writing or calling upon Bro. Arthur J. Cove, of Langdale' explain and develop the public life of Diana Vaughan, as above related, by s Distillery, 72 Hatton Garden, E.G., will be pleased with what he the revelation of events of a private character. can do in this way. In arranging this Bro. Cove goes a little out of the usual For example, the soi-disant Diana Vaughan tells us that she was brought course, as his business is wholesale, but we know he relaxes the rule in favour up to believe in Lucifer as the God of goodness, and Christ as the God of evil , of his friends", and no doubt he will do the same for any of our readers, who the dispenser of sufferings. Thafc the devil appeared to her many times, of should address their letters to him personally. noble aspect, and showed her visions of devils, hideous of form , svho, he BRO. George Thompson, of the Viaduct Booking Office , 71 Hatton explained to her, were the ministering spirits of Christ. That she was saved Garden , E.G., has made excellent arrangements for the collection and from a band of negro robbers in a lonely forest by her special protector forwarding of Christmas presents to all parts, at exceedingly low rates. Asmodeus, who conveyed her safely home, fl ying through the air. That Parcels should be sent in early, so that they can receive proper attention. liere when she was rejected as " Maitresse Temp " by the triangle St. Jacques, Our Brother recommends that senders should place a copy of the addresa of and acquitted by her own triangle in Louisville many then declared that the consignee inside aU parcels, in addition to the regular address , on the they could have raised their hands to condemn her but found themselves outside label. Railway Tickets by the Midland and Great Northern powerless to do so. That at the Sanctum Regnum, at Charleston, Lucifer Railway can be had in advance. himself appeared on the Sth of April 1889 , and ordered Albert Pike to issue the decree of that date above referred to. That by reason of her own will, her father's influence, and the favour of Lucifer, she escaped the rite of init Postos (sacrifice of virg y) to which all others of hor rank had to submit. Havana Cigars, 1894 crop. That she was inspired by a great admiration of Joan of Arc, whose statue she —It is well known that the 1894 crop is one ot the best Havana has produced in recent years, and ia held in high had in her room ; and that when a priest wrote to her to refrain from evil- esteem by connoisseurs. The speaking of the Blessed Virgin in " Le Palladium," she fell on her knees before demand for cigars of this crop is brisk, the chance of securing those of good quality of other crops being very rare. Tr/e this statue and resolved to comply for Joan's sake. That when she had 1895 was not a satisfactory breathed this vow she was roughl knocked down, crop at all. The 1896 is small, and has been y and saw four potent deities, principally used for cigar wrappers. As to Asmodeus, her protector, being one, before her threatening 1897 , the prospects are, by all , her life. She accounts, unfavourable. It will therefore cried to Joan for help, and her glorious gods turned into hideous demons be good news to smokers that they can obtain cigars of the 1894 crop carefully selected and well conditioned instantly, and disappeared with howls and expressions of rage and despair. from one of the leading That the scales fell from her eyes and she was converted to the Catholic houses in the trade—Spiers and Pond—who hold one of the largest and finest stocks in the faith. kingdom. Spiers and Pond have just issued, in an elegant form, an illustrated list of Havana cigars, 1894 These private revelations would seem to mark out Diana Vaughan of the crop, which has been produced regardless of cost Memoirs as being Diana Vaughan the Palladist. The literary , and is indeed a work of style is tho art. It can be asserted, without hesitation same in both. What tells equally in favour of this view is that no other , that such a list of any one fine crop has seldom , if ever, been offered to the public. In it a fine selection of Diana Vaughan takes the field. Au impostor would have no chance, since this famous crop, comprising of the Palladist are in many most of the leading brands, is carefully and photos hands. The authoress says she cannot faithfully depicted, the illustrations show herself , as her assassination has been decreed. Moreover, if the representing the exact size and general appearance of each cigar. No better guide to intending purchasers could authoress of the " Memoires " is an impostor, her clerical friends must be possibly be devised. cognizant of it, since a photograph of Diana Vaughan the Palladist in the tenue of "Insppctrice-General du Palladium " is reproduced in the third Memoires, number of the " " dated September 1895, more than l2months ago. OLD Books and Curiosities relating to Freemasonry, Knight Templars, Per contra. We have one or two mistakes of names in historical or Rosicrucians or other Secret Societies wanted. Address, W. W. biographical research, slips that any one might make. We have a letter, Morgan, New Barnet. School of Freemasonry for W.M., and wished him a prosperous year, with plenty of work. EEPOETS OF MEETIN GS The W.M., who on rising was received with quite an ovation , thanked the Brethren most heartily for the kind words expressed in his favour. He assured them ho should do his best to keep up the good reputation of the We shall be pleased to receive particulars of Masonic meetings Wbittington Lodge, and with the able support of such a body of Officers as will endeavour to were around him he was eonvineed that success was in store. for insertion in our columns, and where desired He then proposed the health of the Immediate Past Master Bro. send a representative to report Lodge or other proceedings. Bradford, and had much pleasure in presenting him with a Pasfc Master's jewel in recognition of the way in which he had carried out the duties of the chair during his year of office ; at the same time he felt he might say it was the universal hope of tho Brethren that Bro. Bradford might live for many CEAFT : METBOPOLIT AN years in good health to wear the presentation jewel, which bore the following inscription : Presented to WESTBOURNE LODGE, No. 733. BRO. WILLIAM BBADFOBD, WELL attended and a most successful meeting of this Lodge was held as a mark of esteem, by the members of the Wbittington Lodge, No. 862, A on Thursday of last week, at the Holborn Restaurant, the principal during his year of office , 1895-6. business being the election of a Worshipful Master for the ensuing twelve Bro. Bradford , in response, tendered thanks for the kindnesses which months. the Brethren had at all times conferred upon him. He also thanked the Broa. W. H. Bro. W. Morton Roberts W.M. presided, supported by Lodge for the very handsome jewel which had just been presented, and Fairclough I.P.M., Charles W. Brown S.W., F. Wortham J.W., John Welford which, he assured them , would ever remain with him as a memento of a C. E. Lilly J.D., P.M. Treas., S. R. Walker P.M. Sec , George Weaver S.D., very happy year of office. He took the opportunity of stating that no Samuel Ellis P.M. T ler ; Past Masters W. Busby I.G., George Walker Std., y Worshipful Master had ever been surrounded by a more devoted and W.Drew, R. J. Rogers, G. J. Bion , A. Arrowsmith, J. W. Curtis, T. W. Allen , efficient staff of Officers , and in tendering them his sincere thanks he felt Fred. Beesley, B. Thomas, George and others ; with Bros. John Shapcott, that much of his success was due to the hearty support they had accorded Butcher, W. Rolles, E. Stevens, W. West, J. W. Morris, H. Bagnall, F. him. Diamond, G. Goddard , J. White, F. Quick, F. Gale, J. Thompson , Will Bell, The next toast was that of the Initiates, to which Bros. Reynolds, H. Carter, G. Shield , T. Ison , C. Halston, S. Manne, G. Wall. Williams and Bradford each responded in suitable terms. , R. Visitors : Bros. E. P. Delevanti, A. Pardee 1632 H. Thomas P.M. 753, The health of the Visitors was heartily proposed from the chair, and Gritnwood 2427, W. Unwin 1614 , Geo. Shrimpton 1816 , Frank Bouts P.M. Several of the guests acknowledged it. 1695 , J. Brown 2509, B. R. Thomas 511 , and several others. The toasts of the Past Masters, the Treasurer and Secretary, and the The Lodge was opened in due form and the minutes of last meeting Officers each came in for notice, and were duly acknowledged. were read and confirmed. The programme of music, which was highly appreciated alike by the Mr. George Wall and Mr. George Shield, who were previously balloted members and . visitors, was under the personal direction of Bro. James for, were regularly initiated into the mysteries of ancient Freemasonry. Weaver P.M., &c, who was most ably supported b Miss and this y Bro. Turle Lee, The ballot was taken for election of a Worshipful Master, Annie Matthews, Miss Bessie Dickson , Bro. A. H. Gee Russell favour of the S.W. Bro. C. Brown. , Bro. Gurney , proved unanimous in and Mr. H. Marriott, while last, but not least, the instrumentalists who Bros. C. Halston T. Ison W. West and Fred. Beesley were appointed as , , added to the enjoyment of the evening were : Bro. James Hamilton, who Auditors. favoured the company with a flute solo ; Bro. H. A. Brock, cornet solo ; and After other business the Lodge was closed, and the company retired to Bro. Sidney Hill, at the uiano. the banqueting room, where a series of thoso excellent and most dainty dishes customary at the Holborn Restaurant was served under the personal supervision of Bro. T. H. Hamp. EARL OF ZETLAND LODGE, No. 1364. o QUO THE annual festival took place at the Guildhall Tavern , Gresham Street, when Bro. W. R. Jeffray was installed as Worshi ful Master for WHITTINGTON LODGE, No. 862. E.G., p the ensuing year, and invested his Officers as follow : J. H. Sansom I.P.M., THE annual installation festival of this Lodge took place on Monday, the H. H. Cooper S.W., W. P. Forbes J.W., A. F. Lay P.P.A.D.C. Essex Treas., 16th inst., at the Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street, and a large H. W. Gompertz P.M. Secretary, J. Moore S.D., H. G. Tayler J.D., J. P. company assembled to participate in the events of the day. Taverner I.G., H. B. Chamberlain P.M. D.C , J. F. Haskins P.P.G.O. Essex The W.M. Bro. William Bradford presided , and was most ably assisted Organist, A. E. Jarratt and M. Tuck Stewards, R. H. Goddard Tyler. by the following Officers : T. H. T. Jarvis S.W., H. Kemp J.W., S. Godden P.M. Treas., James Weaver P.M. 862 1319 P.P.G.O. Middx. P.Z. 177 862 Treas. 1319 Sec , W. Tyler S.D., A. Clarkson J.D., C. Mullerl.G., T. J. Hester D.C, John Gilbert Tyler ; while among others present were Bros. A. Paunce- BOROUGH LODGE, No. 2589. fort P.M., James Irvine P.M., G. H. Wavell P.M., W. M. Stiles Past Grand THE regular meeting of this young and prosperous Lodge, which was only Treasurer , and other Past Masters, and Bros. Percy Day, B. Hartley, J. M. consecrated last January, was held at the Bridge House Hotel, Field, J. W. Lowe, W. A. Grayson, A. T. Chamberlain, R. Spencer, P. W. Southwark, on Wednesday of last week, to elect the W.M. for the ensuing Palmer, J. T. Southgate, Frank Heywood, A. J. Taylor, George Green , George twelve months and to transact other business. Palmer, W. G. Butler, &c. Among those present were Bros. J. O'Dea W.M., William Roots S.W., Visitors : Bros. Charles A. Walter W.M. 865 P.P.G.D. Middx., G. W. Alfred Atkin J.W., John Hattersley P.P.G.D. Treas. and acting I.P.M., Ed. Rawson 2028 P.P.G.S.W., B. Grant W.M. 2562, S. J. Bradford W.M 511, C. Bridges P.M. Sec, Henry Bulpitt S.D., Richard J. Morley J.D., James A. J. Knightly P.M. 1744, J. Butter W.M. 45, George Johnson W.M. 1319 , Fred Gannon I.G., Thomas Woodbury S., who constituted the Founders of the Harrison P.M. 27, R. C. Davis P.M. 2266, Charles Collard P.M. 1704 , C. F. Lodge ; James Harding P.M. Tyler, J. Davis, A. Brown, W. E. Hill, 0. King, Winchen 1209 2099 P.P.G.S.D., J. Nash P.M. 1668 , J. W. Sanford 1402 , H. A. Payne, C. Fordham, W. Waterman, C. Hunt, A. Sansom, &c. A. Brock 1402, Charles Phillips S.W. 2562, John Hart W.M. 2146, Sydney Among the Visitors were Bros. W. Osmond P.M. 1348, H. Smith P.M. Hill Org. 101 , Walter Ramsden 1702, Howard Reynolds 1319 , W. J. Marchant 1348, F. Quelch 1348, J. Wynman (FBEKMASON 'S CHBONICLE), &c. 2427, Turle Lee 2264, and numerous others. The Lodge was opened in due form, and the minutes of lasfc meeting The Lodge being opened the minutes of the last meeting wore read and were read and confirmed. Thc Lodge was advanced to the second degree, and confirmed , and the Auditors' report received. The Lodge was opened in the Bro. G. King was examined and entrusted. The Lodge being advanced to thp, second degree, when Bro. P. Greenwood Hartley, candidate for the third third, he was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason , and took his seat degree, proved his proficiency and was entrusted. amongst the Brethren as such. The Lodge was advanced to the third degree, and the W.M. kindly The W.M. resumed the Lodge m the first degree, and Bros. A. Payne, J. vacated the chair in favour of Past Master A. Paunceforb, who had the pleasure Davis, A. Sansom and W. Waterman, having answered the usual questions j of raising Bro. Hartley to the sublime degree of Master Mason. were entrusted. The Lodge was opened in the second degree and the same The W.M. having again taken the chair, the Lodge was resumed in the Brethren were passed as Fellow Grafts. second degree, and Bros. West and Field were passed as Fellow Crafts. The W.M. resumed the Lodge to the first degree, and Mr. George The W.M. re-opened the Lodge in the first degree, and the following Reynolds was initiated into the mysteries of ancient Freemasonry. gentlemen were duly initiated in to the mysteries of Ancient Freemasonry : We heartily compliment the W.M. on the excellent—really perfect—and Messrs. Walter Reynold Stewart, Henry Bradford, and Jabez Williams. impressive manner in which he worked the three degrees, praise being Great compliments are due to the W.M., for the faultless working of the especially due in connection with his rendering of the Initiation ceremony, first and second degrees, also to Bro. A. Pauncefort P.M. for the impressive and the charge associated therewith . manner in whioh he conferred the third degree. Afterwards the election took place of W.M. for the ensuing twelve Bro. T. H. T. Jarvis, having been previously elected as W.M. for the months, and this proved unanimous in favour of the S.W. The W.M. had ensuing twelve months, was presented and answered the constitutional much pleasure in formally announcing the result, and wished the S.W. a questions, he being subsequently placed in the position to rule and govern prosperous year of office , with plenty of work. Any assistance he mighfc the Lodge. require ho (the speaker) would always be ready to accord. On the return of the Brethren the new Master was saluted in the various The Worshipful Master-elect thanked the W.M. and Brethren for their degrees, and then invested his Officers : H. Kemp S.W., W. C. Tyler J.W., kindness in choosing him as ruler of the Lodge. He was sure that wi th the S. Godden P.M. Treas. Lodge Fund, J. Irvine P.M. Treas. Benevolent Fund , able assistance of the I.P.M. and Officers he would give general satisfaction. James Weaver P.M., &c. Sec , A. Clarkson S.D., T. J. Hester J.D., T. What he wished to say more he would leave until the installation night. Heywood I.G., J. T. Southgate D.C, A. Pauncefort P.M. Org., Godden jun. The S.W. now had much pleasure to propose that a Past Master's jewel Steward, J. Gilbert Tyler. be presented to the W.M., for the most able manner in which he had fulfilled Bro. W. Bradford was the Installing Master, and he presented the the duties of the chair during his year of office , also a similar compliment to working tools of the three degrees, while Bro. James Irvine gave the Brother Hattersley P.M. Treas., which was seconded and unanimously addresses. They both deserve congratulation for the ability they displayed agreed to. in the beautiful ceremonial. After other Masonic transactions the Lodge was The W.M. responded, and thanked the Brethren most heartily for their closed in peace and harmony, and the Brethren adjourned to the banqueting kindness. He said that whenever his assistance was required the Brethren room of the Tavern, where an excellent dinner was provided , the reputation had only to call upon him. of the Freemasons' Tavern being well sustained on this occasion. The Bro. Hattersley acting I.P.M. and Treasurer said he thanked the service was under the personal supervision of Bro. J. H. Gerards, the Brethren most sincerely for awarding him a Past Master's jewel, and had Manager, who evinced every desire to ensure the comfort and enjoyment of much pleasure to inform the Brethren that, as a result of the flourishing the company. career of the Lodge, all debts were paid off ; he was also pleased to say that Upon the termination of the repast the usual Loyal and Masonic toasts fcheie was a good balance left. were honoured from the chair, and responded to. Bro. Hattersley was re-elected Treasurer, and Bro. James Harding P.M. Bro. William Bradford I.P.M., in proposing the health of the Worshipful Tyler, and after other business the Lodge was closed with the hearty good Master, congratulated the Lodge upon having such an excellent pupil in the wishes of the visitors. Sec, S. C. Kaufman, Lemann, McLochlan, Coulthard, G. H. Clark, Russell, INSTRUCTION T. H. Clark, Shea, Friedlander, and Geo. Clarke. After tbe minutes of last meeting had been read and confirmed , Bro. Coulthard was interrogated , entrusted, and passed to the degree of F.C. The STRONG MAN LODGE, No. 45. chair was then vacated in favour of Bro. Kaufman, and Bro. Russell was was held entrusted and raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason. The chair THE weekly meeting of this hard working Instruction Lodge on Wednesday , at the Blue Anchor, 164 Fenchurch Street, E.G., was then re-occupied by Bro. Ounnington , who resumed the Lodge to the Bro. Will. Geo. Mills W.M. 45 W.M., D. A. Langdon I.P.M. 45, J. Cuer first degree. The Brethren assisted fche Preceptor to work the first section P.M. S.W., C. Arnold P.M. 1689 J.W., P. Sharp P.M. 869 Preceptor, J. of the Lecture. C. Burgess Sec, T. Ockleford S.D., E. J. Stafford J.D., James Macmunn It is proposed to start a Benevolent Association in connection with this I.G., W. Hilton, T. Elstol, J. Morford, J. Wynman, and several others. Lodge of Instruction. Any Brethren who can assist are requested to The W.M. rehearsed the ceremony of initiation, Bro. Morford acting communicate with Bro. W. S. Harvey Sec, at 13 Stoke Newington as candidate. Bro. Elstol answered the questions leading from the first to Common, N. the second degree, and the latter ceremony was rehearsed, he acting as candidate. ooo resumed the Lodge to the first degree, when it wae The W.M. BROMLEY ST. LEONARD LODGE No. 1805. proposed by Past Master Sharp, seconded by Bro. D. A. Langdon I.P.M., , the Bow Bells and unanimously agreed to that Bro. Wynman, of the FBEEMASON'S AT , Bow Road, E., on Wednesday, 25th inst., Bro. J. CHRONICLE, be elected an Honorary Member of the Lodge. Bro. C Goulston W.M., G. H. Fennell S.W., J. Oxley P.M. J.W., N. Arnold P.M. 1689 was elected an ordinary member. After a few more Goldman S.D., E. Silk J.D., Leapman I.G., Marchant Organist, J. De transactions the Lodge was olosed in due form. Casseres P.M. Preceptor, F. Thornton Sec, J. Johnson, 0. West, F. Webster, J. Gibbs P.M. The Lodge was opened to the second degree. Bro. Johnson answered the questions leading to the third, was entrusted, and the ceremony of ST. JOHN LODGE, No. 167. raising was rehearsed in his favour. Thursday, 19th inst., this well-known and highly successful Lodge of Lodge was resumed to the second degree, when Bro. Goulston ONInstruction held their annual meeting and banquet at the Court House, vacated the chair in favour of Bro. Fennell W.M.-elect of the Mother Harlesden, when there was a goodly array of Brethren present, including Bro. Lodge, who rehearsed the ceremony of investiture of Officers. Bro. W. Mason Stiles P.M. 1507 , &c, Past Grand Treasurer, J. M. McLeod Goulston resumed the chair and the Brethren assisted him to work the P.G.S.B. Sec. Royal Masonic Institution for Boys, HellierP.M. 1366 and 2090 fourth section of the Lecture. Preceptor, G. Penny P.M. 1637 Treasurer, F. S. Priest W.M. 1637 Secretary, Bros. F. Webster and John Johnson became members of the Lodge. W. B. Neville P.M. 1767 and Stephen Hussey P.M. 1637 Stewards; Arthur Bro. Fennell having been elected to the chair for Wednesday, 2nd Williams P.M. 2090 834, W. K. Hatton P.M. 2246, W. C. Tebbit P.M. 2045, December, the Lodge adjourned to that date. George Hayford I.P.M. 2045, E. J. Davis P.M. 120, Robert Hendry P.M. 1767, W. Dresden P.M. 1602 , M. Rosenberg P.M. 1425, Henry Foale P.M. 1767 George Brown P. D. Miller, 1642, C. Ortner, Coomber, Richardson , J. Cohen , , REGENT'S PARK LODGE, No. 2202. A. J. Clayton, Jennings, P. Jones, Dr. Alf. Jones, J. T. Tripp, H. Cross, W. the Frascati, H. Thomas, Geo. Chapman, Thomas Parker, Arthur Janes, T. G. Plaford, AT Oxford Street, W., on Monday, Bro. A. Pettit W.M., J. Peradon , Hiscock, Moore, Woods, Battrum, Cott, J. Bonney, Poole, Collman , W. Williams S.W., A. Garlish J.W., G. Lane P.M. acting Preceptor, Moss, and Jesse Smith. Clampitt W.M. 2202 acting Sec , F. E. Osborne S.D., A. W. Sims J.D., J. W. Previous to the banquet Bro. P.M. Hillier rehearsed the ceremony of Taylor I.G., Hart, W. E. Lane, H. J. Bowles, Moir, Pinchbeck, Schneider, installation, and duly placed Bro. Stephen Hussey in the chair, he appointing Cload , Langdon, Wilkins, Bowles sen., Eungblut, Wynman, &c and investing the Officers , after which Bro. Hillier gave the three addresses in The excellent working of the W.M. being well known there was an a very able and impressive manner. exceptionally large attendance. The W.M. proceeded by rehearsing the The banquet was served in the fine large Court Room, and after grace ceremony of initiation, Bro. H. J. Bowles acting as candidate. Bros. the toasts of the Queen and the M.W.G.M. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales were Schneider and Bowles answered the questions leading from the firsfc to the honoured. second degree, and retired. Bro. Cload was examined and entrusted, and The toast of the Pro G.M., the Deputy G.M. and the rest of the Grand the Lodge being opened in the second degree, the ceremony of passing was Officers present and past was replied to by Bro. W. M. Stiles, in a very able rehearsed in his favour. Afterwards the W.M. kindly vacated the chair in and appropriate speech. favour of Bro. Clampitt W.M. 2202, when Bro. Cload answered the questions The health of tbe Chairman and Installing Master was proposed by leading to the third degree and was entrusted. Bro. Arthur Williams P.M., and responded to by Bro. Hillier. The Lodge being advanced, the ceremony of raising was rehearsed , Bro. The toast of the Masonic Charities was acknowledged by Bro. J. M. W. Lane acting candidate. All three ceremonies were worked in a perfect McLeod P.G.S.B., who set forth the claims of the three Institutions in a and impressive manner. The Lodge was resumed to the first degree, and most ablo manner, sincerely thanked the Brethren of the St. John Lodge of Bro. J. W. Williams S.W. was elected W.M. for next meeting. Instruction for the. noble work they had done in the past in so liberally supporting the Institutions, which support in three years amounted to no less a sum than about £290, and trusted tbe same generosity might be bestowed upon them in the future. He closed a most eloquent speech with an CRAET: PROVINCIAL. appeal for Stewards for the forthcoming Boys Festival. The toast of success to the St. John Lodge of Instruction was next proposed by Bro. J. M. McLeod, and acknowledged by Bro. W. Roche Plaford THE MANCHESTER LODGE, No. 2554. and the Secretary. THE regular meeting was held at the Freemasons' Hall , Manchester, on Those of the Treasurer and Stewards were responded to by Bro. C Friday, 13th inst., Bro. Thos. Plumpton W.M. There was a good Penney P.M. as Treasurer, Bros. Neville and Hussey as Stewards, and by attendance, the following, among others, being included in the list of Brother G. Chapman the popular Secretary of St. John's Benevolent visitors, viz., Bros. Jas. Newton Prov. Gr. Sec, 0. D. Cheetham P.J.G.W., Association. and Jas. Walker P.P.G.W. The musical arrangements were of high class character. Bro. C The principal business of the evening was that of passing Bros. Percy Ortner rendered in his usual able manner " Queen of the Earth " and the Cryer and William Henry Ashworth, and of raising Bro. Alfred Williams ' to " Bedouin s Love Song." Bro. Henry Cross gave two excellent songs " True the sublime degree of M.M., the two former ceremonies being performed by and " Mary of Audley Grey " ; Madame Eliza Thomas till Death " , R.A.M., Bro. W. B. Akerman I.P.M., and the latter by Bro. Arthur H. Jefferis P.M. " Little Johnnie Porter " and an other excellent song ; Mrs. Henry Cross P.P.G.W. " Daddy " and " She wore a wreath of Roses " ; Bro. George Brown " The At the festive board which followed, Loyal and Masonic toasts were Bethlehem ; Bro. George Chapman Star of " " Thy Sentinel " ; Bro. Stephen pleasantly relieved by songs and recitations, given by members and visitors Hussey fche grand old song " Old Folks at Home," while Bro. Tebbit sang alike. '•" God bless the Prince of Wales." Bro. 0. Winterborn, R.C.M., acted as accompanist in his usual excellent style, and a most successful and enjoyable evening was brought to an end with the Tyler's toast, and tho earnest hope CORNWALL AS A WINTER RESORT. that the St. John's Lodge of Instruction had entered upon a year of renewed prosperity and success. THE Great -Western Railway Company has issued a revised edition of a The meetings are held every Thursday evening, at 7'30, at the Court pamphlet upon " Cornwall as a Winter Resort," audit will appear from House, Harlesden, close to Willesden Junction Station, and Brethren wishing the tables contained in it that the claims of West Cornwall, and of Falmouth to join will receive a hearty welcome. in particular, as a residence during the winter, in comparison with the South of France and the Riviera, are unimpeachable. The equability and mildness of the climate are remarkably illustrated by the numbers of exotic and subtropical plants which thrive and flower in the open air throughout WESTBOURNE LODGE, No. 733. the winter. Sir Edward Sieveking, M.D., LL.D., and Sir Joseph Fayrer, Bart., Tuesday, at Bro. Jones's, the Oliver Arms, Westbourne Terrace North ON , M.D., F.R.S., have, at meetings of the Medical Association , by articles in Harrow Road, Bro. T. W. Mogford W.M., G. J. Brown S.W., J. L. the Medical Journal, and in various other ways, directed attention of medical Miller J.W., R. J. Rogers P.M. Treasurer acting Preceptor, G. D. Mogford men to the peculiar advantages of Falmouth, which, at the cost of a short W.M. 2362 Sec, G. Weaver S.D., Lilley J.D., Halston I.G., Middlewick, land journey by express trains from all the principal towns served by the Bagnall , Wynman, Major Reed , Beazley, Barter. Great Western Railway and other lines in direct communication, gives the After preliminaries the W.M. opened the Lodge in the secon d degree, invalid a choice of climates rivalling those of the South of France, without and vacated the chair in favour of Bro. G. D. Mogford , who rehearsed the the drawbacks of long and fatiguing travel, foreign languages, unfamiliar ceremony of installation. Bro. R. J. Rogers P.M. acted as D.C, and habits, and unaccustomed surroundings. presented Bro. T. W. Mogford as W.M.-elect. The Brethren saluted the new Master in the three degrees, and he was regularly presented with the working tools. The W.M. invested the Officers , WINTER PASTIME. and tho I.P.M. gave the three addresses in a faultless manner, to the great satisfaction of all present. THE commodious building formerly known as Hengler's Circus, in The W.M. resumed the Lodge in tho second d?gree, and Bro. Bagnall Argyll-street, Regent-street, W., has opened for the season under was entrusted , the ceremony of laising being afterwams rehearsed , he acting promising circumstances as what is correctly described as the " National as candidate. The S.W. was unanimously elected W.M. ior the next Skating Palace. The hall has been entirely re-embellished, and the balcony meeting. is heated for the benefit of those visitors who prefer to watch others instead of themselves donning skates. The real ice floor is kept in excellent condition, and there is an efficient band to increase the spirit of the proceedings. During the winter Air. Collier DALHOUSIE LODGE No. 860. , the manager, intends to arrange , a sories of special fetes. At the first of these a number of prizes were the 17th inst., at the Lord Truro. Dalston Lane, Bro. A. Ounnington ON allotted for the best modern and eccentric costumes. The programme also W.M., Alderman S.W., Barker J.W., Dunstan P.M. Preceptor, Harvey included a tug of war on skates, by teams of four in fancy dress. 123 Lennox, Richmond, Yorks Friday. LODGE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK. 195 Hengist, Pournemouth 90 Sfc. John, Albion 219 Prudence, Todmorden 554 Yarborough, Fenchurch Street Further particulars as to place of meeting of the undermentioned 249 Mariner, Liverpool 890 Hornsey, Anderton's 254 Trinity, Lodges are given in the Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Coventry 1275 Star, Greenwich 266 Naphwli, Heywood Book (published by Grand Lodge for the benefit of the 1489 Marquess of Ripon, Highbury 269 Fidelity, Blackburn 1627 Royal Kensington, F'masons'-h. Charity Fund). 289 Fidelity, Leeds rln/i / ~i .. :...... : .. i T^ 1 2467 Pickwick, Anderton's 294 Constitutional, Beverley 2488 Eccentric, Criterion 295 Combermere Union, Macclesfield 2511 St. John afc Hackney, Hackney Monday. Wednesday. 300 Minerva, Ashtun-under-Lyne House Committee Benevolent Insti- Grand Lodge, C for 7 306 Apollo, Beccles 44 Friendship, Manchester tution, Croydon , at 3 309 Harmony, Fareham 242 St. George, Doncaster 511 Zetland, Anderton's 31/ Affability, Manchester 306 Alfred, Leeds 79 Pythagorean, Greenwich 1585 Royal Commemoration, Holborn 521 Truth, Huddersfield 1615 Bayard 360 Pomfret, Northampton , 35, Golden Square 2484 Second Mid. Artillery, F.M.H. Grantham 574 Loy. Berkshire Hope, Newbury 1745 Farringdon (Without), 362 Doric, Via. H'M 74 Athol, Birmingham 419 St. Peter, Wolverhampton 601 St. J ohn, Wellington, Salop 62 Social, Manchester 94 Phoenix, Sunderland 446 Benevolent, Wells 698 Ryde, Ryde 557 Loyal Victoria, Cailington 137 Amity, Poole 462 Bank Terrace, Accringfcon 709 lnvicta of Ashford, Ashford 1110 Tyrian, Eastbourne 159 Brunswick, East Stonehouse 509 Tees, Stockton 751 Eastnor, Ledbury 1177 Tenby, Tenby 164 Perseverance , Sidmouth 531 St. Helen, Hartlepool 837 De Grey and Ripon, Ripon 1218 Prince Alfred, Mossley 168 Mariner, Guernsey 539 St. Matthew, Walsall 936 Adair, Aldeburgh 1258 Kennard, Pontypool 279 St. John, Leicester 633 Yarborough, Manchester 998 Welchpool, Welchpool 1688 Buxton, Buxton 282 Bedford, Tavistock 637 Portland, Stoke-upon-Trent 1009 Shakspere, Manchester 1753 Obedience, Okehampfcon 287 Unanimity, Stockport 703 Clifton, Bla ckpool 1230 Barnard, Barnard Castle 2279 Thornham, Thornham 298 Harmony, Rochdale 792 Pelham Pillar, Grimsby 1295 Gooch, New Swindon, 326 Moira of Honour, Bristol 856 Restormel, Lostwithiel 1375 Architect, Chorlton-cum-Hardy Tuesday. 32/ St. J ohn, Wigton 913 Pattison, Plumstead 1405 Southwell, Nottingham 406 N'theru Counties, N'castls-on-T. 976 Royal Clarence, Bruton 1561 Morecambe, Morecambe Colonial Board, Freemasons'.hall, 4 417 Faith & Unanimity, Dorchester 1012 Prince of Wales, Bury 1648 Prince of Wales, Bradford Mark Grand Lodge , 5 for 6 429 Royal Navy, Ramsgate 1231 Savile, Elland 1664 Gosforth, Gosforth 9 Albion, Freemasons'-hall 471 Silurian, Newport, Mon. 1284 Brent, Topsham 1754 Windsor, Penarth 18 Old Dundee, Gannon St. Ho. 611 Marches, Ludlow 1304 Olive Union, Horncastle 1838 Tudor Rifle V'nt'rs., "WVh'pton 101 Temple, Ship and Turtle 645 Humphrey Ghetham, M'chester 1324 Okeover, Ripley 1993 Wolseley, Manchester 166 U nion, Criterion 678 Earl JbJlesmere, Famworth 1379 Marquess of Ripon, Darlington 2433 Minerva, Birkenhead 172 Old Concord, F.M.H. 838 Franklin, Boston 1384 Equity, Widnes 2491 White Rose of York. Sheffield 217 Stability, Anderton's 929 Waveney, Bungay 1473 Bootle, Bootle 2494 Humber Installed Masters', Hull 765 St. James, Southwark 970 Sfc. Anne, East Looe 1500 Walpole, Norwich 2569 St. Trillo, Colwyn. Bay 1159 M'quis Dalhousie, 33, Golden Sq. 992 St. Thomas, Manchester 1504 Red Rose of Lanc'ster, Padih im 1257 Grosvenor, Freemasons'-hall 1003 Prince of Wales, J ersey 1513 Friendly, Barnsley Saturday. 1259 Duke of Edinburgh, Eastern Hfcl 1004 Athole, Douglas, Isle of Man 1557 Albert Edward, Hexham 1261 Golden Rule, Cafe Royal 1010 Kingston, Hull Lymm 142 St. Thomas, Ship and Turtle 1565 Earl of Chester, Albion 1381 Kennington, Kennington Park 1013 Royal Victoria, Liverpool 1639 Watling St., Stony Stratford 1572 Carnarvon, 1397 Anerley, Anerley 1063 Mailing Abbey, West Mailing 1770 Vale of White Horse, Faringdon 1622 Rose, Camberwell 1472 Henley, North Woolwich 1085 Hartington, Derby Bri hton 1949 Brixton, Kennington 1829 Burrell, g Freemasons'-hall 1693 JrUngsland, Highbury 1167 Alnwick, Alnwick 1874 Lechmere Vl'nt'r, Balsall H'th 2466 Cheerybles, 1803 Cornhill, Piccadilly 1205 Methem, E. Stonehouse 1899 Wellesley, Sandhurst 1362 Royal Albert Edward, Redhill 'e.ye,a U. N. Counties, Inns of Crt. Htl 1206 Cinque Ports, Sandwich 2043 Kendrick, Reading 1388 Canynges, Bristol 2150 Tivoli, Frascati 1274 Earl Durham, Chester-le-Street 2169 Osborne, East Cowes 1458 Truth, Manchester 2190 Savage Club, Freemasons'-hall 1333 Athelsfcan, Atherstone 2321 Acacia, Bradford 1466 Hova Fcclesia, Brighton 2398 Holborn, Holborn Restaurant 1335 Lindsey, Wigan 2342 Easterford, Kelvedon 1550 Prudence, Plymouth 2469 Hortus, Freemasons'-hall 1354 Marquis of Lome, Leigh 2350 Corinthian, Hindley 2096 George Price, Croydon 52 Union, Norwich 1431 St. Alphege, Solihull 2386 Clarence, Chester 2493 Vale of Eden, Appleby 70 St. John, Plymouth 1461 Clausentum, Woolstort 2496 Wirral, Birkenhead 2541 St. Andrew, Avonmouth 103 Beauford, Bristol 1478 Lougleat, Warminster 120 Palladian, Hereford 1532 Bective, Carlisle 124 Marquis of Granby, Durham 1620 Marlborough, Liverpool Great Northern Oil & Stores Company, 158 Adam, Sheemess 1660 Arlecdon, Frizzington The 1736 St. John. Halifax £U» xhbODimix, vv -muaur 49 PBMBEOKE STEEET, LONDON , N., 226 Benevolence, Littleboro' 1862 Stranton, West Hartlepool 252 Harmonic, Dudley 2193 Queen Jubilee, Nelson Supply good quality Paraffi n for Beading Lamps, in barrels 265 Royal Yorkshire, Keighley 2200 Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells of 41 gallons, at lowest market prices. 315 Royal York, Brighton 2224 Fairfield , Long Eaton 340 Alfred, Oxford 2330 St. Lawrence, Pudsey 2334 Jersey, Bicester 364 Cambrian, Neath * 393 St. David, Berwick 2368 Alan Alderley Edge 421 Loyal of Industry, S'fchmoUon 2382 Loyal Hay, Hay 457 Loyal Monmouth, Monmouth 2391 Orde-Powlett, Middlesborough Weaver's Depository. 493 Royal Lebanon, Gloucester 2453 Duke of York, Cardiff 510 St. Martin, Liskeard 2464 Longsight, Longsight 558 Temple, Folkestone 2495 Goodacre, Bootle FR M 1/S 660 Camalodunum, New Malton 2556 Glyn Ebbw, Ebbw Vale ' ^MORGE^W E^ERJ PER° A7"Z sir: .TrtVin T.i-wo'p 'nnnl 2560 Earl of Lathom, Bury PERSONAL HOUR' 685 Northumberland, N'castle-on-T. 8,GARLT0f iT|gCy^M 702 Sherborne, Stroud Thursday. Bridlington 734 Londesborough, F.M.H. SUPERV,S,0N , Sutton Coldfield 10 W'minster & Keystone, 794 Warden Anderton 804 Carnarvon, Havant 27 Egyptian, 's ^^^^^^ H ESTATES Honiton 45 Strong Man, Guildhall Tav. 847 Fortesque, Hotel 948 Sfc. Barnabas, Linslade 192 Lion & Lamb, Cannon St. Cardiff 227 Ionic, Criterion 960 Bute, 231 St. Andrew, Freemasons'-hall 974 Pentalpha, Bradford ' Ulverston 538 La Tolerance, Freemasons -hall 995 Furness, '-hall 1002 Skiddaw Cockermouth 822 Victoria Rifles, Freemasons , 1178 Perfect Ashlar Southwark 8 Carlton Terrace, Harrow Rd., W. 1072 Aberystwith, Aberystwith , Manchester 1216 Macdonald, Camberwell 1134 Newall, Holb'n R'st. 1197 Nyanza, llrninster 1351 St. Clement Danes, l OOO On.' v.f- TZ"m.r \X7ocrfnT» -ai,TW» «_lVFll FO 1361 United Service, Cafe Royal The Freemason ' s Chronicle. Paddington 1244 Marwood, Redcar 1425 Hyde Park, A Weekly Record of Masonic Intelligence. 1672 Mornington, Holborn Via. H'tl. 1282 Ancholme, Brigg —: o:— 1336 Square & Compasses, Wrexham 1707 Eleanor, Great Eastern Hotel 1765 Trinity Col., 13 Mandeville PI. 1367 Beaminster Manor. Beam'ster. , THE FREEMASON'S CHRONICLE will bo forwarded direct from 1488 St. Eleth, Almwch 1772 Pimlico, Westminster the Office , Fleet Works, Bulwer Road, New Barnet, on receipt of Portmadoc 1790 Old England, Thornton Heath remittance for the amount. 1509 Madoc, B,egent 1726 Gordon, Bognor 2202 Park, Frascati 2271 St. Pancras Midland Grand Ho The Terms of Subscription (payable in advance) are— 1780 Albert Edward, Southampton , Twelve Months, post free ...... £0 13 6 1785 St. Petroc, Padstow 2291 West Ham Abbey, Stratford 2411 Clarence & Avondale, L'yt'nst'n Postal Order to be made payable to W. W. MORGAN, at the New 1807 Loyal Wye, Builth Barnet Office. Cheques crossed " London and South Western Bank." 1908 Cholmondeley, Frodsham 2512 Fulham, Fulham 1970 Hadrian, South Shields 2550 Piccadilly, Piccadilly 2129 Dorothy Vernon, Bakewell 2580 Crouch End, Highgate Scale of Charges for Advertisements. Stratford-on-Avn 24 Newcastle O.T., Newcastle 2133 Swan of Avon, Page ...... £10 10 0 2260 Ridley, Newcastle-on-Tyne 31 United Industrious, Canterbury 2290 Fairfield , Fairfield 38 Union, Chichester Births, Marriages, and Deaths, ls per line. 2414 Wychwood, Burford 41 Royal Cumberland, Bath General Advertisements, Trade Announcements, &c , narrow columns, 5s 2490 Ampthill, Ampthill 110 Loyal C'brian, Merthyr-Tydvil per inch. News column Advertisements ls per line. Special terms for ft 2561 West Essex, Buckhurst Hiil 114 British Union, Ipswich series of insertions or special positions on arjplicafcion. EADE'S The Theatres, &c. GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. Covent Garden.—Friday, 4th December, Fancy Dress Ball. The SAFEST and most EFFECTUAL CURB for Lyceum.—8, Cymbeline. Matinee, Wednesday, 2. Haymarket.—8-30, Under the Red Robe. Matinee, Wednesday and Satur- GOUT, RHEUMATISM, and all PAI.K S in tho HEAD, day, -2-30. FACE, and LIM IsS. St. James's.—8-15, The Prisoner of Zenda. (Last day) . G lone.—8, The Muff of the Regiment. 9, Charley's Aunt. Matinee, Wed- The first two Pills took the pain away . nesday and Saturday, 3. Prince of Wales's.—8-15, The White Silk Dress. Matinee, Saturday, 2-30. Gaiety.—8-15 M 2 College Park Villas, Kensal Green , London , W. , y Girl. Matinee, Saturday , 2-30. EADE'S PILLS. Adelphi.- 8, Boys Together. May 1891. Duke of York's. ' Sir,—I feel it my duty to tell you I had Rheu- —8, The Gay Parisienno. Matinee, Saturday, 2-30. EADE'S PILLS. Dear Terry's.—8-15, Woman' matic Gout twice, and had to stop at home for three s proper place. 9, Love in idleness. Matinee, Sat- I cannot describe the pain I suffered. I read urday, 2-30. ADE'S PILLS, weeks. Lyric.—8-15 advertisement, and looked upon it as all others. , The Sign of the Cross. Matinee, Wednesday and Saturday, 2 30. E your Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, A brother gentleman said, "Try them." I did so. The Manxman. Savoy.—7-30, Weather or No. 8-30, The Mikado. Matinee, Saturday, 2-30. THE FIRST TWO PILLS TOOK THE PAIN AWAY Strand.—8 10, Dream Faces. 9, Teddy's Wives. Matinee. Saturday, 3. GOUT In a few hours, and I was able to resume my work. Comedy.—8, A White Stocking. 8-45, A White Elephant. No one need be frightened to take them. I have Criterion.—8-30, Rosemary. Matinee, Saturday, 2-30. RHEUMATISM, recommended them to all whom I have heard com- Daly 's.—8-15, The Geisha ; A story of aTea House. Matinee, Saturday, 2-30. plaining of Rheumatism, Gout, Lumbago, Neuralgia, Vaudeville.—8-15, Round a Tree. 9, A Night out. Matinee, Wednesday, 3. GOUT. &c. I hope no one will doubt my statement. Court.—8-15, Number One round the Corner. 9 30, The Belle of Cairo. Yours sincerely, Matinee, Saturday, 3. "Q HEUMATISM. JAS. PETTELGALL. Royalty.—8-30, In and oub of a Punt. 9, His little dodge. Matinee, JL_ ME. G. EADB . Saturday, 3. Princess's.—8, Two little Vagabonds. Matinee, Wednesday and Saturday, EADE'S GOU T ANO RHEUMATIC PILLS Parkhurst.—Next week, A trip to Chicago. ARE PREPARED ONLY BY Alhambra.—7-45, Variety Entertainment. 8-15, Irish Ballet Divertissement. 9-30, The Animatographe. 10, Rip Van Winkle. GEORGE EADE, 72 GOSWELL ROAD, LONDON , Empire.—7-40, Variety Entertainment. New Ballet Divertissement, La And sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors, Danse. Cinematographe. 2s 9d Palace. - IN BOTTLES, at ls l^d and each. —7 45, Variety Entertainment, Tableaux Vivants, &c. Royal.—7-30, Variety Company. Saturday, 2-30. Egyptian Hall.—3 and 8, Mr. J. N. Maskelyne's entertainment. Just Published, ISmo., Wrappers, 1/- Crystal Palace—Varied attractions daily. Royal Aquarium. and reliable pocket LEXICON of FREEMASONRY, would —Open at 10, close at 11-30. Constant Amusement. SMALL Tivoll.— 7-30, Variety Entertainment. Saturday, 2 30 also. A be of value fco young Masons, giving full information on matters connected with fche Ritual and Customs of the Order ; with this view it has been compiled and revised by W. J. Morris. THE WHE LM SANITARY 12mo., blue cloth, red edges, 5/- LAUNDRY, PRICKLER'S HILL, HIGH ROAD, NEW BARNET. TEXT BOOK OF FREEMASON RY, crmplete handbook of Instruction to all workings in the various Mysteries and Ceremonies of Craft Masonry, &c, &c. Ditto, Ditto, on thin paper, in leather pocket style. REEVES AND TURNER, 5 Wellington Street, Strand, London. Special Terms for Hotels, Clubs, &c. Drying grounds, ttpwards of an acre in extent, quite PHOT OGRAPH Y. open on all sides. Carpe ts beaten, cleaned & re-laid. HOCKET T __ WHITE , Further particulars of MRS. STAPLES, Proprietress. 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