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CONTENTS. 260—being established in 1820, and the second—the Leinster, No. 266—in ¦ ¦ L EADERS 4a CORRESPONDENCE (Continued)— 1824. The third—the Australia , now No. 390—emanated from the G. Lodge Supreme Grand Chapter 46 A Question of Custom 31 land in 1828, and then other lod ges were established outside S dney, Consecration of the Old Westminsters' The Domatic Lod ge Ki of Eng y Lodge, No. 2233 46 Notes and Queries , 51 one at Paramatta, in 1834, and the Lodge Australia Felix, now Consecration nf the Onslow Lodge, No. R SPORTS OF M ASONIC M EETINGS— 3334, at Guildford 45 Craft Masonry 51 No. 474, in Melbourne, in 1841. From these small beginnings the Craft The " Grand Lodge MS." (A . D . 1583) 48 Instruction $1 graduall y extended itself over the Colony, or Colonies, as they were suc- Ancient and Accepted Rite 48 Royal Arch H Royal Masonic Institution for Boys— Mark Masonry 57 cessively founded , with the result that at the present time there are as Financial Table, 1SS1—1SS7 48 Ancient and Accepted Rite ;8 Xhe United Orders of the Temple and Kni ghts Templar 58 regards those of Eng lish Constitution alone, 76 lodges under the District Hosp ital of St. John of Jerusalem 49 Entertainment at the Royal Masonic Bene- Grand Lodge of New South Wales, 8 lodges under that of Victoria 28 Centenary Festival of the Industry Lodge, volent Institution $8 9 , No. 1S6 49 Obituary 58 lod ges in the District of Queensland , 6 lod ges in Western Australia, 8 CORRESPOND ENCE — Masonic and General Tidings Jq Festival of the Girls' School <i Lod ge Meetings for Next Week (10 lodges in the District of Tasmania , and 86 in New Zealand and Fiji , 81 of this last group of lod ges being distributed among five Dist. Grand Lodges, VVE congratulate the members of this lodge on its having- com- 3 of the other 4 being in South Island without any District Grand Lodge of industry, pleted its first 100 years, as well as on the fact that the organisation , and 1 in Fiji , the total number of English lodges being thus No. 1S6. M.W.G.M. has been pleased to grant their prayer for a Cen- upwards of 300. To these must be added the lodges severally established tenary Warrant, and the permission which usually accompanies it for all by the Grand Lodges of Ireland and Scotland , the 37 lod ges under the subscribing members to wear a Centenary jewel. The lod ge has been some- independent Grand Lodge of South Australia, and, though these are not what unfortunate as regards the preservation of its archives, the recognised by the Grand Lodges of the Old Country, the pseudo-Grand minutes, for a period of 22 years, from 3rd February, 18 11, to 22nd Lodges of New South Wales and Victoria , so that the total number of June, 1833, having been lost, but it has been able to show it has Masonic lodges in the Australian Colonies cannot be far short of, if , indeed , been in continuous working since its constitution in January, 1788, it does not exceed , 600. Then there are Royal Arch chapters and Mark and the Grand Master, therefore, has had no difficulty about lodges, a few Templar Preceptories, and Red Cross conclaves, so that acceding to their . prayer. The members, however, appear to bea r Masonry in all its branches may without question be described as being their honours quietly. They met, as usual, at Freemasons' Hall, on the firml y set at the Anti podes. In a short time, however, we shall in all 24th inst., and , beyond the fact that a short conversation occurred during probability hear that Masonry has taken a prominent part, worthy in all the earlier part of the proceedings on the subject of the Centenary, and that respects of its influence, in the Centenary proceedings which have occurred Bro. VV. S. PAGE , W.M.—now I.P.M.—and Bro. Allison, P.M., Secretary, during the presentweek. were presented with Centenary jewels, to mark the event and the conspicu- ous share they had taken in obtaining the warrant , the business seems lo THE Canadian Craftsman for December last contains a com- have been conducted in the usual manner. But whether they intend to do " T iSh Muddie5' munication by "J URISDICTION " on what the writer is pleased anything further in the way of Centenary celebration or not , they have to describe as " That English Muddle." From this we gather done good service in the past, and, from what we know of the members, that the edict of non-intercourse issued some time back by the Grand Lodge there is every prospect of a continuance of this success. of Quebec against the Grand Lodge of England and all its belongings has *** recoiled on the devoted heads of its own people, instead of on those of W E heartily welcome the Old Westminsters' Lodge to its English brethren , and especially those in Montreal , whom it has declared to minsters ' Lodge, place on the roll of Grand Lodge, and in particular as a be outside the pale of its own Masonic law. This is only another instance No. 2233. valuable addition to the lodges in the Metropolitan area, of the engineer being hoist with his own petard, and if it had occurred with London has been able to boast for some time past of the number and any other than that venerable and reverend body, the Grand Lodge of variety of its special lod ges, that is, of lodges, the membershi p of which is Quebec, we should have felt inclined to be amused , and have pronounced limited to brethren of a particular class or profession. But the Old West- the usual verdict in all such cases of " served it right." But the G. Lod^e minsters' Lodge, to consist entirely of members educated at the particular of Quebec, with its 60 or 70 lodges and 2500 brethren , and its prolonged public school whose name it bears, is the first of Us kind in London, or experience, as a separate organisation , of less than 20 years, is far too indeed in any other part of England, the nearest approach, perhaps,being the serious a subject to be amused about, and instead of jeering and sneering Westminster and Keystone Lodge, which in its later years has been at it in the midst of the misfortunes which, according to "J URISDICTION," regarded, thoug h not exclusively so, as the London home of brethren it has created to its own detriment, we prefer tendering it our sincere initiated while at Oxford. But even as there is a wide difference sympathy and wishing it a speedy release from its present difficulties. It is between a public school and one of our universities, so must there also not in accordance with our ideas of the princi ples of Masonry to refuse to be a great difference between a lod ge which will be limited to members lend a helping hand to one who has fallen into a ditch on the ground that we hailing from one public school and one which is onl y in great part recruited had cautioned him against going too near the edge or he might fall in. The by Masons hailing from any one of the between 20 and 30 colleges at Oxford. Grand Lodge of Quebec, in spite of all warnings to the contrary, has issued However, without troubling ourselves to argue this very immaterial point. its edict against England and all English lodges, and the onl y practical we welcome the new lod ge, as we have said , most heartil y. Many of its result we have as yet heard of is that some brethren of the Ouebec Constitu- founders are old Masons as well as Old Westminsters, and having once tion are overwhelmed with shame and consternation at finding that the started on its career, as it did on Friday, the 20th instant, under the most representative of our Anglo-Montreal lodges at the Montreal Masonic favourable ausp ices, and with a trained body of officers to conduct its pro- Board of Relief remains at his post, and that among " the transient Masons, ceedings, we have no doubt it will achieve at an early date a large measure their wives, sisters, and children ," who have received of the funds at the of that brilliant success which appears to have attended all the lodge creations disposal of the Board , have been sundry of those very brethren , with " their in London during the last few years. wives, sisters, and children , ' whom the Grand Lodge of Quebec " has declared outside the pale of Masonry. * * * " Of course, this is a very terrible THE present week will be an eventful one in Australasian calamity, and we can well understand the chagrin of "J URISDICTION " ' s Au tral asia '" annal s > the looth anniversary of the proclamation of Australia because the " Montreal Masonic Board of Relief ," or rather its Ouebec as a British colony by Capt. PHILIP, R.N., having been cele- members, instead of joining in the chorus of denunciation against all brated with honours befitting so important an event. It is not necessary to Eng lish Masons, great and small , rich and poor, as ordered by the Grand refer at any length to the marvellous progress that has been made in the Lodge of Quebec, appear to have been kindly and firmly discharging their interval between Captain PHILIP'S proclamation and ils centenary commem- duties and administering such relief as the funds allowed to poor brethren oration , nor need vve trace how the one colony—a mere convict establishment and their relations of all jurisdictions alike.