in previous contests, while the other two now come forward for the first time. Of the former, No. 29, THE ELECTIONS FOR THE SCHOOLS. Arline Hall, stands in the best position, in point of r nHE half yearly elections for the two Educational votes brought forward , her total being 1713 from one A- Institutions will be held on Friday and Satur- previous election. Her father was initiated in day, tlie 25th and 26th inst., that for the Boys' St. John's Lodge, No. 221, and subsequently joined School being fixed for the former , and that for the St. George's, No. 1723, in the Province of East Lan- Girls' School for the latter day. In each case there cashire, which district will, we anticipate, secure this is a long list of candidates, but fortunately there is child s admission to the Girls School at the coming also a large number of vacancies, the respective totals election . There are five children dependent on the being : for the Boys' School, 30 vacancies and 68 mother, who was left a widow in 1888. No. 12, Mary candidates ; for the Girls' School, 21 vacancies and Maud Watson, from the Province of Warwickshire, 48 candidates. This gives a total of 111 children has also a goodly number oi votes to her credit, seeking the benefits of the two Masonic Schools, of 1510 having been polled on her behalf at the last whom 51 can be elected during the present month. three contests. The father was initiated in the On the Boys' list there are ten children whose age Elkington Lodge, No. 1016, and subsequently joined will preclude them from taking part in another elec- Machen, No. 1782, of which he was a Past Master. tion should they not be ablo to secure sufficient votes He also qualified as a Life Subscriber of the Institu- to prove successful at the coming contest. Of these, tion for the benefits of which his daughter is now a No. 5. Stanlev Edmund Rolls Pratt, comes forward candidate. No. 24, Ada Florence May, brings for - with 1831 votes to his credit, the result of four ward 869 votes from October last ; No. 16, Annie elections in which he has taken part. He is one of Wilson, 801 from the last two elections ; No. 10, five children dependent on their mother, who is the F. E. G. Dixon, 723 from three contests ; while the widow of an old member of the Yarborough Lodge, other two last applications (No. 33, Anne Hopkins, No. 244, Jersey. The father had a short Masonic and No. 43 ¦ May Hinings), are new to this election. career, he dying about two years after his initiation, As was recently stated in the Masonic column of but during that period he had risen to the office of the Evening News and Post , the question of how to Junior Deacon , and had shown his interest in the deal with these last chance candidates has long charitable work of Freemasonry by subscribing to exercised the minds of English Craftsmen. It is the Benevolent Institution. No. 4, Edward George much to be regretted some special , help cannot be Jarrnain, another fifth application, is also fortunate afforded them, but so far no proposal has proved to as regards votes brought forward, his total being be practical. We fear, as our contemporary remarks, 1680. The father ol this lad was a Sergeant Major they must take their turn with the rest, some of them of the Boyal Artillery, and died of sunstroke, on his being unfortunately sent away without any hope of way home from India, where he had been on service. future assistance. To show how , often this latter He was initiated in St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 500, and alternative does occur, we have only to refer to the subsequently joined another of the Madras Lodges, ballot papers for the coming elections, whereon we where he filled the office of Secretary. There are find it recorded that five candidates have been re- three children dependent oh his widow. No. 32, moved from the Girls' list since the last election, on Ernest Charles G'eorge Mountford , was a candidate account of their age being now above the limit in October last, when 462 votes were recorded on his allowed, while in connection with the Boys' School behalf . His father was initiated in the Forward there were four such cases—a total of nine for one Lodge, No. 1180, Warwickshire, and filled the office of half year. While we can but regret the amount of Secretary therein. There a,re five of his children now disappointment these removals must have entailed, we dependent on his widow, but we hope that the efforts must admit the difficulty seems quite impossible of of his friends will be so far successful as to relieve her solution, So long as the number of applicants of the care of one of them, by securing a place for him exceeds the number oi vacancies there must of in our Boys' School. The other last application cases necessity be elections, and in like manner there on the list are, No. 2, James Carruthers, sixth appli- must o6casionally occur cases where success is not cation, with 27 votes brought forward ; No. 19, Charles achieved within the period allowed by the laws of Wilfred Peters, 69 votes in hand from last two con- the Institutions. tests ; No. 24, Charles Lind Lament Young, third Another section of candidates for whom we think application, no votes yet recorded ; No. 33, Francis something special is deserving are those who have Charles Hodge, second application, no votes yet lost both parents. Unfortunately it seldom happens polled ; No. 43, Herbert Cecil Bartholomew, 78 votes that a list is printed that does not contain one or from last contest ; No. 49, L. A. F. Thomas, with 177 more such cases, those for the elections of the present votes from October ; and No. 55, H. Heyworth, a _ month being no exception in this respect . In the new candidate, from the Province of East Lancashire.' case of the Boys' School there are five such cases, Turning to the sister Institution, we find seven while two others appear on the paper of the Girls' candidates of full age, five of whom have taken part School. We have already spoken of one of the boys who has lost both of his parents, No. 55, H. Hey- [ worthless. The acceptance of the resignation of the Secre- worth, his being also a last application case. Thc tary must bo endorsed by the General Committee, and others are No. 10, E. E. Whale , who is one of four approved ancl received by that Committeo, to be of value. children left parentless. His father was initiated in The Provisional Committee thought that certain resolutions which they recommended should be agreed to, but at the Harmony Lodgo, No. 309, Hampshire and the the same timo they considered that these resolutions Isle of Wight. His death occurred in 1887, when he should emanate from some of the members of the was a Past Master of his Lodgo. Thc lad has already Genera l Committeo who wero not members of the Pro- taken part in four elections, and goes to the poll this visional Committee. There were threo of these resolutions, month with a record of 165 votes in his favour. which wero as follow:— No. 23, F. E. W. Cooper, is another case in which 1. That this Committee approve and confirm the arrangements there are four dependent children left parentless. , made by the Provisional Committee as to the resignation of Brother This lad, who has a sister in the Girls' School, has Binckes from tho office of Secretary on the 30th of Jnne next , upon payment to him of the snm of £2500, pursuant to the recotn. taken part in the last two elections, at which 1625 mendation of the Provisional Management Committee. votes have been recorded on his behalf. His father 2. That in the event of the whole amount, viz., £2500, of the was initiated in the Mount Lebanon Lodge, No. 73, Pension Indemnity Fnnd nofc being collected or paid over by the London, and subscribed, until the time of his death , trustees of thafc fnnd on the 30th of June next, the Provisional Man . agement Committeo be empowered to make snch financial arrange- 11 years after his initiation. No. 48, H. J. M. Aldous, ments as may be necessary for providing for payment on that day of is an only child, left parentless. He was a candidate the £2500 or any other sum to Bro. Binckes on his vacating the office in October, when 768 votes were polled on his behalf. of Secretary. His father was also a London Mason, having been 3. That the Provisional Management Committee be required to made m the St. marylebone Lodge, No. 1305, and take the necessary steps, by advertisements or otherwise, for pro. caring candidates for the office of Secretary of the Institntion , to be subscribed thereto until his death, last year. No. 62, elected in accordance with the by-laws of the Institntion, and that Charles Truine is new to the present list. He has a the Provisional Committeo be requested to settle as to the duties of, sister in the Girls' School, and is one of a family of and the salary to be paid to, the new Secretary. six dependent, three of whom are partially provided Bro. Attenborough moved, and Bro. Scurrah seconded the for. The father was initiated in the Earl of Carnar- first resolution . Bro. Langley inquired whether it was pro- on Lodge, No. 1642, London, and he subsequently posed that the sum should be handed to Bro. Binckes, or jo ined the Cyclist, No. 2246, in the Province of invested. Tho Chairman said it would be handed over to Surrey. He was a life subscriber to the Benevolent Bro. Binckes. He might tell the brethren that the Pro- vince of Hampshire had subscribed -6117 10s without any Institution and the Boys' School, and was a subscrib- objection. It would take some time to get the money in. ing member of his Lodge until his death, in June The motion was then carried. Bro. Attenborough remarked 1889. that as the second resolution was framed, the balance of On the Girls list, No. 3, Bertha Johnston, is one of fcho £2500 was to be paid out of the funds of the Institu- three parentless children. Her father was initiated tion. He would suggest that the word " temporarily " be in the Marquis of Granby Lodge, No. 124, passed the inserted . In that case he should not object to it, but if the chair in that Lodge, and rose to Grand Lodge office in payment was to be a permanent charge on the funds he his Province of Durham. His daughter has taken "d-onld object. The fund was being raised to provide the part in three elections, and comes forward with 709 £2500. The resolution provided that the -62500 was to votes already polled. The other case on this list is ae paid on 30tb June. If it went forward that it was to No. 37, S. G. Glenny, who has a brother in the Boys' bo paid out of the funds of the Institution, irrespec- School. There are four children now dependent on tive of whether it was raised from the Pension [ndemnit y Fund, there would be great opposition to it. friends . The father was initiated in the Adelphi Lodge, Bro. Scurrah said he thought it ought to be stated in the No. 1670, London, and subscribed thereto until the resolution whether the mouey was going to be provided time of his death , in 1886. We need hardly remind out of the funds of the Institution. The resolution was our readers—as we have expressed our views on so very wide upon this point. Bro. Attenborough said ho many occasions—that the few cases we have specially would propose that the Committee be authorised to pay referred to are not necessarily the most deserving of this -£2500 out of the funds of the Institution on the support, or the most sorely pressed among the long 30th of June, on. tho understanding that it should uot be list of applicants, but there are special features a charge upon the funds, but that it should be a in connection with all of them that call for special temporary measure to tide over the difficulty, and that the consideration at the hands of the Craft , and we Pension Indemnity Fund repay this £2500. It seemed to sincerely hope that all, or nearly all, may prove suc- him that this understanding had been come to cessful when the day of election comes round. with Bro. Binckes, and that on the 30th June the £2500 should be forthcoming. It might not be forthcoming out of the Pension Indemnity Fund, and it was not a reasonable thing that the Provisional Committee should put their hands in their pockets for it, or pay it out of the funds ROYAL MASONIO INSTITUTION FOR of the Institution. The Chairman said the object of the BOYS. proposition was to complete the vacation of the office of Secretary on 30th June. If £1700 or £1800 only was subscribed by that day, the Committee asked for THE General Committee met on Saturday last, at power Freemasons' HaU. Brother Richard Eve P.G. to advance the balance then accruing out of the funds of Treasurer occupied the chair. He was supported by Broa . the Institution. Bro. Barnett jun. asked who was George Plucknett, Jno. Masters, Stanley J. Attenborough, absolutely responsible for the balance ? Was it the James Brett, J. Bodenbam, John Barnett jun., George members of the Committee ? The balance could not be Everett, George Corbie, R. W. Bourne, W. W. Morgan, raised without some security. Bro. C. H. Webb said he H. Massey, J. Glass, W. A. Scurrah, George R. Langley, understood that a cheque had already been handed in as Albert Escott, Rev. Harry Hebb (Head Master), C. H. a guarantee for the amount, on- the faith that it would Webb, E. Hobbs, Edwin Storr, James Blyth, and be recouped by a certain time. As the whole of the F. Binckes (Secretary). The minutes of the March meet- Lodges would not have had an opportunity of coming to ing were read and confirmed ; and the minntes of a resolution prior to fche date named, he hoped that it the Provisional Management Committee and of the House would come from the fund provided by the guarantee. and Audit Committees were read. The report of the Provi- He brought it before his Lodge some weeks ago, sional Committee contained recommendations with refer, and mentioned that the cheque had been given . His ence to the resignation of Brother Frederick Binckes, Lodge voted its proportion to the Indemnity Fund. Bro. John Glass said that, following on the report of the Bro. George Everett replied that there had been a good Provisional Committee respecting the resignation of Bro. deal of misunderstanding about tho £2500, for which a Binckes, it was necessary that the General Committee brother of West Yorkshire would be happy to give a should agree to certain resolutions which would have to be cheque. It, however, resolved itself into this—the brother passed on that subject. Without such resolutions the in question was prepared to pay the £2500 on condition reconunendations of the Provisional Committee would be that the Provisional Management Committee would render themselves liable to repay that amount. There were Provisional Committee shonld report to the General Com- 30 members on the Committee, all good men and true, and mittee. The Chairman said he would add to the resolution he (Brother Everett) would be happy to find his £100 the words, " and report thereon to the next meeting of the towards it to-morrow. Others, however, did not think it General Committee." The motion as amended was pro- a fair thing that the members of the Committee should be posed, seconded , and carried. Two petitions of candidates asked to make themselves liable, nor did he himself, for to be placed on the list for the October election were then that matter. He hoped the Committee would carry the considered. An outfi t .of £5 each was voted to two Boys resolution now submitted. He felt certain that they would who had left the School and obtained situations, and get this £2500. The reason they had not already secured notice of two motions for tho next Quarterly Court were it was, that tho thing had not been well managed, so far as given iu. A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed tho London was concerned. Many did not understand what it proceeding-*. meant, and a good many misrepresented it. For his own part, knowing all about it, he had put it before hia own in a proper shape, and they had readily voted Lodges The Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic double the amount asked. In the autumn session, when Benevolent Institution, held their regular monthly meeting ges were meeting again for the winter, it would be the Lod at the Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday. to como all ri ht if there was any thing like organ- Bro. Jamea found g Brett presided and there were present Bros. C. A. Cotte- and every Lodge would take a share in the matter. , isation, brnne, T. B. Purchas C. H. Webb E. West Lodges in the Provinces where the subject was , , , W. Smith, The L. C. Haslip, David D. Mercer A.G.P., Hugh Cotter, thoroughly understood had come forward nobly, especially Charles G. Hill, Alexander Forsyth, F. Mead, Dr. Hogg, West Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Hampshire, and the final could not bo a matter of doubt. Brother W. W, F. H. Hubbert, W. H. Perryman, W. H. Making, and result James Terry (Secretary.) The minutes of the previous Morgan remarked that a great deal of misapprehension meeting having been read and verified and those of the had arisen from the fact that statements had been made in , adjourned meeting on the 25th ult. read for information newspapers through which many brethren supposed , the the Secretary reported the death of four male annuitants. the brother from West Yorkshire had already provided a The Warden 's Report for the past month was read, and cheque for the amount. Personally, he knew this was nofc that of the Finance Committee was read adopted, and the case, and he thought it would be better if the Chair- , directed to be entered on the minutes. Bro. J. A. Farn- man let the meeting know that no such cheque had been fiel d, Treasurer of the Institution,*and Bros. J. Newton and received, as the brethren had been led to believe. In reply J. J. Berry were appointed a Committee to prepare the tho Chairman said no such cheque had been handed over. annual report, to be submitted to the general meeting in The brother of West Yorkshire made the offer, believing May, and it having been agreed that the Stewards at the that the amount would be subscribed. The Committee recent Festival be invited to visit the Institution at not think it fair to call upon him for the money, Croy- did don a letter was read from a firm of solicitors relating knowing very well that the proposal to raise the money , to the bequest of one-third of the residue of the estate of the would be carried out. For himself, he thought it would late Dr. Morris Wilson and asking for the sanction by unfair to call upon any individual to take such a res- , the he Committee of ponsibility. Thoy thanked the brother, but they thought payment, amounting to £167, which was not bequeathed b it better that their personal efforts in their respective y will. The request was agreed to, and a vote of thanks to the Chairman having Lod and districts should be exerted to raise the been passed ges unanimousl amount. The Lodges he had had to do with in the y, the meeting adjourned. Provinces had accorded the proposal a very free and open acceptance. The Committee believed now that there would be a balance to hand over to the Institution. On the KENT CHARITY COMMITTEE. 30th June they might be £100 or £200 short of the MEETING of the Charity Committee of the Province of Kent £2500, but some Lodges did not meet till after the summer, A was held afc Rochester, on fche 21st alt., to consider the ensuing in June, Jul or August, and in order to give tbem an elections of the several Institutions ; and representatives were pre- y, sent from the different towns, including Dover, and other centres of opportunity of subscribing, the Provisional Management Freemasonry in the county. Managers for the ensuing elections Committee asked for authorit to draw on the funds of the y having been¦¦ appointed , ifc was resolved, in regard to the Girls- Institution, for any balance not subscribed to the £2500 School, to secure the election of Alice W. Bingham, No. 1 on the Pension Indemnity Fund by the 30th June. After some List, and fche managers to exercise their discretion in dealing with discussion as to tho form of the motion, so as to guard the surplus votes." For the Boys' School ifc was decided that " All votes owing to be first repaid, and then H. 0. Pownall, No. 42 on the list, funds of the Institntion from payment of the balance, the to be supported, and after him Edward Sole, No. 56 on the list." In motion was altered , as follows :— connection wifch the Royal Benevolent Institution for Old Men and " That in the event of the whole amonnfc, viz., £2500, of the Pension Women, ifc was agreed to support the case of Mrs. Mary Eedman, Indemnity Fond not bcin<; collected or paid over by the trustees of widow, No. 5 on the list, and thafc of Bro. G. Stevens, No. 20 on the that Fund on the 30ch June next, the Provisional Management Com- list, '• as far as fche members think advisable." The following petitions mittee be empowered to provide oat of the rands of the Institntion for relief were received, and the amounts recommended to Provincial the balance required to provide for payment on that day of the Grand Lodge : Strand, Lodge 31, £15; Mrs. Stanton, 1208, £2500 to Bro. Binckes on his vacating the office of Secretary, snch £15 ; Miss Buss, 125, £10 ; — Pickering, 77, £15 • Mrs. Viles, 972, balance to be eventually refunded by tho Pension Indemnity Fund." £15 j Bro. Mann , 20, £20. The application on behalf of — Bailey, 874, was onfc of order ; and Bro. Bnrfield's was withdrawn. The As altered, the motion was carried unanimously. The Committee recommended thafc £13 be paid out of Provincial Grand motion for the third resolution having been read by the Lodge Fund to fche Girls' School towards the cost of placing a memorial for one of fche windows in the new Memorial Hall Chairman , Bro. Scurrah desired to know what was the afc the School After a discussion fche Committee recommended meaning of *' advertising for candidates for the Office of that fche snm of £142 10s be paid from Provincial Grand Lodge Fund Secretary ?" Were they to be advertised for as Masons to the Provisional Committee of fche Boys' School to secure a pension only, or was that clause not to be inserted r They might to Bro. F. Binckes on hie retirement from the office of Secretary of have hundreds of applications from the outside world. that Institntion. The Chairman said fche laws of the Inafcifcufcion would be observed ; they must advertise. The brethren might A handsome painted window, by Clayton and Bell, has safely leave this to tbe Provisional Committee. After just been placed in fche parish church of Burghclere, near some discussion as to defining the duties and fixing the Newbury, by the parishioners, in memory of the late salary, Bro. Scurrah insisted that the Provisional Com- Bro. Canon Portal, for many years rector. A further mittee could not l egally exceed their powers, and he memorial of this popular Canon, who died suddenly, it will claimed an observance of the laws, which defined that be remembered, a year ago, will be a handsome building the powers now proposed to be given to the Provisional for parochial work, which is to cost a thousand guineas. Committee could only be exercised by the General Com- The site has been given by Lord Carnarvon. mittee. Bro. Glass thought if this Committee could now see their way to agree to the resolution, or to a rider to the resolution, say ing that the salary should not exceed a MARRIAGE. certain sum, it would be a great advantage to the Pro- LANGTON-CALROW.—On the 9th April, at St. John's, Bayswater, by the Rev. Henry Whito, M.A., Chaplain in ordinary to the Queen, Chaplain to tho visional Committee ,* ifc would be a gnido to the Committee House of Commons, assisted by the Rev. Prebendary K. Thornton, D D as to what they should offer candidates. Bro. Corbie JOSEPH DAVID , son of JOSEPH LAJTOTOIT , of 37 Queen Victoria Street, Eo ' and Cavendish Mansions, Portland Place, W., to LILIAN EMILY , fourth remarked that it had already been fixed that it was not to daughter of tho late FBEDKBIO CALBOW, of Harold Wood Hall, Bomford exceed Essex, and St. Mary-at-Hill, and grand-daughter o£ tho Rov. HASvire A £300 a year. Bro. Scurrah pressed that the B*ow*fB, lato Rector of Stowe, St. Mary's, Essex. Babylonish captivity, Freemasons' Lodges were dedicated to King Solomon. From thence, to tho coming of tho Hessian, they wero NOT SO BAD AS AT FIRST SUPPOSED. dedicated to Zerubbabel , tho builder of the second Temple; Temple b Bv Buo. J ACOB NOUION . and from that time, to the final destruction of the y Titus XXX., they were dedicated to St. John the Baptist; but owing Rev. Isaac Taylor in his attack on tho pious to tho many massacres aud disorders which attended that memorable THE , event , Freemasonry sank very much into decay ; many Lodges wero Puseyites, in his work called " Ancient Christianity," entirel y broken up, and but few could meet in sufficient numbers to after expressing bis contempt for the pious Rev. Butler's constitute their legality • and at a general meeting of the Craft , held Lives of the Saints, goes on to say :— in the city of Benjamin , it was observed that the principal reason for " Let any one open Bntler'a Lives of the Saints afc hazard , and the decline of Masonry was the want of a Grand Master to patronise without looking afc dates of tho several lives therein related, let him it. They therefore deputed seven of their most eminent members select a few whioh appear the most ridiculously absurd, or which to wait upon St. John the Evangelist , who was at that time Bishop at are on any account pecnlarl , and I will venture to predict Ephesus, requesting him to take npon himself that office. Ho y offensive returned for answer, thafc though well stricken iu years (being that these articles, so distinguished by their extravagance and folly, been in tho early part of his life will turn ont to be nicene [that is, of those who lived in the 3rd or upwards of ninety), yefc having 4th century], and not to popish stories. In fact they will be found initiated into Masonry, he would tako npon himself thafc office. He to bo translations from [the writings of] Athanasins, Basil thereby completed , by hia learning, what the other St. John had , completed b his zeal and thus drew what Freemasons terra a line Paladins, Jerome, or some of their contemporaries. On the contrary, y , objectionable and in a sense parallel. Ever since whioh Freemasons' Lodges in all Christian any lives that may appear to be less , countries have been dedicated to both St. John fche Baptist and edifying, will be those of modern Romanist saints. If then the lives of the saints as a whole be worthy of contempt, the principal stress St. John fche Evangelist." of this contempt falls nofc on fche Chnrch of Rome, bufc upon the The above tissue of lies used to be recited in Boston church of the third and fourth century." Lodges in a most solemn manner, adding thereto that the Our author then goes on to assure us that ridiculous as Saints John " were parallels in Christianity as well as in Butler's Lives of those early Saints are, they, compara- Masonry." The fact, however is, the above story was not tively speaking,' aro highly rational to tho same lives as invented before the second decade of this century. The originally written by the early writers. In short, Butler earliest publication I find that story in is in the left out some of the most absurd stories given by works of Krause, printed in Germany in 1820, or some- Athanasius, Jerome and Co., and modified and softened what later. As lato as 1822, Frederick Dalcho, the then down others. It is evident, therefore, that the greatest besfc informed Mason in America, was puzzled for a reason pietists believed in the greatest absurdities, and thafc the why the Saints John were introduced into Masonry ? Romanists to whom Butler belonged were not qnito That story, therefore, must havo como to America after 88 pious as their predecessors of the Nicene periods were. 1822. Now, had our Masonic pious writers distinguished Hence the Romanists could not believe as much as the themselves by writing moro truths, and by advocating a more pious primitive writers believed. higher standard of justice than the less pious Masonic By the same rule we may discover the comparative piety writers, they would indeed have been a credit to of our Masonio writers. Take out, at hazard, a number of Christianity as well as to Masonry. But being as it is, contributions to Masonic papers, magazines, and even from they deserve to bo despised just aa much as Isaac Taylor the Transactions of tho Q.C. Lodge, and you may depend despised tho writers of the Lives of Saints.'1' upon it that every absurd contribution was written by a Now, as a rule, New England Protestants do not believe pietist, and tho most intense pietist will be found fco have in the efficacy of Saints' patronage, but on the contrary written the most absurd stuff. Thepre-1717 MSS., as well they regard it as a mere Popish superstition ; and as the as the histories and literature of the last century, wero more only reason they can give for their adherence to or less the productions of pietists. Oliver, Mackey, C. "W. Saints' patronage is tbe above ridiculous Masonic St. John Moore, and numerous other Masonic writers of this century, story, a story at which every man of common sense must were pietists, and on reading their respective writings it laugh at, it therefore seems to me that their real motive will bo found that those who invented the greatest number for adhering to that superstition is not piety, but it arises of fibs, or who believed in the most absurd Masonic fables, from a deep-seated prejudice against Jews, and an inward were the most pious. And that our now living pious love to insult them with impunity. In short, Masonic Masonic writers still continue to write absurdities may be love in America is a mere farce. illustrated by contributors to the Masonic press. Thus, not The Massachusetts Grand Lecturer, however, lately long since, I read an article in the Keystone on " Ancient informed me that some of the sectarian allusions, including Landmarks." If I had not seen the writer's name I should the recital of the ridiculous story about the Saints John , still have been satisfied that it was written by a pietist. as above given , are no longer heard in Massachusetts Tho same may be illustrated by the absurd semi-annual Masonic Lodges, and I have even received a ritual for leaders in the said Keystone about the connection of the lay ing a corner-stone, printed in 1886, in which the Saints John with Masonry. The seventy columns of that Saints John are uot mentioned. We see now that tho paper, during tho last twenty years, which have been de- Grand Lodge of Massachusetts has moved onward some- voted to that subject, are so ridiculously absurd that, in my what, and this is mainly due to the liberality of the late estimation, Bro. Mac Calla, its editor, deserves the title as Grand Chaplain , and to the greater liberality of the Grand one of the very greatest of our American Masonic pietists. Masters for the last twelve years or so. In Rhode Island, About forty years ago, an old Lecturer of the Grand Lodge however, piety, or the pleasure of insulting Jewish Masons of Massachusetts, while alluding contemptuously to some in Masonic Lodges, kept the Grand Lodge at a stand still. person, said, in my presence, " He understands it no more A ritual , printed in Rhode Island in 1886, for lay ing a than Jews understand their oxon Scrip tures." Now, it will corner-stone has in it, " under the patronage of the holy be conceded by every sensible man that such an absurdity Saints John," &c. And the same ritual was reprinted to could only have been uttered by a pietist. be used at the laying of a corner stone of a synagogue on Again, take up the absurdities still retained in some the 23rd of September 1889. The said ritual was printed American Masonic rituals, and these are likewise the work in the local papers * the Jewish papers in New York of pietists. But that is not all, for it often happens that of naturally found fault, so did the editor of the FREEMASON 'S a phrase introduced say sixty years ago, or even less, pious C HRONICLE , and so did I. Upon further inquiry I was brethren will swear that it is an ancient landmark. Thus, informed by a Hebrew correspondent from Rhode Island, in 1842, 1 was assured that the story about Hiram Abiff's who I understand is not a Mason, and is therefore less monument was an ancient tradition , and the late pious likely to deny an offence committed by Masons than a Bro. Rob Morris, when I last saw him, in Boston , insisted Jewish Brother Mason might feel disposed to do. And that it was an ancient tradition. But the truth is, he informed me, by letter, that the printing of the ritual , Jeremy L. Cross invented the so-called Hiram Abiff's without expunging the objectionable allusion to the Saints monument in 1819. The same Bro. Cross introduced into the ritual in 1819 " The Lion of the Tribe of Judah," and * Mosheim, the ecclesiastical historian , had as bad an opinion of thia has since then given rise to a phrase, viz., " thc lion's the Nicene writers as Isaac Taylor had. The said pious writers " or " the lion' " And a learned writer has (said he) tanght that it was an net of virtue to deceive and lie when paw, s grip. very by such means the interest of the Church might be promoted. This since then proved that the said phrase descended to us maxim, he further says, was already then of long standing, aud he from the mysteries of our ancient Egyptian Masonic adds, " We would willing ly except from this charge Ambrose and brethren. But here is something which Mackey gives, Hilary, Angustin , Gregory Nozienzeu , and Jerome, but truth, which upon authority, as an ancient tradition preserved by English is more respectable than theso venerable fathers, obliges us to involve them in the general accusation." Lodges, viz. :— I hope thafc our Masonic pietists will take a hint from the above " From the building of the first Temple afc Jerusalem, fco the remarks, and in future govern themselves accordingly. John, was a blunder of the building Committee, and that when the blunder was discovered somo one waited on the WHAT IS FREEMASONRY P Grand Secretary, and gave him to understand that they An Oration , delivered by Bro. J. E. Thomas, at the did not want to have " pork " served up in the ceremony. Consecration of Lodge St. Alba n, Adelaide. The symbolic hint was understood , aud the Grand Master has been an established custom among Mason '-, upon had the good sense to act accordingly, and after the error IT appeared in the Jewish press the Rabbi of the Providence , occasions such as and similar to the p.-etcur , for >somu R.I., congregation informed the Jewish editors in New qualified brother to set forth iu definite aud exp lanatory York and Cincinnati that the Grand Master of Rhode terms, the reasons and motives whicn have impelled fcho Island did not use the objectionable part of the ritual . renewed and augmented effort made to extend the area of I have, however, evidence from another source which Masonic work, and to develop its ramifications in the conflicts with the above statements, viz. : Rev. Bro. Rngg, world's field of action. Oftentimes these occasions have editor of the Masonic Bepository, in Providence, Rhode been utilised for the purpose of expounding the principles Island, in the last issue of his publication, makes no ancl aims of the Graft, of elucidating aud explaining ita denial whatever about the Grand Master having uttered raison d' etre, and maintaining its claim for very existence. the very words of the printed ritual when laying the And in an age when intellect and culture demand thafc corner stone of the Synagogue ; he admits, in a modifying every effort made to secure an individual and peculiar manner, thafc Jews have cause to be annoyed at the fre- existence shall at least prove the value and the utility of quent Christian allusions in the prayers and ritual as its claim—when the balances of incisive judgment are given in Masonic Lodges, but makes no attempt to remind called into use, and are rigorously employed to weigh the the Grand Master that be has violated good manners, and virtues of every organisation demanding i*ecognition at the that he has broken the Golden Rule, &c, &o. Our Rev. hands of an enlightened and discerning public—in such an Bro. Rugg seems to think that the duty of a pious age, I say, if never before, does it become our necessity to Christian to rant and cant is of more importance than satisfy ourselves, as well as those outside the Masonic good manners or the Golden Rule ; he therefore devotes circle, that tho Order exists for noble aims and honourable his eloquence to reason with the Jews. He reminds ends—that its means and appliances are commendable and them that since the Masonic revival, at least, the satisfactory to such as are of a liberal and equitable ten- Christian element has predominated in Masonic Lodges, and dency—and that its reg ime and authority are of such a as it is of no use to reason with pious Christians about nature as to prove highly beneficial and productive of the case in point, then, for the sake of peace, hairaony, happy results .to those who follow its precepts in actual ancl brotherly love, the Jew should not be too sensitive truth and sincerity. What then is Freemasonry and to the insults he receives in Masouic Lodges ; the Jew wherefore its existence ? Verily an important aud serious should be broad-minded ; and, in short, he should grin question, my brethren, and for the rightful answering and bear with equanimity the treatment he receives from thereof deserving a treatment which neither the present brother Masons. Indeed , our good Bro. Rugg intimates time nor the ability of your lecturer can provide. But that the Jews in Rhode Island expected that the Grand inasmuch as an answer is demanded, let his very Master would lay the corner stone of their Synagogue inexperience for the nonce supply the necessity in part, in accordance with fcho printed ritual, and were not at leaving its more ample treatment to fcho care of able and all offended when tho Grand Master did so. Bro. Rugg zealous Craftsmen, who will in the near future, we trust, says :— add their contributions to the already significant weight of " Thafc the Jewish brethren gathered afc thafc corner-stone lay ing testimony borne by a scholarly and studious past. Briefly wero not greatly troubled with tho form of words nsed in the ritnal , and authoritatively stated, Freemasonry claims to be a and the special allusions to the Saints John, [and adds] as ono peculiar system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated eminent Jew remarked in our hoariog, ' Wo know (said tho Jew) tbat by symbols. This so far has been the recognised definition no offence was intonded , and therefore did not feel iosalted—scarcel y of its aims and purpose. Born in the remote past, it annoyed—by the form used in placing tho foundation stone to our Synagogue.'" undoubtedly had its origin in the combination of skilled labour for the purpose of cultivating the arts of the Bro. Rugg's testimony certainly confirms the report that mechanic aud builder ; but to-day, shorn of its strictl was circulated in tho Jewish y papers, that the corner stone manual and operative character by the improved and was laid iu accordance wifch the printed ritual. But, on different methods whereby the knowledge and craft of the fcho other hand , my informant assured me thafc Bro. Rugo- mechanical arts become disseminated, it has assumed an was not, present at the lay ing of the said coruer-stone. introspective character, in which we apply the terms and Bro. Rugg mtiy therefore have got his first information phrases of the builder s art to tho cultivation and practice from raiding the rebuke administered by the FREEMASON 'S of a moral life. In this garb Masonry presents herself to C HI'ONICM * to the so-called Masonic Grand Lods*e of Rhode the world to-day. True to the traditions of the pasfc, she Island , and it is not all impossible that our zealous makes no bold or obtrusive demand for the support of any Bro. Rugg, instead of trying to ascertain as to how much one until such time as a warm and admiring regard has tru th there was in the report , , took ifc at once for granted been first kindled in the heart *, but, woman like, once tho that it was true. As he deemed ifc to be his first duty to cowan has been transformed into the votary, she calls for explain , apologise, and smooth things up, he was there led constancy and the fullest exercise of faithful service. And to imagine that an eminent Jew told him , " We know that if the service be exacting it is in the highest degree no offence was intended, &c." ennobling. If it be disciplinarian in its nature, are not On weighing the above conflicting evidence, I prefer the the very results of its training conducive to the statement acquire- made by my Jewish correspondent. I do not ment of a lorious freedom from self—a care and a regard know him g personally, but I have heard him spoken of for the welfare of others—and a consuming desire to make highl by those who do know him y , and, until otherwise such use of our natural life as to deserve the laudits of a proved I shall indul in the that p , ge hope good manners are satisfied conscience. In that spirit lot us hope are we met not altogether extinct , even in the very pious Masonic to-ni ht—once again to re-seal our obligation and to renew Grand Lod g ge of Rhode Island. our protestations of admiration for the Order of which we BOSTON , U.S., 28th March 1890. aro members—and this time under the inspiring guardian- ship of the name of England's great proto-martyr. his glorious LIVERPOOL MASONIC LITERARY SOCIETY. Fortified as it were by example we renew our pledges at the shrine consecrated to the lofty attainments ' PHIS flourishing young Society spent a mosfc enjoyable and in- of a manly and honourable life. Strengthened by the .-*- stractivo evening on Monday, 31st ult., afc the Adelphi Hotel, *n listening to a lecture on " Tho Symbols and Legends of Free- renown of his fidelity to all healthy aud praiseworthy masonry. The lecturer (Bro. J. Fiulay Finlayson) was briefl y intro- aspirations we declare that we too—though surrounded by duced to the meeting by the Chairman (Bro. J. Hawkins), aud for pitfalls which are well nigh impossible fco avoid—aro un hour riveted the attention of tho members by a descriptiou of desirous of acquiring the quality of true nobility. And these symbols, which he traced from a very early period of tho roused b his self-denial and abnegation we declare World's existence, ilustrating his points by drawings on the black- y board. At the close of the lecture a discussion took place on several ourselves resolved to follow a courso in which self aud of the points brought forward, to which Bro. Fiulayson replied , and indul gence shall be resolutely annihilated ; that is, so for a vote of thanks to him brought the evening to a close. as weak human nature can be overcome. Aud thafc hence- forth , if never before, we will endeavour to be tho moans . FUNERA LS properly carried out and personally attended m London and Country, by Bro. G. A. HUTTOOT, 17 STewcastle of imparting joy and gladness to those of our fellows less Stree t, Strand , W,C. Monuments erected. Valuations made. happily circumstanced. Let the devout manner of his life serve to remind us of the reverence due to our Creator ; a Be useful where thou livest, thafc they may ht at the threshold of Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still. duty plainly and clearly taug very Kindness, good parts ; great places are fche way Masonry, and impressed perpetually by the ever present To compass this ; find out men's wants and will, symbol reminding us of the G.A.O.T.U., to whom Ave must And meet them there ; all worldly joys go less all submit, and whom we ought humbly to adore. Let his To the one joy of doing kindnesses. temperate and abstemious fashions teach us how to limit And, if taught we would weave a fresh garland , with our desires and enjoyments within legitimate bounds, so which to add to the honour of our Craft, it can be that having due control over them we may not become accomplished by declaring that from henceforth fche virtue slaves to prodigality and luxuriousness. But, in more of Masonic charity shall be defined as embodying—not special relationship with Freemasonry—let his unwearied only the commendable disposal of bounty and a ready labours for the temporal (and eternal) welfare of others response to the demands of necessity and affliction , but call to our minds always and ceaselessly tho various claims also the lavish liquidation of humanity's claim for a of that distinctively Masonic principle of brotherhood. tender and compassionate sympathy. It has been truly Let his most noble and renowned attempt to visit upon said that " all human lives are as separate circles, himself the dire effects of imperial and persecuting anger they may touch at one point in friendl y approach , but directed against another, awake in us a manly and un- when they touch each rounds itself off the other "— sparing effort to at least share the burdens of our fellows (Lytton). While admiring the illustration one dares to and brethren by extending to them the gladdening hand of question whether under the benign influences of a tender Fraternity. Whilst it has been the especial province of compassionate interchange the actual point of contact may religion to instruct us in our duty to our Maker, and to not be magnified into a joyous, prolonged over-lapping. To inculcate feelings of reverence and humility towards the give of our substance to the poor and necessitous in the Source of all Goodness, we claim it to be the peculiar hour of their affliction cannot but be meritorious and province of Freemasonry to develop our love for our fel- praiseworthy; but loftier still, and pre-eminently laudable lows, and to foster a high standard of brotherhood. In is the conduct of him who has for pursuit the mitigation this direction we are drawn from the abstract into the real. of the martyrdom of so many lives—who has a heart for Beatific inspirations become solidified by humanitarian the life-long burden of sad and dreary duties which so action, and holy thoughts are rendered of current value many are forced to bear, and unalleviatod by tho cheering when minted into the coin of sweet chari ty. And where help of external solace or comfort. How do we propose to we use that much exercised word let us not use it in that render help to theso ? Certain it is that the jingling of narrow, limited form which is made to represent the dis- the guinea will be no avail, nor will the prompt observance posal of creature comforts and temporal benefactions ; but of a sworn obligation supply tho exigency. But equally rather in that wider, boundless and illimitable sense in sure will prove the earnest, passionate appeal to tho Great which charity means brotherhood and tenderness, and Source of all kingliness of nature that we may be supplied gentle dealings one with the other. The cultivation of a with words which shall prove efficacious in providing state in which bickerings aud petty jealousies shall have relief and comfort to burdened hearts, and in pouring been annihilated ; where none shall lie in wait (as it were) balm on many an aching wound. And to-night within ever seeking cause of offence and reasons for obst ructing ; sound, as it were, of the joyous peal of Christmaatido where any movement designed to carry forward the banner greetings, there appeals to our hearts with intensified force of progress, or to engage in the righteous quest of know- the claims of a wider Fraternity and a moro invigorating ledge shal l be fostered rather than hindered ; whore per- type of benevolence. It never was moro needed , methinks, sonal vanity and rude spite shall be deemed unworthy and nor ever before so well calculated to soothe the ills of a inglorious. What is demanded of Masonry in tho present restless and ailing humanity. Day after day there is pre- age is that it shall mean a true manhood, and that to be sented tho spectacle of a wearying and weakening strife named a Mason is to be accounted a true man. One per- between the various sections of au otherwise united meated with nobility of spirit, and tutored in all the people—each clamorous for his portion of material wealth. virtues which make life fragrant and healthy, a centre of Regard for the interests of others appears to have been sympathetic action and a source of happiness and support transformed into the hungry frenzy of au enemy. Per- to others. Not wilfully given to unreasonable perversity, sonal freedom and liberty are apt to be encroached upou but ever inclined to judge all actions in tho same spirit as under the banner of the " greatest good to the greatest that in which they may be initiated. number," and tho times seem pregnant with restrictions Whatsoever things are true, and intimidations. Drawn in coarse and crude lines, this Whatsoever things are honest, is the aspect of the times. As Masons, have wo no mis- Whatsoever things are just, Whatsoever things are pure, sions ? no remedies to offer ? no principles to assert; ? no Whatsoever things are lovely, virtues to commend ? Shall we not labour to attain that Whatsoever things are of good report, millennium— If there be any virtue, and if there Be any praise—think on these things. When each man finds his own in all men's good And all men work in noble brotherhood . Such should bo the formula for our guidance and action, and we doubt not that if adopted in the same spirit as we M. W. G.M., my effort is concluded. Permit mo to offer it conscientiously judge our own motives, contention and for your commendation and for the approval of my strife must of necessity vanish. brethren.—South Aiistralian Freemason. To thine own self be true, And ifc shall follow, as the night the day, Thou canst nofc then be false to any man. But, brethren, far beyond this negative form of brotherhood We aro glad to hear that Bro. Richard Clowes, tho and charity there exist finer and nobler gradations of present W.M. of tho Earl of Sussex Lodgo, No. 2201, has Masonic ethics. We may be tardy in admitting the respon- been appointed to the office of Provincial Senior Grancl sibility imposed on us by our Masonic vows, but tho truth Warden iu tho Province of Sussex, of which H. R.H. thc remains that no duty is more expressly inculcated than that Duko of Connaught is Provincial Grand Master, the which concerns fraternity. Nofc the empty paradings of vacancy being caused by the death of the late lamented brotherhood , limited to short re-unions at regular ancl Bro. Crawford J. Pocock. Bro. Clowes has already filled stated times ; nor yet the meaningless professions made by the office of Provincial Senior Grand Warden in tho - one Mason to another when self-seeking or sordid motive- Province of Essex, and we are pleased to find that his foolishly prompt us to make a stepping-stone of our obli- merits aro appreciated in Sussex, where he has taken up gations ; but rather the cultivation of that expanded bene- his residence. His zeal for Freemasonry is well known , volence and brotherhood which sees in every man , be he and he is a subscribing member of two other Lodges in cowan or initiate, a claimant for sympathy and fellow-feeling the Province. His appointment will be hailed with tho in some form or another. The brotherhood which waits greatest satisfaction by all who know him. not for forced opportunities wherein to exercise his pro- fessions, but being ever on the alert for chances ancl openings, discovers the truth of the statement made by the learned Roman philosopher, that " men resemble tbe Gods /'{OLEMAN'S LTEBIG'S EXTRACT OF MEAT and MALT V.' WINK .—A 2s 9il bottle of this col ohm tort wino sent froo by Parcels in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow- P o st f or S\' stump-i. Over 2,000 testimonial s received from medical wen, creatures."— COLEMAN * & CO,, LUUIKD, NORWICH. Sold everywhere. originality lies iu his treatment of these materials ia so peculiar a THEATRE S, &c. fashion that he has produced nofc a comedy, nofc a drama, not a THE burlesque, bufc a comic burlesque drama. The pity of it is, however, not so mnch that Mr. Law has written the play, but that Mr. Willard is condemned to interpret ifc. Our readers shall judge whether we HaymarkOt.—After onr latest visit to thia theatre we wero led —To what extreme limits will tho aro too sovero. Mrs. Lisle, the wife of Dick Venables, a convict to a consideration of the question, serving his term at present generation of playwrights venture ? Mr. Gilbort 's " Topsy- Wildmoor, thinking hor husband is dead , because she had read that he had been shot in attempting to escape tnrveydom " will soon be far distanced if tho present nigo for , chooses surprises is not chocked . Each new piece Wildmoor , of all places , in tho world, to forget her hideous past. sensation and startling Mrs. Lisle, be it observed presented brings us a fresh theory for contemplation , and in far too , is a gentlo creature, and the wonder is that asted has been, any time we may have so gentle a girl has married a man without one redeeming quality. many cases we feel thafc w Her friends are Archdeacon spent in endeavouring to provide an adequate or reliable solution for Jellicoe, his wifo and daughter, and a writer as Mr. Sydney Doctor Pagansteoher. With a subtle sense of the humour of things, the author's motives. Surely so experienced a the Archdeacon is was outraging all accepted traditions represented as a confirmed kleptomaniac, and the Grundy mnsfc have known he Doctor is so much of a lunatic when he formulated the idea thafc his village priest must break the , thafc in the neighbourhood of Wild- the commissioned play- moor Jail he has untold treasures of precious stones, kept in an seal of the confessional in order thafc he, ordinary cabinet ht, could snpply workable material for those to whom was to bo , and tells his man-servant of their value, having wrig chosen the said servant after an examination of his bumps. A new entrusted fche " creating " of their several " parts." In these advanced days when toleration in all that pertains to the several phases of governor is appointed at Wildmoor Jail, in the person of Captain man who Lankester, nephew of Archdeacon Jollicoe, who, recognising iu belief is considered almost an essential, he must be a bold to her and is snch an eventuality occurring as a be- Mrs. Lisle au old sweetheart, propo^os accepted. Bufc dare venture even to hint at just as the happy lovers part Dick trayal of the secrets of fche confessional . Five minntes conversation Venables, having escaped from suffice for the average mind to grasp Wildmoor, and wounded one of fche pursuing warders, who shortly with any intelligent priest will after dies, the details of fche responsibility cast by the Eomish Chnrch upon its appears on the scene and compels his wife to pass him is herein required of them, and we off as her brother. He has grim conversations with the prison teachers in regard to what governor ventnre to assert thafc no stings of conscience will assail the trne , who has of course been told by Mrs. Lisle thafc she cannot reli ion when he knows he has faith- marry him. Husband and wife are about to leave the neighbourhood exponent of the doctrine of his g wheu Dr. Pagansteoher fnlly carried out his trust. Again, the meek, contented AbbjJ Dubois 's servant, who is a criminal, and immediately recognises Venables, insists on his remaining, of Mr. Grundy's version of " Le Secret de la Terreuse, —so admir- in order to aid in the Mr. Beerbohm Tree —after nineteen years robbery of Dr. Pagansteoher's jewels. Mr. Law evidently does not ably personified by , believe in honour among thieves custodianshi p of so important a secret, and fully realising his , for the servant in question, though approached even the con- he declares he would never round on a pal, keeps Venables afc Wild- position aa confessor, could never have moor sideration of becoming an apostate. We fear, however, thafc if we ,. knowing at the time that he is in danger of being hanged ; and readers may incline to tediousness. So finally denounces him in his true character when he imagines he haa continue in this strain our tricked him over the robbery much has been written on tho " motif" and groundwork of " The of the jewels. With suoh materials since its production lasfc week, thafc the average what could actors do ? They did all thafc was possible. Mr. Alfred Village Priest," Bishop, playgoer has had ample opportunity to formulate if not fco sum np as the Archdeacon, and Mr. E. W. Garden, as tho phreno- scene represented shows us the logical doctor, succeeded in making the audience laugh with them his own conolusions. The first and not at them. Misa Annio deceased Judge's Library, and here we learn from his blind widow Rose, as the Archdeacon's daughter, a man of unblemished reputa- was pretty and makes a perfect ingdnue. Mrs. Canninge was good thafc he was, in fche eyes of the world , as Lady Harriet Jellicoe tion. Hore we are introduced to Armand D'Arcay (Mr. Fred Terry), , bufc she had next to no opportunities. strong attachment; for Marguerite Mr. Elwood, as Captain Lankaster, was a manly lover, though his a rising barrister, who professes a utterance was nofc as distinct (Mrs. Tree), the daughter of the Comtesse de Trcmeillan. Here also as ifc might have been. Miss Olga Torquenie (Mr. James Fernandez) . Brandon had a thankless part, bufc was too good an artist not to score we make tho acquaintance of Jean a success. Bnt the honour fell Torquenie has been condemned to death for the murder of the to Mr. Willard. Thafc he was able to upright jndge ," he save such a play from failure thafc he secured , and rightly, fche Comtesso's husband, but afc the instance of the " genuine app has had his sentence commuted to 20 years' penal servitude. iSiuo- lause of the audience, shows what a consummate actor and we find that Torquenie has esoapml he is. But the part is nofc worthy of Mr. Willard , and it is because toon years have elapsed , we wish to see him assume r61es from confinement, wifch bat one desire,—that of establishing hia more worthy of himself that we innocence. He relates bis story to D'Arcay, whom ho implores to feel constrained to condemn Mr. Arthur Law's play. aid him. Bnt when tho barrister, who is well acquainted with the details of the case—it ranking as a eati.se cdlebrd—hears Torqnenio's charge thafc it was his own father who was tho guilty man, he realizes thafc the missing link in the chain of evidence has been ROSE CROIX, he desires to make bis wife is supplied , and moreover thafc fche lady —:o:— ¦ the daughter of his own father. Torquenie learns thafc his daughter Jeanne (Miss Norreys) has been brought up by Madame D'Arcay, and HUBERT DE BURGH CHAPTER. thafc sho is a resident under the roof that covers them now. Torquenie MEETING of this Chapter (18th Degree) was held afc fcho haa never seen his child, and prays Armand to procure him an A Freemasons' Hall, Dover,on fche 25th ult. Bco. Dr. C. C. Wal ter interview. This prayer is granted by the barrister, but Jeanne, who was installed as M.W.S., succeeding Bro. W. J. Bordeaux , and the has been brought up in the belief thafc hor father is a murderer, Officers appointed weie :—Bros. J. D. Terson Prelate, VV. Pearse shrinks from him in terror when sho learns Torquenie is her father. 1st General, Major-Gen. T. Cummings 2nd General, E. Lukey This scene was splendidly played throughout by all concerned. Tho (30 deg. P.M. W.S., Mayor of Dover) Treasurer, J. D. Terson second Act introduces us to the Abbo Dubois (Mr. Beerbohm P.M. W.S. Recorder, \V. Smith (Deputy Mayor) Grand Marshal, W. 0. Tree), whom we find badgered and abused by his housekeeper Kennett Raphae l , E. Lukey D.C, J. U. Terson lsfc Herald, J. J. Madeleine (Mrs. E. H. Brooke) . In due course Torquenie appears to Wright 2nd Herald, A. J. Crane Captain of fche Guard, Captain H. T. enlist fche help of the Abbo, and here again a finely worked np scone Naylor Organist, L. Marsh Equerry. Bro. Colonel G. N. Mony, C.B., results. This is interrupted by tho appearance of tho gendarmes o3 deg., was present, and this being his firsfc visit since his election who are in searfch of the escaped prisoner; he is, however, shielded aa Inspector-General of the South Easter n District, he was congratu. by fche Abbe,who is well aware Torquenie has been condemned unjustly. lated by the brethren, and made an honorary member of tho Chapter. Tho third and fourth Acts develop the story, but we feel we may leave A vote of condolence was passed to Bro. J. Bordeaux upon his pro. it fco our readers' to see how the plot works out. In tho fifth Act traoted illness. we come to what we consider the blot in tho whole story. Tho Abbe has decided to betray fche secrets of the confessional, and so clear the convict. Torquenie, however, resolves to sacrifice The annnal report of the General Committee of the himself, and when the gendarmes again seek him he surrenders him- East Lancashire Systematic Masonic Educational self rather than bring disgrace on tho innocent lady, who has Institu- watched over and befriended his child. This is, briefl y, an outline of tion states that the income of the institution last year was the plot. To the artists fco whom its development was entrusted no £1619 5s 3d , as compared with £822 4s Id in 1888, and praise can be too high. Mr. Tree, ever careful, gavo us a splendid has only been exceeded in one year. Relief grants conception of the gentle and true-hearted Abbo, Mr. Fernandez were made amounting to £229, and grants for education to has never been seen more fervent, and his dual scenes in this play the amount of £259. A sum of will live in the memory of all who may be privileged to witness them. £8114 6s 3d is now Mr. Fred Terry literally astonished us, so rapid is the progress he invested. Applications for relief were not so numerous has mado in his profession. To Miss Eose Leclercq was entrusted last year as in 1888. the difficult parfc of the Comtesse de Trcmeillan, and wo do not know another lady who could more adequately have fulfilled the require- The installation meeting of the Lodge of Sfc. John, ments of the author. The work will doubtless be " touched up," and No. 1306, was held on-Wednesday, at the Three Nuns Hotel, then wo feel assured ifc will command a run. Aldgate, Bro. W. 0. Swetman being installed as Worship- Shaftesbury.—If " Dick Venables " attains any permanent ful Master. We shall give a report of the proceedings success at the Shaftesbury, tho credit will be due to Mr. Willard , fche nexfc week. creator of the principal parfc, and nofc fco the author of the play. The author may claim tho credit, suoh as ifc is , Mr. Arthur Law, , of OTXOWAY S Or-mtEj-T AI- ori to explain what we mean. II ' D Pitts.—Rheumatism and Gout.—Theso purifvin" ginality. Let us hasten, however, The and soothing remedies demand tho earnest attention r.f all parsons liable to poet laureate says truly, in his In Memoria m, " Common is the gout, sciatica, or other painful affections of tlio muse o.-s norv. s, or j- iuts Thc Ointment should bo applied after tho affected ' commonplace," and this aphorism is well illustrated in Mr. Law's parts bohnvs been pa ient/y wo had almost said fomented with warm water, when tho un^uem, should dili• 'ontlv rubbed latest effort. The well-worn, , the worn-out upon tho adjacent skin unless tho friction should cause pain. TloIIiwa. 's Pills materials which form tho basis of transpontine melodrama aro tho should bo simultaneous ly taken , to reduce inflammation and to purify iho sum and substance of Mr. Law's play. Thoso to whom tho half- blood. This treatment abates tho violence, and lasso is tho fre-mo'i.-y of gout, penny Family Herald afford sufficing rheumatism , and all sp.nsrmdic diseases , which sprint? from herediiary "pro' novellette and the penny mental disposition , or froru any accidental weakness of constitution. Ti.is Ointment pabulum may find satisfaction in " Dick Venables." Bufc Mr. Law's checks the local mUcliiof. The I'ilU restoro thc vital power*!. nstitution for (girls, loDiti itsanit Jitstitutrtfit far lop, |lopl Pusomt I ll ^ ST JOHN'S HILL, BATTERSEA RISE, S.W. ELECTION , APRIL 1890. INST1T**JT*BP ITSS-,^ The votes of subscribers are earnestly solicited for Chief Patroness : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. HAROLD STREETER GOLDSMIT H , Grand Patron and President : AGED 71 YEARS, H.R. H IGHNESS THE PRINCE OP WALKS, K.G., &C, M. W.G.M. YO UNGKST SON OP THE LATE BRO. W. 0. GOLDSMITH olrand Patroness : HER ROYAL HIGHNESS TII K PRINCESS ot* WALES. Hro. G OLDSMITH was initiated in the Chislehurst Lodge No. 153 1 Bankers : LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK. (Bloomsbury Branch), , , 214 High Holborn , London, W.C. shortly after its consecration in 1875, and remained a subscribing member till 1881 , when he joined the Gallery Lodge, No. 1928. rn ENTIRELY SUPPORTED BV VOIiUNTABY i'OXTBIBTJJTIONS. this latter Lodgo he served all the offices up to tbat of W.M. It was while holding this office , and throe days after the election of hia The 102nd ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL successor, that he died, on the 15th November 1887 . He was a Life ' WI LL BE HELD Governor of tho Boys School, and a Subscriber to all tho Masonio Charities, and was, at all times, a hard worker in Masonry. He was ON TUi 3 DAY, THE 20TH MAY 1890, for many years, and at the time of his death, a member of tho lie- UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED FBESlDElfC"" OF porting Staff of the Press Association, and in that o:ipacity was well know to all Jonrnalists in the United Kingdom . Theunder-mentioned R.W. Bro. C0I. SIR FRANCIS BURDETT, BART. Brethren strong l recommend tho caso of hia son tho above-named P.G.W., Prov. Grand Master Middlesex. y , candidate :— President of the Board of Stewards : Bro. CHARLES K BDOIKY, Hibernia Chambers, London Bridge, S.E., W.M. 79, P.M . 1011, M.E.Z. 73. Bro. Col. J AMES PETERS, Patron, Trustee, P.G.S.B., P.G.S.W. Middx. TUo Rev. S. A. SEMVII*, Past Chaplain 210, St. James's Vicarage, Ha'chani, S.E Treasurer : Bro - H. E. F. BUSSBT, P.M. 1923, 123 Brixton Hill , S.W. Bro. C. E. KEYSER, Vioe-Patron, P.G.W. Herts. Bro. Alderman FAIHTCOMBK, Prov. G.J.W. Sussex, East Sussex Wetcs Office , Lcwos. Bro. R. J. G BIPJITHS , W.M. 1928. 1 Inner Temple Lane, E.O. Chairman of the Ladies Stewards : Bro. C. F. PARDOI-, P.M. 1923, 119 Fleet Streot, E.O. Bro. E. LUXMORE MARSHALL, P.M. 235. Bro. R. J. ALBERY, 1362, S.D. 1928, 21 Stockweil Park Crescent, S.W. Bro. Tiros. 0. Sl'M.v***i, Yorkshire Post Office , Leeds, No. 1211. Bro. THOMAS MIKSTKBLT,, P.M. 87, P.M. and Secretary 1923, 10 Ann Street, Brethren willing to act as Stewards on the above Union Square, Islington, N. important occasion will greatly oblige by sending Bro. H. MASSEY , P.M. 019, I'.M. and Treasurer 1923, 9:) Chancery Lano, W.C. Bro. .T. C. DUCKWORTH , P.M. 1923, Liverpool Courier Office , HI Fleet Street , K.C!. in their names as early as convenient. Bro. W. T. PERKINS, J.W. 1923, Manchester Courier Office , 27 Fleet Streot, K.U. P. R. W. HEDGES, Secretary. Bro. A. F. ASHBR, P.M. 1395, Surrey Advertiser Office , Guildford. Bro. J. H. HAWKS, P.M. 33, Wesz Sussex Gazette Office , Chichester. JFICK ' HaU O —5 Freemasons , Great Queen Street, W.C. Bro. W. J. INJ-KS, 1928, 219 South Lambeth Road , S.W. > Bro. W. E. PITT, 1928, Press Association, Wino Office Court, E.O. Bro. JAMES AVILLIITG .TUN.. V.P., P.M. 177, 1507, 17-4 1, 1937, and 1319, P.Z. 1000, 1507, 20-18, P.A.S. Middlesex , &o. Bro. R. STACBT, P.M. and P.Z. 180, 431 Brixton Road, S.W. | Eopl Picnic | itsirtutrait hx §ajis. Any of tbe above Brethren will thankfully receive votes, or thoy may be sent to Mrs; G OLDSMITH , 71 Manor Eoad , Brockley, S.E. —:o:— PENSIONS COMMUTATION FUND. APRIL ELECTION , 1890. —:o:— The Votes and Interest of the Governors and Subscribers of tbe THE following amounts have already been received. Farther con- tributions will bo duly acknowledged:— §topl lltusatrit |itstitutiait kx ll ajrs THB PROVINCE OP WEST YoRKSinitu £210 0 0 THK PROVINCE or GLOUCESTERSHIRE 35 0 0 are earnestly solicited on behalf of LODGES. ERNEST CHARLE S COATES , 1 Grand Masters 2 10 0 871 Royal Oak %'i 10 0 AGED 8 YEARS, 7 R. York of Porsovorance 2 10 o 878 Southwark 2 10 0 H Tuscan 2 10 0 925 Bedford 2 10 0 The only eligible child in a family of eight, whose father, Walter 23 Globe 2 10 o 973 Royal Somerset (Promo) 2 10 o William Coate?, late of the Whittington Lodge (No. 862), aid Shep- 2(1 Cnstle of Harmony 2 10 0 991 Tyno 5 0 0 1828) , was a Life Subscriber to tho Koyal 32 Harmony 2 10 0 1000 Priory 2 10 herd's Bash Lodge (No. 33 Union 2 10 0 1061 Borough 2 10 0 Mas.inic Institution for Girls, and is now in the Bnnstcad Asylum •15 Strong Man 2 10 0 1135 Concord 2 10 0 for Lunatics, and whom the Doctors pronounce incurable. 58 Felicity 2 10 0 1141 Mid-Snssox 2 1) 0 CO Peace and Harmony 5 0 0 1150 Buckingham &C'handos 2 10 0 Tho c-iso is earnestl y recommended by tho P.M.'s and Members of 03 St. Mary 2 10 0 1209 Lewis 2 10 0 the Lodges he belonged to as above, and by the following brethren :— 70 St. John (Plymouth) 2 10 0 1303 Pelham 2 M 0 98 St. Martin 2 10 0 1329 Sphinx 2 10 0 P. So iter Hunt, M.P..P.M. 2030, 7 Cromwell¦ Road , S.AV. 101 St. John 2 10 0 1335 Lindsay 2 10 0 .1. Aird , M.P., Past Grand Steward , 1-1 Hyd . Park Toiracc, \V. 105 Tor itudo 2 10 0 1358 Torl-ay 2 10 0 Geo. Everett, P.M. and P.Z., V.-Prcsidcnt, Claremont, Gaudeu Rd., Cluplnim. 137 Amity 2 10 0 1381 Kennington 5 0 0 He ry Brocklehurst , W.M. S02, 223 Upper Thames Sti-ct. 143 Middlesex 2 10 0 13S3 Friends in Council 2 10 0 *3:impson Godden , P.M. 8(!2, 13 Upper Georg * Streot, W. 105 Honour and Generosity 2 10 0 1102 Jordan 2 10 0 ?Samuel Brooks, P M. and P.Z., Park Corner, Redhi 1, Surrey. 173 Phoenix 2 10 0 1171 Islington 2 10 0 'James C. Kay' s, P.M. 019, 11 Friday Street, E.C. 177 Domatic 5 0 0 1593 Royid Naval College 2 10 0 *T. W. C. Jones, P.G.S., 259, P.M. 708, &c, 6 Weslbournc Street, Hyde Park. 178 Antiquity (Wigan) 2 10 0 1G21 Eccleston 2 10 0 U. J. Newton , P.M. 2030, 49 Victoria Street, Westminster. 191 St. Paul 2 10 0 1635 Canterbury 2 10 0 •W. J. Fergu s ¦n . P.M. 177, Treas. 2308, Wovonzow Road, St. John's Wood. 103 Percy 2 10 0 167-1 Caradoc " 2 10 0 N. Salmon , W.M. 177 High Street, Wood Green. 205 Israel 2 10 0 1812 St. Leonard 2 10 0 •William Drew, W.M. 733, 125 Chancery Lane. 231 ' St. Andrew 2 10 0 1833 Tudor of Riflo Volunteers 2 10 0 *J. Im Holmes, W.M. 1008, 122 Albany Street, Regent's Park. 238 Pilgrim 2 10 0 1808 Unity 2 E. A. Smith , S.W. 2303, London Stone, Cannon Street. 218 True Lovo and Unity 2 10 0 1896 Audley 2 10 0 Edward Cox , P.M. 1503, 73 Wigmoro Street, C ivendish Square. 257 Phoenix 2 10 0 1010 Shadwell Gierke 2 10 o ?Haswcll J. Turner, P.M. 1008, Crown Pottery, Praed Street,, W. 281 Shakespeare 2 10 0 1917 Stanford 2 10 0 ?James Irvine. P.M. 862, Brinsworth House, Staines Road , Twickenham. 303 Benevolent 2 10 0 2012 Chiswick 5 5 0 *W. H. J. Rudderforth , P.M. 1668, 30 Cursitor Streot, Chancery Lai:o. 357 Apollo (Oxford) 5 0 0 2095 Caterham 2 10 0 •Colonel E. 7,. Thornton, P.M. 70S, 2323, -11 Finsbury Circus. 429 Royal Navy 2 10 0 2108 Empire 2 10 0 S. R. Lamble, P.M. 27, StaMoy Villa , Highgate Road. ¦101 East Surrey of Concord 2 10 0 2127 Drury Lane 2 10 0 ?James Stephens, W.M. 2150, P.M. 1125, 1 G-eon S troot, P.iddington Green. 539 St. Matthew 2 10 0 2149 Gordon 2 10 0 *F{. N. Price, W.M. 2308 and P.M. 177, 120 Kennington Park Road . 541 Sutherland 2 10 0 2201 Earl of Sussex 2 10 0 ?J. J. Thomas, P.M. 753, S.W. 215), 362 Edgwaro Road. 646 Etruscan 2 10 0 2228 Dene 2 10 0 ?Walker , P.M. 733, Hastings Road , Ealing Dean. 605 Combermere 2 10 0 2266 Warner 2 10 0 ?T. H. Johnson , P.M. 1B08, Bri ghton. 723 Staffordshire Knot 2 10 0 2265 Highbury 2 10 0 W. Harvey, P.M. 177, 2012, 35 Clapham Road. "Geo. Amos Duke, 733, 100*<, 9 Cornwall Road, Westbourne Park. CHAPTERS. ?Douglas Arthur Mostyn , 1608, 109 Sutherland Avenue, 142 St. Thomas 2 10 0 | 2108 Empire 2 10 0 ?Georgo V. Wood , J.W. 1G08, 12 Hazlemero Road , Kdburn, N.W. J. II. Lano, P.M. 1209, 70 Pall Mall. PRIVATE DONORS. T. 11. Hobbs, S.D. 2308, 131 Pago Street, Westminster. Stanley J. Attenborough 10 10 O Jabez Hogg, F.L.S., M.R.C.S. 2 10 0 Those marked with au asterisk will gladl Brackstone Baker 110 Richard Jerman 2 10 0 y receive proxies. Col. Ycatman Biggs 110 W. Levy, No. 1 110 Gordon Brown, No. 1 110 Supreme Council 33° 5 0 0 Richard Eve 5 5 0 Richard S. Warrington" 2 10 0 INSTALLATION Col. Gadsden, No. 1 110 T. B. Whito 2 2 0 Edward Hobbs 110 OF O. H. THE PRINCE OF WAL E S As the M.W.G.M. of England, Bro. EDWARD DELEVANTI, AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL , Conductor ITALIAN ORCHESTRA (Uniform) , 28th APEIL 1875. O ST. MARY'S TERRACE, MAIDA HILL, W. COPIES of this BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVING by Brother HAliTY VOCALISTS, Solo Instrumentalists and Bands provided for P.M., consisting of Artist's Proofs , Proofs before Lei tors, and Lettered Concerts, Balls, Ga .dcn Piirtius, Masonic Banquets, &c. Proofs , India Prints, and Plain Prints may be had at Cost Price by apply ing to Pianoforte, Organ , Violin ,"and Singing Lessons. Bro. W. R. NORRIS, OK GANISI IO LODGES 1C2J, 2012, ANU 2021. 29 Southampton Buildings, W.C., London. UNITED GRAND LODGE OP ANCIENT, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OP ENGLAN D. gi*WhWAVA*V HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K.G., M.W.G.M. 4^ rriHE GRAND FESTIVAL will be held on Wednesday, tho 30th X of April 1880, at tho Freemasons" Hall, Great Queen Street , London. 'ihe Right Honourable the EARL OF LATHOM, Deputy Grand Master, in the Chair. i^^^^itstSSSBriYnmv, pi^^W ^K^^ JVJ^M a Tickets may bo obtained of tho Grand Stewards ; but no Tickets will bo ^^ issued after 1 p.m. on the 29th April. Dinner at Six o'clock precisely. SATURDAY, 12TH APRIL 1890. Tho Musical arrangements will be under the direction of Bro. 31. Maybri'ck, Grand Organist. Brethren must appear in Evening Dress, and in full "Masonic Craft Clothing. ARTHUR BALL, Hon Sec. Board of Grand Stewards. 7 Great Winchester Street, London, E.C. CENTENARY OP THE LODGE OP CONFIDENCE, No. 193. rpHE memhors of this Lodge, which attained the centenary of its X establishment on tho 15th February last, celebra ted the event 14W1 SAST&S ROT-EXi by a banquet, last week, nt Anderton's Hotel, Fleet Street, and at the EAST MOLESEY, same time marked a coincidence which ia nniqne, or almost so, in the annals of the Craft. For nearly forty yeara the regular meetings HAMPTON COURT STATION of this Lo I ge havo been held at its present quarters, and although (Adjoining tho "RAILWAY, and facing the RIVER and PALACE). there aro ono or more Lodges in the Metropolis that can boast a longer association with ono honse, it ia probable that there ia not BRO. JOHN MAYO has ample accommodation in the n
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