Gonstantine the Great was born at York, and there ANCIENT MASONIC HISTORY. succeeded his father Gonstantine, and made his first entry into public life ; the second, that the early WITHIN the last few clays notices have appeared, in the general press of the country, referring Christian ' position ' was in the west, and not in the east, to two matters of ancient history with which the Craft as it is at present : the eastern position in those of Freemasonry is claimed to he intimately associated, days being considered as idolatrous and appertaining and which will, perhaps, arouse some amount of to the heathen." The association of this latter enthusiasm among the increasing hand who make a subject with that of Freemasonry may be regarded b study of archaeological matters so far as they are con- y some as direct evidence that the matter has no nected with the Masonic Order. connection with Freemasonrv, but such a considera- In the one case a discovery has been made, by tion need have no force when we look back so many Mr. C. E. Rivington, Clerk of the Stationers' Com- years. If Freemasonry then existed it was very pany, of London, who, in a letter to the City Press, different to anything we can imagine, judging it from says, " In looking over the registers of the Company, a nineteenth century standpoint, but the whole matter I observe that the title of ' Freemason ' occurs as is so lar beyond the scope of ordinary discussion that early as 1578. In June of that ' ycare Richard we may safely leave it to the tender mercies of those Wylde, sonne of Thomas "Wylde, late cityzen and who feel a pleasure and a delight in attempting to freemason of London, deceased, was bound apprentice unravel the mysteries of the past. The question of to Christopher Barker.' " In the other case, reference the 1578 reference to the title of " Freemasonry " is is made to the discoverv. a few vears back , at Bradinsr. of a widely different character. Here there is in the Isle of Wight, of some Roman remains, and in reliable data to work upon, and more trustworthy regard to which it is now stated, that every probability opinions can be formed, as we have no doubt they exists that the building was originally a Masonic will be before a very long period has been allowed to elapse. Lodge. As it dates from A.D. 150, says the Hampshire Tclcqmph, "it is probably therefore one of the oldest in the world," a supposition which, if it can be main- tained, is " probably " correct. Our contemporary THE IDEAL AND THE ACTUAL. speaks of a paper written upon the subject by Colonel Crease, C.B., Royal Marine Artillery, which was read the application of Freemasonry there is a wide differ- IN ence between the ideal and the actual. Masonic before a " learned Masonic Society in London," and remark principles and teachings point to a condition of harmonious s that if the conclusions drawn therein be cor- intercourse and cooperation among brethren , and the ex- rect, there seems to be little doubt but that the pression of individual character in noblest and most Roman villa in question was what he states it to have attractive form. In neither of these respects is the ideal been. It is very curious, continues the writer, that all realised. Masonic organizations do not always work to- the Mosaic pavements have clear Masonic meanings, gether in a peaceable and fraternal spirit. Disturbing which Col. Crease has very plainly deciphered. The questions concerning authority, jurisdiction , methods, &c, Whole matter. nhsprvAS thp Ti'lcarrmh. is rvn fi nf tliA arise ; these are discussed with acrimony, and the result is very deepest interest to all Masons, inasmuch as seen in bitter feeling and open strife. The dissensions no written Masonic records go back beyond 1717. among bodies bearing the Masonic name have, frequently, '' This Roman record, therefore, written as it is brought reproach on the Institution. And when we take into account individual character and conduct we can but in stone, becomes of immense importance, and carries Masonry notice many of the same sharp contrasts between what is back at once fifteen and a half cen- called for by Freemason ry and what is produced in the turies, to the times in fact when the Romans occupied Britain lives of its followers. Alas that there should be such a , about two hundred years after Julius Cnesav's divergence between theory and practice—between ideal Jist invasion." We shall no doubt hear further of and applied Masonry. these matters in course of time, but whatever the Not long ago a keen observer, not a Mason, said to the result of future investigation may be, it must be ad- writer of this article-: " Why is it that Masonic fruitage is mitted there is ample food for reflection in the two not of better character ?" He was not an unfriendly Hems which have so recently come under our notice. critic, for he admitted the worth of bur Institution and the Ine earlier one may, perhaps, prove to be a myth, or general respectability of its members, but he thought that jouncled upon a somewhat slender basis, but in regard more might be expected than was shown in the products Jo tho other—which takes us, or at least the word of the Fraternity. " Freemasonry," said he, " ought to does it not do freemason ," as far back as 1578 it must be admitted give the world a class of perfect men ; why , this ?" That Masons are not all full formed, strong, 1(lence of identity, &c, is ample to secure for it t 1ne 7fullest1 . symmetrical men, models of excellence in every respect, inquiry and consideration. Concluding goes without say of character is eir remark ing. The perfect type s on the Roman remains subject, the rarely shown, however much its attainment may be contemporary from whom Ave have already quoted desired and sought for. Freemasonry contributes some 8 " wo v6ry cul'ious points; amongst others, have but it hiue ' ^ important aids towards realizing such a character, en alluded to by Colonel Crease, the' first that cannot do everything. It is charged with no magical power for tho illumination of the mind and the uplifting From Chapter I. of Bro, Mackenzie s history we gather of the fO'.il above debasing tendencies. It applies its that the Masons in the Canongate obtained a Charter fro m lessons and does its work within limitations. The material the Mother Lodge of Scotland at Kilwinning in the year upon which it exerts its morally stimulating and restraining 1677, the application for the Charter being dated tho influence bears the touch of earth—is compounded of 6th December of that yenr. This Charter was renewed in passions and forces that mix together all so wonderfull y in tho year 1^36 , and a fac simile ot the Warrant of Con- the complex nature of our humanity. Too much must urination is one of the princi pal matters introduced into not be expected of the system as thus applied. the volume before us. As the perusal of this document It is perverse human nature that is responsible for will probably prove interesting to many who have no oppor- results sometimes charged upon the system or the organisa- tunity of seeing the original , or tho fac simile, we repro. tion. Groat, and precious are the truths which are funda- duce the substance of it, verbatim el literatim :— mental to Freemasonry, and invalnablo are tho teachings To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting ; Know ye, as of Masonic symbols and ceremonies ; but it is to human Patrick Montgomerie of Bonririehill Esqr, Right Worshi pful! Master hearts and lives that this instruction is to be applied, of the Antient Lodge of & at Kilwinning, Mr. David Lognn Senior Warden , & Mr. John Boyl Junior Warden , & the other Members of and no wonder there is sometimes apparent failure. the Said Lodge of Kilwinning : Earthborn passions, innate selfishness, narrowness of Whrrsas upon a Petition, dated the Gth Day of December 167 7 of thought, ignorance, and manifold dispositions and tho Right Worshi pfnll Master it Brethren of the Mason Lodge in the tendencies toward evil—all those opposing forces must be Cuunongato of Edinburgh, Representing, That'as they were pait of encountered in an attempt to apply Freemasonry to the tho Company belong ing to Kilwinning Lodge, & in Regaird of right development of character and ordering of life. If it I ho former correspondence betwixt our Said Lodge & them They humbly craved onr then llight Worship full Master, & is Irue to itself and faithfully applied it must exert a poten- the other Members of onr Said Lodge, would Authorise theni tial ministry of good. Its ideals are indeed grand and to meet together in a Lawfull Lodge, & To Receive, Enter, & Pass glorious, and toward tho realization of these, both in the any Qualified Persona as Free & Accepted Masons, iu the Name & character of individual members and by the organization behalf and as part of tho Lodge of Kilwinning and to receive the itself Entry moneys duo to the Said Lodge from such Qualified Persona , its genius and work are constantly tending ; but it is as should be passed by them. For which Reason they Bound too much to expect a full manifestation of the vision which it Obli ged themselves Conjunctly &, Several ly ifc their Sue- is seen afar off. The Masonic system is not to bo dispar- cessors to Maintain & defend the Rights and Privileges of our Said aged because envy ings, dissensions, and uncharitableness Lodge, & never to do anything prejudicial thereto. Which Petition are still rife among its members, so many of whom fail to having been considered by our Said Lodge, They unanimously granted rise to the full standard of noble living. Its aim is to tho Desire thereof on all Points, Authorising tho Said Brethren in the pro- Cannongate of Edinburgh,To Meet in a regular Lodge, Receive & Enter duce the best sort of fruit—to make all its members good Free Masons, and to receive dies for the Same as our Predecessors men and true—and if tho result is not equal to the did , as appears from Said Minute of Kilwinning Lodge Dated the endeavour, if tho actual does not conform to the ideal , 20th of December in the Said Year. And now Seeing' We the present much must be allowed for the weakness and imperfections of Plight Worshipfoll Master, Wardens & Brethren of Said Antient the material with which it has to deal. There are Lod ge of & at Kilwinning, are perfectly satisfied of tho Fidelity & spots on Regard the said Brethren in tho Cannongate have to onr said Lodge, all our feasts of charity and many hindrances to the perfect & of their Constant Endeavours to Maintain "& Defend the Rights & working of any system or institution . Privileges of onr said Lodge. And Further in regaird George Frasev —Freemasons' Repository . Esq1' Dep'y Auditor of Excise the present Right Worshipfnll Master, David Home Esq1" Sen Warden & Richard Cooper Esq1- Dep'* Jnn r Warden, have for themselves, & in name of the Other Brethren it thoir Successors of Said Cannongate Lodge, by their Application & Petition Dated the 16th day LODGE HISTORIES. of February 1736 desired to renew the former Obligations come under to our said Lodge by their Predecessors, Therefore to — :0:— havo it Confirmed , Ratified & Approven . Likeas, We, by these CANONGATE KILWINNING, No. 2, SCOTLAND. Present.", not only Confirm , Ratifie, HoitowAT's Pins.—Weakening Weather. — The sultry s umtner clays strain the nerves of tho feeble and decrepit, and disease may eventuate unless ROYAL some restorative, such ns these puri f ying Pills, he found to correct tho dis- MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR ordered tendency. Hoiloway's medicine giv e potency to tho nervous system, which is the sonrco of all vital movements, and preside over every action GIRLS. whicfi maintains tho growth and well-being of tho body. No one can over r estimate the necessity of keeping the nerves well strung, or the ease with pHE Quarterly Court of the sister [nstilution was held which those Pills accomplish that end. They are the most unfailing antidotes ¦*- on ' to digestion, irregular circulation , palpitation, sick headache, and costiveness, Saturday, Bro. Frank Richardson in the chair. and have therefore attained the largest sale and highest reputation. as instanced by the reasoning of Bro. Norton, still prevail* TII' K AXTIQIHTY Ob" MASONI C with regard to the decrees of early Freemasonry . DKfiREE S The degrees, as existing in 1 723, were !on» arbitraril y put . down as being thrrt , and this number being unknown in I5v B RO. R. F Gon.i.. i»irlier England or Scotland before 1717 , t\w. supposition that the ceremonial had been added to, between the latter a recent lecture, I alluded to Old Regulation XIII., no means an unreasonable one. IN year and 1723, was by and placed upon it the interpretation , that the degrees In other words, if the premises are conceded, the con- of Masonry, as recognised by the Grand Lodge of England elusion follows in due course. in 1723, were two in number. But let us view matters as they really were, and not as, The lecture in question was printed in Ar-t Qualnoi until a very recent period , they were universally supposed Coronatorum, and reviewed in the FREEMASON ' S Cintnxrcu to have been. by Bro. Jacob Norton—of whom it may be said :— Let us imagine, therefore, that a student of Masonry is " He study d well the point and found desirous of tracing the origin of its symbolism :— His foes conclusions were not sonnd, Proceeding retrogress!vely, in duo time ho gets back to From premises erroneous brought, 1723, and finds in the Constitutions of that year a code of And therefore the deduction 's nought." laws which, by necessary implication, assure him that the According to an authority of great weight and reputa- degrees then recognized were two in number. tion :— Going back still further, he finds, in the Manuscript " Falsefacta are highly injurious to the progress of science, for Constitutions of the English Masons, that there were two they often long endure ; but false vieios, if supported by some grades before tho era of Grand Lodges, those of Apprentice evidence, do little harm , as every one takes a salutary pleasure m and Fellow (or Master). The Statutes and Minutes of the proving their falseness ; and when this is done, one path towards error is closed and the road to truth is often at the same time Scottish Masons disclose the same result, but with the opened." Darwin— " The Descent of Man " 1871, Vol. If . p 385. slight difference that the first grade is Entered Apprentice, and the second Fellow Craft (or Master). The distinction which is thus drawn between " false Hence there would be no room for the visionary specula- facts," and " false views," might well serve as tho text that a new degree, or new degrees, had been con- for a long homily, but my reason for introducing tho tion , the founders of the Grand Lodge of England. quotation may be expressed in a few words. Tho universal cocted by Masonry were two onl belief that three degrees were mentioned in tho Constitu- The degrees of Ancient y, and those of Modern Masonry were tho same in number—at tion of.1723, seemed to me a fa lse fact , and I attempted to least until 1723. uproot it in tho seventeenth chapter of my History of which I cannot here Freemasonry. Quite recently, however, my own reading The esoteric evidence, upon enlarge, points in entirel the same direction. of the evidence has been impugned by Bro. Norton, and if y Lastly, and this is the conclusion which I shall seek to he is xight, the belief I pronounced to be a delusion is a enforce—if Old Regulation XIII. had been properl reality, and the only " false fact " in the whole matter is y generation of Masonic writers my own unwarrantable assumption , that two degrees and understood by the past , we should have heard nothing whatever of a new ceremonial not three, are referred to in 0. R. XIII. having As this ancient law is worthy of any attention that can (or new degrees) been concocted between 1717 be bestowed upon it, I extract the clause which is material and 1723. to the present inquiry :— "Apprentices must be admitted Masters and Fellow Craft only here " [i.e. in the Grand Lodge]. The meaning or signification of these words, as I have DID ASHMOLE EYBR OWN A MASONIC elsewhere {Hist, of Freemasonry, chap, xvii.) contended is, MANUSCRIPT ? that two classes of brethren are mentioned, Apprentices, and Bv BKO. JACOB NORTON. Masters or Fellow Crafts. Two additional illustrations however, occur to me which a foot note, page 51 of Oliver's " History of Masonic , , IN , I will proceed to set out. Persecutions," he says t— The Daily Journal of 15th August 1730 has the follow- " The following account—taken from a MS. in possession of Elias ing :- Ashmole—gives a lucid explanation of the revival of Masonry at this " N.B.—When yon are first made a Mason, you are only entered period [meaning the Atbelstan period]. It states, ' that though tho Apprentice ; and till you are made a Master ancient records of the brotherhood in England were many of them , or as they tall it, pass'd destroyed the Master's Part, yon are only an entered Apprentice. NOTE.— There , or lost in the wars of the Saxons and Danes, yet King is not one man in a hundred that will be at the expence to pass the Athelstan, the grandson of Alfred the Great, a mighty architect, the Master's Part, except it be for interest." first anointed King of England, and who translated the Holy Bible into the Saxon tongue, when he had brought the land into rest and The Catechism from which the foregoing is an extract, has peace, bnilt many great works, and encouraged many Masons from been frequently reprinted, either wholly or in part, as all France, who were appointed overseers thereof, and brought with well informed students are aware. It was reproduced b them the charges and regulations of the Lodges, preserved since the y Roman times who also prevailed on the King London newspapers within a few days , to improve the con« many .of its first stitntion of the English Lodges according to the foreign model, and appearance ; by Benjamin Franklin in the Pennsylvania to increase the wages of working Masons. That the said King's Gazette of 8th December 1730*; in the Westminster Journal brother, Prince Edwin , being taoght Masonry, and taking upon him of 8th May 1742 ; and copies of uncertain date are to be the charges of a Master Mason, for the love ho had to tho said Graft, met with in the British Museum and Guildhall Libraries. and the honourable principles whereon it is founded , purchased a free charter of his father [Query—Was Athelstan Edwin 's father, or his Next, let me ask any one who is acquainted with the brother ?] for the Masons to have a correction among themselves, as early ceremonial of Masonry, whether it is even remotely it was anciently expressed, or a freedom and power to regulate possible that the word " Fellow Craft," in 0. R. XIII., themselves, to amend what might happen amiss within the Craft, could have been used to describe what is noxo the second and to hold a yearly communication and general assembly. That degree ? accordingly Prince Edwin summoned all the Masons in the real m to meet him in congregation at York, in June A.D. 926, who came For the restriction limiting the admission of Masters to and composed a general Grand Lodge, of which he was Grand Master, the Quarterly Assemblies of Grand Lodge, there is much and having brought with them all the old writings and records of to be said. Not so, however, with regard to any previous the Craft extant, some in Greek, some in Latin, some in French, and portion of the Masonic ceremonial. " New Men " at their other languages, from the contents thereof that assembly framed the constitution and charges of entrance, were instructed as much through the eye as an English Lodge ; made a law to pre- serve and observe the same in all time coming, and ordained good pay through the ear. What are now two steps were then only for the working Masons.' " one, and it is equally impossible that either portion of the In Bro. Gould' 44, old "Apprentice Part " was withheld from the candidate s " History of Freemasonry," Vol. II. p for Freemasonry. he says, in reference to Preston :— Bat I must now come to the object with which this " In his nse, however, of the word ' records,' the author of the ' Illustrations by article has been written. It is clear to demonstration that ' sets an example which has been closely followed , , Dr. Oliver, and whenever either of these writers present a state- two, and not three degrees, are mentioned in the Constitu- ment requiring for its acceptance the exercise of more than ordinary tions of 1723. My desire, therefore, is not to labour this credulity, it will invariably be found to rest upon the authority, i° point, though I have dwelt upon it somewhat, as in my the one case of an old record, and in the other of a manuscript of the judgment the popular delusion I have sought to dispel, Society." is the cause of a great deal of the confusion which, Unfortunately, that plan of referring to old records or manuscripts is older than Preston. Yes, it may be truly lound that Mb., or who owned it iu 1847, wheu he wrote called '' an ancient landmark " for Masonic historians. his " History of Masonic Persecutions " ? Thus, the very oldest Masonic MS. we have, begins with When, adding to the above reasons, the undeniable fact of " Whose wold bothe lede and loke, Oliver s habit of asserting, perverting and manufacturing He may fynd wryte yn old boke." of history, I must come to the conclusion, that the so-called What boke ? The author of the Cooke MS. refers to Ashmole Masonic MS. was manufactured by Dr. Oliver himself. old chronicles, and Anderson was not a whit better than But, on the other hand , notwithstanding the above the above worthies. Indeed, in one way or another, Masonic writers indulged in that kind of trickery, and even reasons, Dr. Oliver may after all have told the truth about the said. MS. His statement that the said now that class of Masonic luminaries, if they do not MS. was in possession of Elias Ashmole is improbable appeal to old records or MSS., appeal to traditions of , but I cannot say that it is impossible. If therefore after due ' their own invention. Dr. Oliver, however, was not only , inquiry, Oliver s statement should prove correct, it would the most unscrupulous (that is, if there was any choice conclusively prove that Grand Masters and Grand Lod between them) of all the older English manufacturers of ges were known to Masonic history, but as he has written twenty times as Ashmole to have existed since A.D. 926. This, if proved, would destroy " the 1717 theory," many books as either of his predecessors, he wrote much more so than all twenty times as many falsehoods as either of them ; add that has been printed in the Quatuor Goronati Lodae Tran- " to which, his having been a D.D. caused him to be looked up sactions about " Tho Ark of the Covenant," " Joseph's Bones " ' Marks " the old to by tho pious ones (or the pretended pious ones) as a , " Masons , " Roman Villa at Masonic oracle, and his admirers lauded up his writings Morton," and " Urbanitatis " in the bargain. The argn (especially in America) as " Gospel truth." I think, ments and reasonings based upon the above topics I always therefore, that of all the sinning English falsifiers of regarded chimerical and imaginary, but the Ashmole MS., Masonic history Dr. Oliver was not only the greatest, but if it was owned by Ashmole, would not only prove, as the most mischievous ; he not only deceived his unwary above stated, the knowledge to Ashmole that the Craft was readers, but he set a pernicious example to others, which governed at one time by Grand Lodges and Grand Masters, they did not fail to follow. Bro. Gould , in a footnote on but it might further be the means of restoring the old the above named page, gives a specimen of an American belief , that from the day of St. Austin down to Sir Masonic luminary lauding up Dr. Oliver's merits. Bro. Christopher Wren, the English Craf t was not without Gould, vAth evident contempt says, that Oliver was " styled, Grand Masters. And if this is proved, it will not be by Mackey in his Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry, (as) the difficult to prove the Grand Mastership of King Solomon, most learned Mason, and most indefatigable and copious and of old Father Adam too. Masonic author of his age." But Charles W. Moore put it Well, now, I have done ray duty by calling attention to on thicker : in his dedication of his 1844 Magazine to the said MS., which, if proved to be O.K., its value cannot Dr. Oliver, after lauding his Christian teaching to the be over-estimated, for it will wipe out in a trice all the pre- skies, he goes on to say :— tencious theories promulgated by the sceptical Masonic school. And it now remains for the conservative orthodox " The Freemason whose vigorous intellect has penetrated the , , or Masonic antiquity believ ing scholars to do their arcana of Masonry 5 brought forth the invaluable treasures, and duty, by restored the Holy Vessels; whose enlarged mind has shed brighter demonstrating, if they can, the genuineness of the said MS. rays around the Masonic altar and is beaming with invi , gorating BOSTON , U.S., 13th June 1890. power over this Western Hemisphere, enlightening with that wisdom which leadeth to the Holy of Holies." After such praising up of Dr. Oliver's Masonic im- portance by the two greatest American luminaries, it is no wonder that all the American lesser lights blazed away after OPENING OF THE BURT ST. EDMUND'S the same fashion, that every St. John's Day orator, every MASONIC HALL. pious Grand Master, or Magazine writer, or Monitor writer, ON Monday evening, the 14th nit., the St. Edmund s Bury Masonic or history writer, never failed to show up his learning and Hall was opened. It was formerly the Six Bells Hotel, and facea piety without proving his theories from the the Norman Tower and Chequer Square. What were originally six writings of rooms have now been converted into one large hall, of symmetrical " the learned Dr. Oliver." proportions and artistic appearance. Overlooking Chequer Square, Oliver's " History of Masonic Persecution " is by no it is lighted by five windows, each of which is draped by heavy cur- means free from its author's peculiarities, and I firmly tains of deep blue, in unison with the prevailing colour of the room. believe that the alleged old MS. was no more in The ceiling is bordered by a prettily moulded cornice, and the walla possession" of Elias Ashmole than it are painted in an agreeable blue of light tint, relieved by a string- was in possession course of white, a colour which has been adopted also for the doors. or Jbather Adam ; fpr in tho first place I never heard of A dado of darker blue than the above is strikingly picked out with such an MS. ever having been owned by Ashmole. gold , and brings into marked contrast the crimson bordering of tho I searched through Bro. Gould's " History of Freemasonry," carpet, which is of tessclated pavement design, in black and white. and Bro. D. M. Lyon's History too, bat could find no Tho Worship ful Master's chair, handsomely carved and adorned with allusion to the emblems of St. Edmund and of tho Fraternity, stands at the end an Ashmole Masonic MS. of the room next the Norman Tower, while hung above it is a framed Again , Oliver gave, or rather say he pretended to give, portrait of tho Grand Master, the Prince of Wales. Opposite are but part of the MS., for he began it in tho middle of a sen- the chair and pedestal of the Senior Warden , the Junior Warden's tence, and from the words " that though " to tho end of the chair being opposite the entrance. Tho old tracing boards of the MS. it is placed between quotation marks, implying that it Lodge, presented by Bro. M. T. Cocksedge, a former Master of the is a verbatim Royal St. Edmund Lodge, are hung upon the wall near the Senior copy of the original, but its wording and Warden 's chair, while in other parts of the room are several old spelling show that it was written in the nineteenth and not escutcheons of former Bury Lodges. The hall is adequatel y lighted. m the seventeenth century. The alterations have been effected by the St. Edmund's Bury Mnaonio And still again. Oliver very well knew, what Dr. Plot Club Company, Limited , under whom the members of the Royal pointed out in his History of Staffordshire, in 1686 that St. Edmund Lodge are tenants, but so far onl y as concerns the , templo and supper noom ; the rooms upon the ground floor forming Prince Edwin was not (as our old Masonic MSS. , g assert) a the club proper, being open by subscription to those who are qualified on of Athelatan, but his brother. The so-called Ashmole as members of the Masonic Fraternity. The brethren assembled at ¦MS. making Edwin both sou and brother may have teen a half-past five, and the Lodge was opened at six. Bro. John G. Oliver mistake of the transcriber or printer, who in a hurry wrote P.M. 1008 and P.P.G.S.W. presided , in the absence of the Deputy 6'"» instead of brother, but the phrases of Grand Master Provincial Grand Muster the Rev. C. J. Mariyn. The Senior , Warden's chair was occupied by Bro. C. D. Leech W.M. 1008, Brother and of Grand Lodge, cannot very well bo ascribed to mis- takes James Roach W.M. 1592 being in the Junior Warden's chair. Brother of either the transcriber or the printer. Be it J. G. Oliver formally declared the hall open, and later in the evening urther remembered, that when Oliver wrote his " History presided at a banquet. °f Masonic Persecutions " in 1847, no one then doubted the antiqnity of Masons' Grand Masters or Grand Lodges, bence Oliver had no idea that the words Grand Master and A stained glass window, from the studio of Mr. Taylor, of Berners <*rand Lodije would ever lead any one to doubt the genuine- Street, has been erected in the Church of Plympton St. Maurice, ness of his MS. Now, however, with few excep tions, it is Devon (the gift of the family), in memory of 2nd Lieut. Henry general Bnller Tritton 14th the King' ly admitted that Grand Masters and Grand Lodges Maxwell , s Hussars. were unknown to pre-1717 Masons, and if the latter are correct, that MS. could not have existed in the days of Ashmole. FUNERALS properly carried out and personally attended, And still in London and Country, by Bro. G-. A. HUTTON", 17 Newcastle again, "Why did not Dr. Oliver stale where he Street, Strand, W.C. Monuments erected. Valuations made. THE THEATRES, &c. FREEMASONKY UNVEILED. WE extract the following " short essay " from a recent Terry's—An amusing farcical play, entitled the "[The Judge, number of The Top ical Times :— " is written which, quite in accordance with " the fitness of things, Freemasonry is a very long subject, and one with which it and is by Mr. Arthnr Law, was produced here on Thursday evening, really impossible to deal exhaustively in a short essay. There are received a fairly favourable verdict. The plot is somewhat weak many varieties in Masonry, not counting the differences of degrees. for three acts, and the story is rather strained at points, still the There are common Masons, " Mark " Masons, "Arch " Masons—so- audience laugh at tho comical, not to say absurd, complications called because they preserve an innocent and unsophiscated air when evolved, and that is the result desired. Sir John Pye, a judge on questioned as to their mysteries by the profane ; Knights of St. Joh business n circuit, arrives at Woolchester, his native town, on assize , of Jerusalem, Gibraltar, and Malta, " Royal Star " Masons, Rosi. who and is disturbed in the middle of the night by a buxon dame, crucians or " Rosy Crossers," " stoney " Masons, and many other forthwith announces that she is an escaped prisoner, and claims his Orders of Masons who have just simply gone into tho thing with no protection. It is then discovered that she is a former sweetheart of idea of personal aggrandisement, but with the honest wish to benefit Sir John's, but she is now, by a peculiar turn of fortune's wheel, their fellow men and anybody nither than themselves. One of the awaiting her trial for bigamy, before her old flame. The soft hearted first roles of Freemasonry is that members of the Craft shall always judge takes pity upon her, and permits her to remain in his sitting give the preference, in cases where employment or patronage is at room, to avoid pursuit, until she is discovered by the old man's two their disposal, to outsiders. This salutary regulation at once knocks daughters. Not knowing who the young ladies are, and unable to on the head auy tendency of a novice to be too precocious. There is account for her presence in the judge's room at night time, she a kind of imitation Freemasonry to be met with among persons de- 's wife. staggers then with the announcement that she is the judge scribing themselves as Oddfellows, Buffaloes, Templars, Druids, Sons in with the By press of circumstances Sir John is compelled to fall of the Phcenix, Offspring of the Oof-bird , Children of the Soil, arrangement, with tho inevitable result that confusion becomes worse Reohabites, Fleabites, Foresters, and the like. But such inferior confounded. It is finally ascertained that the lady is no bigamist at associations do not enter into the scope of this article ; they are not all, and she is handed over to her lawful spouse, to the great satis- a patch upon real Freemasonry, which enjoys the antiquity of faction of the judge. The piece is full of witty sayings and unex- Solomon's period and the vitality of an eel. They have little in pected repartee, but requires closer acting than it received on common with the genuine article, and if, for instance, a " Druid," Thursday. Mr. Penley is most droll as the hypochondriacal judge, even if dressed in full canoaicals and with a clean surplice and a new and is ably assisted by Miss Emily Thorne as Mrs. Shnttleworth. Clarkson wig were to come up and give mo the ." grip," he would get Miss Emily Ley ton and Miss Cissy Grahame prettily represent the two no countersign from me. Thank heaven, I know better than to give daughters, Chloe and Daphne, while Messrs. W. Herbert and F. H. the secrets of our Craft away to a man who has been seen in the Fenton are their sweethearts. A clever character part of a lady de- streets without a hat. Similarly with regard to Oddfellows and tective is capitally played by Miss Elsie Chester, while Mr. Mark people who parade with sashes on them in public thoroughfares. Kingbome and Mr. W. Lestocq make the most of two small person- No; when I want to do a little dressing up, I pack my decent apron ages. in my gripsack and go down to the Freemasons' Tavern in a cab. Haymarket.—Through the kindness of Mr. Beerbohm Tree, an When the door ia "tyled " I put on my finery, and not till then. 1 afternoon performance was given at this theatre, on Wednesday, for have not been a Freemason long, having only joined comparatively re- the benefit of Mrs. Beverley, widow of the late Mr. W. R. Beverley, cently, and my apron has not got as many frills upon it as I could the eminent scenic artist ; the piece selected for representation wish. But I do hope and believe that I have a proper appreciation bsing a new comedy in three acts entitled " That Girl," written of my high calling, and , though I may be as yet only a humble pillar by Mr. Henry Hamilton and Mrs. Oscar Beringer. Some of tho charac- of the magnificent edifice, I am putting oat to take the thirty-third ters are forcibly drawn, but the story requires compression, especially degree which will show you the class of* hair-pin that any ribald as it does. not run on any new dramatic lines. Capt. Wentworth is a scoffer who seeks to run down Freemasonry has got to reckon with. disreputable officer who has become a chevalier d'industrie,who selects My initiation was a very interesting affair. People had come down a fashionable hotel in Switzerland as the scene of his exploits. He to our Lodge from all parts of the kingdom to witness the ceremony, is assisted, though much against her inclination, by his daughter Iris, which was even more imposing than usual. There was hardly a dry who attracts the pigeons for the father to pluck. One of the victims, eye in the room when I took the oath and my seat, and the only Lumley Brereton, for the purposes of revenge, writes a number of marring influence was the execrable nature of the music discoursed billets doux to Iris, purporting to ooine from one Phillip by the then " Organist," who strangled a broken-winded harmonium. Challoner, of whom the girl is fond, but who sees through the At the conclusion of tho rite he was severely cuffed by the Grand schemes of the father. When Phillip arrives at the Pension Master, and I need hardly say that I very shortly took his collar des Alps-Yaudoises, Iris perceives at once by his manner of ad- fro m him. I am tho Organist now ; and it is sweet on a summer's dressing her that she has been deceived, but the tables evening to listen to the melodies that I liberate from a spavined con- are turned by Challoner asking Iris to become his wife ; and certina. Like every distinguished man, of course I have my detrac the gallant captain meets with a better fate than he deserves, by tors, some of whom say that the Lodge must be pretty far gone if I pairing off with a wealthy American widow, Mrs. Cyrus P. Dodge. am the best " Organist " that it can galvanise into action. But this Miss Norreys plays the part of Iris prettily and pathetically, and is merely " tho idle breath " which 1 regard not , and a moro in- Mr. C. W. Somerset acted tho Captain to perfection. Mias Vara dustrious blast from my instrument generally has tho effect of para- Beringer, as Aphrodite Dodge, aged 12, was smart and amusing, her lysing calumniators. Tho Organist of a Lodge has a distinct pull. quaint remarks, made with all American brusqaeness, causing no I would like to tell you what occurred at my initiation , but I have little laughter. Miss Helen Leigh was well placed as Mrs. Dodge, promised not to do so. People are now-a-days so censorious that Mr. H. Reeves Smith was easy and natural as Phillip, and Mr. E. W. they might insinuate (behind my back) that I were guilty of a breach Gardner as Brereton, Mr. E. Douglas as MoNab, and Mrs. E. II. of faith if, after having been made an " Officer," I did not scrupu- Brooke gave admirable assistance. The house was well filled, and wo lously avoid provoking a breach of the peace. I may not agree with trust the financial result will be as satisfactory as the object was such strict discipline, but I will bo on the safe side, and merely worthy. observe that when I had been finally baptized on tho crumpet, and told by tho Junior Deacon in a loud whisper to take a back seat, Shaftesbury.—Mr. Willard has indeed been lncky in seenving there was no prouder man than myself in the entire procession. the services of Miss Eleanor Calhoun to take the place of Miss Ol gn And I may here remark that when the Worshipful Grand Master Brandon, who was secured by Messrs. Gatti for their now piece some , twittered that procession was pretty apt to move. time back. The part of Vashti Detbio loses nothing in the bands of , I started out on this article with the idea that I could without be- Miss Calhoun, her playing being all that could bo desired. In the , tray ing any of the secrets of ive the :ene outside the tower and in tho final act the actress showed the Freemasonry, at any rate g , , profane public a general idea gentle •nest feeling and genuine impulse. In no part does the character of the grandiose aims of the Craft . But at every turn I find myself hampered by the reflection .ose in Miss Calhoun's hands, and' Mr. Willavd need have no fear that if I do not watch it very head punched or as to the change proving as great a success ai in the hands of carefully I may get my be struck oil" the rolls—or both ; and how I do not want to pre- Miss Brandon. All the other parts are capitally portrayed , and we , any , judice my chances of tho thirty-third degree. I am living with that feel sure that the drawing powers of " Judah " will be far from aim before me. Nothing except our exhausted when Mr. Willard quits the Shaftesbury for his American impedes my march to success, banquets. They throw me back a bit. But I have hitherto recovered tour. consciousness and my lost ground. What I said to my wife when I The Autumn Season at the Adelphi will commence to,night (Satur- took this matter up was, " It is good enough for H.R.H. the Prince of day), with a new and original drama, entitled " The English Rose," Wales, and it onght to be good enough for me." That, however, the by Messrs. Geo. R. Sims and Robert Bnchanan. The following is the future will decido. Meanwhile I attend a Lodge of Instruction-- cast :—Messrs. Leonard Boyne, J. D. Beveridge, J. L. Shine, Charles which I need badly ; 1 reid up at home, and I mortify my flesh in Dalton, Lionel Rignold, T. B. Thalberg, W. L. Abingdon, Bnssett a thousand ways. I never miss a Lodge meeting; my concertina and Roe, James East, J. Northcote, W. Northcote ; the Misses Olga myself are always on deck ; I give the " poverty sign " with a Brandon, Mary Rorke, Kate James, Clara Jecks, M. Mildren , dexterity begotten of considerable practice, and which ensures me a and Essex Dane. The scenery is by Messrs. Bruce Smith, Phil fre e drink in nearly every bar I use. I am going to fetch that thirty* Goatcher, and W. Perkins, the music by Henry Sprake, while the third degree " if it takes me all summer." play will be produced by Mr. Wm. Sydney. A new play by Mr. Pierre Leclercq, entitled " This Woman and That," will be produced at the Glob* this (Saturday) afternoon. Mrs. John Wood having been ordered complete rest, the run of Miss Adelaide Moore will appear as Eva Flnerier. 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At 9, On Monday, Special Holiday Attractions. See " May's British and Irish Press Guide." Tuesday Evening, One Penny, Saturday Twopence. T 0L ° 8,15 THB BAILIFF At 9 ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL. - HE ?OLiGITOR. ' - - Open Daily, ARCADIA. Chief Offices:—154 Queen Street, Portaeft. Bro. R. Hor.BiiooK & Sons, Proprietors, n . °?E--At S, ROMEO AND JULI ET. ST. GEORGE'S HALL.-Mr. and Mrs. GERMAN REED'S Entertainment. Mondays, Branch Offices at Chichester and Gosport. Agencies At , Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 8. Tuesdays, in all tho principal towns in tho district. s^; ^ii ^ *A<*S. 9 ' Q^for : Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 3. Advertisements should be forwarded to reach the A 0 °n fi% Rrjy e- AtS-m, DOROTHY. RO YAL AQ,UARIUM.-Opcn at 13; close I Office not later than Tuesday Mornings and Friday i^ 11 '30. Constant round of amusements Afternoons. SPUES & POND , Masonic Temples & Banqueting Rooms, FREEMASONS' TAVERN , THE CRITERION , THE HOLBORN VIADUCT HOTEL. A CCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY , t\. Limited , St. Swithin 's House, 10 St. Swithin ') MASONIC MANUFACTORY-JEWELS, CLOTHING, &c. Liino, K.C. General accidents. I Personal injuries. Railway accidents. | Death by accident. JOSEPH J. CANBY, O. HARDING, Manager. (goRtfmitf) JSlamrfactmiittj , MADE WITH BOILING WATER. 4 4 CHEAP SIDE, LONDON , E. C. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. EPPS'SGRATEFUL-COMFORTIN G. H. T. LAMB, MANUJB'ACTUBEH OF COCOA MASONIC JEWELS , CLOTHING AND REGALIA , MAGE WITH BOILING MILK. SQUARE, LONDON. 5 ST. JOHN " PAINLESS AND PERFECT PRICK LIST, CONTAINING 180 IIAUSTKATIONS, POST I'KKIi ON API'MiiAT.ION. DENTISTRY." ESTABLISHED 1851. DR. C. H. JONES, F.R.S.L., Surgeon FRAZER'S TABLETS. , Purify the Blood , Improve tho Com- Dentist aud Doctor of Dental Surgory of , rnFRA7FR'cn . 57 GREAT RUSSELL STREET , LONDON, will BIRKBEOK BANK "" ° ploxion , Insure Good Health. Make forward his now pamp Buildings Chancery Lane. Work a Pleasure, and Life Enjoyable. hlet, " Painless and Perfect Southampton , Dentistry," gratis and post free. The Pamphlet SULPHUR Sold by Chemists at 1/1{, or post free THREE per CENT. INTEREST nllowo l on ____»_ 2!) shows that instead of it being delusive to speak of l"i Stamps from F UAZBR k. Co., Painless Dentistry it is as much an DEPOSITS, repayable on demand. Ludgato Hill , London. Agents Wanted. accomplished TWO per CENT, on COR RENT ACCOUNTS , fact as the swift locomotive, the telephone, or TABLETS Liberal Terms. Wholesale: The Grocers' phonograph. Itcontains a list when not dra . n below £100. ——— Association , Ltd., London. S.E. of the Gold avid . STOCKS, SHARES, and ANNUITIES purchased Silver Medals awarded to Dr. G. H. Jones at the and sold. Great International Exhibitions, and should be rend by every one before consulting a dentist. SAVINGS DEPAETMENT. W. & J. BALLS, —Vide Press Notes, For tho encouragement of Thrift tho Hank receives Her Majesty's Surgeon-Dentist writes as follows:— small sums on deposits, and allows Interest at thc Dear Dr. Jones,—Allow mo to express my sincere rate of THREE PER CENT, per annum , on each BOOKBINDERS, thanks for the skill and attention displayed in the completed JB1. Tho Interest is added to the principal IN ALL BRANCHES. construction of my Artificial Teeth , which render on the .'list March annually. "Work my mastication and articulation excellent. I am FRANCIS RAVENSCROPT, Manager. Metropolitan Bookbinding s, glad to hear that you have obtained Her Majesty's 362 GRAY'S INN ROAD, KING'S GROSS. Royal Letters Patent to protect what I .consider tho perfection of Painless Dentistry. In recognition of The Birkbeck Building Society's Annual 1 your valuable services you are at liberty to use my Beceipta exceed Five Millions. BOOKS BOUND TO ANY PATTERN. name. Old Bindings & Libraries Repaired & Decorated. S. G. HUTCHINS, HOW TO PURCHASE A HOUSE FOR By appointment Surgeon-Dentist to Her Majesty tho Queen. TWO GUINEAS PER MONTH , OK A PLOT ^fev ROBINSON & CLEAVER'S OP LAND FOR FIVE SHILLINGS PER MONTH, with immediate Possession. Apply at tho OtUeo of The Pamphlet also explains how first-class the BIBKBBCK FBBBHOSD LAND SociKTr. %M CAMBRIC POCKET Dentistry is supplied at ordinary fees, and the The BIRKBECK ALMANACK, with full parti- perfect painless system of adjusting artificial teetli , culars, can bo obtained post free, on application to HANDKERCHIEFS. which has obtained the prize medals of London , FRANCIS RAVENSCROFT, Manager, J |§j L Paris, Berlin , Philadel phia , and New York. &%|ifl&fl9r Samp les "'"' Price Lists, Post Pre Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London . PLKASE OBSERVE ONLY ADDRESS- ffffiHPJflSSfc Children's j /jj Hemstitched :— L a i< s WAIFS AND STRAYS C HIEFLY SfflfflUiisL Ladi?s' •• 2'4 " ) ' 2/111 DR. G. H. JONES, ' SURGEON DKNTIST, FBOH IHB CHBSS BOAHD , by Captain •WH^32*™18 Hugh R. Kennedy, Vice-President of the British To the QTJEEN, &C. Chess Association. 57 GREAT RUSSELL STREET , LONDON . LONDON : W. W. MOBOAN, Homes Hill , N. ROBINSON & CLEAVER, Belfast. (Opposite tho British Museum). a rpiIIS valuable modicine discovered and «l^^^ , M^KHK/^L^ J- invented by Mr. RICHARD FBBBUAN in 1811, E A D E'S HBHBSB ^B| j ..introduced into India and Egypt in 1850, and stib- iMBfflB^^y 'sequently all over the world, maintains its supre- «¦/¦% macy as a special and specific Remedy for the Vrj GOUT & RHEUM At!;; FILLS, ^¦JLg^^^ £ Treatment and Cure of Coughs, Colds, Conaurap- most 1FFECTUAL CURE for ^SSK^HB ^^ tion, Cancer, Bronchitis, Asthma, Ague, Sore The SAFEST and *«4fl£JIA»^ Throat, Influenza, Neuralgia, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, GOUT, RHEUMATISM, and all PAINS in the HEAD V Asiatic Cholera, Colic, Gout, and all Fevers. ¦n-n rr'ii ir 1 AT» O At ls JWi 2s 9(1i ^ 8d, lis, and 20s per bottle. „ FACE, and LIMBS. JC AJlllJyiAJN O Sold by Patent Medicine Dealers in all parts of the world. ' Her. F. FARVIS R.ptut /TRTnTMAT N.B.—Lord Chancellor Selborne, Lord Justice IMPOBTANT TESTIMONIAL from the , UniUliXhi favour Minister. James, and Lord Justice Mellish decided in of FREEMAN'S ORIGINAL CHLORODYNE, anil Mr. G. EADH. March 19, W7. 1 rorm you uf PIT T nPOnVNT? • against Urown and Davenport, compelling Uieuit' Dear Sir,—I have many times felt inclined to in VII L>\JL\\JU 1 11 Li. _Sco 1»?3 the benefit I have received by taking your Gout and linoun nrc pay all costsin thc Sl,it Timesol 24th July ' Pills. After suffering for some time from Rheumatics <.nd Sciatica, I was advised to use your Pills. I bought " bottle , and when in severe pain and unable to use tho limb a ffected 1 took a doso. In a few hours after I felt the i uin nnich better, and after tho second dose the pain completely removed and the limb restored to its right use. I thank you, dou r sir, Bro. EDWARD DELEVANTI, for sanding forth such a boon for the relief of human suffering. Yours faithfully, Conductor ITALIAN ORCHESTRA (Uniform), V. F.IKVIS , 2 South View Villas, H.iptist Minister. "W" . Burgess Road, Basingstoke. 9 ST. MARY'S TK RRACE, TVIAIDA. HILL, OCALISTS Solo Instrumentalists and Bands provided f°r PR E PARED ONLY BY , V Concerts, Balls, Ga . den Parties, Masonic Banquets, &c. GEORGE EADE , 72 GOSWELL ROAD , LONDON. Pianoforte, Organ , Violin , and Singing Lessons. And sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vend .rs. 9d IN" BOTTT-JICS. at Is lid and ^s each . ORGANIST TO LODGES 102 1, 2012, AND 2021. Printed and Published by Brother W ILIIAM W BAY MOBOAN, at Bolvidere Works, HormoB Hill, Pentonville, Saturday, 2nd August 1890.
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