CONTEN TS. to his District G. Lodge at its half-yearl y communication in LEADERS — PAGH March last. At that meeting the report of the District Board of Freemasonry in Natal ...... ••• •¦• 421 Secret Societies in America ...... ¦•• ••• ••• 421 Genera l Purposes contained the following paragraph : Grand Lodge of Canada ...... ••¦ ••• ••• 422 Carefu l consideration has been given to the suggestions of the R.W. New Schools at Radcliffe Hall , Lancashire ...... 424 District Grand Master as tc the creation of a fund for the relief , in neces - ... 24 Mark Masonry...... ••• ••• ••• 4 sitous cases , of deserving aged and indi gent Freemasons or of their widows , M ASONIC NOTES — if need be. The Board recommends as a suitable means of celebrating, Masonic Veteran Association of Illinois and Diamond J ub ilee Address to Masonically, the 60th year of H ER M AJESTY ' S rei gn , that such a fund the Queen ...... ••• ¦¦• ••• 427 Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Ma ryland ...... 427 should be established for the relief of aged and indigent Freemasons (or of Grand Lodge of Ncrth Ca rolina ...... •¦• • • 427 the widows of such Masons) who have been long contributing members of Reviews ...... — ••• 42$ Lodges in this District , and have been uniforml y in good repute ; and the District Grand Lodge of Northern China (E.C.)...... 42§ Board suggest s that a Committee be elected by the District Grand Lodge The Era Lodge and the Albert Hall Meeting ... .., ...... 429 Royal Arch ...... ••• 429 at this Communication , to acquire information , and to formulate a scheme Roya l Masonic Institution for Boys ...... 429 for the establishment and administration of such fund , and to report at the 430 Poetry—The Gift ...... next Half-yearl y Communication of District Grand Lodge. Freemasonry in Scotland ...... 43° General Committee of Grand Lodge and Board of Benevolence ...... 430 In his address, Bro. W ESLEY FRANCIS spoke cordially in The Craft Abroad ...... 430 Craft Masonrv ...... 430 favour of this proposal. He pointed out that the existing Fund Masonry 's Influence ...... :. 43' of Benevolence was sufficient to meet the purpose for which it Obituary ...... 43" Lod ge of Instruction ...... 43 l was established. The new scheme, however, which is a purely Secret Monitor ...... 43 1 M asonic and General Tidings ...... — ••• 432 voluntary one, is intended " as a means of providing in days to come for the maintenance of aged Freemasons, who, having borne the heat and burden of the day, in their old age require FREEMASONRY IN NATAL. some substantial aid in contradistinction to the casual aid granted from our existing Benevolent Fund." In short it is It is immensely gratif ying to note that in the great majority , proposed to establish a Fund which shall accomp lish what is of cases, whenever a body of Masons, or several bodies, have combined together for the purpose of celebrating, in an especial done by our Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution. The recom- manner, the completion of the 60th year of her Majesty's mendation was accepted , and the District Board of General accession to the throne of the United Kingdom , the plan Purposes was appointed a Committee, with power to add to adopted has been either to contribute to some charitable in- their number, to acquire information and formulate plans for stitution already established, or the establishment of such an the establishment of the Fund. The advice which the District institution , either for the temporary or permanent alleviation Grand Master tendered to the District Grand Lodge was sound , of distress. At home, our Grand Lodge, as representing the and we trust it will be acted upon. He warned lodges against the exhibition of any feelings of jealousy rivalry. whole English Masonic community, has given some £15,000, of or " It which upwards of one-third has been handed over to the Prince should be," he said, " the pride of the lodges to endeavour to ive as liberally as possible each in accordance with the means of WALES'S Hospital Fund, and the balance among the g , Central Masonic Institutions. In many of the Provinces an at its disposal. The keynote of our Order is to do good , not to extra amount of zeal and energy has been exhibited in behalf of receive it, on the princi ple that it is ' more blessed to give than the local Masonic Educational and Benevolent Associations, to receive,' and I trust that whatever is done will be done with while many sums have been contributed to local, but non- good will , in good sp irit , and with good feeling." VVe need Masomc, Charitable objects. In the ,Masonic Districts hardly add that the proposal, like all other proposals of a similar holding under the Grand Lodge of England , which are character , has our heartiest good wishes for its success , and wa scattered throughout the British Empire, as well as in the trust that before the present year has run its course, the Natal jurisdictions of the several Grand Lodges which are independent Fund for A ged and Distressed Masons and their Widows will of our Grand Lodge, the same course has been pursued , be an accomp lished fact. and whenever it has been decided to commemorate, in an excep- tional manner, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, there invariably has SECRET SOCIETIES IN AMERICA the commemoration assumed a charitable form . Here, an Educa- . tional Fund, already established, has been greatly strengthened There is a highly interesting article on this subject by Bro. and extended, there such a fund has been started. Here it is W. S. H ARWOOD , which has been reprinted , by special permis- a Benevolent Fund which has been extended , there it is a sion , from the North American Review for May last , and which Benevolent Fund or an Educational and Benevolent Fund which forms part of A ppendix B to the report of the Proceedings of has been inaugurated. Elsewhere we read of the endowment of the Grand Lodge of Iowa at its 54th annual Communication at Victoria cots in Children 's Hospitals, or contributions towards Oskaloosa on the ist June and two following days. From this the erection and endowment of Victoria Hospitals or Victoria it appears that in December, 1896, " the membershi p of the Wings to Hosp itals already existing. At no previous epoch in Secret fraternal Orders of the United States " amounted , " in the history of Freemasonry has our respect for the loyalty and round numbers, to 5,400,000, exclusive of the " many thousands charity which are the fundamental princi ples of the ' Craft been who are members of the labour organisations , though they, to a so universally and at the same time so generousl y exhibited. greater or less extent , are knit together by secret threads," nor Under the District Grand Lodge of Natal the same feeling pre- about half a million members of the " secret military Orders, as vails that something of a permanent Charitable character should the G.A.R. ; " nor has any account been taken of the many other be started in commemoration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. thousands who are identified with the fraternities of the col- In our " Notes " of last week , we briefl y noticed certain of the leges." It follows that, taking the present adult population at remarks addressed by Bro. WESLEY FRANCIS , District G. Master , 19 millions , and allowing that many of the above 5,400,000 are members of more than one Society, " every fifth , or, possibly, fact that extreme care is taken to admit as members of our every eighth , man you meet is identified with some I ralernal lod ges only men of character and in reputable circumstances. organisalisn , for the preservation of whose secrets he has given There, are lod ges which arc not as careful as they mi ght be in a solemn oath , a pled ge more binding in its nature, than perhaps this respect—the advice constantl y, given by Consecrating any other known among men." Oilicers to new lodges, and by Provincial Grand Masters and On turning to the Table which presents a list of these others to lod ges generally, is evidence of this—but the cases organisations, with the number of members belonging to each , are exceeding l y rare in which a man of acknowledged bad we lind quite a formidable array of these Orders , ranging from rliaracler is accepted as a candidate for initiation into one of our that of the Freemasons dow n to Roman Catholic and lodges. Jewish Societies, the princi pal being the Masonic Order , which , But this " element of selection ," as Bro. HARWOOD describes including the coloured Masons and certain Kni ghts of Malta , it , is very far f rom being the only merit pertaining to such a &c , musters close upon a million ; the Oddfellows , Society as ours and thc others which are enumerated in this white and coloured , some; 040, 000 ; Foresters, of various organ- article. It must not be forgotten that there is " a demand upon isations, some 28 7,000 ; "'Improved Order of Red Men , these millions of oath-bound men in our land "—a demand lhat 165, 000 ; Kni ghts of Pythias , 475,000 ; " Ancient Order United is imperative upon their conscience—that they acknowledge " a Workmen , " 361 ,000 ; " Koyal Arcanum." 1.So,,000 ; " Modern Supreme Being as ruler over all ," and , further , that they should Woodmen of America , " .204,000 ; Independent Order of Good exhibit a " positive, unequivocal , and constant reverence for the Templars, 2S 1 ,000 ; " Knights of the Maccabees , " 24^5,000 ; Scriptures." No " test of religious belief is exacted ," but Bro. " Kni ghts of Honour , " 118 , 000 ; and " Kni ghts and Ladies HARWOOD considers it no more than just " both to those who of Honour," 85,000. What is the special purpose for which are inside and those who are outside these organisations to say many ol these orders have been established wc arc unable that the Bible , taken as the most sacred book of the Christian to say, but wc jud ge they are mostly charitable from the nations, is a work to which peculiar reverence is always given column appended, in which the amount estimated to in fraternal organisations. No other organisation of men 111 the have been distributed bv these various orders in the shape of world , with the single exception of the Church , so universally, " beneficences " is set down at about 650 , 000 ,000 dollars so consistentl y, and so insistentl y demands that recognition of (.£130 ,000,000). But though " beneficence " is evidentl y the the Divine authority which is at once the test and the evidence great object which these various Societies have 111 view, it is by of the highest type of life. " no means the onlv ono. the value ol Bro. IlARWOOD 's article The question whether these fraternal orders do or do not consisting (1) in the care he has apparentl y bestowed upon its exercise a considerabl e, amount of influence in political and comp ilation , and (2) in the op inions he expresses as to the value munici pal elections and whether it is or is not the case that or otherwise of these Secret Orders. Il is , indeed , more particu- members of such orders prefer to hel p their fellow-members to larl y in this latter respect that , in our op inion , lies the true worth those who are not of their society is one whicii Bro. HARWOOD of Bro. H ARU'OOI/S article. He seems to have taken tlie utmost appears to have fought shy of. " We may make," lie says, pamsto be impartial in his estimate ol their merits and dements. " some allowance for weakness in this regard upon the part of Thus , their beneficence—which is bv no means restricted to the some," but he does not think—though we do not quite grasp his immense sum we have quoted—is undeniable , but against that meaning here—" that , because a man is a member of one of must be set the huge sum which is annually spent in regalia , these organisations hc stands ready to stultify himself when he banquets , &c , o':c. But setting this consideration aside for the enters the polling booth or when he comes into social or moment , we find Bro. llAkWOOD w riting in the following commercial contact with those who are not members of hi<-; strain , " So numerous," he tells us, " so powerful have organisation." But he need not have spoken with so uncertain these orders become , that those closing years of the a sound , at least as regards Freemasonry, one of the main objects century might well be called tbe golden age ol of which , in its modern organisation , is well-known to be the fraternity. So strong has their hold become upon so many provision of a neutral ground on which brethren of different millions of people lhat the occasions have not been infrequent religious and political views may meet and learn to know and where other ministers than the priests ol the Church of Rome respect each other. As a matter of fact , there are many pro- have invei ghed against the lod ge , and sought to show its per- minent members of the rival political parties and different nicious activity in tearing down what the Church would build up ; reli'dous sects, who are members of the Masonic Order, but they or, lo put il more mildly, they have protested against (he leave their political and reli gious differences outside the door of usurp ing influence of (he lod ge, its tendency lo induce men to the lod go. But while they do this readil y enough , they are not accept it as their Church , and lo make its standards , and forms , expected to sacrilice their, political or reli gious partisanship and law s their guide ' of ri ght conduct." But though , as the merely because they are Masons. writer very properly points out , the secret society is not without The article concludes with a few remarks upon the vast in- ils dangers , it has, on the other hand , many .counterbalancing crease in membership ol these " secret fraternal orders " which advantages to recommend it. 1 hese are well set forth by Hro . has taken place , especially ol late years, in the United States, H AKWOO "> , when he points out that the " influence " of such a and Bro. HARWOOD expresses his belief that while this enormous Societv " in making thoughtless men reverential , in increasing increase may have been an abnormal one, " the indications all respect for government by law; ils influence in maintaining and point lo a constant augmentation of their enormous secret promoting allegiance to country , these arc important elements power." lie suggests that in no other country in the world ol its service. While men with evil tendencies and deformed than the United States could these orders have thriven as they moral natures are known to be members ol fraternal orders, and have done , or shown themselves to be so entirel y free " from while , when so known , they are not always so promptly removed any suggestion of national censure." "If ," hc concludes , " all as might be wished , yet I think it is but lair to say thai cases are their secrets were paraded before the eyes of the world, we exceeding ly rare in reputable organislions where, men of known should lind none directed against the. best interests of our badness are admitted. Indeed , one of the greatest powers of country. ' the secret fraternal orders of fhe present day is found in the element ol selection. No other organisation in thc imme- GRAND LODGE OF CANADA. diate hands of man and unidentified with reli gion , so univer- The 42nd annual Communication of the above Grand Lodge was opened sally sets so hi gh a standard of sobriety, integrity, and honesty ; in the Opera House, Brantford , on Wednesday, 21st July, by Bro. Wm. none other, when a seeker for admission appears, so sharply Gibson , M.P., Grand Master, who was supported by Bros. A. A. Stevenson, scrutinises ins past , so .searchingl y investigates his present. The Hugh Murray, Harry Robertson , Q.C, R. T. Walkem, Q.C, J. Ross prime essential in all secret organisations ol this character is Robertson , M.I\, |. K. Kerr , Q.C, and W. R. White, Q.C, Past Grand that the initiate shall be a manly man ; after that a companion- Masters ; Ii. T. Malone, D.G.M. ; W. R. Hickey, B. P. George, W. G. McMillan , Dr. W. Shaw, Dr. S. Tennant, T. Allshire, A. J. Oliver, able man." There is undoubted truth in this statement. What- J. J. J. G. Liddell , R. McKnight. S. Amsden, Aubrey White, A. M. Ross, H. be. the demerits ever , for instance, may which some people are Pringle, G. A. Ajlesworth , D. A. Macdonnell , E. D. Parlow , R. A. Mather wont to associate with Freemasonry, there is no getting over the and J. H. Kingston , District D.G. Masters ; A. McGinnis, S.G.W.; A B. Greer, J.G.W. ; and the following members of the Board of Gener.i l of every Grand Lodge in the world , thus early showing the tact and ability Purposes, elected and appointed : Bros. \V. Roaf , p . C. Martin , L II. that has made him not onl y the first gentleman in the laud , but the most Burritt , li. Harding, popular in the British Emp ire. The Sovereign has given great care to all J. Q.C , W. T. Toner , J. C. Hegler, Dr. L. Se;ord, matters affecting the welfare of the emp ire over which she rules , and upon D. F. MacWatt, G. Ingles, B. Allen , G. C. Davis, R. B. Hungerfoi d , A. which the sun never sets. She lias proven to the world that she is not McLean , J. VV. Murton , R. L. Gunn , |. S. Dewar, T. Sargant, W. Rea , only a ruler in name, but one in reality. She lives in the affections and love E. S. Wigle, and D. II. Martyn. of her people, and not in fear, as was so full y exemplified on the 22id day Previously, at n a.m., Grand LoJge had convened in the Masonic of June last, when not even more than ordinary care was taken , o'.her than Hall, and in procession marched to the site of the proposed ward school , to preventing her loving subjects from blocking the highway during the pas- sage of the greatest pageant the world has ever seen , while fro m every part be called Victoria , on Richmond-street , where, with the impressive ceremo- of the British possessions came representatives and their staffs to pay her nies of the Craft, Bro. W. Gibson , G.M., laid the corner stone of the new homage. It is not too much to say that every Canadian feels proud of the building. position given to our» representative and the welcome given to our citizen At 2 p.m., the annual Communication was opened in ample form in the soldiers , and last, but not by any means least , our gallant soldiers belong ing Opera House by the Grand Master, supported by the Past Grand Masters, to the North-west Mounted Police. Canada has, for tlu first time in the history of the Dominion , been placed in the front of the self-governing Grand Officers , and many Past Grand Officers , the auditorium floor , and , Colonies , may she ever continue to retain the love, respect , and es'.eem of galleries being completely filled by members of the Fraternity. the mother land." Bro. LIDDELL, D.D.G.M., headed a deputation of the Brantford lodges, Bro . Gibson concluded his remarks on the Jubilee by reading the poem and read a fraternal address of welcome, which was followed by an equally " Victoria , the Great," by the Poet Laureate (Mr. Alfred Austin), and , cordial one from the civic authorities , the M AYOR speaking (or them, in having referred incidentally to the absence of the G. Secretary (Bro. J. J. which the freedom of the city was accorded to thc visitors. Mason) with the Bisley team in England, proceeded as follows : These formalities being concluded " I am happy to say that Grand Lodge is very fortunate in having the , the business of the session com- duties of Grand Secretary well looked after by M.W. Bro. Murray , who menced with the reading of the Grand Master's address as follows : will be ably assisted during this meeting by R.VV. Bro. R. L, Gunn. It is " Brethren of Grand Lodge,— Let me extend to you a most hearty with feelings of the most profound regret that 1 make known to the mem- welcome upon our meeting here to-day in this good City of Brantford , where bers of Grand Lod ge the unavoidable absence of M.W, Bro. Daniel Spry, founder Captain Joseph Brant was so intimate ly associated with the earliest Past Grand Master, through severe sickness, brought on by too ciose history of Freemasonry in this section of the county, as well as with the attention to public business. Bro. Spry 's genial face and kindl y grasp will rise and progress of the material welfare of our beloved province. be sadly missed at this communication. His ability to comprehend at a " Before entering upon the duties devolving upon us as a Grand Lodge, glance the salient points of all arguments, and (0 enforce the same with let us once again give thanks to the Great Architect of the Universe lor knowledge gained by long experience, placed him in the front rank of Grand permitting so many of us to meet here to-day ; may He watch over and Lodge legislators. Let us individuall y and collectively pray that the Grand protect us; may our labours begin in order, be conducted in peace, and Architect of the Universe may speedil y restore him to his wonted health , closed in harmony. for no brother was more beloved by his brethren than him , whose absence "I have great pleasure in referring to the condition of the Craft within fro m to-day's meeting all deep ly deplored. the jurisdiction , to be able to say from personal visits in every portion of " In conclusion , I might be permitted , before closing, to thank the the province, as well as from authentic information derived fro m the Deputy Masons of Toronto for the handsome address presented to me last Sep- District Grand Masters, that our noble Craft was never in a healthier con- tember, and signed by every Ruler of the Craft in that city, upon the dition than at the present time. On the register of Grand Lodge there are occasion of my fi rst official visit. Likewise to the brethren of Belleville , 357 lodges—the perfect number. It would indeed be marvellous if every Pembroke, and Kincardine for the same kind and thoughtfu l attention , one was in a flourishing state, and still more marvellous if in a membershi p addresses I will be proud to hand down to my children as an evidence ot of 24,000 every member was a model of what a Mason should be. It is, the goodwill and affection of my Masonic brethren , whilst occupying the however, most gratifying to know that, generally, the lodges are in a Grand East, a position I feel prouder of than any I have ever occupied. I flourishing condition , and that very rarely a member, by his life and con- desire to say that whilst I have not been able to visit as many lodges as I duct, brings discredit upon the Fraternity. As a rule, the lodges are could have wished, still, I have paid visits to nearly all the Masonic centres, prosperous and successfully doing the work for which they were established and a large number of the lod ges, during the intervals of my public duties , and the members are living up to their professions. and whilst it may have interfered in some degree with my private business , " I am happy to call the attention of the members of Grand Lod ge to still I have been fully recompensed by the kindness ol the brethren where- our increasing prosperity. Notwithstanding the commercial depression of ever it was my good fortune to go. To the Deputy Grand Master I am deeply late years, our capital account has reached the handsome sum ol 94 202.17 indebted for the loyal support given me. To the many worshipful brethre n dollars. During the past year the receipts of Grand Lodge have reached who accompanied me on my visits I am likewise under a debt of gratitude. the largest amount in its history, viz., 20,828.82 dollars, being an increase To M.W. Bros. Walkem , Murray, and J. Ross Robertson I am extremely of G13.65 dollars last year. thankfu l for the advice given to me. To the Grand Secretary , as all Grand " Of the total expenditure of Ihe past year, amounting to 17, 61^.0.3 dollars, Masters have been , I am under many obligations , and to you , my loving no less a sum than 9 887.50 dollars, or over 50 per cent., was spent for brethren of the Grand Lodge of Canada , my heart goes out for all your benevolence, leaving 7 725.53 dollars for all other purposes, and a handsome kindness during the past 12 months." surplus of 3,215 79 dollars to be carried to capital account. After the reading of the address, which was received with hearty applause, "I am sure that every member in Grand Lodge will join with me in a number of reports were presented and adopted after consideration. wishing that this good work will go on and on and continue with better The election of ofiicers resulted as follows : results as years roll bv. Bro. W. Gibson , M.P., Beamsville ...... G.M. " We have the proud satisfaction ol knowing that few , if any, Grand , Lodges on this continent contribute so much „ li. T. Malone Toronto ...... D.G.M. of their income to benevolent „ J. J. Mason , Hamilton ...... G. Sec. purposes. It may not be out of place to say that many of the Grand Lodges of the United States are ,, Hugh Murray, Hamilton ...... G. Treas. surprised at the large amount given „ Kev. u. l\ bogart, Belleville ...... U. Chap. annually by the Grand Lodge of Canada, and are not stinted in their praise of the good work we are doing through „ S. F. Passmore, Brantford ...... G S.VV. our Benevolent Board. „ A. A. S. Ardagh, Toronto ...... G.J.W. "Owing to the careful supervision of the grants made for benevolence „ . R. Bishop, Owen Sound ...... G. Reg. by the Board, only worthy applicants are now in receipt of relief. In my judgment the sub-Committee on Benevolence should be authorised to make For the Board of General Purposes there were 20 nominations. The ; larger grants than are now permitted in deserving cases, the maximum five elected were : Bros. W. Roaf .Toronto , 343 J.K.HardingJ Q.C~ , Stratford , grants at present being 50 dollars for a brother and 10 dollars for a widow. 331 ; R. E. VVood , Peterboro ', 250 ; Ii. S. Wig le, Windsor J4o ; and W, I would recommend that 100 dollars and So dollars respectively bj the T. Toner, Collingwood , 239. maximum in special cases. I would further recommend that in cases of The following were appointed to the Board of General Purposes , by the pressing need arising between meetings of the Grand Lodge, the Chairman Grand Master : Bros.J . H. Burritt , O.C, Pembroke ; G. C Davies, London ; Toronto ; Aubrey VVhite Hamilton, of the sub-Committee, with the approval of the Most Worshipful Grand Thos. Sargant, , Toronto ; R. L. Gunn , Master and the President of the Board of General Purposes, should be D.D. G RAND M ASTERS .—Bros.J.B.Rankin, Chatham , Erie, District , No, authorised to make a grant for purposes of temporary relief , such grant not 1 ; Geo. Sutherland , Thedford , St. Clair District , No. 2 ; W. C Harris , to exceed 10 dollars to any one applicant. Delaware, London District , No. 3; J. B. Tiernay, Blythe, South Huro n " No organisation in connection with Craft work has done more good District, No. 4; T. Pinkerton , Hdengrove, North Huron District , No. 5 ; than the General M asonic Relief Association of the United States and T. R. Atkinson, Simcoe, Wilson District, No. rt; A. G. Campbell , Harris- Canada. Properly speaking the association is protective , in that it protects ton , Wellington District, No. 7 ; C. V. Emory, Hamilton , Hamilton the Craft in private lodges and Grand Lodges fro m imposture . The fact District , No. 8; G. VV. Aylesworth , M.I.)., Collingwood , Georgian that in this jurisdiction during the past 10 years many thousand of dollars District, No. 9; V. H. Connor, St. Catharines , Niagara District , No. 10; per annum have been saved to thc Craft, stamps the organisation as most T. W. Chappie, M.P.P., Uxbrid ge, Toronto District. No. 11 ; lid. Fitz- usefu l in connection with benevolent work ." gerald , Fenclon Falls, Ontario District , No. 12; A. R. Hargraft , Cobourg, After referring to certain motions of which notice had been given , and Prince Edward District , No. 13; VV. McNee, Kingston, Frontenac enumerating the princi pal events of the past year, the Grand Master District , No. 14; T. A. Stayner, Brockville , St. Lawrance District , No. referred to the Queen 's Diamond Jubilee in the following terms : 15; G. li. Josephs, M.D., Pembroke, Ottawa District , No. 16 ; C F. " Her Majesty's subjects from every part of Farewell , Sault Ste Marie, A'goma District , No 17; and J. Howey, M.D., the British Ump ire have Sudbury , Nip issing District , No. iS. either, by representatives or by addresses, presented at the foot of thc throne their devotion to the person of The Grand Master s recommendation that the rank of Past Grand our Gracious Queen , and , in keeping Master be confened on Bro. Kivas Tully, of Toronto was universall with all her Majesty 's loyal and loving subjects, the members of the Grand , y Lodge of Canada are having prepare commended. d a suitable address, which will be pre- Bri). sented by our Grand Secretary, R.VV . Bro. Mason Thc Masonic As}lum Committee , throug h W ALTER B AKU ICK , of , throug h his Koyal Toronto , presented an extended report , and the Gra n J Lodge authorised Highness the Grand Masier ol the Grand I.od ge ol lingland. assuring her Most Gracious Majesty of thc hi h esteem , its continuance wilh a view to eliciting fuithcr information for the ntxt g respect, and love the members annual communication. of the Grand Lodge of Canada entertain for her person and her throne, The remainder of the Coimnuu'ealion was occup ied with the dispatch of Masons have more than ordinary rig ht lo hold her Majesty in the highest veneration. Is she not the daughter the necessary business and the installation aud appointment ot ofiicers. if a M ason , ancl the mother ol the Toronto was sclcctci as the next place of meeting. first Mason in the British Kmpire, thc Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of lingland—a son who became head of the Craft in lingland at a very critical period in its history, and by the prompt acceptance of that exalted U KO . LOKI ) AND LADY W AN IAGIJ have returned from Welbeck Abbey to Lockinge position saved the reputation not only of the Grand Lodge of lingland , but for the autumn. NEW SCHOOLS AT RADCLIFFE HALL, the school children , and the purses were laid on the stone. The hymn " The Church's one foundation " havins;been sung, LANCASHIRE. The Rev. Mr. H EALEY pronounced the Benediction , the brethren re- sponding with " So mote it be." IMPOSING MASONIC CEREMONIAL. Colonel M ELLOR , M.P., then moved a vote of thanks to Bro. Colonel Starkie. He said t^ at amongst the many du'.ies he had had to perform as A Masonic ceremony, which can well be described as unique in the their representative he could thoroughl y and honestly say that hs had never annals of Radcliffe, took place at Radcliffe Hal l , on Saturday, the 14th performed one which gave him more agreeable and happy feelings than th» inst., when the foundation-stone of the new National School which is being one he was about to perform. They had been present that day as witnesses erected in Chapel-street in connection with the Radcliffe Parish Church was of a deeply interesting, impressive, and solemn ceremonial. They had seen laid with full Masonic ceremonial b Bro. Col. Le Gendre N. Starkie, Prov. the commencement and inauguration of a work which, when the hand that y had laid that stone was at rest and when the voice which then addressed G.M. The weather was beautifull y fine, and there was a la>-ge crowd of them was heard no more, would be of unspeakable benefit to the neighbour- spectators to witness the ceremony. hood. He could truthfully say that the name of the Right Worshipful The brethren assemble! .at St. Anne s Sch ool, N irth-street, about an Provincial Grand Master of th at honourable Order was known throughout hour before the time fixed for the ceremony, and here Prov. Grand Lod ge the length and breadth of the kingdom, and in Lancashire it was a house- was opened. hold word on account of the good works which members of the family had ' and marched to the site of the new done, and which would fructif y and bear fruit long after they had departed Afterwards a process on was formed , from the scene of that school which was inaugurated that day. That school by way of Holland-street, Hutchinson-street , Cross-lane, round school would be a source of blessing and benefit to thousands who would Church-green, and on to the site. The procession was headed by the Rad- come after them. The Rector had told them of the work which the Starkie cliffe Parish Church Lads Brigade, the members of which presented a very family had done in that district, and he had spoken in terms more fully smart appearance, and the scholars attending St. Anne's and the Parish and more felicitously than any he (Colonel Mellor) could use of the great Church Sunday Schools walked next. Then came the Ridc'iffe Old-Bind , obligation that parish was under to the late Dowager Mrs. Starkie. (Applause.) His duty that afternoon was to ask them to give a hearty and following the band were the brethren in full regalia. vote of thanks to Bro. Colonel Starkie for the immense service which he Amongst those present , in addition to the Prov. Grand Master, were had rendered to the town of Radcliffe on that Dec ision , and he sincerely Bro?. R. H. Beswick-Royds, P.G.D. Eng., D.P.G.M.; J. Weeks, 62, P.G.D. ; J. hoped that school might be a blessing to the many generations which would Barlow, 1012 , P.J.G.W. ; J. Selby, 1083, P.G.D.C. ; W. Gray, 999, P.A.G.D.C. j come after them. (Applause.) He agreed with the Rector upon the un- D. Lord, 286, P.A.G.D.C. ; T. T. Hardicker , 2449, P.G.S.B. ; W. J. Melling, speakable blessings of an education conveyed in the way it would be 2185, P.G. Std. Br. ; T. Heap, 344, P.P.G.P. ; W. H. Brown , 221, Prov. S.G.D.; conveyed in that building. He hoped the school would prove a blessing Robert Jones, 348, P.G.S. ; Edward Hope, 146 , P.G.S.; Thomas Mellor , 2560, amongst them, and lhat their people would grow up an understanding iqi, P.P.S.G.D. ; George Lingard Vaughan , 1030, P.G. Reg. ; J. Newton, P.G. people, and that they would grow up loyal and God-fearing. ler; G. Parker P.M. 1083 ; R. Smith , Sec. j J. H. Fowler, 999. P.G. Ty , S.W. Mr. A. C. BEALEY in seconding the resolution , M. 266 B. Alston P.Z. , said he had no doubt 191 ; Wm. Greenwood, P.M. 348 ; W. Rigg, P. ; , 1256 ; that the building, when finished, would be of benefit to the people of Rad- J. H. Hardman , 344 ; W. Brierley, 344, P.P.S.G.D. ; J. Wardle, P.M. 1534; W. Craven , P.M. 1633, P.A.G. Sec ; J. W. Hockensall, P.M. 1534, P.P.A.G.D.C; cliffe. They would have there a school in which not only secular education , J. W. Thompson , 1S34, P.P.G. Std. Br. ; C. Swim , 2387, P.|.G.D. ; J. Snape, but religious education , would be given, and that, to his mind, was a com- 105s, P.J.G.D.; T. Uttley, 2464, P.S.G.D.; J. H. Heap, P.M. 344, D.C; E. plete education. Hardman. 274, P.P.S.G.D. ; J. W. Kenyon , P.P.G. Supt. Wks. ; W. Balmer, Col. STARKIE , in responding, said they had had, during this Jubilee P.P.A.G.D.C ; A. Smith, J.W. 2554 ; J. Partington , P.P.S.G.D. ; W. B. year, many interesting ceremonies, and he rejoiced that in Radcliffe they Midgley, P.M. 1534, and W.M. 2534 ; R. H. Smith, J.W., R. H. Parston , Sec, had had one of the best mementoes of the Jubilee that anyone could and F. Forwood, P.M., of 266 ; A. D. Briscoe, 344 ; F. S. Styler, 344 ; G. wish to see. (Applause.) He spoke of the effect for good or evil which Whewell, P.M. ; A. Redford , 934 ; G. Home, 1392; W. C. Whittaker, Stwd.344 j individuals or communities could have upon society as a whole ; and, in J. Bolton , 344 ; W. Forster, 344 ; E. Bakewell, Ty ler 344 ; T. Lawrenson, P.M. conclusion, thanked Col. Mellor and the Rev. S. Swinburne for the refer- 344, P.P.G. Std. Br. ; W. L. Rothwell , P.M. 2350 ; T. J. Hutchinson , W.M. 2560 ; ences they had made to his mother and brother. R. Wolstenhome, Org. 344 ; J. F. Street, J.W. 934; J. Hart, S.W. 344 ; W. The Masonic version of the National Anthem was then sung, and the Hampson, P.M. ; Wm. Partington , I.P.M. 344 ; J. Robinson, P.M. 42; J. Y. proceedings at the site of the new school were concluded. Thorpe, W.M. 344 ; S. Culpan, S.W. 1948 ; T. Graham, J.W. 1948 ; Roger The procession returned to St. Anne's School, and Prov. G. Lodge was Woodward , J.W. 344 ; and Rev. W. H. Healey, Chap. 344. There were also the Rev. S. Swinburne (Rector of Rad- closed by the P.G.M. present, Col. Mellor, M.P., Mrs. Mellor , Appended is the architect's descri cliffe), the Rev. J. D. Ellwell, Dr. Chisholm (Chairman of the Radcliffe District ption of the new schools : The schools Council), Dr. A. Sellers, Jlessrs. A. C. Bealey, sen., A. C. Bealey, jun., W. Wild, are designed to accommodate 440 children—boys, girls, and infants—and J. Monks, J. Clayton, D. Allen, S. P. Morris, and others. are specially arranged so as to be suitable for both day and Sunday schools and for parochial purposes. The rooms are all on the ground floor and the , The brethren having taken up their positions, " Old Hundredth " was comprise a central Hall 54 by 35, round which are ranged six class rooms sung, and the Rev. S. Swinburne made a short speech. In the course of for four classes of 50, and two for 60 children. h :s remarks he said they were obliged to build a new school at Radcliffe The cost of the buildings complete will be about ^3200 ; they have bsen Hall, Their old school had been condemned by the Government ; but they designed and will be carried out under the personal inspection of Mr. Tnos. did not propose to spend any more money than was absolutely necessary upon Bell, architect, who is a school specialist. For use at the stone laying, Bro. W. Bowker presented a the new school. They were not attempting to get a beautiful or artistic set of working tools, including square, level, and plumb rule, each bearing the inscription building. Then duel aim would be to provide all that was essential for giving " Presented by Bro. VV. Bowker, to Lodge of Faith, 344, in recognition a thoroughly good education to the children of Radcliffe. He did wish that of the Diamond Jubilee reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria." afternoon to impress upon them the immense importance of giving their We publish on the authority of Bro. J. Y. Thorpe, W.M. of the Lodge of children a really sound education , based upon religious principles, and that Faith, No. 344, the inscri ption on the plate, which was laid between the was what they proposed to do. He was glad to tell them that the people foundation stone of the new school and its bed, and was as follows : " This of corner stone was laid with M asonic formalities " Radcliffe had made most generous efforts on bshalf of the new school, and , 'in the name of the Great the little boys and girls had managed to get together, by the distribution of Architect of the Universe and to His Glory.' by Col. Le Gendre Nicholas Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master of Free penny bi icks, about ,£15 15s. He thought that spoke very well for the Starkie, and Accepted children. He wished to tell the Masons that in Radcliffe they were in a Masons of the Province of East Lancashire (under the Grand Lodge of happy position. They had no educational problem and no educational England) in the Diamond Jubilee year of the reign of her Most Gracious difficulty so far as the question of religious education was concerned. They Majesty, Queen Victoria, August 7th , 1897 ; Bro. Rev, Stanley Swinburne, had no quarrel or trouble with their neighbours. Close by them was the M.A., Rector ; Bro. John Yates Thorpe, W.M., Lodge of Faith, 344." Wesleyan school, and they were going to build their school side by side During the ceremony the various responses were beautifully harmonised with the Wesleyan school, but without any idea or thought of rivalry or even by the choir of Radcliffe Parish Church. They also rendered very efficient competition. Their whole idea was that of a generous and kindl aid in the chorus to the anthem " Prosper the Art," under the direction of y co-opera- F". Hulley, choirmaster tion. (A pplause.) Those parents who desired to have their children Mr. , the solo to the anthem being rendered by Bro. educated in the principles of the Church of England could send them to the R. Wolstenholme, Org., Lodge of Faith, 344. new school, and those who wished to have them educated in undenomi- Bro. J. Bradshaw, also of the Lodge of Faith, presided at the harmonium. national or Wesleyan principles cculd send them to the school near by. (Hear, hear). After the ceremony the Provincial Grand Officers were entertained to tea by the W.M., Wardens, and brethren of No. 344, at their headquarters, The R ECTOR then extended a welcome to Bro. Colonel Starkie ' and the Freemason*, and spoke in felicitous terms of the work which had the Ram's Head Hotel, the hostess, Mrs. Shaw, giving every satisfaction. been done in Radcl ffe by the late dowager Mrs. Starkie, Bro. Col. Starkie's The remainder of the brethren were entertained in the Assembly room at mother, and by the Rev. H. A. Starkie, the late Rector of Radcliffe, his the Conservative Club. brother. The Rector's speech was followed by a flourish of trumpets, and the P.G.M. addressed the spectators " according to ancient custom." The Rev. W. H. H EALEY offered prayer, and the stone was lowered flfearfc flfca8onr\> . about nine inches, the choir, mean while, singing the first verse of " Prosper the Art." A bottle containing copies of the local papers and other docu- Derwent Lodge, No. 282. ments was then placed in a cavity under the stone, and a brass plate con- taining a suitable inscription was placed over the cavity. The The members of the above lodge held their annual meeting in the Masanic Rjoms, stone was Portland-square , Workington , on Tuesday, the ioth inst., for the purpos e of installing lowered a further nine inches, the choir singing the second verse of " Prosper Bro. G. A. L. Skerry, P.G. Org., S.W., W.M. elect, as W.M. for the ensuing year. the Art." The Rev. S. Swinburne then handed to the Provincial Grand There was a very fair attendance of brethren. Master a silver trowel with which to spread the cement, and this having The following were appointed and invested as officers for the year : Bros. I. been done, the stone was lowered to its bed, the choir singing " Gloria in Meenely, P.G.I.G., I.P.M.; I\ Neil , S.W. ; J. Wood, J.W. ; W. Fowler, M.07 : " Bro. Col. Starkie formally proved the stone with J. W. Richardson , S.O. ; W. Bell , J.O.; J. J. Little, P.P.S.G.O., Treas. : I. Excelsis. plumb, level Bouch , P.S.G.D., Sec. j J. Fletcher, S.D. ; Jos. Fletcher, P.P.G.S.B., I.D. : j. and square, and afterwards blessed it with corn , the emblem of plenty and Cooper, P.P.G. Og, Org.; J. Purser , P.P.|.G.O , l.G. ; and Whitehead , P.P.G.T., abundance ; wine, the emblem of joy and gladness ; an 1 oil, the emblem of Ty ler. Bro. J. Gardiner, P.M., R.P.S.G.W., P.G.S. Eng., was the Installing Master, unanimity, peace and prosperity. and Bros. T. Atkinson , P.M. 229, P.P.S.G.O., and J. J. Little, P.M., P.P.J.G.O., gave The response " Glory be to God on h;gh " was sung, and Bro. Colonel the charges. TARKIE stone well and trul laid. 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But what attached to Lodge No. 15, at Baltimore, ' according to NOTES ON THE CEREMONY mostly enhances the value in our eyes of this Illinois the established rules of the Royal Cratt.'" OF INSTALLATION, by H.SADLER , P.M., P.Z., Address is that it emanates from a body of men who, with a Masonic Buthor of " Masonic Facts and Fictions," are citizens of Aiography, Portrait, and Autograph of SIR A LBERT W. though of a kindred race with ourselves, As regards the Grand Chapter of Maryland , Comp WOODS, C.B., Garter King of Arms, Past Grand Warden a foreign state. Schultz has unearthed from an old manuscript book # » England, and Grand Director of Ceremonies. * " found among the rubbish of the Masonic Temp le at Queen The 'Freemason ' Office, 16 & I 6A, Great Queen-st., W.C. Again, as regards the patronage which the Washington about 25 years ago," but now, by the has uniformly bestowed upon Freemasonry and its courtesy of the companions of the District of Columbia, WANTED —A FREEMASON TO Institutions, it was a happy thought which inspired the in the possession of the' Grand Chapter of Maryland, give or procure a SITUATION for a Brother of Veteran Chief of the Association to refer pointed ly the following reference from the minutes of a Royal large business experience and good abilities, whose distress to the fact of the Queen's father and her eldest son arises from misfortunes and family troubles. He is a Arch Encampment held in Washington from the 4th Brother well known in Masonic circles, a P.M. of three having been, or being each in his own time, a distin- December, 1795, to February , 1799, to the said Grand Lodges, a Past Grand Officer of England, Craft and Arch, guished member of our Order. Her father, the Duke Chapter under date 17th June, 1797 : "A letter was Hon. Prov. Grand Secre- P. Prov. Dep. Grand M.M.M., of Kent, was a Mason for nearl years and during tary of his Province for 16 years, Vice-President of the y 30 , read from Companion Sweeny, in which it was Charities, 310, P.P. Kt. T., &c—Address, " MASON," care a great part of that time an active Mason, and one who stated that a Royal Arch Grand Lodge is about to be of Mrs. Grote, 67, Dt.cham-road, Sparkhill, Birmingham. at a critical period of its history rendered the Society, formed for the State of Mary land, to meet at Balti- , in conjunction with his brother, the Duke of Sussex, more, June 24th , but it being considered as depart- pAIETY RESTAURANT incalculable service ; and her son, who has also been a ing from the ancient landmarks to enter into STRAND. brother for close on QO years—well, we all know what a business of that kind, it was determined that no his Royal Highness has done for us. In the name of representative be sent from this chapter. " the whole English Craft, we thank the Masonic # # * Veterans of Illinois and their respected Chief for the One other piece of interesting evidence is due to honour they have shown to our Queen and the LUNCHEONS (H OT AND C OLD), the efforts of Comp. Schultz, who, as he states in this members of her family. address, fortunately recovered some years ago from in BUFFET and RESTAURANT At Popular Prices, among the papers of Companion Eckel " a dispensa- (on First Floor), The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the tion , dated May 8, 1797, issued by Grand Master also new schools in connection with the parish church at Kerr, as Grand High Priest, with the seal of the Grand Radcliffe, which was performed by Bro. Col. Le Gendre Lodge of Maryland attached , authorising Companion Chops, Steaks, Joints, Entrees, &c, in the GRILL ROOM . N. Starkie, Prov. G. Master of East Lancashire, ap- Eckel and others to organize a Chapter in the City of pears to have been a most successful function. ' There Baltimore." Unfortunatel y, there are no records now was a large attendance of Prov. G. Officers as well as existing of the Grand Chapter organised in 1797, th e of the officers and members of the local and neigh- full transactions, both written and printed, commencing AFTERNOON TEA, bouring lodges, while the rector and local magnates from 9th November, 1814. were likewise in strong force. The weather was fine * * * Consisting of Tea or,Coffee, Cut Bread and Butter, Jam, and the streets through which the procession of The members of St. John's Lodge, No. 492, ad lib., at 18. per head, brethren wended their way to the site of the proposed Cake, Pastry, Antigua, appear to have selected what was undoubtedly building were thronged with spectators from far and served from 4 till 6 in R ESTAURANT (First Floor) . a jovial method of celebrating the Queen 's Diamond near who seemed greatl impressed with the unwonted , y Jubilee. On Monday, the 21st June, the brethren and spectacle. The rector delivered an address conceived their friends, to the number of about one hundred , in a spirit of reli ious and educational tolerance and g , met in their Hall, which for the occasion was decorated the ceremony, it is needless to say, was carried out as DINNERS IN RESTAURANT with all kinds of flags and banners, floral and other all such Masonic ceremonies invariably are, without devices, portraits—that of her Majesty the Queen the semblance of a hitch of any kind. The full report From 5.30 till 9, at fixed prices (38. 6d. and 5s.) and being, as a matter of course, the most prominent— of the proceedings which appears in another column a la Carte. transparencies, loyal and Masonic mottoes, and will be found to justify this eulogy. an excellent smoking concert # » » enjoyed , the several numbers of which were abl y rendered, and fully ter of Royal Arch Masons of Smoking after 7.45. The Grand Chap appreciated , the whole concluding with " God Save land celebrated the centenary of its constitution Mary the Queen." We must not, however, omit to men- at the Masonic Hall Baltimore, on Thursday, the 24th AMERICAN BAR. , tion that some days previous to the concert, the lodge G.H.P., June last. Comp. General Wiliam H. Shryock, had unanimously adopted an address of congratulation presided and delivered an address appropriate to the , to her Majesty on the completion of the 60th year of Past D.G.H.P., occasion, while Comp. E. T. Schultz, her reign. The address will be found on another also favoured the assembly with a most interesting THE GRILL ROOM page. historical sketch of the Royal Arch, which he had been * * * is open till 12.30. at the pains of compiling from all the best sources The Grand Lodge of North Carolina held its 110th available. In particular, Comp. Schultz lai d great annual communication at Raleigh, in the month of stress on the fact that though mention of the January of the present year, under the presidency of Degree is made in England 1 nd Ireland by Dr. Bro. Francis M. Moye, M.W.G. Master, and from the Dassigny in his well-known work of and while Bro. PRI VA TE DINING ROOMS for large ani 1744, statistics .then presented we learn that there are 290 W. Hughan, " by collateral evidence," has been en- small Parties , J. lodges on the roll with an aggregate membership of abled " to trace a mention of it to about the year 1739 10,839. The funds of the Grand Lodge appear also to or 1 " the earliest evidence of its having been con- SPIERS & POND, Ltd., PROPRIETORS. 740, be in a satisfactory condition , while the Oxford ferred is to be found in the records of an American Orphan Asylum maintains 213 beneficiaries at a cost lodge. # * * of 71.20 dollars per head. The receipts of this institu- Says Comp. Schultz—" In the minutes of the tion during the period from the ist January, 1895, to Fredericksburg Lodge, No. 4, Fredericksburg, Va— the 30th November, 189 6, was upwards of 37,809 P^wSasoTOthe lodge in which our illustrious Brother, George dollars, the total cash available during the same Washington, was made a Mason—under date December period being 41,155 dollars, and the amount disbursed as nearly as possible 1000 dollars less. The new G. SATURDAY , AUGUST 21, 1897. 22, 1753, it is recorded that three brethren , the Master, Senior Warden, and Secretary, were raised to the Master is Bro. Walter E. Moore, while Bro. John C. Degree of Royal Arch Mason, the ceremony having Drewry is the G. Secretary. flDaaonfc motes. been performed by a visiting brother, with the assist- * » * ance of two members of the lodge, who were Royal In the course 01 the address, which it is the custom There is a genuine ring about the address of the Arch Masons." Comp. Schlutz adds that " this record for the outgoing Grand Master to deliver in review of Masonic Veteran Association of Illinois , United States antedates by nine years the earliest mention of the the events of the preceding year, Bro. Moye offered of America , of which Bro. Gen. John Corson Smith is Degree in Great Britain , viz ., the minutes of the York the following excellent advice to the brethren : " We Chief , to her Majesty the Queen ol the Uniled King- Lodge, February 9, 1762. " should never mistake the nature and purpose of the dom, on the completion of the fioth year of her reign , * * * Masonic Order. Grand and good as it is, let us which cannot fail to commend it to the kindly consid- The earliest trace of this branch ot Masonry which remember that Masonry is only a moral institution , eration of all English Masons. Our own countrymen Comp. Schultz has been able to discover "in our and aspires to nothing more, making no greater claim , could not have exhibited more devoted loyalty to the Jurisdiction ," is at Georgetown , '.hen Prince George, and is entitled to no higher distinction. Its chief gracious lady vvho has guided the destinies of these s ibsequentl y Frederick county, but now forming a mission is to point out to its disci ples a correct know- realms during the past 60 years. There is sincerity a part of the District of Columbia ," and we presume, ledge of the Great Architect of the Universe, and breathed in every sentence, nay, in almost every line therefore, in the. jurisdiction of the Grand Chapter of the moral laws which He has ordained for their ol this most notable address; nor could her most that District, The next in order of date is "disclosed government. " peace, and at last may she and we reign eternally with Thee in Heaven IReviews. Amen. So mote it be." The following correspondence was read : "DEVON MASONIC D IRECTORY FOR THE Y EAR [1S97."— {Exeter: Bro. H. "H.M.'s Consulate- General , B«sley and Son, South-street).—This is a new directory virtually for Devon , and is printed and published by Bro . Besley, of Exeter, who issued one for 1SS1-2, but did not " Shanghai, 21st June, 1897. bring cut any more in the interim. It is dedicated to the R.W. Bro. the Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart., C.B., M.P., and is a larger size than usual. There are " To Lewis Moore, Esq., the Right Worshipful District some 150 pages of neatly-printed matter, carefully editei by Bro . Besley, assisted by Grand Master, &c, &c, &c. other zealous brethren, and published at one shilling, so that there is no lack of " Right Worsh ipful Sir and Brother, material for so small a sum. It would be better to have a uniform arrangement for the officers of lodges, say according to the order of those of the Grand Lodge, instead of " It is proposed , as you are aware, to commemorate the the Inner Guard being sometimes before the Chapla in, and followed by the D. of C. ausp icious occasion of her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in There are really no such ofiicers as Assistant Secretary and Assistant Organist, so Shanghai by establishing a ' Nursing and Training Institute.' The scheme such appointments should be discouraged. Many of the particulars concerning the embraces a hosp dates of lodges, &c, should be corrected from Bro. John Lane's " Masonic Records, ital containing, besides accommodation for paying patients, 1717—1S94, " for some of those now existing treated as old lodges, are really working a number of free beds for indigent persons, and is, therefore, one which by virtue of second, or even third charters, the numbers from first to last distinguishing appeals to the sympathies of all classes of the community. two or more distinct lodges. The compilation is one of considerable value and of great " Contributions have already been promised amounting to about Taels utility, and if the edition is not exhausted in a few weeks it ought to be, for such a work 16,000 is much needed in the Province. Bro. Besley deserves the thanks of all zealous Crafts- , but it is hoped that this sum may be largely augmented , as it is felt men for thus publishing " The Devon Masonic Directory, " and it is to be hoped that its that much more is required to start the institution on a sound basis. success will be such as to induce him to continue it annually. We take it, the welcome Appeal has been made to the generosity of the Shanghai public through visitor has come to stay, and that by another year it will be found possible to print a list the medium of the local press and otherwise, which has met, as I have of voters for the Central Masonic Charities, a page of statistics respecting the total stated, with a ready response, but as treasurer of the fund and one who has the strength of the province, and a few other additions, that would add much to its interest successful issue of the scheme and usefulness. much at heart, I venture to approach you, Right Worshipful Sir, and through you, the brethren of the Grand Lodge and others, over whom you have been chosen to preside, to invite your sym- "CALENDAR OF MASONIC M EETINGS IN EAST LANCASHIRE , 1S97-S ."—This ably pathy and support in furtherance of the scheme, the practical value and rondensed Annual is in its 47th year of issue, and has been edited by Bro. James importance ot which must be apparent to all. Newton, the esteemed Prov. Grand Secretary, on the same lines as formerly. Some in lodges, 40 R.A. chapters, 36 Mark lodges, 22 preceptories, and nine Rose Croi x " Charity is the keynote of Masonry, and everywhere do we find the chapters are included in the well-arranged compilation , with the Provincial Officers for Ma'.onic brethren giving their aid to deserving objects. each, and other particulars, so that it is a veritable inultum in parvo. The installations " May I, therefore, Right Worshipful Sir, ask you to kindly lay the of W.Ms, and Principals are given in a separate table, and in the Rolls of Lodges, &c, matter before the brethren at the arrangement is according to towns placed alphabetically. There are 37 lodges given their next meeting and, on my behalf , invite under Manchester, making quite a large Province of themselves, nine chapters their support to a scheme which, if carried through, cannot but prove a assembling in the same city. A little statistical information might be introduced without blessing to many whose lot is cast in the Far East. adding to the bulk of the publication, such as the number of subscribing members in " I have every confidence that you will the Province, &c. Possibly, ere long, East Lancashire will have a Calendir of its own, give your warm support to my with full lists of officers , &c, as with West Lancashire. Meanwhile, the brethren , proposal, and in the hope it will meet with general approval, I beg to sub- doubtless, much appreciate the present issue, printed and publised by Bro. O. C. scribe myself , Crompton , of Bury. " Right Worshipful Sir and Brother , . " Your most obedient, humble servant, DISTRICT GRAND LODGE OF NORTHERN " H ERBERT ' F. BRADY ." CHINA (E.G.J . The DIST. G.M. then said : Brethren , you have heard this letter read, and you will all agree with me that the object in view is a good and benevo- lent one. I trust, therefore, it will meet your warm support. You are also A special communication of the above District Grand Lodge was held aware, brethren , that the funds of District Grand Lodge are small, and in the temporary Masonic HaU, Shanghai, on Tuesday, June 22nd, for the that serious drains have been made on it for the repairs to our regalia. It purpose of taking part in a procession to attend divine service at the is, however, but right and proper that this District Grand Lodge should set an example Cathedral in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of her Most Gracious , which I earnestly trust the lodges of this District will more abundantly follow. I, therefore, with pleasure propose that from District Majesty Queen Victoria. Grand Lodge funds the sum of Taels Fifty (Tis. 50) be subscribed towards There were present— the scheme so ably brought to our notice by the Treasurer to the fund , Bro. Bros. Lewis Moore, D.G. Master, in the chair; Cornelius Thorne, P.D.G.M.; H. F. Brady. W. H. Anderson , D.D.G.M.; T. W. Kingsmill, P.D.D.G.M. and P.A.G.D.C. ; Bro. C. THORN E, P.D.G.M., in seconding the proposition , said he did so A. M. A. Evans, P.D.S.G.W., as D.S.G.W. ; Jas. H. Osborne, P.D.J.G.W., as with very great pleasure. We all know, brethren , the good that has been D.J.G.W.; the Rev. J. M. W. Farnham , D.D., D.G. Chaplain ; J. W. Gande, done by the municipal nurses now amongst us, and with a training institute D.G. Treas.; S. R. Gale, D.G. Sec. ; M. S. Joseph , D.S.G.D.; D. M. David, where nursing may be learnt as a profession much greater good must follow. D.G.S. of W.; The scheme has my entire sympathy and support . It gave him very great P.D.S.G.D. ; Thos. Mitchell , as D.J.G.D. ; P. A. G. Ottomeier, pleasure to support the proposition. G. R. Wingrove, as D.G.D.C. ; C. E. V. Birt, D.A.G.D.C. ; S. A. Levy, D.G. The proposition was then unanimously carried. S.B. ; R. W. Steiner, as D.G.S.B. ; E. Casey, as D.G. Std. Br. ; W. A. D. The D.G. SEC. was directed D.A.G. Sec. ; M. Mutter D.G.P. ; M. to communicate the same to Bro. Brady, Cooper, D.G. Org. ; A. T. Ommundsen, , adding that the amount would be paid b E. Shellim y the D.G. Treasurer on his (Bro. A. Sopher, D.A.G.P. ; D. M. Moses and W. F. Harris, D.G.Ss.; , Brady's) requisition , waiving the usual custom of confirming the grant at as D.G.S.; P. A.W. Ottomeier, S.W. 570 (E.C.) ; and W. Mutter, J.W. 1027 (E.G.). their next Communication. Visitors : Bros. C. Lalcaca, M.D., P.M., R. A. Ord, O. A. Madar, D. Campbell , The D IST. G.M. said : Brethren ,—Many of you will, no doubt re- J. R. Newall, H. Schultz, M. S. Perry , A. Barrier , R. Y. Barry , and Thos. Ford, member that at a meeting of brethren held last Wednesday it was decided all of soi (E.G.) ; W. W. Clifford , E. M. Ezra , John Ford, F. C. Armistead, to send a conjoint telegram of congratulation to her Most Gracious Majesty F. M. Berry, J. W. N. Johnson , J. S. Lamplough, Edgney Page, and J. E. Judah , Queen Victoria on this her Diamond Jubilee. I have since heard from all of 1027 (E.C.) ; D. M. David, P.M., and Wm. Parker, of 1433 (E.G.) ; T. H.M.'s Consul-General , Sir Nicholas Hannen , that it is quite impossible W. Wright, P.D.S.D. South China; R. Markwick, P.M. 1165 ; H. H. Manning to send a telegram direct to the Queen , it must be done through her private secretary. I decided and C. H. Walker , of L. Loveland, 508 ; Chas. Pearson, 406 ; D. C. , after consulting with our R.W.P.D.G.M., Bro. C. 525; J. Thorne, to send the telegram to our Smedley, 1092; W. M. Parker, ; Geo. Taylor, W.M., Most Worshipful Grand Master, L. Williams, 709 ; J. 1339 H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. This was don e at ei ' W. Mielenhausen P.M., A. Neubourg, P.M., W. B. ght o clock this morning, J. C. Holland , P.M., J. , and reads as follows : " Royal Highness Prince Wales, Grand M ister, Buyers, S.W., J. B. Roach, J.W., G. A. Gande, Treas., T. Macdonal d , Sec, R. London. British , American, and German Freemasons Northern China W. Campbell, J. A. McKenzie, and E. Rudland . all of 428 ; G. le Blethen , J. U. send her Majesty hearty greetings." This will, I hope, meet your entire Gordon , R. W. Cadwallader , C. Frigast, F. McGowan , F. M. Ulbrecht , C. Zurn , satisfaction. A. L. Olsen and C. Hendricksen all of 428 (S.C.) j C. P. A. Hansen , J. L. Oberg, , . t .The R.W.D.G.M. then delivered the following address : Brethren,— W. Hardie, W. Thornton , N. E. Bryant, J. A. Turner, C. Young, W. Pott, C. S. You are aware that we have met to-day to commemorate the Diamond Rasmussen , and J. Spector (S.C), unattached) ; A. W. Danforth , D.D.G.M. Jubilee of her Most Gracious Majesty Q jeen Victoria. We British Free- China District , John Stevens, J. L. Skinner, Chas. Brown , Jas. Evelei gh , J. R. masons are indeed -proud of the Queen , and I must take this opportunity W. Mesny, R. Gray, C. J. Olsen , J. Thomas , J. A. Turner , of thanking our American brethren for so fraternally joining with us in Hykes, A. Aiers, J. doing honour to yman , W. Thomas, F. F. Ferris, G. Colmore, C. U . Caldwell , ]. Gow, S. the beloved mother of our Mist Worsh i pful the Grand V. G. L Master of English Freemasonry. We do heartil all of Ancient Landmare Lodge (M>ss. Const.) ; and Otto Jurgens , y appreciate this proof of Chilver, their good will. It is unnecessary for me, my brethren , to detain you by Loge Germania. any attempt to eulogise the various good acts performed by her Most The notice calling the meeting having been read, District Grand Lodge Gracious Majesty during her long reign of 60 years. She has set us many good examples which it will be was opened. well for us to follow. Reading the North- China Da ily News of yesterday we find many of her virtues referred to, The D.G. CHAI' I .AIN offered the following special prayer : " O Thou both in the leading article as also in a condensed account by our Bro. J. P. Supreme and Divine Architect of the Universe, by Thine Almighty power , Donovan , to which I would specially draw your attention , one being a in infinite wisdom Thou has created all things in great mercy for our good desire to do good to her fellow creatures and the other to decline to di and Thy glory. Vouchsafe Thy divine presence and guidance in our pre- what is wrong because it might simply be considered expedient. We find sent convocation and undertaking. We beseech Thee to hear in Heaven that whenever distress overtakes any of her subjects she is ever foremost in lhat go up to-day to Thee from so many showing her sympathy towards them , and not to her subjects only, but to Thy dwelling place the prayers those who live in other parts of the world we meet to honour. We thank Thee , for we have one of many proofs devout and loyal hearts for her whom by the message sent by her to the President of the French Republic on the for her long lie and g lorious reign , for the peaceful advancement of reli gion , late appalling event which took place recently in Paris. These are subjects science, ait , and learning during these years. We humbly and unitedl y on which we might enlarge, but time will not permit. We are now about invoke Heaven 's choicest blessings upon her Majesty Victoria , O icen of to proceed to the Cathedral to take part in prayer to the Most H'irh th it Britain and Ire land and Kmpress of India , and all the members of He will be pleased to grant continued health and strength to our Most Great Gracious Soverei grant them all in health , prosperity, and happiness long gn, and that she may long be spared to rule over us, and the Royal Family, I am sure you will all join us most sincerely in this act of devotion. After to live. May her Majesty's reign be long and glorious. May she live to the service is ended we return to the Hall for the purpose of closing the see all the English speaking peoples united under one flag, the banner of District Grand Lodge. Bra. T. W. K INGSMILL, P.D.D.G.M., P.A.G.D .C , said : Brethren , — THE ERA LODGE AND THE ALBERT HALL I have great pleasure in announcing that the work of rebuilding our Hall is progressing satisfactorily, and it is intended on Monday next , the 28th MEETING. inst., to place a casket in a cavity of the wall containing mementoes of the event we are celebrating. The ceremony will take place at 5.31 p.m., and , We have been favouied with, ard have much pleasure in publishing, in the name of the Executive Committee, a cordial invitation is extended to ful Master which was all brethren who may desire to be present. the following report to the Worshi p , presented and read at the meeiing on the f.h instant of the Era Lod No. District Grand Lodge adjourned to the Cathedral at 10.40 a.m., and I4 ge, 1423. on returing to the Hal l the D.G.M. again thanked R.W.M. Danforth, Twickenham , and ordered to be entered on the minutes : D.D.G.M. Mass. Const., Bro. J. Stevens, R.W.M., and the brethren of 8.1, Angel-court , London , Ancient Landmark, as also all visiting brethren for their presence. 14th July, 1897. Bro . DANFORTH , D.D.G.M. Mass. Const., said : Right Worshipful Worshipful Sir, District Grand Master,—I have to express my appreciation of your In the month of May last , all Freemasons were informed that, with courtesy in extending an invitation to me to be present on this occasion the view of enabling the members of the Craft to give expression to their feelings and join with you in the . celebration of the Queen 's Jubilee. It gave me of loyalty and devotion towards her Majesty the Queen on the then approaching great pleasure to comp ly with your wishes and to grant the request of the celebration of her long and g lorious reign , his Royal Highness the Prince of Worshipful M aster of the Ancient Landmark Lodge for a dispensation for Wales, Most Worshi pful Grand Master , would preside over a representative all Master Masons under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Massachu- meeting to be holden at the Royal Albert Hall , on Monday, the 14th of June last, setts to appear in public on this occasion , wearing their regalia. I am an when a loyal and dutiful address of congratulation to her Majesty on the auspicious American, a citizen of the United States, and I am proud to say that I event would be proposed. am. Since my earliest recollection very early in my childhood I can re- member most clearly that my mother taught me to respect the ruler of my At a time when men of every degree were vying with each other in doing native land, and next to my own chief ruler she taught me to respect your homage to the Queen, and testifying their devotion to their beloved Sovereign, it nobIe _ Queen Victoria, Right Worshipful Sir, and to regard her as an would have been strange indeed if the Masonio body, always foremost in works of example of what a Queen should be. Where it possible for all the lodges which the object is loyally ahd Charity, had not resolved to signalise the occasion , under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Massachussetts to be present and prove their zeal by a hearty response to the call of their Grand Master. here _ upon this occasion. I have no doubt that they would re-echo my From east, west, north , and south throughout the vast British Empire Free- sentiments and , you would find that they would, one and all, send up masons assembled at the Royal Albert Hall—the most commodious place for the ringing cheers for your Q ueen , and wish her longevity, prosperity, and purpose—to vote a congratulatory address to her Majesty the Queen. peace. I thank you for the privilege and honour of this opportunity of Among the open secrets of Freemasonry the good old-tashioned virtues o f expressing goodwill for her Gracious Maj esty Queen Victoria. I speak on loyalty and liberality may be reckoned as two of the fundamental princip les of behalf of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in extending hearty greetings the Craft, and every brother of whatever rank contributed one guinea to a fund on this celebration , and the Worshipful Master of the Ancient Land- for distribution among the three noble Masonic Charities and the Prince of mark Lodge will speak in their behalf. Wales' Hospital Fund , the total sum thus subscribed being over G7000. Bro. Dr. JOHN STEVENS said : Right Worshipful Sir and Brethren ,— It may truly be said that amidst all the pomp and circumstances of our It is with much pleasure that I assure you, on behalf of the officers and gracious sovereign 's most glorio us Jubilee, no pageant or ceremonial function was members of the Ancient Landmark Lodge, that we esteem it a great honour more imposing than this. insi and privilege to be permitted to take part in the proceedings of this great The green and gold of Irish and Scotch gnia punctuated the more gorgeous costumes of the Indian Princes, and purple, dark blue, and gold sk blue and occasion. What has alread been so well said by our District Deputy , y y silver, made a harmony of colour and magnificence that it would be difficult to Grand Master we heartily endorse. There is no reason , so far as I can see, excel. for any surprise that a lodge working under an American Constitution Those who arrived early had an opportunity of seeing a most interesting and should join with their British brethren in celebrating the Diamond Jubilee beautiful display as the vast floor and circling galleries slowly wove themselves of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. America is the daughter of into a gorgeous texture of living colours, rich as an ea stern tunic, thick with Great Britain and is proud of the relationship. It is certainly the case, I bullion and starred with jewels, while a wave of li ght like a restless ocean heaved say it as being myself a British subject , while at the same time I have the to and fro' as the moving units took their places in the colossal hall. honour to be the Master of an American lodge, that Great Britaii, is proud Then a stately procession moved through to the dais, decorated with grand to be the mother-land of such a country as the United States. A short time regalia and beautiful flowers, heralded by a fanfare of trumpets and marshalled ago I was visiting at the house of a friend , an American, who has a number by the resonant peals of the organ. of bright children. As children should be, they are intensely patriotic. Then arose a sound like victory hurled from throat to throat as the Most When we were seated at the table one of them looked across at me and, Worshi pful Grand Master of these legions passed through a lane of stately nobles with a sly twinkle of the eye, slid : " You English people have no cause to and other great pillars of Masonic art to his gold and purple throne in the feel so very proud, the Americans gave you a good thrashing once ! " I east. 's note became an instructor in history to those children upon the spot and I flatter A little while and his voice clear as a clarion , reaching the farthest ear , thrilled the vast assemblage till a great symp lad myself that I was able to show not onl without effort, hony of joy and g , that, y the men who were thrashed , ness arose which reached its apogee in the sonorous strains of the National but also the men who gave the thrashing were British. As you know, an Anthem upborne by seven thousand loyal throats to the throne of the Great endeavour has been recently made to establish peace between the British Architect of the Universe himself. and American branches of the Anglo-Saxon race by means of an Arbitra- It was a grand and impressive spectacle calculated to arouse the patriotism tion Treaty. Well, Right Worsh i pful Sir and Brethren, it may be, it of the coldest heart that ever beat, and a splendid testimony to the strong and probably is, that such a treaty should be made ; but I make bold to say kindly fellowship which had brought together such a host of different nationalities that, treaty or no treaty, it is simply inconceivable that there can ever be all animated by the one desire to honour the Queen and unite in the sacred cause war between America and Great Britain. Why, it would be civil war ; it of charity. would be fratricide! One in orig in and one in blood these two nations are, The address to the Queen 's Most Excellent Majesty, proposed by his Royal I believe, destined to march together in the path of progress ; together Highness the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , K.G., seconded by the Most helping on the cause of righteousness among all peoples. It is with such Worshi pful Deputy Grand Master, was carried by acclamation with enthusiastic feelings and convictions, Right Worshipful Sir and Brethren, that the mem- cheering, bers of the Ancient Landmark Lodge unite to-day w'.th their English and After which Masonic honours were bestowed upon more than 60 brethren, Scotch brethren in the prayer— " God Save the Oueen ! " who were appointed to Past Grand rank. The M.W. Grand Master was pleased to accept a special jewel in com- Bro. Rev. J. M. W. FARNHAM, D.G. Chap., having offered up special memoration of this great and ever-to-be-remembered event. The jewel may also prayer, District Grand Lodge was closed , the brethren remaining to be worn by eve ry Freemason being a subscribing member of a lodge under the partake of refreshment and join in the toast of " God Save the Oueen ." Grand Lodge of England on the 20th June, 1897, when her Majesty completed the 60th year of her accession to the throne of these realms. This report and communication is made in collaboration with P.M. Bro. J. Beresford Ryley, M.D., P.P.G.D. Middlesex , Treasurer of this lodge, who was ROYAL MASONIC present, and to whom I am indebted for some gracefu l ideas and poetic INSTITUTION FOR BOYS. phraseology. I have the honour to remain, Worshi ful Sir, The complete results of the p examinations in Science and Art, conducted Yours faithfull y and fraternally, under the South Kensington Board last M ay, are now to hand, and we are glad G. L. W INGATE , to note the following successes of our boys : P.M., P.P.G.R. Middx., Secrctiry Geology—Four passes and three marked fair; Mathematics (second stage) To Bro. Joseph Wheatley, W.M. —Two first class, one second class ; Mathematics (first stage)—Three passes and Era Lodge, 1423. 11 fair ; Morganic Chemistry—Eleven passes and five fair ; Geometrical Draw- ing—Seven passes ; Freehand Drawing— Five second class ; Model Drawing- Four first class, 13 second class. Total—50 certificates , as against 39 last year. IRo ^al Hvcb. At the recent examination in musical knowledge conducted by the Trinity College, one passed in the Intermediate Division with houours, and three passed All Saints' Chapter, No. 422. in the Division ; Junior 14 certificates in Pitman's Shorthand have also been The usual quarterl y convocation of this chapter wis held on Monday evening last , gained during the last term. at the Masonic Rooms, Old Hall , Gainsboro', when there were \.resent Comps. F. J. Sowb We are also glad to report that Mr. J. A. Coupland , the " Exhibitioner " of the y, M.E.Z. ; J. Constable, H.; W. Mason , J.; C. Caldecott, S.E ; S. Middleton , School S.N.; C. Liversid ge, P.S.; E. Simpson, G. S. Tyack , J. W. Bltw, B. T. Adlard , , has passed in the Second Division of the Preliminary Scientific Examin- W. Oldham , H. W. Hanson , E. Baines, W. Farmer, and K. Scott, Janitor. ation of the London University, both in Chemistry and Experimental Physics, The chief business was the eleclijn of officers and making arrangements for Pro- vincial Grand Chapter to be held under this banner in September. The and in Biology. As only 11 candidates passed in the First, and 43 in the Second election of Division Mr. Coupland' ollicers resulted as follows : Comps. J. Constable, M.E.Z. ; W. Mason, H.; B. T. , s success is very creditable and augurs svell for his future Adlard , J.; C. Liversidge (re-elected) Treas. and P.S. ; C. Caldicott (re-elected) career in medicine. S.E. ; W. II. Hanson , S.N. ; and E. Scott (re-elected) Janitor. Each officer elect thanked the companions for the honour conferred. Preliminary arrangements were made for the visit of Provincial Grand Chapter. H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF W ALES, in his capacity of Grand Master of Mark S as been Ieased t0 appoint .1. M " ' P Bro. Idris tley Ra^heb, the Grand Master of Natlonal Grand Lodge of Egypt, as District Grand Master for North Africa ; also ACCORDING to accounts received from noro. Counties Limerick and Clare, the potato Willhm Andrews as District Grand Master for Jamaica, on the resignation of Bro. crop has been so severely attacked by blight that it is expected to turn out a complete Colonel John Charles Macglashan , J.P. His Royal Highness has, in addition , failure. Ihe portion which it will be possible appointe re- to save will not last longer than a few d for three years Bro. the Rev. J.S. Brownri gg as Provincial Grand Master weeks, and in consequence prices aie considerabl y higher thin they were at the •or Buckinghamshire. corresponding period of last year. THE GIFT. son, T. J. Mercer , J. Kilving ton , George Ing lish , M. Speigel, H. W. Wybourn Charles Smith , Henry John Kimbell , J. Barry, Fred. Mills , H. J. Gregory, S. C Bateman , Charles H. Bestow , William Gower, Louis E. Wilson , C. J. Axford , Sweet Kate upon her faithfu l Ned, George White, William Thomas Legtf, Major H. Vane Stow, John J. Olley, John As parting gift , bestowed Holding, A. Davidson Kemp, R. C. Kl yne, C. Harrison , Isaac Rosalkc, Charles A portrait , where the painter 's skill Smales, Ernest Davy, John Hills, and William Ham. Her beauteous image showed. At the Hoard of Masters the agenda for Grand Lod ge of September 1st was And " Oh ! " she cried, " when far away submitted to the brethren. At the Board of Benevolence the brethren first con- In foreign climes you roam , firmed recommendations to the Grand Master made at the Jul y meeting, to thc Think as you view it ; think on her amount of £305. The new list comprised the names of 19 petitioners , who were Who sighs for thee at home." qualified through lodges in the London District , from the Irish Constitution , St. John s, Antigua, Torquay, Brentford Colchester Harwich, Carlisle, North love " the sailor cried, , , " Farewell, my , Walsham , Norwich , Cape Town Sutton Hawthorn (Grand Lodge of Victoria), And pressed her to his heart ; , , Thornton Heath , and Bath. The total amount voted was .£535- One case was " This precious gift , so dearly prized , recommended to Grand Lodge for C75; four petitioners were recommended to Shall never from me part ; the Grand Master for .t' each seven for each and one for C25. Two I shall see thee still , 40 , C30 , Though absent, immediate grants were made of .G20 each one of .Gio, and three of .C5 each. Traced in the picture here, , And gazing, feel fresh courage rise, When battle's strife is near." One parting kiss ; the fond adieu Is spoken , and amain The gallant ship, with sails unfurled , Zhe Craft Hbroab. Speeds o'er the trackless main. Her voyage performed , with joyful heart, His course Ned homeward steers ; ANTIGUA. When lo! unwelcome sight, the foe, With threat'ning lorce appears. The following is the address voted to the Queen on the o ccasion of her Triumphant !—Ned drew forth to kiss Jubilee by St. John's Lodge, No. , Antigua : The picture Kitty gave— 492 Which , charmed by love in danger s hour, " To Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the His life had power to save ; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen , Defender of the Placed near his breast, a bullet struck— Faith , Empress of India. itious fate, But ah ! prop " Most Gracious Sovereign, The faith ful shield had, all unharmed, Preserved Ned's life for Kate. " We, your Majesty s dutiful and loyal subjects, being the F. W. DRIVER , M.A., P.M. Master and Wardens of the Siint John's Lodge of Ancient Free and 62, Lancaster-road , Notting Hill , W. Accepted Masons, No. 492 on the register of the United Grand Lodge of England, on behalf of ourselves and the Freemasons of Antigua, humbly present to your Majesty our hearty congratulations upon the completion of FREEMASONRY IN SCOTLAND. the oolh anniversary of your accession to the Crown and Throne of Great Britain and Ireland, assuring your Majesty that none of your subjects entertain towards your crown and person deeper or truer sentiments of propogation and One of those ceremonies which do much towards the loyalty, affection , and obedience than do the members of our Order. And inst., at D umbir- advancing of Masonry in Scotland, took pUce on the 17th we humbly pray that the Almighty Architect, who has watched over and Bro. Francis Christian Buchanan , ton. The occasion was the installation of guided your Majesty throughout the whole of your long and glorious reign, of Dumbartonshire, by the Most of Clairnesh, as Provincial Grand Mister will continue to preserve you to rule over an empire which has so greatly Bro. the Ri ht Hon. Worshipful the Grand Master Mason of Scotland , g expanded and flourished under your benign and peaceful sway. Lord Saltoun. " Dated at Antigua, West Indies, the 9th day of June, 1897. the town of the Rock by The Grand Master was accompanied to " R. W ARNEFORD , W.M., and the ceremony took place in the office-bearers of the Grand Lodge, " R. H. KoRTRIGHT DVETT, S.W., 's Kilwinning, No. 18, in the the very neat lodge room belonging to St. John [L.S.] " G. T. G ALLWEY, J.W." presence of the members of the Provincial Lodge, representatives from daughter lodges and quite a host of the members of the local lodge. The , The members of the Avondale Lodge of Mark Master Masons, No. y carried through ceremony throughout was most impressive and successfull 460 (E.U.), St. John's Antigua, West Indies, voted the following : by the Grand Master. " Whereas owing to the severe and depressing industrial crisis through After Bro. Buchanan had been duly installed , the Grand Master per- which these islands are now passing, we as a community are precluded formed a like function upon the Commissioned Provincial Grand Office- from joining in any popular demonstration, however at heart we may be in bearers. sympathy therewith, on this occasion of the 60th anniversary of the accession Having concluded the ceremonial part of the proceedings, the G RAND of our Most Gracious and beloved Queen ; under whose peaceful and M ASTER addressed the Provincial Grand Mister and brethren, and expressed benignant rule Freemasonry has throug hout her mighty realm flourished ; leasure he had in visiting the province and installing the officers . the p "Re it resolved that his Royal Highness, the Grand M ister of Mark While he had pangs of regret at losing the services of Bro. J. M. Martin , Master Masons of England and Wales and the Colonies and Dependencies who had held the office for the last 16 years, he (Lord Saltoun) was happy of the British Crown, be humbly approached by the Worshi pful Master, to think that he (Bro. Martin) was being succeeded by one who had begun officers , and members of this the Avondale Lodge of Mirk Master Masons, at the lowest rung of the ladder and had mounted from step to step, and No. 460 (E.R.), asking him to present to our Most Gracious Oueen the now atained to the position of Provincial Grand Master of a province which hearty felicitations oi the lodge on this auspicious event in the nation's had ever been one of the most enthusiastic in Masonry. history, and to assure her Majesty of tin loyalty, integrity, and fidelity the Bro. B UCK ANAN , in reply, thanked the G.M. for visiting Dumbarton and in- Freemasons in Antigua' cherish towards her crown and parson , which stalling him into office , and in installing his Depute and substitute into their actuate them always in prayer that her life and rule may in the wisdom of office. Referringtohimself and to theduties incumbent upon him , he said it was the Great Architect of the Universe bs prolonged for many years. not for him to say what he was going to do; but he had the interest of Masonry at heart, and he could only adopt the motto of the Flemings of " Passed the lodge with acclamation the 12th Cumbernauld and say " Let the deed show." " day of March, 1S97. A pleasing feature of the proceedings was the presentation of an illumi- . " [L.S.] R. H. KoRTRiour D YETT, W.M. nated address in a silver casket to the retiring Prov. Grand Master, Bro. " P. J. O'L EARY BRADBURY, Secretary. M. Martin. J. " Moved by Bro. J. T. T RIBOU . Bro. MARTIN made a most appropriate acknowledgment, and asked the " Seconded by Bro. R. A. L. W ARNEFORD . brethren to extend to the new P.G.M. that cordiality and support they had bestowed upon him. On the invitation of the P.G.M., the office bearers ol the Orand Lodge, Provincial Grand Lodge, representatives from daughter lodges, and a few invited guests dined together in the Elephant Hotel. After dinner the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were duly acknowledged. Cvaft fltia8onr\>. Duke of Edinburg h , No. 1182- The installation meeting of the above lodge was held on Thursday, the 12th inst., GENERAL COMMITTEE OF GRAND LODGE AND at the Masonic Hall, Hope-street, Liverpool , when there was an attendance of more BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE. than 100 brethren , several of the visitors being brethren of distinction. Amongst the chief of these were Bro . Edward Terry, Past G. Treas. of England, whose presence was warmly welcomed; W. Goodacre, P.G.S.B., Prov., G. Sec. West Lancashire ; The quarterl y meeting of thc General Committee of Grand Lodge and the S. B. Fraser, P.G.S. of W.; T. J. Jarman , P.P.G.D.C. ; W. Savage, P.P.G. Treas.; J. Scott. P.G.S. ; J. C. Robinson, P.P.A.G.D.C; W. B. Sweetmin, P.P.G.D. ; monthly meeting of the Board of Benevolence , were held on Wednesday even- C. Fothergill , P.P.G.D. ; J. R. Bottomley, P.P.G.D.C ; and S. Jones, P.P.G.D- ing, at Freemasons' Hall. Bro. J. H. Matthews, President of the Board of Cheshire. The chair at the commencement of the proceedings was occupied by Bro. Benevolence , presided. Bro. D. D. Mercer, Senior Vice-President , occup ied his Thomas Holme, the retiring W.M., and subsequentl y liro. Andre w Morris, P.M., efficiently installed Bro. 11. U. Wri ght as W.M. for the ensuing year. The following usual post, and Bro. C. J. R. Tijou , P.A.G.P., filled the chair of Bro. C. A. Cotte- ollicers were invested : Bros. Thomas Holme, I.P.M. ; R. Wright , S.W. ; Isaac brune, Junior Vice-President , who was absent. Bros. W. Like, Asst. G. Sec. ; Grace, jun., J.W. ; John Kdwards, P.M., Treas. (re-elected) ; David Robertson, Sec; Richard , G. S. Recknell , Cook , and Henry Sadler , G. Tyler, represented the Grand Secre- Johnson , S.D. ; Waller Allison , J.I) .; J. Starkey, l.G. ; T. Burrow s P.M., J. C Bowman , and fl. G. Grace, Stwds. ; and !¦ '. Du Chemin , Ty ler. Bros. tary's department. The other brethren present were Bros. William Vincent , Richard Tunni cliffe , P.M., D.C, and J. Edwards, P.M., werc again elected Charity George Graveley, W. Fisher , Henry Garrod , George B. Chapman , James Representative. In the course of the proceedings liro. Thomas Holme, I.P.M., was Boulton , S. V. Abraham, George Read, John Strachan, George Mickley, presented with a Past Mister 's jewel in recognition of his valuable services. The banquet was provided by Bro. J. Casey, and in the course of the evening a J. Mason , T. W. Whitmarsh, E. W. Nightingale , H. Sutherland , Walter Martin , musical programme of excellence was given by Bros. G. Green , J. Lane, F. E. M;rry, Robert Gowan, James Bunker, E. C. Mulvey, F. W. Horn, H. M assey, ]. Harri- E. Clayton, E. Edwards, S. Kirkham. W. Lewis, Griffiths and E. Pugh (accompanist). Kingswood Lodge, No. 2278, The regular meeting was held on Saturday, the 14th instant, at the Crown Hotel, ©bttuavfc Broxbourne. The brethren present were Bros. J. Gravatt, W.M.; R. W. N icole, M., as S.W. ; C. C. Renaud , F. Bell , P.M., P. as I.P.M.; F. H. Johnson , J.W. ; J. BRO. VERY. P.P.G.S.B., Sec ; J. G. Cobb, P.M., P.P.G. Std. Br. ; C. M. Coxon , P.M., P.P JAMES G.D. : E. N. Bening field , S.D. ; A. A. Kell y, as ].D.; F. Page, W.M. 1613, I.G. j The remains of Bro. James Very, one of the oldest and best known Tylers in T. Williams, Tyler ; J. E. Little, R. D. R. Palmer- Palmer , G. H. Redding, A London , who died last week after a long and painful affliction , were laid to rest G, Franklin , A. C. Little, and H. R. Bower. Visitors : Bros. G. Redding, P.M. 91; on Monday, in Tottenham Cemetery. Bro. Very had been a member of the High Taylor, 1541 ; and W. W. Hood, 4 (S.C). Cross Lodge for 27 years, and until about 18 months The lodge having been op?ncd , and the minutes read , Bro. G. H. Redding was ago, when illness compelled cessation from active labour , he was associated as Tyler with the Citadel Lodge, passed to the Second Degree. A candidate was proposed for initiation , and a brother as No. a joining member. This completed the business of the day, and, having received 1S97, Gallery Lodge, No. 1928. and several other lodges, in each of which he had " Hearty good wishes," the VV.M. closed the lodge. gained the confidence and esteem of the brethren. Always dili gent and The brethren then dispersed , some to watch a cricket match in progress in a field prompt in the discharge of Masonic work, he had a kind and genial side which adjoining the gardens, others for walks in the neighbourhood or a row on the river. singularl y fitted him forthe office of Tyler, and at many a festive board his story Re-assembling later, they sat down to a very enjoyable repast, which had been provided of " Three Flies " will always be associated with his name. When a painful for them by the new host, Bro . Broughton , no:. malad y struck him down , much practical sympath y was evinced for Bro. Very This was followed by one of the excellent musical entertainments, which are a feature and at the last election he secured the solace of the Benevolent Institution. His old atthe meetings of this lodge . Bros. A. C. Little, Taylor, Beningfield , , Bower Johnson , friend , Bro. J. Linzell , Sec. of the High Cross Lodge, was mainly instrumental Renaud , Redding, and Hood took part in it, and were ably accompanied by Bro. Arthur in carrying the case to a successful result Kelly. , the Gallery Lodge contributing a large number of votes, which Bro. Alfred F. Robbins, Treasurer of the Benevolent Fund , obtained from Bro. Edward Terry, P.G. Treas., and others. But everyone MASONRY'S INFLUENCE. saw that the deserving app licant was not destined long to enjoy the charity which he sought, and Bro. Edward Letchworth , Grand Secretary, generously offered to A LBERT G. B RICE , G RAND M ASTER OF M ASONS IN LOUISIANA . obtain a sufficient income to maintain Bro. Very during the rest of his life. The latter, however, preferred to count upon the aid of the Benevolent Institution The lesson of brotherhood and dependence comes lo us with force , ; no and this he had enjoyed for only a very brief period when he was called to for himself: each individual is an integral the man can live solely part of the majority. His funeral was attended by Bros. J. Linzell , P.M. and Sec, Garrod in which lis resides ; as the influence of the family widens J. community , it P.M. and Treas., Rowe, P.M., Barlow Smith, and other members of the High Cro'S and finall touches others more remote, y reaches the precincts of the state, Lodge, No. 7S4 ; J. H. Thompson, P.M. and Sec. 1707 ; J. Driscoll , P.M ., and the nation. The pulsations of j oy and of gladness, or of sorro w and distress, J. Roach , P.M. 1579 ; G. Richards and S. Parsons, P.M. 1237 ; R. Hewlett that throb through one class of people, will vibrate throughout the entire 1327 ; O. Von Holtorp, P.M. 1879 ; W. T. Perkins, P.M. and Sec. 1928 ; as social circuit of human hearts until every part of the great body of the nation also by many neighbours and friends. shall feel the sensations that gladden or the bitterness that brings despair. The Masonic Order is made up of these units of society, and as, by BRO. A. MOON. 's social nature, " he touches some above and some below " reason of man , The remains of the late Bro. Arthur Moon, an assistant master at the Mason must bear his portion of the burden of distress that overtakes Granb y so the Boys' Board School, Ilkeston , were interred on Wednesday, the nth instant, in the community, the state, the nation , as he shares in their happiness and the Park Cemetery, Ilkeston. The deceased brother had been spending a holiday orospenty. with his wife and some friends at Skegness, and was intending to return home on In the hour of adversity how beautiful is Masonry ! Through all the Monday, the 9th instant. On Monday afternoon , he was bathing in the sea at clouds of uncertainty and gloom it shines with a brighter effulgence. In Chapel, near Skegness, when he was observed to be in difficulty. No time was its ancient landmarks the Mason sees the foundations which form the sup- lost in rescuing him , but , in spite of every exertion , respiration could not be ports of social life and give lo it its durability, while the principles of restored. At the inquest, held at Chapel, the following afternoon, a verdict of Masonry unfold to him the philosophy of life itself. As the arts, the " Accidentally drowned " was returned . ' The deceased was a highly-respected sciences, and mechanics have widened their boundaries, he obtains a member of the Rutland Lodge, No. 1179, Ilkeston , in which he had held sundry cleare r view of nature and of her manifestations ; as morals and religion offices , and also a member of the flkeston Mark Lodge, No. 373, and the funeral was attended b have grown, and are growing, to fit more naturally the social and spiritual y a large number of the brethren. needs of humanity, so is made visible to him the beautiful philosophy of Masonry that has always kept pace with man's diviner needs and with his BRO. THOS. WM. GAY, P.M. 1901, J. Elect 1901. moral and intellectual growth—has unfolded for his deeper insight the simple This somewhat sudden event took place at Margate on the 7th instant, but subl i me truths that teach practical lessons more in consonance with the whither our esteemed brother had gone for a change to enjoy for a while his well- demands of the present and the growing needs of the future. earned pension from the India Office , having been for many years a Supervisor The progress that has been made in the last half century in art, in of Stamps in Messrs. De la Rue and Company. He had been suffering from science, in mechanics, in inventions, in reforms, has been so grand, so far locomotor ataxy for some time, and had improved slightly to allow of his leaving reaching as to border on the marvellous. In the early part of this century town , but his period of rest from business was not for long, for the day after his arrival at Margate he intercourse was very restricted between communities, however contiguous. passed peacefully away. His had been a successfu l Masonic career, being a firm supporter of the Charities Knowle dge travelled slowly, and , consequently, changes in modes of thought , a Life Governor of the Royal Masonic Benevtlent Institution , and Life Subscriber and action, were corresponding ly slow. To-day, communication between of the Boys' institu- tion. His interment took place at Forest Hill Cemetery hs of the earth travels with the speed of the lightning. A dis- on Thursday, the 12th the peop inst., the chief mourners being his two sons and two brothers and Mr. Richard- , in art or in mechanics, made in one part of the globe, is covery in sience son (representing the firm) and Mr. Gates (the Colonial Office), also a large morning in every other part. heralded the following number of brethren and friends, among whom were Bros. F. E. Pow, W.M. 1901 • But in all this material improvement it must not be overlooked that J. M. Wimble, P.M. 1901 ; John Lightfoot , P.M . 1901 ; C. H. Stone, P.M. 507; a great mora l force has been no less a factor in the progressive steps Stevenson , S.W. 1901 ; Ford, J.W. 1901 j Wm. Beecroft , P.M. 1158 ; Hy. Hay- towards a higher civilisation. This is the field wherein the Mason labours ward, 1901 ; Hy. Cornford , J.W. 1922; Frampton , 1901 ; Cutts, 1901 ; E. and where his real work is peiformed. Pownall , 19 63; Rowan ; Major Thornhill , P.M. 1369; Frost, 1901 ; Allan Man must be prepared for receiving and accepting the progress made in Winch , Maybaun , W. J. Ansell , Flower, H. Peirce, T. Smith, W. Cheese, Wallace morals and in relig ion—wl ere cjn he be better prepared than in the lodge J. R. Omer, P.M. ; Marsh , P.M. ; Stroschneider, C. J. Ellis , T. Roughton , and rcom ? Each step there taken is in the line of the purest morals. It is Dr. Adams. The Conservative Association was represented by Messrs. Berridga, conceded every Mason does not attain to true moral excellence ; but it must Dyer, and Ferguson, and also Sergt.-Maj . Wetherelt , P.A.451 A.O.D., and Mr. Bird. The flora l tributes were most be admitted by every unprejudiced mind that Masonry teaches love to God profuse and complete ly covered the massive and love to man ; that discord is evil ; that every act that disturbs or mars polished coffin surmounted with brass fittings. The following were among the princi pal Mrs. Gay, and sorrowing family, Bro. Sir the iness cf the family or Ihe community is injurious to man 's peace, J. Blundell Mip le, Bro. happ Major and Mrs. Thornhill , Mr. and Mrs. tV. P. Gabbotts the peace of the nei hbour. , Bro. Dr. R. Weddal! the peace of the home, g Thomas, Thos. De la Rue and Company, Bro. F. E. Pow and Mrs. Pow The moral lessons (aught in the lodge room reach the home, the com- , Bro. T. Smith and Mrs. Smith, Miss Edith Lovegrove, and Miss Merry, Constitutionil ire the heart to better things. As is elevated the mora! munity, and insp Club, East Dulwich, Selwyn Lodge, 1901, and the Selwy n Chipter, 1901, the two standard of the community, so is elevated the moral standard of the state last being much admired. and that of the nation. So far as the Mason accepts and practices these moral lessons, and in so far as he unites with others in putting into practice the highest obligations of duty, just so far is he adapted to more advanced stages of civilisation. looce ot 3tt0tructlon . When these mora l influences dominate, as they do in the lodge, differ- ences among men are adjusted promptly and peacefully. The influence at PROSPERITY LODGE, No. 65. work in the lodge to induce Masons to harmonise differences reaches his A meeting was held on Wednesday, the 1 ith inst., at the Weavers' Arms, 17, London nei hbour , the community, the state—why not the nation ? Wall, when there were present Bros. Saunion , P.M., W.M. ; William Baker g S.W.; E. Collins, ; Thomas, ' One of the most significant proofs of the power of this moral influence J.W. P.M . Treas. and J.D. ; H.T. Meadows, P.M , Sec • Brown , S.D. ; G, J. Kini pple, I.G. j J- Greig, P.M., Asst. Preceptor j Emden' has but recently transpired in the agreement by the two foremost P.M. ; J. Smith, P.M. ; Stephenson, and Wynman. nations of the globe to submit to arbitration for the next five years all The lodge was opened in due form and the minutes of the last meeting read questions of d.fference that may arise between them. This is the beginning and confirmed. The W.M. opened in the Second Degree, and Bro. Stephenson of a far-reaching influence, the benefits of which no man living can measure. answered the usual questions, was entrusted. The lodge was then opened in the This is Masonry put into practice ; a great step taken In the direction of Third- Degree, and Bro. Stephenson raised to the Degree of M.M., Bro. Saunion working the ceremony in a very able manner, afterwards a grander civilisation than ever before appeared to bless the human race. giving the charge in this Degree. The W.M. then resumed the lodge in the First Degree, and Bro. William A million of Masons, teaching by precept and example, brotherly love, Baker being unanimously elected W.M. for next Wednesday week, the 25th being relief , truth , fortitude, prudence, temperance, justice, can put into motion officers ' night of the mother lodge, the Iodge was then closjd, and the meeting ad- forces that will elevate the moral standard of the nations of the earth and journed. impel them to practice, " Peace on earth, good will to men." On his first entrance into a lod ge, the Mason is taught to put his trust in God, and to rise and walk, fearing no danger. Every step he travels he Secret fl&onftor. may learn more of the Divine ; as he walks forth into nature's field, every- where is manifested a harmonious activity—what guides the stars . in their Royal Sussex Conclave, No. IO. pathway, what forms the raindrop — however far he wanders in his A meeting of the above conclave was held researches after knowledge, he sees the manifestations of power, and the at the Royal Pavilion , Brighton, on Saturday, the 14th ins ant. Present : Bros. A. Upton, G. Std. Br., S.R. ; jno very first lesson taught in thc lodge— " put your trust in God —is visible Mennich Mennich , G.; W.J. Spratling, G.R., acting V.D. ; T. Ryder, V.D. ¦ and ever present. Here his faith builds itself on a rock. Also, in the lodge Isworth , D.C ; Henry H. Hughes, Sentinel ; E. Mitchell , I.P.S.R. ; G. T. W he is surrounded by influences that buoy up the heart , revive hope, and give Mugliston , M.D., P.S.R.; H. Pearce, M.D., P.S.R. ; and Fred. S. Perry. to him the assurance of the brotherhood of man. With this faith Ihe conclave having been opened, the minutes of the regular m:eting were read , The reports of Grand Stewards and each the battle of life without fear of failure Visiting Diacons were received. Bro. Fred S. day he goes forth to , Perry was passed. It was decided to record on the minutes the grsat even honour done to though ihe clouds of adversity hide the face of the sun for a time.— the conclave by Grand Council in making Bro. Upton, S.R., G, Std, Br. The conclave 1 vice of Masonry. was then closed. T HE BAND of the Grenadier Guards has been ordered to plav in the Green Park {Etbtn gs, on Sunday evening, and that of the Coldstream Guards in Hyd s Park. flfoasonfc anb General T HE P RINCESS V ICTORIA OF SCHLESWIG -H OLSTEIN presented the medallions and certificates to the successful Isle of Wight ambulance students at Carisbrooke T HE DUTIES of the Rose Lodge of Instruction , No. 1622 , will be resumed at the Castle on the 10 th inst. Stirling Castle , Church-street , Camberwell , S.E., on Thursday, the 2nd prox., under the T HE CHARTER for the constitution of a lodje , to be called St. Rman 's, No. 85*1. esteemed and worth y Preceptor. Bro. David Rose, P.M. 73. has been received from the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and it is expected the lodge will B RO . THE D UKE AND D UCHESS OF ST. A LBANS , after a stay for some days at be opened next month. Ostend , have left on board their yacht for Norway. We are glad to hear that his T HE DUTIES of the Blackheath Lod ge of Instruction , No. 1320 , willl be resumed grace has almost entire ly recovered from his recent severe illness. at the Stirling Castle , Church-street. Camberwel l , on Monday, the 6;h prox., under the T HE GALLERIES of Westminster House were , by psrmiss 'on of the Duke of West- able Prece p torship of Bro . William Dawson , P.M. CSS. i m nster , thrown open on Sunday last to the members of the National Sunday League W E ARE GLAD to hear that Bro. Lord Henniker , who has been for a long time and their friends , the number of those who were admitted being 1663 . absent from his post through illness , has so far recovered as to be able to return to the AT THE REGULAR meeting |of the Eldon Lodge , No. 1755, held at Portishead , on the Isle of Man and resume his duties as Lieutenant-Governor. Saturday last , Bro. Thomas Turner , S.W., was unanimously elected W.M. for the AN EXTRAORDINARY general meeting of the Gigantic Wheel and Recreation ensuing year , and the installation takes place on the second Saturday in September. Towers Company, Limited , was held at Winchester House on the 19th instant. The T HE Q UEEN has been graciously pleased to present Madame Albani , who sang gross receipts up to date were £10,960, and the expenditure £5242 . A dividend of 7^ twice during the Jubilee festivities , with autograph portraits of herself, one being the per cent, was d clared. latest photograp h taken , while the other was done in the year of her Majes ty 's acces- T HE K ING OF "MAM , accompanied by his sons and nephews and attended by his sion. suite , travelled from Taplow to Padding ton on Thursday afternoon , and drove thence to T HE K ING OF S IAM spent the afternoon of Saturday last in inspecting the the Siamese Legation , South Kensington , where he stays till to-morrow (Saturday), wonders of Madame Tussaud' s Exhibition. His Majesty was greatl y struck with when he will leave Cha ring Cross for Germany. what he saw, and seemed impressed with the idea of establishing a similar institution in T HE WEEKLY convocations of the Star Chapter of Instruction , will be resumed on Siam. Friday, the 3rd prox., at the Stirling Castle , Church-street, Camberwell , S.E. R.A. T HE D UCHESS OF A LBANY , with her children , left Esher on Monday evening for companions will be most cordiall y welcomed and abl y assisted by the esteemed Preceptor Birkhall , Deeside, where their Royal Highnesses are expected to remain for two Comp. Thos. Grumman t, P.Z. and S.E. 1275. months. The Duke and Duchess of Teck intend spending several w eeks at Belford S IR J OHN M OWBRAY , M.P., and Lady Mowbray celebrated on the 19th instant Hall , Northumberland. thei r golden wedding. This is the third golden wedding in succession which has been B RO . THE M ARQUIS AND M ARCHIONESS OF T WEEDDALE have_ been entertain- celebrated in Mr John 's famil y during three generations. His two predecessors ex- ing a large party of guests at Yester , among them being Lord Wimborne and the tended in one case over 59 years and the other overs? years. Hon. E. Guest , the Earl of Kinnoull , the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress , and Mr. T HE ILLNESS from which Mr. George Palmer , J .P., head of the famous biscuit and Mrs. Cazalet. firm of Huntley and Palmer , had been suffering for some time past has had a fatal T HERE WAS an unfortunate error in the concluding paragraph of our report of the ending. The sufferer passed away on the 19th inst., and his death leaves a gap in the recent Quarterl y Communication of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. We said " Benevo- social and political life of the town of Reading, with which his name has been for so lent grants during the year amounted to £132; " we should have said " Benevolent many years associated. grants during the quarter amounted to £132." V ISCOUNTESS R AINCLIFFE , accompanied by her two little children , opened a M ADAME N ORDICA , who has been dangerousl y ill , had so far recovered as to be bazaar last week , at Scarborough , in aid of the fund which is being raised for the enabled to leave London on Tuesday for Paris , whence she will continue her journey to restoration of the parish church of Thwing, which is on the Yorkshire estates of Bro. Kruiznelh. Here , it is hoped , that she will recover her health rap idly, and be able to the Earl of Londesborou gh. Bro. Viscount Raincliffe , in a brief speech , expressed a undertake her projected tour in America under the direction of Bro. Col. Mapleson. hope that funds enoug h might be raised to restore the church property. THE DEATH - RATE in London has again risen from 25.7 to 26.2 per 1000 last week , N EXT WEEK Bro. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach Bart., M.P. (Chancellor of the this being 3.8 above the mean average in the corresponding period for the last 10 years. Exchequer), and Lady and Miss Hicks-Beach will be the guests of the Marquis and This excessive mortality is due in great measure to the increase in the number of deaths Marchioness of Londonderry, at Seabro w Hal l, and the Ri ght Hon. Baronet is expected among young children due to their eating unri pe fruit and the poisonous stuffs sold at to attend the North East Durham Agricultural Society 's Show, which will be held in street corners. Lord Londonderry 's grounds , on Wednesday, the 25th inst. T HE F URNESS A BBEY H OTEL , which stands within the shadow of the ruins , and THE DIRECTORS of Maple and Company, Limited , have declared an interim t dividend at the rate ot 10 per cent, per annum , payable ist of September , on the is in the heart of the lake distric , has just been taken over by Messrs. Spiers and Pond, Ordinary Shares for the half-year ending 30th June , 1S97. The Transfer Books will The hotel has been re-decorated and re-furnished , and more nearl y resembles a p rivate accordingl y be closed for Ordinary Share s from the 20th to the 31st instant , both dates , mansion than the ordinar y hotel. All the rooms have been booked for the annual inclusive. Lancashire Agricultural Show, commencing on the 19th inst., and several balls, arranged by residents in the neighbourhood , will take place in the winter. O WING TO THE disquieting news received from the north -west frontier of India , the government has given orders for the concentration of a large force B RO . J . J . B RAZIER has received the following letter from Sir Francis Knollys at Rawal Pindi , and Peshawur , the number of troops thus massed together being 25,000. Brig.-Gen. private secretary to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales M.W.G.M.: " Royal Yacht Osborne , Westmacott and Brig. -Gen. Bro. Yeatman-Biggs have been severall y appointed to Cowes, 5th August , iSg7. _ Sir ,—I have submitted your letter to the Prince of Wales, command the two reserve brigades at Rawal Pindi . and I am desired by his Royal Highness to thank you in rep ly for the copy of an address on * Freemasonry during the Queen 's reign , ' which vou hive been so good as T HE AUTUMN military manoeuvres in Ireland concluded on Saturday last , when to transmit for his acceptance. —Your obedient servant , Francis Knollys. " the regiments engaged marched into the Phoenix Park , where they are encamped. Bro. T HE R.W. B RO . S IR G. B. W OLSELEY , District G.M. of the Punj ab, having Lord Roberts has expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which they conduct ed intimated his intention of inspecting Stewait Lodge , No. 60, on the sSth Aujust themselves , and has also thanked the commanders of the two forces—M ajor-Generals i9 , at Viscount Frankfort and the Osiris Hall , Muree , India , and , doubtless , all the members will d> their utm 1st to be Boyce-Combe—for the able manner in which they carried out present on that day. The lodge is in a very flourishing condition , financially, numeri- the dutie s entrusted to them. cally, and Masonicall y j possibl y never more so than now ; so th at the District Grand # H ER M AJ ESTY ' S first-class cruiser Galatea , Capt. Count Freder ick C. Metaxa , Master (who is one of its three honorary members), is sure to have the pleasure of which was under orders to escort the Duke and Duchess of York on their approaching commending the zeal and efficiency of the lodge, as his predecessors have done. visit to Ireland , met with an accident on Saturday morning last to her air-pump which As THE RESULT disabled her starboard eng of the appeal sent out by the Augustus Harris Memorial Com- ine, and had to return to Sheerness to have it repaired. In mittee , of which the Prince of Wales is a patron , a sum of £2300 has been received. the event of the Galatea being unable to leave in time to cirry out the engagement , Of this sum £ cooo has been voted to Charing Cross Hospital for the purpose of foundin g her place will be taken by the Colossus. an Augustus Harris bed for members of the dramatic and musical professions requiring T HE D UKE OF YORK was presented by Capt. H. Bate , Aide-de-Camp to Sir medical assistance. A further amount of £ 1000 had been devoted to the erection of a Wilfred Laurier , the Canadian Premier , with a bound volume of the Canadian Jubilee drinking fountain which is now being put up in Catherine-street at the north corner of Stam p issue. The book is entirel y the production of native workmen , and is suitabl y Drury Lane Theatre. When completed it will be about 30 feet in height , and in an inscribed with the names of the leading government officials. In the evening, in com- arched recess will be a bust of the late Bro. Sir A. Harris by Mr. T. Brock , R.A. It is pany with the Duchess , his Royal Highness visited Terry 's Theatre and witnessed the expected that the ceremony of unveiling the fountain will take place earl y next month. performance of "The French Maid. " T HEIR R OYAL H IGHNESSES the Duke and Duchess of York opened the Textile Exhibition of Irish Ma nufactures at the Royal Univers ity Buildings G REAT RE J OICINGS took place at Knebworth , , Dublin , on , Herts on Saturday last , in honour Thursday. They were received by their Excellencies the Lord Lieuten ant , the Countess of the coming of age of the Earl of Lytton. A short service was held in the church , Cadogan , the Recorder of Dublin , and a distinguished gathering of citizens. An and then the tenantry and many other guests were entertained at lunche on in the park , address of welcome was read by the Recorder , to which the Duke felicitously responded. the chair being taken by Bro. Gerald Balfour , M.P., Chief Secretary for Ireland , who is Subsequently the Royal Part y visited the summer exhibition of the Royal Horticul- Lord Ljlion ' s brother-in-law. Among the princi pal guests were Sir Herbert Spencer , Visccunt Cranbourne , the Earl of Clarendon tural Society. Throug hout the day and wherever they appeared their Royal High- , Bro. Baron D.msdile , Lady BlomSeld , nesses were most warmly received , and in some instances enthusiasticall y cheered. and others. Later in the day the villagers were entertained. After the arrival on Wednesday evening at the Viceregal Lodge the Duchess of York DURING the visit recently made by the Queen to Carisbrooke an amusing inciden t spent upwards of an hour in cycling in Pace lix P ark. occurred while her Majesty was driving through Newport. A peripat etic entert linment , O WING TO THE great success of the specially selected company engage d to play which included a stilt-walker , was in progress , and had attracted a large crowd of in America the musical comedy " In Town ," and which Mr. Brickwell had engaged to spectators in the Cattle Market. As the Queen 's carriage drew near the spectators fell give 12 special performances at the Garrick Theatre , com nencing on Mon day evening, back and waved their hats and handkerchiefs , but the stilt-walker remained on his •the gth instant , it was found necessary, owing to the heavy advance bookings , to try and lofty peich , and leaning against the wall of the Isle of Wight County Club and doff- extend the run , and , thanks to certai n cablegrams to and from Mew York , the engage- ing his cap, joined heartily in the general demonstrations of loyalty. ment has now been extended until Friday evening, the 27.h instant , when the fare well T HE R OYAL I RISH F USILIERS , under their commanding officer, Co'.onel Reeve s, performance will take plac. Immediatel y after its withdrawal , Offenbach' s " La attended divine service on Sunday last at the Mausoleum erected b y the Empress Perichole " will be produced on a scale of great splendoar. Rehears 1I3 are now in full Eugenie to her husband and son, the late Napoleon III. and the Prince Imperial , at p rogress , and among the company alread y engaged may be mentioned Messrs. John Le Farnborough , the Empress , attended by M. Pit-tri , her priv ate secretary, and Madame Hay, Fred Kaye , Richard Clarke , Wilfred Howard , T. Riley, H. Paulton , M esdames Le Breton , and accompanied by the Prince and Princess Mural , being likewise present. Emma Owen , Jose Shalders , P. Frase r, Maud B oyd , Edith Johnston , and Florence St. Her Majesty, on leaving at the conclusion of the service, expressed a wish that Colonel J ohn , who vill be assisted by a powerful orchestra and chorus. Reeves should be presented to her , and thanked that officer for the attendance of his T HE D UKE AND D UCHESS OK YORK , attended by Lady Eva Dugdale , Sir Nige l reg iment. Kingscote , Captain Fielden , and the Hon. Derek Keppel , left Holyhead for Ireland A N INTERESTING I- RESENTATION was recen tl y made to the veteran mmician—Br o. on Tuesd ay night , arriving at about 9 a.m. the following morning, after a quiet William Maby, of Bristol—who has lately comp leted his 83rd birthdiy. The gift coo- passage of about five hours. The scene in Dublin on their arrival was brilliant , but the sisted of an enlarged photograp h of the 1S97 group of old friends who annually meet on Royal visitors did not land till noon , when they were received by the Chairman and the 24th Ma y, in honour of the veteran 's birthday. Bro. Maby, the only su vivor of directors of the Dublin , Wicklow , and Wrexford Railway, by whom they were con- those who joined the Gloucestershire Yeomanry on its formation , was honoure d with an ducted to the train in waiting for them. On reaching the station in Westland-row , Dublin , they were met by Field-Marshal Bro. Lord Roberts , Commanding the Forces , introduction to the Prince of¦ Wales when his Royal Hi ghness was recen tly inspecting the corps at Cheltenham. 1 Our respected brother , who is connected wi th Craft Lod ges and his staff , a guard of honour being furnished by the West Yorkshire Regiment. A Nos. CS and 1755, as well as associated with the High Grades , is one of the oldest Free- processi on was then formed , and , traversing sundry of the prin cipal thoroug hfares , masons in the West of England. of the Irish citadel , wended its way to the Castle , where the Lord Lieutenant and the Countess Cadogan , attended by the members and officers of the Viceregal were in T HE N ATIONAL G ALLERY OF B RITISH A RT , or—as it is more commonl y known— waiting to receive them. After an interval of some 45 minutes , the Duke and Duchess the Tate Gallery, which occupies the structure erected on the site of what used to be left for the Viceregal Lodge , whither they had been preceded by the Lord Lieutenant and Millbank Prison , and was opened by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales some few weeks ago , Countess Cadogan. Among the guests invited to meet their Royal Highnesses wer e was for the first time th rown open to the public on Monday. Mr. Tate , in addition Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar , Princess Henry of Pless, the Portuguese Minist er, to providing the building, made a donation of 65 pictures , which are hung in one roo m , Bro. the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn , Marquis and Marchioness of Dufferin and Iwo tlher 100ms being set aside for the pictures purc hased under the Chantrey bequest. Ava, the Earl of Coventry, Bro. th * Earl and Countess of A rran , the Earl of Ennis- In sedition , there are 18 specimens from uhe Watt Collection , while cfi of the best killen , tlie Earl of Kilmorey, Bro . Gerald Bal four , M.P., Mr. Henry Chap lin , M.P., and examples of the British School during the past 40 years have been transfe rred from the Colonel Saunderson , M.P. The reception which their Royal Hi ghnesses met with was National Gallery. Thus the collection is a fine one, and as soon as the surroundings of most enthusiastic , while Dublin , with its flags and banners and devices of welcome, the Gallery, which are at present in a chaotic condition , have been put strai ght , it will put on quite a gala appearance. The sun shone brightly during the proc ession from, prove a great attraction to the general public, the station to the Castle , but at other times some very heavy rain fell,