FREEMASONRY 'AT- THE ANTIPODES. with a Supreme Being, surely an Order svhich maintains intact this great and important truth, although it went nofurther, and whie:h taught the brethren If during the few years which have elapsed since the constitution of the the princi ples of brotherly love, relief , and truth, and also temperance, unity, Grand Lodges on the great Australian Continent and in Tasmania, which and justice, ought to be a great advantage to the community in which it oper- so successfully conduct the affairs of Freemasonry in that part of the British ated." But we ' need not pursue the subject further. The same spirit ' Empire, any doubts may have arisen as to the probable stability of our pervades the whole sermon , nor is the praise which the worthy prelate bestosvs upon our Order of an exaggerated character. He takes his stand Order at the Antipodes under the new conditions of its existence, we are of on the declared principles by which Freemasonry is governed, and, being a opinion they will be materially diminished, if not entirely set at rest, by the two firm believer in the justness and uprightness of those principles, he can see reports we published in our last week's issue. One of them contained the ad- nothing inconsistent svith his character as a Christian prelate in resolving to dress delivered by Bro. the Earl of KINTORE, M.W.G.M. of South Australia, maintain and uphold them to the utmost of his ability. svhen he installed Bto. Sir R. W. DUFF, the newly-appointed Governor of So far our feeling has been entirely one of satisfaction at learning on such excellent authority that Freemasonry New South Wales, as M.W.G.M. of the United Grand Lodge of that in these four Antipodean juris- dictions is so prosperously circumstanced. There is, however, unfortunately, colony, in succession, to Bro. the Earl of ERSEY, while the other furnished J one other jurisdiction to which the same remarks may not be applied. In the sermon preached by Bro. the Bishop of BATHURST, Grand Chap lain of South Australia , New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania the Craft New South Wales, at what is described as a Masonic service, personally flourishes because its leading, members have been, actuated throughout conducted by that prelate in the cathedral church of the city, from svhich he bj * motives of prudence. But in Nesv Zealand the condition of Freemasonry takes his episcopal title. Both the address and the sermon bear eloquent testi- is the reverse of prosperous. While the influence of our home G. Lodges in that colony was undisturbed things.svent fairl mony to the prosperous condition of Freemasonry under the jurisdiction of , y well ; but in an unfortunate moment certain influential brethren determined at all hazards on establish- four Australasian Grand Lodges sve have before specified the ; but , as it is ing a local Grand Lodge and such a body was formed ,, though even , the only natural to expect , the testimony of the former is the more valuable. extremest partisan of AIasonic autonomy would hardly venture to describe In the earlier portions of his speech , Bro. Lord KINTORE very pro- the movement which led to the adoption of this course as having in it the perly referred at some length to the events of the last fesv years, and the semblance of unanimity. Since thc- n we have heard a good deal about the distinguished Masons who had borne the chief part in them. To his osvn Craft in New Zealand , but not much in connection with its local Grand I .odge which has called forth our sympathy or admiration. We can only, predecessor in office in South Australia—Bro. the Hon..Chief Justice W AY hope that the time may not be far distant when there svill be an end to' thd' —in particular, as well as to Bros. Lord CARRINGTON and the Earl present disturbed condition of Freemasonry in that colony, and-\yhen what' of J ERSEY, Past Grand Masters, and Bro. Dr. TARRANT, Pro G. Master of Lord K INTORK has so eloquently said of Freemasonry in his own and New South Wales, Bro. Sir W. J. CLARKE, Bart., M.W.G.M. of Victoria, certain other Australasian jurisdictions can be applied!with equal, force nnd , and Bro. the Rev. R. D. POUIVETT H ARRIS, the first Grand Master of truth fp the state of our Society in Nesv Zealand. '* .' • ' lasmania, his lordship rendered that full measure of respect and praise to which one and all they are so justly entitled for their eminent services to UNITED GRAND LODGE . OF ENGLAND.' - ' our Craft. Passing from this congenial* theme, his lordship spoke of . the progress which Freemasonry had made " under autonomous government in The following is the business to be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wed- * * ncsday next , the 6th inst. :. all the four Constitutions I have named." " In each of them," said he, 1. The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 7th June for "in sp ite of the severe cSmmcrcial depression through which we are passing, confirmation. united Masonry has more than held its own. It has progressed both in thc 2. To consider the following notices of motion from the R.W. thc Dep. number of its lodges and its members, and it has become more widely Grand Master : spread and more firml y established. This, as the Mother Colony " (New 1. " That an address of congratulation be presented by Grand Lodge to the South Wales), " both in the date of settlement and in the establishment of Most Worshi pful the Grand Master, his Royal Hi ghness the Prince of Wales, on the occasion of the marriage of his Royal Hi hness the Duke of York Masonry, continues to surpass her sister Constitutions in the g appropriately with her Serene Highness the Princess Victoria Mary of Teck , offering the number of its Masonic adherents," the number of* subscribing members on most hearty good svishes of the Fraternity on the happy event." the roll of the Grand Lodge being estimated at between gooti and 10,000 , 2. " That the sum of 300 guineas be voted from the Fund of General Pur- while the number of Masons in the Colony, including those not affiliated to poses for the relief of brethren in the District of Queensland who have suffered from the: recent disastrous -floods." - - - lod ges, is set down a: quite 15,000. Later on Bro. Lord K INTORE 3. Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter, in which spoke in more general terms, remarking—"It has often been said that there are recommendations for the follosving grants : Freemasonry is not a creed. No but it is a faith. Our belief , The widow of a brother of the Ionic Lodge, No. 227, in the Great Architect of tht- Universe is the keystone of the London... ... ... ... ... ... ,£50 0 o whole Masonic fabric. Thank God , that nowhere in these lands A brother of the St. John 's Lodge, No. 167, Hampstead... 50 o o has there been any sign of perversion from this ruling princi ple of The widow of a brother of the St. Peter's Lodge, No. 476, our Carmarthen ... ... ... ... ... 75 0 o Order." Lastly, having regard to " the future with its possibilities and The svidow of a brother of the Phamix Lodge of St. Ann , ils dangers," his lordship confessed " to a feeling of satisfaction that already No. 1235, Buxton ' ... ... ... ... 50 o o ''reemasonry had obtained so strong and so wide-spread a development 4. R EPORT OF THE BOIRD OF GENERAL P URPOSES. throughout Australia." " I perceive in it," said Lord K INTORE, To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England: 'influences making for stability, for patriotism, for righteousness. Religious The Board have to report that the following presentations have been made to controversies the Library and Museum .since the last report of the Board of General Purposes in •' I suppose there will always be, but it will tend to prevent their ¦< '¦ being May, 1893: carried to extremes that our Order witnesses to our common T ITLE OR OBJECT . PRESENTED BY . dependence on the Great Architect of the Universe. New political Co Volumes of Masonic Reviesv of , Cincinnati ... T. H. Emmons, of Boston, U.S.A. Doctrines and wild and ill-considered social theories may be agitated, but " Freemasonry at Bottoms, Eastsvood," Yorkshire The Author,J.E.Craven, P.M.30S * ''fcemasons Centennial Medal of the Perfect Union I-odge, No. 1 R. Lambert, G. Sec. Louisiana. ¦ will ever hold fast to trood citizenship and lovaltv. Financial . "traits and commercial difficulties may be encountered, but the Craft will Catalogue of the Library Lodge Quatuor Coronati, • * No. ... ... '.. G. W. S , Secretary. continue to square their actions by the rules of equity and the dictates of 2076 peth lUsiice History of Freemasonry in Hertfordshire The Author, G. Blizard Abbott. ," while as regards that " closer union between these great colonies, Portrait of the Hon. Henry Hobart, Prov. G.M.*) which is the ardent aspiration of many lovers of their country," Lord N orfolk, 1798-9 I K INTORE is of opinion that it " will surely be aided in no small degree by Portrait of the Earl of Leicester, P.G.M. Norfolk , ]>G.W. G. Barnard,P.G,Sec. Norfolk "e brotherhood of Freemasonry." These passages sve have quoted were 1818-42 ) 1 ""noiig* the most impressive in this able and eloquent address, and we can Portrait of Lord Suffield, P.G.M. Norfolk, 845.53J 1 By-lasvs and History of the Stewart Lodge, Kasval "/ express our belief , that while there are such as he to advise our fellow H.