Cryptic Degrees.

CRYPTIC DEGREES .

A meeting of tho Grand Master ' s Council , No . I , was held at the Masonic Rooms , No . 2 Red Lion-sqnaro , on Friday , 21 st February . Present : —Bros . Rov . G . R . Portal M . P . G . M ., Hy de Pollen K . P . G . C . of W ., Frederic Davison R . P . G . Treasurer , Thos . C . Walls us thrico 111 . M ., IT . R . Cooper Smith 111 . P . C . of W ., Donald M . Dewar Recorder , It . L . Loveland , Raymond II . Thrupp , It . G . Glover ,

and Robert Berridge . After the Council was opened in ancient form and the minntes of the last meeting read and confirmed , Bros , the Rev . Thos . W . Lemon , Thomas Poore , Robert Roy , Chas T . Pearce , H . F . Partridge , aud Edward Letchworth , who had been regularly approved , were introduced and received the various degrees of Most Excellent , Royal , Select , and Super-Excellent Master , the ceremony

being performed by Bro . T . C . Walls , in a most excellent manner , ably assisted by Bro . Hyde Pullen . As a mark of his appreciation , tho M . P . G . M . afterwards appointed Bro . Walls R . III . Dep . Master of Council No . 1 . A resolution was agreed to that the aunual subscription to this Council shonld be 103 . All bnsiness being ended , the Council was closed , and adionrned to Wednesday , the 2 nd of April .

Portraiture By Artificial Light.

PORTRAITURE BY ARTIFICIAL LIGHT .

^ PHE rapid strides made during the past few years iu photography J- has removed , to a great extent , the feeling of surprise which might be expected when any new discovery in connection with that ait 3 announced . So far , the greatest drawback to those who were engaged in its pursuit , either as a source of pleasure or business , has been the effect the weather has upon their operations , it , being necessary , in many cases , to snspend all exertions in consequence of a

cloudy or foggy day . To obviate this difficulty , many of our most scientific men have devoted a great part of their time without at present having achieved anything which has been universally adopted as a substitute for the solar rays . The question of making use of the Electric Li ght has been settled ns possible , bnt until that light can be produced at a much less cost than is at present Hie case

it in praofcically shut out from ovary day use . If . is , therefore , necessary that some other means be found to overcome the difficult y , and this , according to Messrs . Alder and Clarke , of 1 H and 11-Pall Mall East , London , has been accomplished , by their " Patent . Lnxograph Apparatns , " which , by a judicious arraiigemonf , of coloured li ght , transmitted through carefully prepared blno glass , produces all

the actinism of the solar rays ; this is afterwards oonoerilrnlrd and reflected by a large drum-shaped mirror , f he result being a bountiful violpf , coloured light , pleasant to the sitter and perl ' eelly ell ' relivo ns a substitute for the snn . On a recent occasion wo saw seveml portraits taken , during the evening , which for softness mid fidelity

m the minutest details wore equal to those taken by sunlight . The instrument necessary is not an expensive one , and can be used in any room , thus obviating the necessity of ascending the nnmerons stairs which generally have to be mounted , much to the discomfort of the visitor ; and by its use photographs may be taken til any lime of the night , with as much certainty as in tho brightest day of summer .

The Stewards of the recent Festival in connection with the Royal Masouic Benevolent Institution hold their final meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Monday . Tho President of the Hoard , Bro . Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , occupied the chair . Yarious matters of detail , including the passing of

accounts were disposed of . Votes of thanks were passed to Bro . Lieub .-Ool . Le Gendre N . Starkie for presiding , to Rro . Rev . A . F . A . Woodford for fulfilling the duties of President , and to Bro . T . Cubitt Treasurer , and Bro . . 1 . Terry Hon . Secretary of tho Board of Stewards . The

balance shown by the accounts was disposed of by tho purchase of Life Governorships for the President and Treasurer of the Board , a gift to the collector and clerk in the Secretary ' s office , and a well-merited honorarium tn Bro . Terry the Secretary of the Institution .

The total which has been announced as the result of this Festival , now amounts to £ 14 , 364 17 s ( id . The lists received since those given in our previous issues being as follow : — £ s d Pioviuee of Dorset , per Bro . J . R . F . Guudry 101 1 0

Chapter No . 112 ., Comp . H . C . Levander ... 29 8 0 Lodgo No . 235 „ Bro . Jos . Kincaid 10 10 0 402 „ Bro . C . T . Jacoby 21 15 0 „ 1 , 307 „ Bro . 11 . Inglis 28 7 0 „ Bro . Denis Towers 26 5 0

ln our present issue appears an announcement that Bro . Henry Murray , Past District Grand Master , etc . for China , Past Deputy Provincial Grand Mark Master for Warwickshire aud Staffordshire , will give a recital of " Othello , " afc Birmingham , under influential Masonic patronage . Bro . Murray is gifted with great dramatic and

Portraiture By Artificial Light.

elocutionary powers ; and his impressivo performance of Masonio ceremonies has invariably excited the utmost admiration . His family was long connected with the stage . His grandfather , Mr . Charles Murray , was a comedian , inndi esteemed at Covent Garden seventy years

ago . His aunt , Mrs . Henry Siddons , and hia father , Bro . W illiam Murray , werft the celebrated artists who , for upwards of forty years , made the Edinburgh Theatre a , famons school of acting . Readers of " Waverley " will recall Sir Walter Scott ' s allusion , in that novel , to Mrs .

Henry Siddons and Bro . William Murray as Viola and Sebastian in the comedy of "Twolfth Night . * ' The Theatre Royal Edinburgh was visited in great Masonic state by the Earl ( afterwards Marquis ) of Dalhousie , when Most

Worshi p ful Grand Master Mason of Scofclaud . Bro . Murray ' s great grandfather was a member of the Craft , and , as far back as the third decade of the ei ghteenth century , actively promoted the spread of Freemasonry upon the continent of Europe .

We take the earliest opportunity of correcting , and expressing our regret for , an error which occurred last week in our Analysis of the Subscription List at the recent Festival of tho Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . We said that West Yorkshire had been represented at

twelve out of the last thirteen Festivals , having been absent from that of the Girls' School in 187 ( 1 . The article was written with the lists before ns of all the thirteen Festivals as published in this journal , and certainly in that for the Girls' in 187 G there was no retnrn from the Province in

question , as will be seen on reference to No 111 , dated loth May 1870 , of the FREEMASON ' CHRONICLE . We had , however , overlooked the fact that , the omi .-sion of West Yorkshire from that list was purely an accident , and that it in fact contributed on that occasion , by the hands of its

G . Master aud thirty-five other Siewards , the very handsome snm of £ 707 10 s . Thus , West Yorkshire has contributed £ 3 , 028 ( in round figures ) to the Girls ' , instead of £ 2 , 320 as we stated last week . This makes the total of its contributions to the last thirteen Festivals £ 7 , 970 ,

in tend of £ 7 , 202 , and raises its average per Festival from £ G 05 to £ 013 . We trust this instant rectification of an error into which we were betrayed by an omission , for which we were not primarily responsible , will prove acceptable to onr West Yorkshire brethren .

Messrs . A . and S . Gatti have kindly offered the use of Covent Garden Theatre , for the purpose of giving a Complimentary Benefit to Mr . F . B . Chatterton , of the Theatre Royal , Drury fiane .

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