Brother Charles Frederick Forshaw, ;Ll.D., D.D.S.

So that my words may issue full aud free , In boundless buoyancy , serene and bright , Swift ns the snu-beams' radiant , sparkling light , Unfettered ns the restless surging sea . So that I sing , in bravo heroic measure ,

Triumpl autly and gloriously sublime ; No dull despondency to mar my pleasure , Nought but one loop , continuous , swelling chime , Vibrating with its majesty of motion , The highest hraven and tho deepest ocean .

DOVE COTTAGE . ( Written in the room formerly occupied as a study by Wordsworth , at Dove Cottage , Grasmere . ) Beneath this hallowed roof , for eight long years , A prince of poets lived , and gave to men

Sweet tributes of his loved poetic pen ; Rich gems that vie with any of his peers . Gould I invoke from spirit realms afar Those blessings whioh to him were freely given , Then would my pen , like meteoric star ,

Shining more clear than any in high heaven , Strike out with sparkling language , choice , divine ,. And give the world such garlands of delight

That some , in coming days , wonld at my shrine Bow down and tender blossoms fair and white . But Wordsworth ' s mantle never can be donnod , It went with him into the Bright Beyond .

Masonic Rifle Match At Runnymede.

MASONIC RIFLE MATCH AT RUNNYMEDE .

IN dull and showery weather , of a most unfavonrable character for shooting , an interesting rifle match was fired , on the 21 st ult ., on the ranges of the Metropolitan Rifle Range Company , at Staines , between teams of eight volunteers representing tho Freemasons ' Lodges formed in the following leading metropolitan orps , viz ., the London Rifle Brigade , London Scottish , 1 st Surrey , 2 nd ( South )

Middlesex , Queen ' s Westminster , 19 th Middlesex , and the Hon . Artillery Company . The conditions of the match were seven rounds at 200 , 500 , and 600 yards , Bisley targets and marking , but the contest lost some of the interest that has always attached to it in consequence of three corps boing unable to get the requisite number of competitors down . At sir o ' clock , when the contest concluded , it

was fonnd that the Queen'a Westminster were the victors with a grand total of 645 points , the London Scottish being second with 611 , the London Rifle Brigade third with 589 , the 19 th Middlesex fourth with 492 , the 1 st Surrey fifth with 410 , the Honourable Artillery Company sixth with 378 , and the South Middlesex seventh with 281 The latter corps had only four men , tho H . A . C . five , and the

1 st Surrey six . The highest individual scores were those of Sergeant Hobbis , of the South Middlesex , a splendid total of 95 ; of Private Humble , for the London Scottish , 87 ; of Diminel , for the Queen ' s , 85 ; Turner , for the 1 st Surrey , 81 j Walker and Page , for the London Rifle Brigade , 81 each ; Brooking , for tho H . A . C , 80 ; and Marshall ,

for the 19 th Middlesex , 73 . The Queen ' s Westminster by this victory take the first gavel , and the London Scottish the second , both having been presented by Bro . Lambert P . G . S . B ., formerly one of the colonels of the Queen ' s Westminster Rifles , for the purpose of affording brethren an opportunity of meeting in friendly rivalry aa Masonio volunteers .

Very excellent' and estimable Englishmen who happen to be Freemasons cannot understand why tho Roman Catholic . Church forbids her members to belong to that body . The Marquis of Ripon , who was Grand Master of England , was obliged to resign not only his exalted dignity , but even his membership of the Craft when he embraced Catholicism . Bat English Freemasonry is one thing , Continental

Freemasonry is another . It must be obvious to any one who has lived abroad that Freemasonry and Catholicism cannot be friends . Nay , it is impossible that Christians of any confession can be Freemasons on the Continent . One has only to read the following account of the proceedings of the French Freemasons at their General Conference held in Paris recently to acknowledge that our asset tion is

proved np to the hilt : —The proceedings at the meeting were most important , for they resnlted in the adoption of a resolution blaming and disavowing such Freemasons in Parliament as had votad credits for the Church . Several Deputies present , and among them M . Lombard de l'Isere and M . Faure , resigned their membership of the Council of the Order . Their example was imitated by some of their friends . This resolution was , however , only a first step , for it

stipulated that all the members of the Council of the Order should undertake , in writing , that they would leave instructions for their civil burial in case of death . It is also decided that every Freemason who should become a candidate for Parliament should sign nn engagement to hia Lodge to vote for the separation of Church and State , the omission of the Budget of Public Worship , and the sup . pression of the Ambassador of the Republic at tlie Vatican . — Oalignani Messenger ,

His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught Provincial Grand Master of Sussex has consented lo fill iho office of Provincial Grand Prior of Sur-scx . His installation will take pIa-. o in November , when the ceremony will bc carried ont at Bri ghton .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Correspondents . All Letters must bear tlie namo and address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but aa a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications . — : o : —

PORTRAIT OF THE EARL OF LATHOM .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —On the occasion of the Inst Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge it was my pleasure to seo the excellent painting of the Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master , and I think many would like a photographic copy from it to be published

for the benefit of onr Masonio Charities aa suggested by " W . M ., ' and of whioh I thoroughly agree ; but before copying it , may I be permitted to say that a copy from an oil painting , even by the Proohro . matio process of photography , would be a miserable failure compared

with one taken from life . It would only be a copy , and not an original , nnd thereby lose its value as a work of art . Would not our Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master give a sitting to some well known photographer , and have bis portrait from life published as an original rather than a copy , for the above most worthy object ?

Fraternally yours , HENRY STILES P . M . 1507 . 173 King Street West , Hammersmith .

PROVINCIAL VOTES

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I did not intend to havo taken any notice of the report of tho Essex Masonic Charity Committee , thinking that it was circulated amongst the Essex Masons only , bnt I find that you , in your last issue , givo tlio report a prominent position in your paper , and I cannot allow tho same now to pass unnoticed .

My name is brought so prominently forward , and there are so many inaccuracies made , must be my excuse for taking np your space . 1 st . The report says , "Bro . Dorling ' a oaae was worked by his county , Suffolk . " This is not the fact , for tbe county of Suffolk never gave mo a vote ; and the reason given by Bro . Harvey ( who represented Suffolk at the Election ) was—that I had worked my own

case np , and he must decline to help me ; he stated further , that next year he might help me ! The report goes on to say that the Essex representatives wero worried particularly with Dorling ' s friends . This is not a fact , for as soon as my friends found that no votes were coming from that quarter they were not troubled ; Essex also takes credit for having

given me 530 votes ; this is not correct—the whole of theso were sent into them marked for me , and all they did was to poll them . They also take credit for the safety of my election . How can that be , when neither I or my friends were asked a question as to how I stood , or the number of votes I had polled P I certainly felt it very unkind of both Suffolk and Essex , both Provinces polling thousands of votes more than they required for their

annuitants , to leave me out in the oold , after my being a subscribing member to the two Provinces for upwards of half a century , besides being a Life Governor of all the Charities . To my own personal friends I owe a great debt of gratitude for their help ; thia I am prond to acknowledge . Yours fraternally , E . DORLINQ P . P . G . Secretary Suffolk ,

P . M . 376 650 959 1799 . Walton-on-Naze 26 th September 1892 .

A special meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Norths and Hnnti will take place at the Masonic HaU , Northampton , on Monday , 24 th inst ., at two o ' clock , for the purpose of consecrating the Kingsley Lodge , No . 2431 . The ceremony of consecration will be performed by the

Right Honourable the Earl of Euston , D . L ., Provincial Grand Master , and the installation of the Worshipful Master by Butler Wilkins Deputy Provincial Grand Master . Bro . Geo . Butcher is the W . M . designate , Bro . James Currall the S . W ., Bro . T . H . Vials tho J . W ., and Bro . T . Emery the Secretary .

Now that the very unpretentious little ohapel attached tn the St . George ' s , Hanover Square , burial-ground in the Uxbridgn R-md is being converted into a red-brick church , it will be curions to know whether anything will be done to bring more conspicuously into notice the muoh-neglected tombstone which marks the grave * of the

author of the " Sentimental Journey . " Very few Londoi ers i . re aware that in this little-visited corner of the metropolis li- s bniid Laurence Sterne , the tombstone which dmwa nttai . tion to th , * . tivt . bearinji , strange to say , an it corre < t flute , hat inn been er < c ed to ' ¦ s memory , some years after his du-. th , by t . vo Kieem ij , tirt , adm r . j , of por Yorick ' s talent .