The Installation Of H.R.H. The Prince Of Wales.

THE INSTALLATION OF H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES .

THE instructions as to the dress and regalia to be worn at the approaching ceremony of the Installation of the M . W . G . M ., are at length issued , and will be found elsewhere in our columns . Evening dress ( or black frock

coat ) -with white gloves and full Masonic clothing , is to be the attire . Masters , Wardens and P . M . ' s will , in addition , wear the collars and jewels of their respective offices , as likewise will Provincial Grand Officers the

collars and jewels of the Lodges and offices respectively , by virtue of which they are members of Grand Lodge . No jewels or emblems are to be worn , save those appertaining to Craft or Royal Arch Masonry . Non-commissioned

officers of the regular army in full dress uniform , will be held to be considered in evening dress , but volunteers are not to appear in uniform . Brethren are advised to take with them their Grand Lodge Certificates , so as to satisfy

the Stewards of their personal identity . The ticket , which must be produced whenever required by the Stewards , is to be regarded in the light of an engagement by the holder , whose name is thereon , that he will conform

to all the regulations , made by authority of the G . M . Seats will be determined by ballot ; coats and hats must be taken into the hall , but placed under the seats , out of view . As to the ceremony itself , which is attracting so much

attention , not only in the Masonic world , but generally , our readers perhaps are aware that it will take its place in the annals of our Order , as being not only one of the most interesting , but also as one of the most prominent events in its

history . The first heir apparent to the British throne , who became a Mason , died before he had , to use a familiar phrase , made his mark in Masonry . The second , his grandson George , Prince of Wales , who became G . M . in

1790 , was , let it be borne m mind , Grand Master in the days when our Order was divided by an unfortunate schism of long duration into Moderns and Ancients . The union of the Grand Lodges of these sections into our United Grand

Lodge , was accomplished , when H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex held the supreme authority , and he became the first Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England . But His Royal Highness was far removed from any chance of

succeeding to the throne , for the Princess Charlotte was then alive , and between her and him there were still several Royal Dukes nearer than he . But H . R . H . the Prince o £ Wales is the first heir apparent to the Crown

of the United Kingdom , who has been chosen Grand Master of the Order in England . In one sense there is nothing very remarkable in this fact . But future generations of Freemasons will scarcely notice the circumstance ,

that between the Princes George and Albert Edward , no one else had borne the title which the heir to the Crown has been known by , since the birth of Edward , the Second of his name , in the Castle of Carnarvon . They Avill only remember

that the latter was the first heir apparent , who was also G . M . of the United Grand Lodge of England . That his rule as G . M . may be both long and prosperous , both to himself and the Ancient Order he presides over , is the earnest prayer of every member !

The Saturday Review And Freemasonry.

THE SATURDAY REVIEW AND FREEMASONRY .

OUR contemporary , the Saturday Review , has been making merry at the expense of the Freemasons . The proceedings of the Great City Lodge , upon which we commented last week , have , it seems , afforded scope for the display of the usual vinegar and gall . Whether the critic was unequal to the occasion , or the subject was too

commonplace for a superfine writer , we know not ; but it is quite certain that the lucubrations of the Saturday Review are not characterised by the usual brilliancy which we generally look for in its pages . The writer opens fire by the time-worn remark that the rites of Masonry can embody

no secrets of consequence , or they would long since have become the ' common property of the world . He insinuates that Masons are frivolous people , who are fond of medals and orders , who puff themselves up with empty importance by means of ridiculous titles , and whose chief

business it is to meet and dine together m great good fellowship . If the latter were indeed the only purpose for which modern Masonry exists , it would scarcely deserve the sneers of our superfine critic . Dining out is an eminently English institution , and the cultivation of the

social qualities in which , notwithstanding our love for good cheer , we are , as a nation , so deficient , should surely be regarded as a useful expenditure of time and talent . But it is scarcely necessary to assure the Saturday Reviewer that Masonry does not exist for merely convivial

purposes , and that its disciples are , as a body , too sensible to care much for the paraphernalia of office . Our Reviewer knows all this as well as Ave do , but it ia a maxim amongst critics of a certain school to seize upon the prominent features of an adversary ' s case and hold

them up to popular ridicule . On precisely the same pnnciple a Billingsgate or Dublin fishwife will roundly abuse her opponent for having a bald head , or a hook nose , or red hair ; the lady means nothing by her high-sounding adjectives , and , to do the Saturday Review justice , we do

not think that it means any harm to Masonry . The inexorable columns of the paper must be filled , and if a writer is hard up for a subject for ridicule , Masonry will doubtless serve as well as any other . There is indeed just this peculiarity about the Order , that its proceedings , or at all

events such portions of them as can be made public , may readily be rendered ridiculous by an unscrupulous writer , Nothing is easier than to make free of a subject one does not understand , but when the wit lacks information he must not be angry if those who could instruct him should call him a fool for his pains .

Masonry m these days does not need an apologist , and we could well afford to permit the critic of the Saturday Review to pass unnoticed , were it not that such sneers as his , if unheeded by us , may be regarded by the public as incontrovertible truths . If we were to refuse to plead , it might be

held that judgment had gone against us by default . We cannot indeed lift the veil which hides the secrets of Masonry from view . Were it possible for us to do so our critic might find that there is really something more than mere idle ceremonial in them . Possibly he might discover

in the formula some remarkable " survivals " which would rather astonish him . It is not our business to prove that Masons are all eminently sensible men , who care nothing for the regalia of the Craft . Some few amongst us may think the colour of an apron trimming of importance , or the affix of honorary initials a desirable ornament to a name ,