Masonic Lecture At Nottingham.

MASONIC LECTURE AT NOTTINGHAM .

THE handsome and spacious Temple in the Masonio Hall afc Nottingham waa well filled by brethren of tha Craft connnect 'd with the several Lodges in that town and district , on Friday evening , the 27 th ultimo , when Bro . James Stevens , of London , attended for the purpose of delivering his popular leotnre on the Ritual and Ceremonies of the Symbolic Degrees in Freemasonry . The presence

of the Right Worahipful Deputy Grand Master of the Province , Bro . the Rev . F . B . Bussell bad been expected , but at the last moment he waa nnable to attend , and telegraphed his regret . Tho Annesley Lodge , No . 1435 , was opened by the W . M . Bro . H . Kiddier , who was supported by his Officers : —Bros . S . V . Holgate I . P . M ., E . Francis S . W ., W . W . Sibley J . W ., A . Lawson P . M . P . P . G . T . Treasurer , J .

Levy P . M . Secretary , F . H . Speno « r J . D ., J . W . Woodward I . G ., E . Kidron , W . Wheatley and G . E . Mycroft Stewards , G . Essex Organist , W . E . Hartshorn P . M . Dir . of Cers . Amongst the members of the Lodge were Bros . J . T . Spalding P . P . G . J . W ., A . T . Mitchell P . G . J . W ., O . H . Gascoyne P . G . Sword Bearer , J . Taylor P . P . G . Pursuivant , G . T . Alenson P . P . G . Standard Bearer , P . Wharton W . M . elect 506 , W .

Sibley P . P . G . Assist . Pursuivant , and many others . The W . M . ' s of the Southwell Lodge , No . 1405 , Bro . F . Farrands ; the Robin Hood Lodge , No . 1493 , Bro . F . T . Rushmer ; and the Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1909 , Bro . Bev . H . W . W . Ffoulkes were also present . Amongst the principal visitors were Bros . H . R . Hatherley P . P . G . W . Prov . Grand Secretary , A . Stubbs P . P . G . W . P . G . A . S ., G . Baxter P . G . S . D .,

W . J . Gardner P . G . D . C , C . A . Bolton P . G . A . D . C , J . Severn P . G . Pursuivant , J . Roberts P . G . Steward , R . T . Ingram P . P . G . D ., H . E . Wilson P . M . 47 , G . Clark P . M . 471 , W . Wood P . M . 506 Derbyshire , W . Wilks P . M . 506 , T . P . Walker I . P . M . 1909 , & o . Bro . Stevens commenced his most interesting lecture at 630 p . m . and kept his audience earnstly attentive until 9 o'clock , without the slightest

interraption . His address was throughout of an extempore character , full of mosfc instructive matter , and very different to any of the stereotyped discourses known in our Lodges as section working . At its termination a hearty burst of applause testified to tbe pleasure the lecturer had afforded and to appreciation of the many points of interest whsreby fche working of the Lodges might be facilitated , and

in some respects improved . The Provincial Grand Seoietary proposed a vote of thanks to Bro . Stevens , remarking that he had listened to his discourse with the greatest pleasure and satisfaction , and felfc assured that much benefit would accrue to the Lodges which had been that evening represented , by the valuable suggestions and explanations the lecturer had given them . He hoped that other Lodges in fche Province might be afforded fche opportunity for like

instruction , and that Bro . Stevens might afc some early date again meet them for a continuation of his instructive lecture . The proposition was duly seconded , and unanimously carried . After Lodge had been closed the brethren assembled in the dining room and partook of supper , after whioh a few toasts were honoured , and an excellent programme of vocal and instrumental musio terminated a most instructive and highly pleasurable evening .

The Bargain Counter.

THE BARGAIN COUNTER .

MANY good housewives watch the papers and eagerly run to the bargain counter to buy cheap . They often buy what they do not want or need , but being deemed cheap they purchase the article , and , like Mrs . Toodles , expect that it will be handy to have in fche bouse ; and , furthermore , the alleged bargain usually turns out to be dear at any price .

Buy only tbe best , whioh is always the cheapest in the end . So with Masonry . Masters , do not go to the bargain counters for your candidates ; you do not want them , you do not need them , and the bargain counter candidates are dear at any price . Have none but the best material for your Lodge , and you will find it cheapest

and best in the end . The better the man , the better the Mason he will make , and the more it will be to your credit to have him for a member in your Lodge and as a member of the Fraternity . A poor and cheap candidate is dear at any price ; he is not handy to have in your Lodge , but rather a positive injury ; ho lowers tbe standard of

the Craft ; he lowers your own honour and the hononr and reputation of your Lodge . Pick your candidates from the best class of our good citizens . Show them that Masonry is a grand and glorious institntion , whicb exists only by tho good that it is doing and through the elevation of its votaries .

Bather be a " shopper '—tbat is a lady who when enteriug a store knows just what she wants , and no blandishment of the polite salesman will swerve ber from her purpose and no inducement of ¦ * ' bargains" will mako her buy what sho does not want . Sho goes shopping until she finds tbe right article . Do not accept a candidate

because he is a good fellow , or because Brother Jones , his proposer , is a good fellow . Accept none but tho boat . Wait . Do yonr shopping , your buying , your initiating , when the right article comes along . Do not take a man becanse he is cheap or easily obtained . Do not , Brethren ? Do not go to the bargain counters for your candidates . —Hebrew Standard .

On Thursday , 26 th ult ., Bro . C . W . Blaxland , Grand Director Ceremonies Kent , was installed W . M . of the Saye and Sele Mark Lodge ( No . 309 ) , at Belvedere . Bro . B . Snell , was , yesterday , installed W . M of tho Invicta Lod ^ o ( No . 709 ) , at Ashford , by the out-going W . M . Bro . C . W . Blaxland .

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Sun, Square, And Compasses Lodge, No. 119, (Whitehaven).

SUN , SQUARE , AND COMPASSES LODGE , No . 119 , ( WHITEHAVEN ) .

MR . W . F . LAMONBY , Melbourne , who is ct present on a visit to this country , writes as follows : — "I have been deeply interested in the two communications from " 33 " and Brother John Lane relative to bond fides—I nee tho term with no desire whatever to offend those concerned—of the Centmmry Warrant held by Lodge No . 119 , of Whitehaven . Last year , when t ' -ifi question cropped up ,

and provoked a long and somewhat heated controversy . I was in Australia , and consequently placed at a disudvantuge iu following a subject about whioh I might claim to possess some little knowledge . My particular object in now writing is to orave the permission to point out that one highly important period in the history of Lodge 119 has never , so far as I am aware , been alluded to or

imported into the discussion aneut the Cantonary Warrant of that Lodge . Let me explain . The warrant of the original No . 157 ( now 119 ) was issned by the "Ancients" in 17 C 8 . The document may still be seen in its mahogany cabinet ou regular Lodge nights . So far so good ; bnt up to the year 1801 , so far ai I am aware—and I made very diligent search when compiling the material for my

little work on " Craft Masonry in Cumberland and Westmoreland —there ia no doonmentary evidence of tho Lodge ever being in existence , unless the cash books of the "Atholo" institution in the archives of our present Grand Lodge can prove to the contrary . And while on this point I may point out a curious coincidence with respect to the Lodgo in dispute , and three

others also warranted by tho" Antients" in Whitehaven , during the last century . I will include the present No . 119 under its original No . 157 in the fonr , and thoy ranked thus : Concord Lodge , No . 154 , Whitehaven ; No . 157 , no name ( now Sun , Square , and Compasses , No . 119 , Whitehaven ) ; Royal Cumberland Militia , No . 215 , White , haven or Kingston-npon-Hull ; and No . 217 , no name , Whitehaven .

Now , the coincidence is this—that Brother W . J . Hnghan , in his valuable " Masonio Register , " gives every one of these four Lodges as being warranted by the " Ancients " in tbe early part of the present century . I cannot name fche precise yeura from memory , seeing that my library is stored in London , but I believe I am correct as to the main facts . On tho other hand , I discovered the warrant of the

Cumberland Militia Lodge , in Whitehaven , 13 years ago . The date is 10 th October 1781 , and tbe parchment is now framed and hanging on the wall of No . 119 Lodge-room . The foregoing circumstances certainly provide food for careful reflection , though how they can effect the actual holding of the Centenary Warrant by Lodge 119 ia more than problematical . De jure it is a Centenary Lodge , whether de facto ia quite another matter , thafc I do not intend to combat .

An influential Committee has been formed , for the purpose of presenting Brother Frederick West P . G . D ., Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Surrey , with a Testimonial , iu recognition of his valuable services during the time he held the responsible position of Deputy

Provincial Grand Master in charge , as well as a token of tho esteem and regard with which he is held by the Brethren of the Province of Surrey . In addition to the testimonial itself , a handsomely bound volume will bo presented , iu which will be recorded the names of the Lodges , Chapters ,

and individual members who havo subscribed . Cheques and Postal Orders shonld bo made payable fco cither of tho Treasurers of the Fund , Bros . Stanley J . Attenborough or Hugh M . Hobbs , and crossed "' West' Testimonial Fund a / c , " London Joint Stock Bank , Limited ( Chancery Lane Branch . )

Tho Roman Catholic Archbishop of Aix has been hauled over the coals of a pnblic trial for having written an . insulting letter to the Italian Minister of Ju . sfcice in reply to n circular asking the Bishops to abstain from participating in tho pilgrimages of French workmen . Said the Archbishop to the Minister : —

You had something better to do than to write this letter , which is a sad aud odions misconstruction . . . . Peace is aonietiniea on your lips ; hatred and persecution are always in yonr acts , because Feeemasonry , that eldest daughter of Satan , governs and commands . A thousand times willfully blind is he who does not see it .

That letter will cost thc Archbishop 3 , 000 francs , that being the sum which the Court , having found him guilty of au offensive imputation on his chief , has condemned him to pay .

A complete One-volume story , entitled" Whyola ; tho Rose of Corve Dale , " by Evelyn Everett Green , author of " Dorothy ' s Vocation , " & c , ia the piece do resistance iu the Quiver Annual , " Christmas Arrows , " to which tho Rav . P . B . Power and the Dean of Ripon also famish seasonable papers .

IIOT . T . OWA-X ' Pacs . —Impurities of tlio Blood . —To ensure health it id absolutely necessary that the Huids : inil solids of tho humnn body shonld bo kept t ' reo from those impurities which are continually ijottiu" ; admission iuto thc system by erroneous living , unwholesome atmosphere , or disordered stomsich . Tlio only .-i ,: fo and coram way to expel all imoiiritios is to talco Pills

oway a , wmch havo the power of clemming r . ho blood from till noxious matters , and at the same timo removing auy irregularities which their pie , ^ enc j may have already produced in auy organ . Holioway ' s Pills expel all humours which taint or impoverish the blow 1 , which thoy purify and invigorate , and give soncral toiie . They aro applicable to all ' alike—young or old . robust or delicate .