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wood . However , it seems authorities are divided as to the real meaning of the word . Some—amongst whom we must number Wildenow—suppose it is red sandal wood , and Gesenins is not disinclined to this view , though favouring rather the idea of R . Kimchi that it is the tree known
as "Brazil Wood . " An old Cyclopaedia we have says the Flerocarpus Santalinus or Red Sandal Wood " may be distinguished from Brazil Wood by the latter yielding its colour to water alone , while the Red Sandal Wood barely tinges it . " According to the Biblical account the Almug
or Algum trees which Hiram furnished to Solomon , out of the forests of Lebanon , were used for building terraces or pillars for the Temple and for the King ' s own palace , as well as " harps and psalteries for singers . " Wo may add that Bro . Terry is indebted for his specimen to the kindness of Bro . W . Hirst , J . P ., of Saddleworth , Yorks .
In giving" the list of new appointments under Grand Lodge , last week , we published , in error , the names of the outgoing Grand Stewards ; we hasten to rectify the mistake , by giving the List of Grand Stewards nominated on 26 th April . —
Bro . Thomas T . Smith ... ... ... No . 1 „ William Hope M . D . ... ... ... 2 „ Arthur C . Yeley ... ... ... 4 „ John C . Havers ... ... ... 5 „ Winthrop M . Praed ... ... ... 0
„ John L . Geizer ... ... ... S „ Edmund Nash M . D .... ... ... It „ Robert Berridge ... ... ... 21 „ John Boyd ... ... ... 23 „ Thomas C . Tatham ... ... ... 26 .. Arthur J . L . Trendell ... ... 29 « . UUU . . . . JJ . J . iH . V . ^ . » ... ... « ...
„ „ Leonard A . Kow ... ... ... 4 fi „ Felix S . Knyvett ... ... ... 58 „ John G . Chancellor ... ... ... 60 „ Harry John Reynolds ... ... 91 „ Gcorgo Marshall ... ... ... 90 „ William G . Cnsins ... ... ... 197 „ Gabriel P . Goldney ... ... ... 259
Bro . H . Distin—whose celebrit y as one of the original Saxe Horn players and for many years a celebrated manufacturer of cornets and other musical instruments is universally acknowledged—announces a benefit ( previous to his departure for America ) at the Alexandra Palace , on
Monday next . Ten military bands , including that of the Coldstream Guards , by permission of their respective Colonels , will play selections , and amongst the vocalists
whose valuable services have been secured are Madame Liebhart , Madame Edith Wynne , Miss Dones , Bro . Chaplin Henry , Vernon Rieby , S ^ lwyn Graham , Bro . Theodore Distin , Mr . Henry Guy , and the Orpheus Glee Union .
Bro . Ambrose Austin announces his annual benefit for the 17 th instant , at St . James ' s Hall , on which occasion Mr . Sims Reeves and a host of talented artistes will appear .
London to Edinburgh , or vice versa , a distance of close on four hundred miles , in a little over nine hours ! Breakfast in London , and dinner in Edinburgh the same day ! How the bare idea of such a fact being possible would astound our easy-going forefathers . The Virgilian
hero ' s exclamation , " Obslvpiu , stetermitque coma ' . " would not be half strong enough to express * their wonderment on being told this was an cverv- 'Iay fact . Yet , thanks to the energy and enterprise of the directors of the Great
Northern Railway , this journey is doily accomplished , and when , during the seison that has just commenced , any of our London friends are anxious for a change from the din and smoke of London to the pure air of Scotland , they have but ' to charter a hansom to reach Kind ' s Cross at . the
appointed time , and m less than ten hoi .: s they will be stretching their legs under the comfortable mahogany of some worthy host in " Auld Reekie . "
We have to thank Dr . Morris , the head master of the Roval Masonic Institution for Boys , for Parts T . II . and III . of "Cursor MnvtU" ( the C ' ursur of the World ) , a Northumbrian poem of the 1-lth century , in four versions .
two of them Midland , published for the Earl y English Text Society , by Messrs . Tiiibner and Co ., 57 and T . O Lucigate-hill . The versions are from Cotton MS . Vesp . A iii in the Library of the British Museum ; Fairfax MS .
14 in the Bodleian Library ; MS . Theol . 107 in the Gottingen University Library ; MS . R . 8 . 8 in the Library of Trinity College , Cambridge . Dr . Morris ' s ability as a scholar is too widely known to need any commendation from us , bnt the task of editing these versions having
been entrusted to him , it is only becoming to say that he has fulfilled this dut y most successfully . It were wellnigh impossible to form an estimate of the amount of time and labour he must have bestowed upon this work , but Dr . Morris has , at least , this reward , that his labours are most fully appreciated .
The Freemasons And " The Blot On The Queen's Head."
THE FREEMASONS AND " THE BLOT ON THE QUEEN'S HEAD . "
A propos of a short paragraph in last week ' s issue , in which we condemned the action of certain Conservative Associations in sending to the Masters of Lodges blank forms of petition to fill up in favour of the Queen assuming the title of Empress , we have received from our
esteemed Bro . Wheeler the following leading article , which appeared in the columns of the North British Daily Mail of the 2 nd inst ., and which , at his request , we most willingly insert . Our contemporary speaks in the kindest
terms of the Order whose interests we have so dearly at heart , and re this particular attempt to confound politics and Freemasonry together , we thank him most sincerely for his very able defence of tho latter from the insidious designs of political associations : —
" It is whispered that with a view to popularise the Queen s new title of Empress of India , stong efforts are being made to persuade the various Masonio bodies of tho country , " and their friends , " to make a stand in its favonr . The persons who have been working the orae ' e with this object in view havo hitherto judiciously kept
altogether otit of sight , and the various attempts to obtain a direct movement having failed , a circular is now being forwarded by " Tho National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations , " to tho Masters of Masonic Lodges calling upon them to use their influence to obtain the adoption of an address to the Queen
congratulating her Majesty on tho reception which her Royal son has received " from tho Princes , Chiefts , and people of India in his Into progress throuerht that vast empire . " No objection can , we think , be taken to that portion of the address , but we do object , and that stronsjly , to the next clause , which reads as follows : —" And wo beg hnmbly
to express the satisfaction with which wo have learnt that your Majesty will be advised at this most , auspicious moment to assume the title of Empress of India , a title which will fitly indicate the tie which unites that great Empire with the Throne of these Realms . " Wc havo not yet boon made acquainted with tho reception which the
various Masonic Lodges havo given either to the request or the proposed " address , " but . wc deprecate the Freemasons being made uso of for political purposes . II therto the Masonic bodies havo been known chiefly as social and benevolent societies , where men of all shades of politics could meet , as on common ground , and where
political snbjects , or controversial polemics , are never introduced . It is , however , notorious enough , ever since the Prince of Wains succeeded the Marquis of Ripon as Grand Master of the Craft , that attempts have been made in more than one quarter , with the intention , it . has been said , of " currying favour" with tho Prince , to introduce various
extraneous matters not calculated to add to the dignity of the Order . Some who havo recently been elevated to high positions in the Order seem to forjret , if they ever knew , that Freemasonry was not made either for the present Grand Master or any of his predecessors or successors . Freemasonry is an ancient and honourable institution
and care must be taken that the proceedings of tho general body , or of individnal Lodges , shall not suffer from that spiri t of sycophancy ( vhich has evidently prompted the present idea of " The National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations" to obtain the aid of the Masters of Lodges to render palatable a title which ,
from tre first , has soured on tho national stomach . The personal popularity of the Prince of Wales in the Masonic body is undoubtedly very great ; and that beincr go , we trust the Prince and Viir . ' est frieids wilt nt once frown d"v / n al' attempt- -.- to turn that pop'dfi'''i"v into tho means of political usefulness cither t . i the Conservative or
any other party . 1 he " blot on the Qneen s head " is now an accomplished fact , and when the secret hntory of the Act of Parliament which authorised tho Queen ' s now title of Empress is written it will doubtless reveal matters even more curious than the attempt to obtain the assistance of tho Masonic body to make it popular . "
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
We have the pleasure to announce that the distribution ¦ if prizes to the pupils of this School will take pla ^ e on Monday next . It is natural to expect a vnsl assemblage upon such an occasion , and those who have the privilege of attending will , no doubt , be delighted with the pro . ' ceedings ,
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Our Weekly Budget.
wood . However , it seems authorities are divided as to the real meaning of the word . Some—amongst whom we must number Wildenow—suppose it is red sandal wood , and Gesenins is not disinclined to this view , though favouring rather the idea of R . Kimchi that it is the tree known
as "Brazil Wood . " An old Cyclopaedia we have says the Flerocarpus Santalinus or Red Sandal Wood " may be distinguished from Brazil Wood by the latter yielding its colour to water alone , while the Red Sandal Wood barely tinges it . " According to the Biblical account the Almug
or Algum trees which Hiram furnished to Solomon , out of the forests of Lebanon , were used for building terraces or pillars for the Temple and for the King ' s own palace , as well as " harps and psalteries for singers . " Wo may add that Bro . Terry is indebted for his specimen to the kindness of Bro . W . Hirst , J . P ., of Saddleworth , Yorks .
In giving" the list of new appointments under Grand Lodge , last week , we published , in error , the names of the outgoing Grand Stewards ; we hasten to rectify the mistake , by giving the List of Grand Stewards nominated on 26 th April . —
Bro . Thomas T . Smith ... ... ... No . 1 „ William Hope M . D . ... ... ... 2 „ Arthur C . Yeley ... ... ... 4 „ John C . Havers ... ... ... 5 „ Winthrop M . Praed ... ... ... 0
„ John L . Geizer ... ... ... S „ Edmund Nash M . D .... ... ... It „ Robert Berridge ... ... ... 21 „ John Boyd ... ... ... 23 „ Thomas C . Tatham ... ... ... 26 .. Arthur J . L . Trendell ... ... 29 « . UUU . . . . JJ . J . iH . V . ^ . » ... ... « ...
„ „ Leonard A . Kow ... ... ... 4 fi „ Felix S . Knyvett ... ... ... 58 „ John G . Chancellor ... ... ... 60 „ Harry John Reynolds ... ... 91 „ Gcorgo Marshall ... ... ... 90 „ William G . Cnsins ... ... ... 197 „ Gabriel P . Goldney ... ... ... 259
Bro . H . Distin—whose celebrit y as one of the original Saxe Horn players and for many years a celebrated manufacturer of cornets and other musical instruments is universally acknowledged—announces a benefit ( previous to his departure for America ) at the Alexandra Palace , on
Monday next . Ten military bands , including that of the Coldstream Guards , by permission of their respective Colonels , will play selections , and amongst the vocalists
whose valuable services have been secured are Madame Liebhart , Madame Edith Wynne , Miss Dones , Bro . Chaplin Henry , Vernon Rieby , S ^ lwyn Graham , Bro . Theodore Distin , Mr . Henry Guy , and the Orpheus Glee Union .
Bro . Ambrose Austin announces his annual benefit for the 17 th instant , at St . James ' s Hall , on which occasion Mr . Sims Reeves and a host of talented artistes will appear .
London to Edinburgh , or vice versa , a distance of close on four hundred miles , in a little over nine hours ! Breakfast in London , and dinner in Edinburgh the same day ! How the bare idea of such a fact being possible would astound our easy-going forefathers . The Virgilian
hero ' s exclamation , " Obslvpiu , stetermitque coma ' . " would not be half strong enough to express * their wonderment on being told this was an cverv- 'Iay fact . Yet , thanks to the energy and enterprise of the directors of the Great
Northern Railway , this journey is doily accomplished , and when , during the seison that has just commenced , any of our London friends are anxious for a change from the din and smoke of London to the pure air of Scotland , they have but ' to charter a hansom to reach Kind ' s Cross at . the
appointed time , and m less than ten hoi .: s they will be stretching their legs under the comfortable mahogany of some worthy host in " Auld Reekie . "
We have to thank Dr . Morris , the head master of the Roval Masonic Institution for Boys , for Parts T . II . and III . of "Cursor MnvtU" ( the C ' ursur of the World ) , a Northumbrian poem of the 1-lth century , in four versions .
two of them Midland , published for the Earl y English Text Society , by Messrs . Tiiibner and Co ., 57 and T . O Lucigate-hill . The versions are from Cotton MS . Vesp . A iii in the Library of the British Museum ; Fairfax MS .
14 in the Bodleian Library ; MS . Theol . 107 in the Gottingen University Library ; MS . R . 8 . 8 in the Library of Trinity College , Cambridge . Dr . Morris ' s ability as a scholar is too widely known to need any commendation from us , bnt the task of editing these versions having
been entrusted to him , it is only becoming to say that he has fulfilled this dut y most successfully . It were wellnigh impossible to form an estimate of the amount of time and labour he must have bestowed upon this work , but Dr . Morris has , at least , this reward , that his labours are most fully appreciated .
The Freemasons And " The Blot On The Queen's Head."
THE FREEMASONS AND " THE BLOT ON THE QUEEN'S HEAD . "
A propos of a short paragraph in last week ' s issue , in which we condemned the action of certain Conservative Associations in sending to the Masters of Lodges blank forms of petition to fill up in favour of the Queen assuming the title of Empress , we have received from our
esteemed Bro . Wheeler the following leading article , which appeared in the columns of the North British Daily Mail of the 2 nd inst ., and which , at his request , we most willingly insert . Our contemporary speaks in the kindest
terms of the Order whose interests we have so dearly at heart , and re this particular attempt to confound politics and Freemasonry together , we thank him most sincerely for his very able defence of tho latter from the insidious designs of political associations : —
" It is whispered that with a view to popularise the Queen s new title of Empress of India , stong efforts are being made to persuade the various Masonio bodies of tho country , " and their friends , " to make a stand in its favonr . The persons who have been working the orae ' e with this object in view havo hitherto judiciously kept
altogether otit of sight , and the various attempts to obtain a direct movement having failed , a circular is now being forwarded by " Tho National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations , " to tho Masters of Masonic Lodges calling upon them to use their influence to obtain the adoption of an address to the Queen
congratulating her Majesty on tho reception which her Royal son has received " from tho Princes , Chiefts , and people of India in his Into progress throuerht that vast empire . " No objection can , we think , be taken to that portion of the address , but we do object , and that stronsjly , to the next clause , which reads as follows : —" And wo beg hnmbly
to express the satisfaction with which wo have learnt that your Majesty will be advised at this most , auspicious moment to assume the title of Empress of India , a title which will fitly indicate the tie which unites that great Empire with the Throne of these Realms . " Wc havo not yet boon made acquainted with tho reception which the
various Masonic Lodges havo given either to the request or the proposed " address , " but . wc deprecate the Freemasons being made uso of for political purposes . II therto the Masonic bodies havo been known chiefly as social and benevolent societies , where men of all shades of politics could meet , as on common ground , and where
political snbjects , or controversial polemics , are never introduced . It is , however , notorious enough , ever since the Prince of Wains succeeded the Marquis of Ripon as Grand Master of the Craft , that attempts have been made in more than one quarter , with the intention , it . has been said , of " currying favour" with tho Prince , to introduce various
extraneous matters not calculated to add to the dignity of the Order . Some who havo recently been elevated to high positions in the Order seem to forjret , if they ever knew , that Freemasonry was not made either for the present Grand Master or any of his predecessors or successors . Freemasonry is an ancient and honourable institution
and care must be taken that the proceedings of tho general body , or of individnal Lodges , shall not suffer from that spiri t of sycophancy ( vhich has evidently prompted the present idea of " The National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations" to obtain the aid of the Masters of Lodges to render palatable a title which ,
from tre first , has soured on tho national stomach . The personal popularity of the Prince of Wales in the Masonic body is undoubtedly very great ; and that beincr go , we trust the Prince and Viir . ' est frieids wilt nt once frown d"v / n al' attempt- -.- to turn that pop'dfi'''i"v into tho means of political usefulness cither t . i the Conservative or
any other party . 1 he " blot on the Qneen s head " is now an accomplished fact , and when the secret hntory of the Act of Parliament which authorised tho Queen ' s now title of Empress is written it will doubtless reveal matters even more curious than the attempt to obtain the assistance of tho Masonic body to make it popular . "
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
We have the pleasure to announce that the distribution ¦ if prizes to the pupils of this School will take pla ^ e on Monday next . It is natural to expect a vnsl assemblage upon such an occasion , and those who have the privilege of attending will , no doubt , be delighted with the pro . ' ceedings ,