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pains had been taken to adhere to the frame and substance of Masonry as contained in the ancient landmarks of the Oydev . All this was so far satisfactory , and really when a man of Bro . Philbrick ' s position goes out of his way to give his experienced opinion , and that opinion is not
gainsaid by any one else , the remarks of Lord Tenterden as to the superabundance of " cooks " was not without justice or significance . No member of the Craft has yet , to our knowledge , put forward anything different to what has been decided by the Board , and it can hardly bo said that the brethren had not been able to consider the alterations
fully , as they could only be seen at Freemasons' Hall , or in the hands of tbe Provincial Grand Secretaries . At all events , copies can be inspected at any time at Freemasons ' Hall and the Prov . G . Secretary ' s offices , and there every facility is given for inspection by those who desire to make
themselves acquainted with the matter . Bro . Fenn was justified in pointing out that the new edition should be produced as soon as possible ; and , seeing that the old edition is exhausted , and that the brethren may suffer serious inconvenience by not being able to obtain copies , it would
not be a great deal for so wealthy a body as Grand Lodge to produce sufficient copies of the old edition , pending the revision , which will not be ready until the next year . Bro . Perceval ' s amendment was carried in the following terms : —• ' That the consideration of the revision of the
Book of Constitutions be postponed until February next , or until such time as the Most Worshipful Grand Master may appoint , and that amendments and additions be required to be delivered to the Grand Secretary on or before 28 th January 1883 ; that a copy be sent to each Lodge ,
and that every member be enabled to purchase a copy , if he so desires it , at a price not exceeding two shillings , notice being given within six weeks from the present time . " An amusing incident in the meeting was when
Bro . Edwin Budden fouud he was too late in proposing the motion of which he had given notice—the Grand . Lodge ' s contributions to the Institutions . The purport of these resolutions has been given in our columns , and will come on for consideration at some future time . No doubt his
intention in the matter was genuine and well meant , and there is much to be said in their favour ; but , from some unaccountable reason , Bro . Budden was not possessed of his accustomed promptness in bringing them forward .
The question may be briefly summed up thus . It has been shown by the last Quarterly Report that the income of Grand Lodge is in excess over the expenditure by about £ 4 , 000 a year ; and feeling that the Benevolent Institution should not derive the whole of the benefit of the
additional £ 800 , according to the motion of Bro . Raynham Stewart at the June meeting , he desired that the Grand Lodge contribution to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution should be raised from £ 800 a year to £ 1 , 000 a year— £ 500 a year to the Male Fund , and £ 500 a year to
the Female Fund ; the £ 200 a year now added to be paid from the Fund of General Purposes ; and that the Grand Lodge contributions to the Royal Masonic Schools be raised from £ 150 a year to each School ( the present amount ) to £ 500 a year to the Girls' School , and £ 500
the Boys' School , to be paid from the Fund of General Purposes . This could be successfully done by presenting , say £ 1 , 000 or £ 2 , 000 to the Preparatory School , , the establishment of which is now exercising the minds of the Craft . We would urge it as a matter of imperative
necessit y that consideration should be given to this subject , because of the drain upon the parent fund—whether the efforts now being made to raise the sum of money required for the Preparatory School will not entrench upon the actual capital of the Bovs' School proper . The
Committee of the Institution have already invested a lum p sum of money , about £ 1 , 000 , from the special * nd that has been contributed towards the Preparatory school . ^ But suppose that out of the £ 12 , 000 realised hy the Festival this year , and , consequent upon the special advantages offered , the subscribers desire to apportion
* a , 000 for the Preparatory School Building Fund , would wis not so seriously affect the efforts of the executive that they mi gut find a difficulty in providing funds for the ° ys School proper ? We only advaaco this as a note of darning ; ifc ia no use killing the mother to save the life the infant . There have been special privileges
accorded to donors to the Preparatory School , which if iT Qowever > become a sort of monster , and after has been created , may sap the life blood of the ( t ter Institution . Bro . Budden ' s only intent was that
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the Benevolent Institution should not get all the money , unci he must have been " very young " indeed not to have l > cen ready at the opportune moment to propose tho resolution of which ho had given notice .
Tho General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys mot on Saturday , 2 nd inst ., at Freemasons' Hall . Tho brethren present wero Bros . Alfred Williams ( in the chair ) , J . Mason , John L . Mather , Wm . M . Dewar , C . F . Matier , Frederick Adlard , H . Massey ,
Rev . Richard Morris , D . D ., Head Master , W . Paas , John M . Stedwell , Edgar Bowyer , Raynham W . Stewart and W . H . Saunders . The names of two boys were removed from the October list , one by the wish of his friends , whose circumstances have improved , and one other by reason of
the boy ' s death . One candidate was added to the list for April , and one was approved for admission by presentation of the Marquess of Ripon , subject to the production of some further papers . Bro . C . F . Matier , who acted for
Bro . Binckes , stated that Bro . Binckes ' s health was improved , and that his medical adviser gave it as his opinion that he would be able to be out in a fortnight . The Committee ordered a minute to be recorded expressing their gratification at the intelligence , and then adjourned .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
All Books intended for Review should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , 23 Great Queen Street , W . C . The History of Freemasonry ; its Antiquities , Symbols , Constitutions , Customs , Sfc . By Kobert Freke Gould , Barrister-at-Law , P . G . S . D . of England . London : Thomas 0 . Jack , 45 Lndgate Hill .
WE have jnsfc received the First Volume of what it is evident will prove a most recherche and valuable addition to our Masonio literature , inasmuch as it departs from the ordinary style of similar works in the beauty of its elaboration and embellishment , in addition to the vast amount of information contained in the letter-press , which will be of interest to the general reader as well as those who are most
intimately concerned in the subjects treated . Time precludes us this week from giving more than an outline of the work , embracing as it does an investigation of the records or organisations of tho Fraternity in England , Scotland , Ireland , tbe British Colonies , France , Germany , and the United States ; but we shall have the pleasant duty of entering more fully into the merits of this
comprehensive work at an early date , when we shall have had time to oonsider a little more fully the character of the beautiful volume which our zealous Brother Gould has just introduced to the Masonic world . For the present let it suffice if we say that as a work of art it is one of the most superbly got up we have seen of recent years , and reflects the highest credit upon the publisher is
who nowly figures in that role so far as Craft lifcerafcnr ^ con - cerned . We scarcely understand why the old Masonic publishers did not deem it worth their while to undertake the task ; but , at all events , it speaks vastly to the credit of the firm by whom his History has been produced , and who cannot be too highly complimented upon their spirited enterprise , and the admirable manner in which they
have carried it out . The illustrations , if we except the first , which in the copy we have received is blocked with a little too much colour , are very fairly executed , and will secure to the possessors of the series the most faithful portraits they can obtain of the rulers of the Craft . In spite of the trifling fault we name , the likeness of our Most Worshipful Grand Master is faithful to the life , and
amongst the others are the Dnkes of Connaught and Albany , the Earls of Carnarvon , Lathom , Ferrers , and Mar and Kellie ( M . W . Grand Master Mason of Scotland ) , and Sir Michael E . Shaw-Stewart , Bart ., Eight Worshipfnl Past Grand Master Mason of Scotland . Treated in exhaustive and masterly style are chapters on the ancient mysteries , dealing with the Essenes , the Koman Collegia , and
the Cnldees ; the old charges of British Freemasons ; the Stonemasons ( Steinmetzen ) of Germany ; the Craft Guilds ( corps d'Etat ) of France ; and the Companionage , or Let Compagnons du Tour de France . It will thus readily be seen that even in his inaugural volume the author has traversed a very wide area of archaeological research , and the chief recommendation of his work is that it is
trammeled with no secondary opinions or crotchets respecting Masonic history , but all his matter , written in the most scholarly and brilliant diction , bears the impress of originality of thought and depth of research . Wo purpose dealing more fully , at an early dato , with the literary merirs of a work which is certain to command tho earnest and keen attention of Masons pverywhere , as well ' as of those who do nob number in our ranks ; and
here we shall content ourselves with saying that if the succeding volumes kuop pace in point of beauty of compilation and excellence of their contents—which no one who knows Bro . Gonld will for a moment doubt—the series will form not only a splendid ornament to the library , but a mine of untold wealth to those who do not merely follow the beaten track of our old traditions , but who are ever striving to illumine them , and to render them more sublime , by the light derived from a deeper study of the hidden recesses of nature and science .
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Quarterly Communication Of United Grand Lodge.
pains had been taken to adhere to the frame and substance of Masonry as contained in the ancient landmarks of the Oydev . All this was so far satisfactory , and really when a man of Bro . Philbrick ' s position goes out of his way to give his experienced opinion , and that opinion is not
gainsaid by any one else , the remarks of Lord Tenterden as to the superabundance of " cooks " was not without justice or significance . No member of the Craft has yet , to our knowledge , put forward anything different to what has been decided by the Board , and it can hardly bo said that the brethren had not been able to consider the alterations
fully , as they could only be seen at Freemasons' Hall , or in the hands of tbe Provincial Grand Secretaries . At all events , copies can be inspected at any time at Freemasons ' Hall and the Prov . G . Secretary ' s offices , and there every facility is given for inspection by those who desire to make
themselves acquainted with the matter . Bro . Fenn was justified in pointing out that the new edition should be produced as soon as possible ; and , seeing that the old edition is exhausted , and that the brethren may suffer serious inconvenience by not being able to obtain copies , it would
not be a great deal for so wealthy a body as Grand Lodge to produce sufficient copies of the old edition , pending the revision , which will not be ready until the next year . Bro . Perceval ' s amendment was carried in the following terms : —• ' That the consideration of the revision of the
Book of Constitutions be postponed until February next , or until such time as the Most Worshipful Grand Master may appoint , and that amendments and additions be required to be delivered to the Grand Secretary on or before 28 th January 1883 ; that a copy be sent to each Lodge ,
and that every member be enabled to purchase a copy , if he so desires it , at a price not exceeding two shillings , notice being given within six weeks from the present time . " An amusing incident in the meeting was when
Bro . Edwin Budden fouud he was too late in proposing the motion of which he had given notice—the Grand . Lodge ' s contributions to the Institutions . The purport of these resolutions has been given in our columns , and will come on for consideration at some future time . No doubt his
intention in the matter was genuine and well meant , and there is much to be said in their favour ; but , from some unaccountable reason , Bro . Budden was not possessed of his accustomed promptness in bringing them forward .
The question may be briefly summed up thus . It has been shown by the last Quarterly Report that the income of Grand Lodge is in excess over the expenditure by about £ 4 , 000 a year ; and feeling that the Benevolent Institution should not derive the whole of the benefit of the
additional £ 800 , according to the motion of Bro . Raynham Stewart at the June meeting , he desired that the Grand Lodge contribution to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution should be raised from £ 800 a year to £ 1 , 000 a year— £ 500 a year to the Male Fund , and £ 500 a year to
the Female Fund ; the £ 200 a year now added to be paid from the Fund of General Purposes ; and that the Grand Lodge contributions to the Royal Masonic Schools be raised from £ 150 a year to each School ( the present amount ) to £ 500 a year to the Girls' School , and £ 500
the Boys' School , to be paid from the Fund of General Purposes . This could be successfully done by presenting , say £ 1 , 000 or £ 2 , 000 to the Preparatory School , , the establishment of which is now exercising the minds of the Craft . We would urge it as a matter of imperative
necessit y that consideration should be given to this subject , because of the drain upon the parent fund—whether the efforts now being made to raise the sum of money required for the Preparatory School will not entrench upon the actual capital of the Bovs' School proper . The
Committee of the Institution have already invested a lum p sum of money , about £ 1 , 000 , from the special * nd that has been contributed towards the Preparatory school . ^ But suppose that out of the £ 12 , 000 realised hy the Festival this year , and , consequent upon the special advantages offered , the subscribers desire to apportion
* a , 000 for the Preparatory School Building Fund , would wis not so seriously affect the efforts of the executive that they mi gut find a difficulty in providing funds for the ° ys School proper ? We only advaaco this as a note of darning ; ifc ia no use killing the mother to save the life the infant . There have been special privileges
accorded to donors to the Preparatory School , which if iT Qowever > become a sort of monster , and after has been created , may sap the life blood of the ( t ter Institution . Bro . Budden ' s only intent was that
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the Benevolent Institution should not get all the money , unci he must have been " very young " indeed not to have l > cen ready at the opportune moment to propose tho resolution of which ho had given notice .
Tho General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys mot on Saturday , 2 nd inst ., at Freemasons' Hall . Tho brethren present wero Bros . Alfred Williams ( in the chair ) , J . Mason , John L . Mather , Wm . M . Dewar , C . F . Matier , Frederick Adlard , H . Massey ,
Rev . Richard Morris , D . D ., Head Master , W . Paas , John M . Stedwell , Edgar Bowyer , Raynham W . Stewart and W . H . Saunders . The names of two boys were removed from the October list , one by the wish of his friends , whose circumstances have improved , and one other by reason of
the boy ' s death . One candidate was added to the list for April , and one was approved for admission by presentation of the Marquess of Ripon , subject to the production of some further papers . Bro . C . F . Matier , who acted for
Bro . Binckes , stated that Bro . Binckes ' s health was improved , and that his medical adviser gave it as his opinion that he would be able to be out in a fortnight . The Committee ordered a minute to be recorded expressing their gratification at the intelligence , and then adjourned .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
All Books intended for Review should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , 23 Great Queen Street , W . C . The History of Freemasonry ; its Antiquities , Symbols , Constitutions , Customs , Sfc . By Kobert Freke Gould , Barrister-at-Law , P . G . S . D . of England . London : Thomas 0 . Jack , 45 Lndgate Hill .
WE have jnsfc received the First Volume of what it is evident will prove a most recherche and valuable addition to our Masonio literature , inasmuch as it departs from the ordinary style of similar works in the beauty of its elaboration and embellishment , in addition to the vast amount of information contained in the letter-press , which will be of interest to the general reader as well as those who are most
intimately concerned in the subjects treated . Time precludes us this week from giving more than an outline of the work , embracing as it does an investigation of the records or organisations of tho Fraternity in England , Scotland , Ireland , tbe British Colonies , France , Germany , and the United States ; but we shall have the pleasant duty of entering more fully into the merits of this
comprehensive work at an early date , when we shall have had time to oonsider a little more fully the character of the beautiful volume which our zealous Brother Gould has just introduced to the Masonic world . For the present let it suffice if we say that as a work of art it is one of the most superbly got up we have seen of recent years , and reflects the highest credit upon the publisher is
who nowly figures in that role so far as Craft lifcerafcnr ^ con - cerned . We scarcely understand why the old Masonic publishers did not deem it worth their while to undertake the task ; but , at all events , it speaks vastly to the credit of the firm by whom his History has been produced , and who cannot be too highly complimented upon their spirited enterprise , and the admirable manner in which they
have carried it out . The illustrations , if we except the first , which in the copy we have received is blocked with a little too much colour , are very fairly executed , and will secure to the possessors of the series the most faithful portraits they can obtain of the rulers of the Craft . In spite of the trifling fault we name , the likeness of our Most Worshipful Grand Master is faithful to the life , and
amongst the others are the Dnkes of Connaught and Albany , the Earls of Carnarvon , Lathom , Ferrers , and Mar and Kellie ( M . W . Grand Master Mason of Scotland ) , and Sir Michael E . Shaw-Stewart , Bart ., Eight Worshipfnl Past Grand Master Mason of Scotland . Treated in exhaustive and masterly style are chapters on the ancient mysteries , dealing with the Essenes , the Koman Collegia , and
the Cnldees ; the old charges of British Freemasons ; the Stonemasons ( Steinmetzen ) of Germany ; the Craft Guilds ( corps d'Etat ) of France ; and the Companionage , or Let Compagnons du Tour de France . It will thus readily be seen that even in his inaugural volume the author has traversed a very wide area of archaeological research , and the chief recommendation of his work is that it is
trammeled with no secondary opinions or crotchets respecting Masonic history , but all his matter , written in the most scholarly and brilliant diction , bears the impress of originality of thought and depth of research . Wo purpose dealing more fully , at an early dato , with the literary merirs of a work which is certain to command tho earnest and keen attention of Masons pverywhere , as well ' as of those who do nob number in our ranks ; and
here we shall content ourselves with saying that if the succeding volumes kuop pace in point of beauty of compilation and excellence of their contents—which no one who knows Bro . Gonld will for a moment doubt—the series will form not only a splendid ornament to the library , but a mine of untold wealth to those who do not merely follow the beaten track of our old traditions , but who are ever striving to illumine them , and to render them more sublime , by the light derived from a deeper study of the hidden recesses of nature and science .