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improve their programme , so as to relieve fchafc monotony , the result wonld be very salutary . May I be permitted fco state that , emboldened by the ] receptions which have been given in many Metropolitan and Provincial Lodges

fco my humble efforts to expound the rituals of the symbolic degrees in Masonry , I shall be very pleased to arrange with any Lodge or Lodge of Instruction , in London or the Provinces , for the delivery of either of my lectures during the ensuing Masonic season .

Fraternally yours , JAMES STEVENS P . M . P . Z . 8 Qaeen . sfcreefc-place , E . C . 720 , 1216 , 1426 . 6 fch Sept . 1887 .

BRO . GOULD'S LITERARY TREATMENT . To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Until Bro . Gonld mentioned the subject to me , I had no idea necessarily of fche unjust treatment he is menaced wifch in the United States , in respect of his great work , an

honour to onr Craft and to our epoch . I can hardly believe , knowing so well as I do fche high tone and character of American Freemasons , thafc any snch unjust , unfair and nn-Masonic treatment will be dealt out , with their approval and support , to our very distinguished Masonic litterateur . Fraternally yours , A . F . A . WOODFORD .

The annual report of the directors of the Crystal Palace Gas Company , which will be presented to tbe proprietors at the next ordinary general meeting , to be held on the 16 th instant , is a very good one , and testifies to the continued able administration of the concern .

Notwithstanding the reduction in tbe price of gas to 2 s 9 d—which has affected the Lady day quarter , giving a benefit to the consumers of about £ 950—the gas and meter rental for the half year has increased , as compared with the corresponding half-year of 1886 , £ 2 , 282 . There is a slight increase in

the total amount paid for coal . The prices obtained for coke and tar during the half year have been very low , and a considerably quantity of tar has been used , for fuel . Three additional purifiers have been erected , being all that

is at present required on the works to meet the general increased consumption ; and a larger main has been substituted for a small one in the district . The call of 1 in 5 upon the unpaid New Ordinary 7 per cent , shares in

March last produced £ 11 , 934 , ancl the directors have agreed to make a further call of about the same amount to be payable during December next , taking dividend from 1 st January 1888 . They recommend the declaration of a

dividend for the half year ended 30 th June last , at the following rates per annum : —6 per cent , on the Preference stock ; 7 per cent , on the Ordinary 7 per cent , stock ; 10 per cent , on the Ordinary 10 per cent , stock ; and

7 per cent , on the New Ordinary 7 per cent , shares ; amounting to £ 13 , 003 14 s lOd , less income tax of £ 406 7 s 3 d ; and that tbe warrants for the net amount , £ 12 , 597 7 s 7 d , be forwarded by post to the proprietors , or their authorised agents , before the 23 rd September instant .

Masonic Presentation.

MASONIC PRESENTATION .

AT the meeting of the Harmony Lodge , held at the Red Lion Hotel , on Thursday evening , the 1 st instant , the Worshi pful Master ( Bro . W . A . Hill ) , on behalf of the members of the Lodge ancl of the Royal Arch Chapter connected therewith , presented an address of congratulation to Bro . Edgar Goble P . G . Sec . of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and a P . M . of the Lodge , on hia appointment by H . R . H

the Prince of Wales Grand Master , to the rank of P . G . Officer of the Grand Lodge of England , and ofthe Supreme Grand Chnpter . The address had been beautifully engrossed ou vellum by Mr . J . Robertson , of Southsea , and was enclosed in a frame surmounted with the crest

of the Lodge . There was a large attendance to do honour to the occasion , amongst the visitors being the Depnty Provincial Grand Master of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight ( Bro . J . E . Le Feuvre , J-P - ) , who was elected an honorary member of the Lodge , in recognition of his valuable services to the Province aud to the Craft generally .

HOLLOWJLT ' PILLS . —Weak Stomach . —The wisest cannot enumerate one quarter ofthe distressing symptoms arising from imperfect or disordered digestion , all of which can be relieved by these admirable Pills . They remove cankery taste from the motith , flatulency , ancl constipation . Holloway ' s Pills rouse the stomach , liver , and every other organ , thereby bringing digestion to

that healthy tone which fully enables us to convert all we eat unit drink to the nourishment of our bodies . Hence these Pills are the surest strengtheners aud the safest restorai ives iu nervousueas , wasting , and chronic debility . Holloway ' s Pills are infallible remedies for impaired appetite , eructations , and a multitude of other disagreeable symptoms , which render the lives of thousands miserable indeed . These Pills are approved by all classes .

York College Of Rosicrucians.

YORK COLLEGE OF ROSICRUCIANS .

ONE of the most pleasant meetings thafc has ever been held of this College took place at Newark on Friday , fche 26 th August . The distance from York , the working centre of the College , was v < ry considerable , bufc the knowledge fchafc many attractions existed there for the aroha > ologisfc induced a fairly good muster of members . The York contingent left fchafc city by the 10 a . m . train , and were joined

afc Doncaster by fche Leeds and Wesfc Riding fratres ; here a slip carriage was provided , which was detached afc Newark , where fche party landed and were driven to fche Clinton Arms to lunch . Here fchey were met by the members from Nottingham , Leicester and more southerly places , and by a distinguished visitor , Prater Dr .

Wynn Westcott , Seo . General of the Order , who had taken the oppo--fcunity of the southern visit of the northern College to honour ifc with an official visit . Lunch over , the party found a drag waiting for them in the old-fashioned inn yard , and were driven throng fche pleasant country surrounding the old town of Newark , past

villages scented with ripening apricots , and interesting with ol I . fashioned fcimber . frame houses , to fche anoienfc town of Southwell , formerly a favourite resort ofthe Archbishops of York , and containing one of the most exquisite examples of eccli-niast'cnl arohifc rt'i' -e iu the kingdom . Dismounting ' , tho party were ro < ducted ove- tho

MinatTby Frater B . 0 . P . ifcchilfc ( Nottingham ) , who showed 'h- > m my points of interes'ing detail . Befom leaving thp Minsr-r 'Jr . ' t » i !* y were kindly taken into the library of Canon Browne , who ah w « -l them the parchment records of the re-endowmenfc of the Chnrch of Philip and Mary , and fche old parchment Chapter Act hooks , daii'i /

from the twelfth centu' -y . Once more mounting the drag , the fratres were rapidly whirled back ti Newark , catching a glimp e *« they passed of the ruined palace of the Archbishops , and were finally deposited afc the door of the Lodge room of the Newton L dge , No . 1661 , whioh , wifch its furniture , had be » n fraternally pl-trWI a' th

disposal of fche frafc-es by its W . M . und brath PH . H- t v ' . waa formed , there being pre ent Fr-ure . s T . B . W i W . F . Tomlinson ( L » eds ) C-lehrnut . vv , i . . Br ¦ u Y R . Dore ( Hnddei afield ) Q . A ., Wm . Fwfcfco ( I . , Major MacGnchen ( Yoik ) Herald . W . H B . A k \< - « - < . < ' r t

Med ., E . C . Patchitt ( Nottingham ) , Wm S- ^ -t ( H iii ' .-x ) . !< ; d-,. i ;< ( Leeds ) , B « n Stocks ( Huddersfield ) , A . T . B . Tum » r ( Yrk ) ' . ' . . '••' . Lane ( Hartlepool ) , G . Chapman ( Nottingham ) , and Dr . VV . W /> o Westcott ( London ) Sec . Gen . Successful bal'ots were taken f « r r . do following candidates : T . H . Pattison 1545 , J . R . Wel-mao P . M . fiOO ,

T . M . Watson P . M . 97 , T . J . Armstrong P M . 406 . T . M . Wikmso ., P . M . 297 , H . Jekyll 297 , Allan Haigh 448 , J . Toplis P . VI . 47 , E . K'pi >* P . M . 1531 , H . T . Gardiner P . M . 458 , and W . N . Cneesem ^ n W . M . 566 , Bros . Allan Haigh , John Toplis , El ward Kipps , and VV . N . Cheeseman , were then dul y inducted by the Celebrant , and took their

seats among the fraters . Frater John Toplis , himself an emin « nfc numismatist , submitted for the inspection of tho members a selection of siege pieces struck afc Newark , Pontefract , and Scarborough during the periods of the seigeraof their castles in the civil war , with other rare coins illustrating the History of Newark , as also tracts pnblished

at the same times , aud early and rare editions of books . Very cordial votes of thanks were accorded to Fratres Patchitt and Toplis for their most interesting and valuable contributions to fche knowledge of the members , and their pipers woro ordered to bo printed in the Transactions of the College . Ou behalf of the Yorkshire members of the

Order , the Chief Adept expressed the pleasure afforded them by tho presence there of the Secretary General ( Dr . Westcott ) , and the latter replied , thanking the College for its cordial reception of himself . A cordial vote of thanks was also passed to the VV . M . and members of the Newton Lodge for the use of the room . The M . C having been

dissolved , the fratres went to seo the church of Newark , a structure full of points of remarkable interest , possessing many brasses , especially one , perhaps , the largest in the country , to the mPtnory of Alan Flemyng ( 1373 ) . The rood screen is also verv fine . One great feature of this chnrch was the number of chantries endowed therein .

These embraced the St . Trinity Gild afc the altar of St . Trinity , Caldwell ' s at the same altar , Ferrer ' s at the same altar , Foster ' * at the same altar , Flemyng ' s at the altar of Corpus Christi , Isabell Caldwell's at tbe same altar , Robert Caldwell ' s at the same altar , Surfleet ' s afc fche altar of St . Mary Virgin and All Saints , De Bosco ' fl at the altar

of St . Nicholas , Wanesey ' s at the altar of St . Katherine , Durant's at the altar of St . James , Saucemer ' s afc the altar of St . Lawrence , Maud Saucemer ' s afc the same altar , and a chantry at the altar of St . Peter . There was a most famous Gild in the town , named the Sfc . Trinity Gild , which hal many of the presentations to these chantries , and

was virtually thp governing bedy in Newark before the town was incorporated . Tt > cre . wns also another powerful Gild called Corpus Christi . Tho visii of the memb > rs to the church was necessarily brief , although most c j iy » ble , and tbey thence hurried to the remains ol the c-ist I - over-hauying tbe ruin , and the scene of so many

historic events . Beyond the underground casemated chamber , with a peculiar roof , ancl 'he deeply-embayed Tudor windows of the ancient dining hall , there was not much to see , and fche fratres presently returned to the Clinton Arms , where they sat down to a substantial

tea , aud at 7 . 30 left the town b y rail for their various homes , having spent a most agreeable and profitable day . The scene of the next quarterly meeting was not absolutely fixed , but it seems prob ihle chat the rendezvous will be Haliiax—of which place it used to be said , " From Hull , Hell , and Halifax , Good Lord deliver us . "

MASONIC LOYALTY . — "Masonry undermines the Ptate ; it is essentially disloyal , " says its enemies . Yefc we find Washington , Jackson , Garfield and other Presidents members of the Fraternity . The Prince of Wales , heir to the Throne of England , is Grand Master . Eminent and humble divines , earnest Christians , are a numerous class among affiliated Masons .

The Masonic Home afc Louisville , Kentucky , is to hare a Garfiald memorial window .