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THE FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT QUEEN STREET . LONDON "W . C . The admirable ancl unrivalled accommodation provided at this Establishment lor ZMIA . SO : r > riC BA 1 TQTJETS , PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DINNERS , WEDDING BREAKFASTS , BALLS , Ac . Is too well known to need comment . The entire management haa been changed , and the Establishment in all its branches thoroughly cu-orytuiUed . The attention of the Masonic Body Is directed to the many advantages offered . CUISIJSTJK OF THK IiIGHH : * ffiST CHABACTEE . WINES PERFECT IN CONDITION AND QUAIiITV . N . B .-DINNERS PROVIDED FROM 3 / -. RESTAURANT , WINE , SMOKING & RETIR KG ROOMS . Tho fullest measure of public confidence and support ensured . ALFRED BEST , PROPRIETOR .
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SAWYER'S ( LATE STATION ) RESTAURANT , 5 RAILWAY PLACE , FENCHUHCH STREET , E . C . ENGLISH , FRENCH d- GERMAN CUISINE . Hot arid Cold Luncheons on the G-rcmnd ITloor ; This Room will accommodate 100 persons . CHOPS , STEAKS , & c , FROM THE GRILL ; The Grill Room trill scat 150 poi-sons . REID'S TREBLE STOUT . WORTHINCTON'S ALES , BERLIN TIVOLI B K IG R . TEA AND COFFEE ALWAYS READY . CHAMPAGNES OP THE BEST BRANDS . OLD BOTTLED PORTS . SHERRIES AND OTHER WINES OF THE BEST QUALITY . Bro . F . J . SAWYER , Proprietor . Late of Pimm ' s , arrd the Crystal Palace .
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nillllPnA FROM THE JOINT from TWKLVE to THREK o ' clock . III TO Sir H \ clrOTS an ( l STRAKS from tho GRILL till FIVE o ' clock . MlilBolil & V T . M . UDWKC . t ,, Hercules Tavern , Lcadcnhall-st ., City , E . C .
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VITRUVIAN LODGE , No . 87 . BRO . ISAAC , who lias for somo time past provided for tlio requirements of this Lodge , be ;_; s to announce th-it he has obtained permission for the removal of his license to the Belvedere-road , and that ho is about to erect commodious premises there . These will comprise . A . SIP . A . CIOTTS JS / nA-SOJSTXC H-A-UX ,. "WITH JXTI ; rrooirs , I .. VUGK RANQUETTING HALT ,, Together with every convenience for Masonic gatherings . Applications from Secretaries and others for accommodation to ho addressed G . ISAAC , "WHITE HART , " Cot . ir . ai ; STREET , LAMBETH , Loiroojr , S . E .
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Prico 2 s , Crown Svo , stiff paper covers ; 2 s Gd cloth lettered . WILL BE READY EARLY IN SEPTEMBER , Wivmlty £ < f % Umnu ptmtf miti M & SXVMM , mnriuciKG THE CORRESPONDENCE UNDER THE RESPECTIVE HEADINGS OP PAST MASTERS AS PKECEPTOBS , UNIFORMITY OF "WORKING , and "WHICH IS CORRECT ? With extracts from the Masonic Publications ami MSS . letters of distinguished Masons , and other interesting Masonic information . By BRO . JAMES STEVENS P . M . P . Z ., & c . Subscribers' names may bo forwarded to Bro . JAMES diEVEirs , Clapham , S . W or to the Publisher , Bro . W . AV . MOKGAS , < 57 Barbican , London , E . O .
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LONDON MASONIC CHARITY ASSOCIATION . OCTOBER ELECTIONS , 1879 . The Committee have selected the following Candidates , and rennet , rim votes of tho Lonrlon Brethren on thoir behalf :- r < . qru ..-D me BOYS . GIRLS . iVo * l » J \ 7 r ? Sy « No ' - c - A - -Fellows " * i w i * r w T a ^ -. 27 . M . A . A . Wvatt „ 1 (> . W . H . Brizlcy „ \ -, . A . M . Dawson " " ¦ A - A - ? „ 8 . ... S . H . Priestley . ' ' I' i- I * I rost " ' - > . E . E . Williams » ( , ° - ' ^ - Johnson „ \ 'j . , j . j [ . Harvey . Proxies to be sent to Bro . A . TISLKV , Hon . Secretary L . M . C . A ., 1 Clifford ' s Inn , Fleet-street , London , E . C .
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Published monthly . Demy Svo , Price fid . HPHE CHESS PLAYER'S CHRONICLE . A List of Hare and Interesting Works on Chess , Cards , & c . can " be had on application to W . W . MORGAN , G 7 Barbican , E . C . Any Modern Works ( American or Coutiueatal ) procured nt short notice .
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CT JI WWWWWW ^ 67 BARBICAN . E . C .
French Masons.
FRENCH MASONS .
SUPREME COUNCIL OF A . A . SCOTTISH RITE .
[ COMMUNICATED . ] IT is much to be regretted that tho dissensions that occurred four months ago -within the Symbolic Lodges working under tho jurisdiction of the Supremo Council hero are far from being adjusted ; and that the conflict between the authorities of that rito and some of its subordinate Lodges threatens rather to tako tho proportions of a revolutionary movement than any thing else . Tho question at
issue is , no less than that of a complete reform of the fundamental basis upon which the government of the rito now rests , and by which it has been able , hitherto , to live . It is true that question has been raised by only sixteen Lodges out of somo soventy-nino or eighty that aro under the sway of the Supreme Council . But it remains to be seen how far tho cry raised
for an autonomous Grand Lodge , independent of tho Supreme Council of tho 33 * degree , is effectively or morally supported by the other Lodges that have up to this moment , for motives of their own , remained either neutral or silent ; also , how could tho authorities of that body possibly comply with such a demand , in the event of its
becoming unanimous or that of a majority , without upsetting their own principles , weakening their own authority , disorganising tho whole fabric , and eventually to remain with a namo and wondrous title as vain nnd heterogenous to somo as perhaps it would seem already unnecessary and objectionable even to many of their own brethren .
It was in the year 1871 that the General Assembly of the Grand Orient abolished the Grand Mastership . It did so with alacrity , and wisely too ; not so much , nsit might have been thought , against tho institution of tho Office itself , for tho latter had then very little of the pageant-like loft to it , but for obvious and very sound motives bearing upon the independence of tho Order . French Masonry had ,
in 1862 , been shamed and mortified , as it wero , by tho Emperor Napoleon III . stepping profanely into the mystic Temple , and ordering , by a decree of his , tho French Masons to accept as Grand Master ono of his Marshals , who like himself was a profane . Tho mortification no doubt was great , and , besides , thero was no other alternative than to submit passively to it . So thoy did , but they seized upon tho first
opportunity that presented itself at tho Grand Orient , to abolish altogether the Office of Grand Master , leaving tho functions of the latter to bo exorcised by a Council of tho Order , or virtually by a president . This Board was at that time , as it is now , composed of 33 members , elected by the Lodges at their general assembly . A
democratic spectacle in Masonic management was then given to the fraternity , viz : —A Grand Master descending from his throne to occupy the simple chair that was expressely vacated for him by tho fraternal courtesy of our ranch esteemed Brother do Saint Jean , then , as now the President of tho Council of the Order .
Bnt the other French power , called the Supreme Council of the 33 ° of the A . and A . Scottish Eite for Franco and its dependencies , though then affected by the same Imperial decree , instituted no reform , underwent no change ; and is now under the Grand Mastership of the illustrious Brother Cremienx S . G . C . of the Sup . Council , just as it was , in 1862 , under that of tho academician Bro . Viennet .
Thero are between that Power and tho Grand Orient two great characteristic peculiarities that distinguish the ono from the other as Masonic organisations , and most strikingly too . In the former , all authority or power , administrative or executive , is vested in a Supreme Council of the 33 ° , self-elected , of course , as Supreme Councils
generally are . While , in the latter , the General Assembly of all the Lodges is the Supreme power , whence the executive authority of the Council of the Order comes ; for tho members of that Council aro the elected delegates or representatives of that Assembly , to act for it when not iu session .
The first gives pre-eminence to tho so-called Hants Grades , and exclusively loaves to thorn the management of all tho rite ( Symbolic , Capitular and Cryptic Degrees bound together ) in a hierarchical manner . Whereas the second ignores altogether snch preeminence and hierarchy , and , like tho United Grand Lodgo of England and all
other Grand Lodges in the Masonic world , altogether confines tho whole administrative and legislative power of the Craft to Symbolic Masonry ; that is to say—to the mass of tho Lodges working the three first Degrees ; and that qui to independently from auy other whatsoever .
Ihcso explanations might be considered necessary for the information of thoso of our English brethren who aro not conversant with the constitutional organisation of those two French Masonic bodies , and who , judging from their own , might bo led to believe it an
erroneous anomaly to ascribe to any Supreme Council whatever the management of the affairs of Blue Masonry , and to have it placed under tho sway of the S . G . Principal of tho thirty-third degree . Theso organic peculiarities being made plain to all , it will not therefore seem very hard to understand the difficulty of the situa-
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THE FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT QUEEN STREET . LONDON "W . C . The admirable ancl unrivalled accommodation provided at this Establishment lor ZMIA . SO : r > riC BA 1 TQTJETS , PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DINNERS , WEDDING BREAKFASTS , BALLS , Ac . Is too well known to need comment . The entire management haa been changed , and the Establishment in all its branches thoroughly cu-orytuiUed . The attention of the Masonic Body Is directed to the many advantages offered . CUISIJSTJK OF THK IiIGHH : * ffiST CHABACTEE . WINES PERFECT IN CONDITION AND QUAIiITV . N . B .-DINNERS PROVIDED FROM 3 / -. RESTAURANT , WINE , SMOKING & RETIR KG ROOMS . Tho fullest measure of public confidence and support ensured . ALFRED BEST , PROPRIETOR .
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SAWYER'S ( LATE STATION ) RESTAURANT , 5 RAILWAY PLACE , FENCHUHCH STREET , E . C . ENGLISH , FRENCH d- GERMAN CUISINE . Hot arid Cold Luncheons on the G-rcmnd ITloor ; This Room will accommodate 100 persons . CHOPS , STEAKS , & c , FROM THE GRILL ; The Grill Room trill scat 150 poi-sons . REID'S TREBLE STOUT . WORTHINCTON'S ALES , BERLIN TIVOLI B K IG R . TEA AND COFFEE ALWAYS READY . CHAMPAGNES OP THE BEST BRANDS . OLD BOTTLED PORTS . SHERRIES AND OTHER WINES OF THE BEST QUALITY . Bro . F . J . SAWYER , Proprietor . Late of Pimm ' s , arrd the Crystal Palace .
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nillllPnA FROM THE JOINT from TWKLVE to THREK o ' clock . III TO Sir H \ clrOTS an ( l STRAKS from tho GRILL till FIVE o ' clock . MlilBolil & V T . M . UDWKC . t ,, Hercules Tavern , Lcadcnhall-st ., City , E . C .
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VITRUVIAN LODGE , No . 87 . BRO . ISAAC , who lias for somo time past provided for tlio requirements of this Lodge , be ;_; s to announce th-it he has obtained permission for the removal of his license to the Belvedere-road , and that ho is about to erect commodious premises there . These will comprise . A . SIP . A . CIOTTS JS / nA-SOJSTXC H-A-UX ,. "WITH JXTI ; rrooirs , I .. VUGK RANQUETTING HALT ,, Together with every convenience for Masonic gatherings . Applications from Secretaries and others for accommodation to ho addressed G . ISAAC , "WHITE HART , " Cot . ir . ai ; STREET , LAMBETH , Loiroojr , S . E .
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Prico 2 s , Crown Svo , stiff paper covers ; 2 s Gd cloth lettered . WILL BE READY EARLY IN SEPTEMBER , Wivmlty £ < f % Umnu ptmtf miti M & SXVMM , mnriuciKG THE CORRESPONDENCE UNDER THE RESPECTIVE HEADINGS OP PAST MASTERS AS PKECEPTOBS , UNIFORMITY OF "WORKING , and "WHICH IS CORRECT ? With extracts from the Masonic Publications ami MSS . letters of distinguished Masons , and other interesting Masonic information . By BRO . JAMES STEVENS P . M . P . Z ., & c . Subscribers' names may bo forwarded to Bro . JAMES diEVEirs , Clapham , S . W or to the Publisher , Bro . W . AV . MOKGAS , < 57 Barbican , London , E . O .
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LONDON MASONIC CHARITY ASSOCIATION . OCTOBER ELECTIONS , 1879 . The Committee have selected the following Candidates , and rennet , rim votes of tho Lonrlon Brethren on thoir behalf :- r < . qru ..-D me BOYS . GIRLS . iVo * l » J \ 7 r ? Sy « No ' - c - A - -Fellows " * i w i * r w T a ^ -. 27 . M . A . A . Wvatt „ 1 (> . W . H . Brizlcy „ \ -, . A . M . Dawson " " ¦ A - A - ? „ 8 . ... S . H . Priestley . ' ' I' i- I * I rost " ' - > . E . E . Williams » ( , ° - ' ^ - Johnson „ \ 'j . , j . j [ . Harvey . Proxies to be sent to Bro . A . TISLKV , Hon . Secretary L . M . C . A ., 1 Clifford ' s Inn , Fleet-street , London , E . C .
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Published monthly . Demy Svo , Price fid . HPHE CHESS PLAYER'S CHRONICLE . A List of Hare and Interesting Works on Chess , Cards , & c . can " be had on application to W . W . MORGAN , G 7 Barbican , E . C . Any Modern Works ( American or Coutiueatal ) procured nt short notice .
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CT JI WWWWWW ^ 67 BARBICAN . E . C .
French Masons.
FRENCH MASONS .
SUPREME COUNCIL OF A . A . SCOTTISH RITE .
[ COMMUNICATED . ] IT is much to be regretted that tho dissensions that occurred four months ago -within the Symbolic Lodges working under tho jurisdiction of the Supremo Council hero are far from being adjusted ; and that the conflict between the authorities of that rito and some of its subordinate Lodges threatens rather to tako tho proportions of a revolutionary movement than any thing else . Tho question at
issue is , no less than that of a complete reform of the fundamental basis upon which the government of the rito now rests , and by which it has been able , hitherto , to live . It is true that question has been raised by only sixteen Lodges out of somo soventy-nino or eighty that aro under the sway of the Supreme Council . But it remains to be seen how far tho cry raised
for an autonomous Grand Lodge , independent of tho Supreme Council of tho 33 * degree , is effectively or morally supported by the other Lodges that have up to this moment , for motives of their own , remained either neutral or silent ; also , how could tho authorities of that body possibly comply with such a demand , in the event of its
becoming unanimous or that of a majority , without upsetting their own principles , weakening their own authority , disorganising tho whole fabric , and eventually to remain with a namo and wondrous title as vain nnd heterogenous to somo as perhaps it would seem already unnecessary and objectionable even to many of their own brethren .
It was in the year 1871 that the General Assembly of the Grand Orient abolished the Grand Mastership . It did so with alacrity , and wisely too ; not so much , nsit might have been thought , against tho institution of tho Office itself , for tho latter had then very little of the pageant-like loft to it , but for obvious and very sound motives bearing upon the independence of tho Order . French Masonry had ,
in 1862 , been shamed and mortified , as it wero , by tho Emperor Napoleon III . stepping profanely into the mystic Temple , and ordering , by a decree of his , tho French Masons to accept as Grand Master ono of his Marshals , who like himself was a profane . Tho mortification no doubt was great , and , besides , thero was no other alternative than to submit passively to it . So thoy did , but they seized upon tho first
opportunity that presented itself at tho Grand Orient , to abolish altogether the Office of Grand Master , leaving tho functions of the latter to bo exorcised by a Council of tho Order , or virtually by a president . This Board was at that time , as it is now , composed of 33 members , elected by the Lodges at their general assembly . A
democratic spectacle in Masonic management was then given to the fraternity , viz : —A Grand Master descending from his throne to occupy the simple chair that was expressely vacated for him by tho fraternal courtesy of our ranch esteemed Brother do Saint Jean , then , as now the President of tho Council of the Order .
Bnt the other French power , called the Supreme Council of the 33 ° of the A . and A . Scottish Eite for Franco and its dependencies , though then affected by the same Imperial decree , instituted no reform , underwent no change ; and is now under the Grand Mastership of the illustrious Brother Cremienx S . G . C . of the Sup . Council , just as it was , in 1862 , under that of tho academician Bro . Viennet .
Thero are between that Power and tho Grand Orient two great characteristic peculiarities that distinguish the ono from the other as Masonic organisations , and most strikingly too . In the former , all authority or power , administrative or executive , is vested in a Supreme Council of the 33 ° , self-elected , of course , as Supreme Councils
generally are . While , in the latter , the General Assembly of all the Lodges is the Supreme power , whence the executive authority of the Council of the Order comes ; for tho members of that Council aro the elected delegates or representatives of that Assembly , to act for it when not iu session .
The first gives pre-eminence to tho so-called Hants Grades , and exclusively loaves to thorn the management of all tho rite ( Symbolic , Capitular and Cryptic Degrees bound together ) in a hierarchical manner . Whereas the second ignores altogether snch preeminence and hierarchy , and , like tho United Grand Lodgo of England and all
other Grand Lodges in the Masonic world , altogether confines tho whole administrative and legislative power of the Craft to Symbolic Masonry ; that is to say—to the mass of tho Lodges working the three first Degrees ; and that qui to independently from auy other whatsoever .
Ihcso explanations might be considered necessary for the information of thoso of our English brethren who aro not conversant with the constitutional organisation of those two French Masonic bodies , and who , judging from their own , might bo led to believe it an
erroneous anomaly to ascribe to any Supreme Council whatever the management of the affairs of Blue Masonry , and to have it placed under tho sway of the S . G . Principal of tho thirty-third degree . Theso organic peculiarities being made plain to all , it will not therefore seem very hard to understand the difficulty of the situa-