Royal Arch.

Bro . Oscar Katz , Merchant , Piccadilly , Manchester ( Ardwick Lodge , No . 2185 ) was successfully ballotted for and afterwards exalted by Comp . Kershaw . The usual festive board followed , when Loyal and other toasts were honoured . That of the newly-exalted Companion was proposed by Comp . Jacobson , to which Comp . Katz replied , saying

that ho was grateful to them for the very hearty manner in which his name had been received . He had been very much pleased with the ceremony ; it was something entirely new , and he liked it . It would be his constant aim to keep inviolate the secrets which had been entrusted to him . In conclusion he thanked Comp . A . Jacobson Scribe N . for proposing him , and Comp . J . C . Gillman P . P . G . J . Scribe E ., who had seconded the proposition . o o o

Mark Masonry.

MARK MASONRY .

MIDDLESBOROUGH LODGE , No . 276 . ON the 19 th ult ., the annual installation and festival was held in the Freemasons' Hall , Middlesborough , Bro . W . P . Cochrane being installed W . M . at the hands of Bro . T . B . Whytehead P . M . Past Grand Master Overseer of England . After the ceremony dinner was partaken of in the Hall , Bro . J . Watts , of the Royal Exchange Dining Rooms , purveying .

o o o FITZWILLIAM LODGE , No . 277 . ON the 10 th inst ., the Brethren celebrated their annual festival at Freemasons' Hall , Malton , when Bro . W . J . Marshall Asst . P . G . Sec , was installed as W . M ., tho ceremony being ably performed by Bro . T . B . Whytehead P . G . O . Eng . and P . P . G . W N . and E . Yorks . The W . M . afterwards invested the Officers for the year .

The usual banquet was subsequently held at the Talbot Hotel , the W . M . presiding . o o o

DRIFELT LODGE , No . 291 . rpHE installation of Bro . Fras . Greaser , CO ., P . P . G . R . M . took

I place at the Masonic Hall , Driffield , the ceremony being performed by Bro . Colonel R . G . Smith Deputy Prov . Grand Master N . and E . Yorkshire . The Officers were subsequently invested . o o o

BOROUGH OF GREENWICH LODGE , No . 332 . THE installation meeting took place on the 27 th ult ., at the King William the Fourth Hotol , East Greenwich , when Bro . W . H . Burney S . W . was placed in the chair and saluted in due

form . Ho invested his Officers . Bro . Dr . Ralph Gooding , M . D ., P . G . O . England was the Installing Officer , and did the work splendidly , for which he was accorded a hearty vote of thanks , the same to bo inscribed on the minutes of the Lodge .

Bro . Carter was presented with a handsome Past Master's jewel for services rendered to the Lodge , and as a mark of the esteem of the Brethren , and then the Lodge was closed . The banquet was served in the handsome Assembly Room of the establishment in excellent fashion .

The general curiosity has afc last infected the Masonic body , and let to the formation of a Lodge of initiated Masons and distinguished literary men , organised for the express purpose of investigating the arcana of the craft . This Lodge , Quatuor Coronati , has existed now for nearly ten years , and surreptitiously publishes its

Transactions , as becomes a secret society , three times a year . The volume for 1893 is before us as we write . It is handsomely illustrated with engravings and photographs , and full of curious and interesting lore relating to the craft . But none of these writers divulges any more about the Secret of the Freemasons than is

already known to any common unitiated man . A piquant note of interrogation is indeed their keynote . Various charges are given , that of the old Lodge of Dumfries being particularly quaint ; the Tabernacle is exhaustively figured and mystically studied , and the Tau , the tracing board , and various articles of the Masonic costume

aro the subjects of significant but discreet papers . But as for revelations—trust a Freemason 1 It is very interesting , very stimulating , and very unsatisfactory to the curious Gentile , and after

a studious perusal tho mystery of tho Freemasons , we arc assured , remains a mystery still . In these days of indiscretion and democratic curiosity the craft is certainly to be congratulated on havin <* a secret that is so difficult to reveal . —Pall Mall Gazette .

o o o " The Mallet , " in " Glasgow Evening News , " refers to a spherical copper piece , measuring about two and a half inches in diameter and an eighth of an inch thick . On one side is engraved the name and number of a Lodge which was struck off the roll of Grand

Lodge in 1848 . The engraving is Lennox ( J . G . ) Kilwinning , No . 247 Lodge , 1772 . There is on this side also the Square and Compasses and Level . On its converse are crowded a great many Masonic emblems , the all-seeing eye , the sun , moon , and stars ,

and a beautifully formed arch , under which is a figure supposed to represent King Solomon . Our contemporary says it would be interesting to get an explanation of the use and meaning of the token , or to know if any similar engraved piece of last century exists . Can any reader assist ?

The Lodge Was To A Man For The Time Being A Place Where He Could Rest From The Turmoil And The Troubles Of Daily Life, A Place Where He Met 'Peace, Unity, And Comfort, And A Place Where He Was Taught Those Glorious Lessons Of Love To God And Goodwill Towards Men Which Were, Or Ought To Be, The Characteristics Of Every Freemason.

The Lodge was to a man for the time being a place where he could rest from the turmoil and the troubles of daily life , a place where he met ' peace , unity , and comfort , and a place where he was taught those glorious lessons of love to God and goodwill towards men which were , or ought to be , the characteristics of every Freemason .

The Earl of Haddington , Past Grand Master Mason of Scotland , recently opened a three days bazaar in the Freemasons' Hall , George Street , Edinburgh , the object being to clear off a debt of £ 1 , 050 renting on the ball erected by Lodge Trafalgar , No . 223 . In declaring the

sale open , the Earl of Haddington , having stated the objects of the bazaar , and briefly sketched the history of the Trafalgar Lodge , went on to say that he was aware that ladies were ignorant of Masonic subjects , but he was also aware that they had—he would not say

curiosity , but that they thirsted for knowledge . That was a characteristic of the fair sex . They would like him to tell them all about it , but , alas ! he could tell them very little . But he would tell them this much , that Freemasonry was not an institution which men

joined for the purpose of enjoyment , good fellowship or bad fellowship . Founded on the basis of brotherly love , relief , and truth , it inculcated the principles of morality , truth , honour , and virtue , and bound together a brotherhood in the sacred tie of unity by the bands of mutual

charity—charity in the highest acceptation of the word ; and no man who acted up to the principles of Freemasonry , no man who acted up to the vows and obligations which he had undertaken at his initiation , could possibly be a bad citizen , a bad husband , or a bad father

0 0 0 Mrs . J . E . H . Gordon writes to the Gentlewoman : " I have often thought it would be a desirable plan to form a woman ' s ' Freemasonry Union , ' and that certain orders of merit should be granted by a woman ' s Grand

Council to women who have distinguished themselves in any branch of art , science , literature , or who have proved themselves worthy of having a mark of esteem bestowed upon them by their fellow-countrywomen , by

displaying a genius for the organisation of practical charities or schemes of benevolence . "

O O 0 The members of the Manchester Masonic C . C . know how to enjoy themselves , says " Wheeling . " On Good

Friday they were at Ehyl , and next day they were disporting themselves at the pretty little resort Bettwsy-Coed . Secretary Moss reported the roads in grand condition .

o o o A dramatic and musical entertainment in Lostwithiel Churchroom , on the 5 tb inst ., in aid of Masonic charities , was taken part in by Mr . and Mrs . Minards , of

Lanreath , Mr . Albert Collings and Miss Carrie Wood , of Plymouth , Mr . C . E . Milner , A . C . O ., Organist of St . Bartholomew ' s , Lostwithiel , and others . The entertainment was very enjoyable , and thoroughly successful .

o o o A considerable stir has been made , says the " East London Advertiser , " in the Jewish community by an article in the Paris Figaro . The Jew is described as the

parasite of the modern world , whose sole ambition is to enrich himself . His success in France is attributed largely to his hold upon the Freemasons , who are said to have succumbed to Hebrew influence since 1848 . o o o

The " Hull Daily News" understands that Major Smyth , who has been for many years Provincial Grand Master of the Freemasons of Lincolnshire , contemplates an early retirement , and that he will be succeeded by the Earl of Yarborough , who is already the Grand Master of the Mark Masons in that county .

o o o The Leighton Buzzard Masonic Ball , which was given in the Corn Exchange , was an unqualified success , and thoroughly enjoyed by those present .