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All Letters must hear the name an I address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Correspondents . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .

PROVINCE OP YORKSHIRE ( N . and E . )—GIRLS SCHOOL .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND B ROTHER , —Will yon kindly favour me by insertin ™ in your next issue a more complete list of tbe contributions from th ? s Province , to the above Festival , than the one published in your

paper on Satnrday last . I ask this favour as I am anxious that every brother who has served as Steward , and contributed his mite , and also the Lodges , & c . contributing to render the result so satisfactory , shall have every credit to which they are entitled , for their generous exertions .

Yours very fraternally , J . S . CUMBERLAND , P . PJ . G . W . Prov . Charity Eepresentative . PROVINCE OF N . AND E . Y ORKSHIRE . Stewards— £ a d The Rt . Hon . the Earl of Zetland R . W . Prov . G . M . " )

J . W . Woodall P . P . S . G . W f « , q 0 J . S . Cumberland P . PJ . G . W . - - - C C . Palliser P . P . G . Sup . Wks . - - ¦ J Humber Lodge , No . 57 , Steward , J . Walton J . W . - 63 0 0 Minerva Lodge , No . 250 , Steward , Dr . W . Holder W . M . 57 15 0 Kingston Lodge , No . 1010 , Stewards , George Bolen P . P . G . R ., Hy . Hogan , and W . Forder - - - 58 16 0 Total ... - £ 520 0 0 31 St . Paul ' s-square , York , 16 th May 1882 .

TRADING ON MASONRY .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I have read " Q . 's" letter on this subject in your last week ' s issue . Like him and the rest of yonr readers , I am well aware that all who seek admission into the ranks of the Fraternity are presumed to do so without ulterior motives . Yet it strikes me , and will doubtless strike others , that the brother , who ,

as " Q . " describes , exhibits in his shop window his Grand Lodge certificate with a view to attracting custom , whatever may have been his original motive in joining the Craft , has no objection whatever to make the best of his connection . In other words , and to use the familiar phrase which served as tho title to " Q . ' s " letter , ho has no objection to "trading upon Freemasonry . " Now , far be it from me

to suggest that those brethren whom Bro . " Q . has specified shonld not enjoy full liberty to advertise , in a legitimate way , those Masonic goods , to the manufacture and sale of which they devote their time , energy , and capital . Indeed , if they omitted doing so , most of us would say they wero overlooking , to their own disadvantage , a most important part of what is , nowadays , the recognised system of

conducting business . Like Q ., however , I feel certain that no loyal brother would dream for one moment of adopting a practice so reprehensible as that which ho has described . Masonic emblems on shop fronts are bad enough , but Grand Lodgo certificates in the window are ten thousand times worse . Trusting some efforts will bo made by tho Craft to discountenance this unworthy practice , I subscribe myself , Fraternally and 1 ' aithfnlly yours , A . E . G .

" HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUII . "

To the Editor of the FREEMASON s CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , — On readiug a fetter in your isam- ; of tho week before last , headed " A Littlo Help ; " in which out of twelve subscribers only fivo had done anything for any ono of the Institutions , while out of the twelve no less than ten were Grand or Prov . Grand Officers , Past or Present , I could not help thinking how

many brethren who have liberally subscribed to one or moro of tbe Institutions have been passed over—as regards receiving acknowledgment of their services—for those who have done nothing on their behalf . I conld not help remarking this cirenmstance to several brethren , who replied that the Grand Lodge of Freemasons aud the different Institutions connected with the Craft were considered to be entirely distinct . That is to say , the head has nothing

to do with the body or limbs appertaining thereto . Now , Sir , I venture to say—taking for granted such to be the case—it is a most unnatural and impolitic aspect to view the matter from . One miy-ht as well take away the walls of a cathedral , and expect the steeples or towers to support themselves , because they tower above , and are more conspicuous than the walls . I cannot but think that those who , by their liberality aud energy , prove theuwolverj the main support of Freemuuoiiry should bo rewarded accordingly . For iusUuuo ; selec-

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tions for Grand Officers might be made from the Yice-Patrons aud Vice-Presidents ; while for Prov . Grand honours , Life Governors should be admitted to the privileges in lien of those who do nothing to uphold the Society to which they have been admitted . It cannot be urged want of means prevents them from subscribing , because

these honours cause extra expense , more or less ; it simply means they love the trappings , yet do nothing to deserve them . I venture to think , Sir , that some such criterion of merit would assist our In . stitutions in a very marked degree , and also serve as a reward to those brethren who have so generously supported the various Insti . tutious . Yours fraternally , 609 .

ORIGIN OF THE ROYAL ARCH .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I am delig hted ' beyond measure at seeing in your columns another letter from the vigorous pen of our worth y Bro . Norton . Whatever he writes , he writes well , and if he deals out lusty blows occasionally , we may be sure that , in his heart of heart , he has no wish to harm any one . His last contribution to Masouic

History is a most interesting one , and though , in common with your , self , I hesitate to accept his conclusions as to the Caledonian Chapter , there cannot possibly be the least doubt in tbe world that , as far as theory goes , he has succeeded in establishing a very fair case . That there was a " Caledonian Chapter " is clear enough , but it does not appear to me to be equally clear that the " Moderns" got their Royal

Arch from it , either direotly or indirectly . It is likewise a mystery , and must for the present remain such , aa to whether the Caledonian Chapter had anything to do with the Caledonian Lodge , to which Bro Norton referred as having been established by the "Ancients , " in April 1763 , and as having a short time afterwards gone over to the " Moderns , " and been by them reconstituted in November 1764 . It

the more surprises me that Bro . Norton should have jumped to this conclusion without something more tangible on which to rest hia opinion . From his other writings , and from the personal conversa . tions I have had with him , I know him to be a great stickler for evi . dence in black and white , and in this case he does not seem to have found it . Still , as I have said , his letter is a most valuable one , both from -what he states and what he suggests . Fraternally yours , "Q . "

On Tuesday evening , the Annual Festival of the Samaritan Free Hospital took place at Willis's Rooms , under the presidency of his Grace the Duke of St . Albans P . G . M . Nottinghamshire , who was snpported by Lord Belper , Mr . R . B . Wade ( the Treasurer ) , Miss Rowley , Captain and Madame O'Cana , Mr . R . Elkington , Lord Leigh P . G . M . Warwickshire President of the Institution , Mr . C . Seely ,

M . P ., the Hon . E . Leigh , Q . C ., Sir T . Chambers , Q . C ., M . P ., Recorder , aud Miss Chambers , Major General Turner , Lady Forbes , Dr . Henry Savage , Sir J . H . J . and Lady Johnson , Mrs . B . H . Wyatt , Mrs , Scudamore , Miss Johnston , Mr . F . W . Brett , and Mr . G . Scudamore Secretary , and others . In giving the toast of the evening , " Prosperity to the Samaritan Free Hospital , " the Chairman said the hos .

pital was established in the year 1847 in a small room at a rental of five shillings a week . In 1849 a small house was taken in Orchardstreet , Portman-square . Further accommodation was needed , and the institution was removed to its present site in Lower Seymourstreet . In 1874 Dorset House was taken and opened as a branch of the Hospital , and now it had become absolutely necessary to make

further provision for the reception of a still larger number of patients ; A glance at the pages of the report showed that in seventeen years there had been admitted as in-patients 4 , 890 women and 634 children , making a total of 5 , 524 , with only 172 deaths , or less than 5 per cent . ; and in the out-patients' department 89 , 567 women , and in ten years 10 , 541 children , making a total of in and out-patients of

109 , 522 . About £ 5 , 000 a year was needed to sustain the Institution and its branch , of which only £ 1 , 300 was obtained by annual subscriptions , the rest having to be raised in donations and legacies . In order not to touch the very small reserve fund , the Committee last year were obliged to borrow £ 700 , and His Grace added that he felt sure that when the pressing needs of the Institution were known , it

would not be allowed to suffer for want of funds . He therefore earnestly appealed to their generosity for liberal support . The other toasts were " Tho Chairman , " "Tho Medical Staff , " - ' The Visitors , aud " The Ladies . " Tho Secretary annonnced tho receipt of subscriptions aud donations to tho amount of £ 1 , 258 . A capital selection of music was givon duriug the evening by Miss J . Wells , Miss &• Headley , Miss H . Heath , Mr . Coatos , and Mr . VVynn . Mr . Harker

Hor . MTV . ir ' s Prtts . —The chief wonder of modern times—This tncompa able Medicine increases the appetite , strengthens the stomach , clca" ^ iu . liver , corrects biliousness and prevents flatulency ! it purifies the systci , vi"orates the ncrvcB , and reinstates sound health . The enormous demam these Pills throughout the globe might cause astonishment wove it not' * „ . that a single trial convinces the moat sceptical that no medicine < "t ™ ' ^ t t ti way ' s Pills in its ability to lessen or remove all complaints mciuenuu ' » _ human race . They are a blessing to tho afflicted , and a boon to an . J « H , tication of tho blood , removal of all restraints from the secretive ° } P <" ' ' ' , „ "ontle aperient action , aro the prolific sources of the extensive cuniuvi . of Hollowny ' s I'ills .

was toastmastcr . At the Elephant and Castlo Theatre , ' on the 15 th instant , the Proprietor , Bro . Geo . Parkes , was presented with a life-Hko portrait , in oil colours , by a few friends , in appreciation of the respect thoy entertain for him . The presentation was made by Bro . ^ Wnliam Holland . Some well-written lines were delivered by Mr F . Shepherd . Among those present were Bros . Dr . J . Pope , T . Butt , Holmes , Harry TJlph , W . Mitchell , Collins , Evans , H . M . Levy , & c .