Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Correspondents . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications . AH Letters must bear the name and address 0 / tfie TFnfer , « oi necessarily for publication-, but as a guarantee of good faith .

UNWOKTHY CONDUCT . To the Editor of THE FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Your Correspondent M . F . C . is not at all singular in his ideas respecting " the powers thafc be" in his Mother Lodgo . To begin with , tho Treasurer has no business to receive the fees or contributions from the members ; the Secretary should receive them , and hand over to the Treasurer tho amount that

belongs to the Lodge , and to the Master the amounts thafc belong to the Grand Lodge and Provincial Grand Lodge . The Treasurer should be compelled to open a separate banking account for the Lodge , and if he does nofc comply , he should bo pre . pared afc every meeting of tho Lodge to SLOAV the state of account and the balance , afc the request of any member ; bufc where is tho

W . M . and tho Finance Committee thafc tliis Brother should do just as he likes ? and as to " paying his quarterages ont of the funds of the Lodge , " it is simply suicidal ; for , although he may noAV be iu affluent circumstances , the adverse time may come ; then , Avhoro will be be ? A Lodge with a hundred members ought to disburse in Charity one hundred pounds per annum , and then have a respectable balance .

There should bo an Almoner in the Lodge , to whom distressed brethren should appl y for relief , and this Officer should bo supplied Avith funds by the Treasurer . As to attending banquet at the expense of the Lodge , ifc is really dishonest ; as no Brother but a Secretary can claim thafc privilege , " his services beinsr eauivalenfc . "

Cannot M . F . C . give us extracts from the by-laws of his Lodge , Avhero the duties of Officers are stated ? A little more light on this Subject perhaps would cure the Treasurer of bis hysteria . Faithfully and fraternally yours , I . P . W ., P . M ., & c .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —In respect of the case mentioned by " M . F . C ., " I Avould ask thafc worthy brother , Who is to blame that so undesirable a person should occupy the position of Treasurer of his Lodge but the Lodge itself , of Avhich he is a member , and in Avhoso grave delinquency ho has au undoubted share ? If the Lodge goes on

year after year electing this member to so important an office , if it voluntarily thrusts the wrong man into the Avrong place , then I say it has only itself to blame if it finds the conduct of its finances is unsatisfactory . Of course , 1 know nothing of this case beyond Avbat I have gathered from " M . F . C . 's " letter , but it strikes me he would havo acted iua more manly and Masonic manner had he boldly opposed

in open Lodge the re-election of this brother . I can well understand that his single voice might bo of no avail , but I shonld think that under the circumstances as described there must ; be others equally opposed to this brother remaining iu office , and therefore ifc onght not to be a matter of serious difficulty to get rid of him . It only needs someone to "bell tho cat , " and a brother who has mustered up

courage to write to you , Sir , for tho purpose of enlisting yonr sympathy and thafc of yonr readers , might , I think , screw his courage to the sticking point , and move that another brother be elected Treasurer . Thero is an old proverb that " God helps those who help themselves , " and " M . F . C . " -will find this holds good in the

present instance , if he will make the necessary effort . It is absurd to suppose that a Lodge numbering some hundred members is obliged to retain an objectionable Treasurer in office , whethar he is in the habit of going off occasionally into violent passions or hysterics , or not . Yonrs fraternally , BETA .

Meeting Of The Lodge Of Benevolence

MEETING OF THE LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE

rlAliE regular meeting of the Lodge of Benevolence was held on -1- Wednesday evening , afc Freemasons' Hall , Avhen tho list of applications for relief was much smaller than nsual . Bro . Joshua Nunn presided , and the Senior and Junior Vice-Presidents' chairs wero occupied respectively by Bros . James Brett and Eleazer P . Albert . There Avere bufc few brethren Avho attended , but among them were Bros . S . Rawson , S . Poynter , Griffiths Smith , C . F . Hogard , C . P . Cobham , H . Bartlett , W . Hopekirk , Charles Atkins ,

J . T . Miller , E . C . Massey , James Kew , C . W . Smith , W . H . Coheu , J . J . Unite , J . Diprose jun ., Hugh Cotter , John Mason , Edward Terry , William Russell , H . C . Levander , John Hervey Grand Secretary , H . G . Buss Assistant Grand Sec , Joseph Smith , W . Dodd , aud G . P . Britten . Four cases Avere deferred , and the remaining fourteen were relieved with £ 295 , the highest grant being £ 50 , and the lowest £ 10 .

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Frederick Lodge Of Unity, No. 452.

FREDERICK LODGE OF UNITY , No . 452 .

T ; UE installation meeting of this excellent Lodgo was held , at the Greyhound Hotel , Croydon , on Tuesday , tho 18 th inst . The chair was punctually taken by Bro . A . T . Jeffery W . M ., and thero wore present Bros . Georgo Wright S . W ., Chas . H . Edmands J . W ., Jas . Bobins P . M . Treasurer , Magnus Ohren P . M . Secretary , Charles Pawley S . D ., E . H . Sugg J . D . and Organist , J . W . Sugg P . M . D . C , F . A . Manning I . G ., a stroivac muster of tbe members , aud tho following P . M . ' s of the

Lodgo and Visitors , namely . —P . M . 's C . W . Dommett , E . H . Evans , W . S . Masterman and Wm . Sngg ; Visitors—E . P . Albert P . G . P ., W . W . Morgan 211 , Jas . Bobbins P . M . 231 , W . H . Buswell J . D . 1339 , J . M . Collins 1601 , C . H . Woodward 4 ( 33 , A . W . Williams W . M . 875 , llev C . W . Arnold P . G . C . and D . P . G . M . Surrey , F . H . Wilson lies P . G . S . Herts , T . H . Boulton 890 , H . Massey P . M . 619 . The Lodge was opened

Avith the usnal formalities , and the minntes of the last meeting having been confirmed , Bro . Magnus Ohren proposed , a motion to the effect ; thafc a sum of ten guineas bo paid out of the Lodge funds to tho widow of a deceased brother , who at the time of his death was a subscribing member of tho Lodge . The W . M . seconded tho proposal , and it Avas carried nem con ; and it Avas also arranged

thafc the Lodge should support the candidature for tho Boys ' School of one of the deceased ' s sons . Tho Eeporfc of the Special Committee having been read aud unanimously adopted , tho business of installing tho new Master was afc once entered upon . The ceremony of installation was entrusted to Bro . J . W . Sugg P . M ., and a Board of Installed Masters having been formed , Bro . Sugg proceeded to

induct Bro . Chas . H . Edmands into the chair of K . S . in accordance with ancient usage , and this task he fulfilled most admirably . The W . M . then received tho usual salutations from the brethren , and Bro . Jas . Bobins having been invested as Treasurer , Bro . Edmands appointed and invested the following brethren as his Officers for the ensuing year , namely—Bros . Charles Pawley S . W ., Edwin H . Sugg

J . W . and Organist , A . T . Jeffery I . P . M ., Magnus Ohren P . M . Secretary , F . A . Manning S . D ., Eogers J . D ., John Mothven I . G ., and Chas . M . Ohren and D . W . Sugg Stewards . Bro . G . T . Speight having been re-elected and invested as Tyler , Bro . J . W . Sugg P . M . rose and proposed , and Bro . Jas . Kobins seconded , that a Past Master ' s jewel be presented to Bro . A . T . Jeffery , as a slight token of respect from

the members for his services as W . Master . Tho jewel having been presented and appropriately acknowledged , the remaining business Avas disposed of , nnd the Lodge closed in the usual manner . The brethren adjourned to banquet , Avhich was capitally served by mine hosfc of the Greyhound , and on the removal of the cloth , the cus - fcomary series of toasts was given from the chair . After the Queen and

tho Craft , and tho Princo of Wales M . W . G . M ., Avhich Avere duly honoured , followed that of theProG . M ., Dep . G . M ., aud the other Grand Officers present and past , and tho name of Bro . E . P . Albert being associated Avith it , that brother briefly , and in suitable terms ackuowledged it . Tho W . M . then proposed the health ot the Prov . G . Master and his Officers , and , in doing so , expressed tho pleasure ifc

afforded him to be able to associate with this toast the name of Bro . Eev . C . W . Arnold , the Depnty G . Master of the Province , whom ifc had been his good fortune to meet ou previous occasions at the Masonic banquet table , thongh it had never occurred to him that it would be his lot to havo him seated , as he Avas that evening , at his right hand . He spoke of Bro . Arnold ' s admirable qualities , and also

laid great stress on tho impression his sermon , on the occasion of the Provincial Grand Lodge meeting , had made upon his mind . The Eev . C . W . Arnold , iu reply , acknowledged most cordially tho very eulogistic terms in which the toast had been proposed , aud the handsome reception accorded it . Since his appointment in 1877 to the office of Depnty G . Master of tho Province , he had

laboured , to the best of his ability , to make minself acquainted with its Lodges , and he had been able to visit all of them but three , and in the case of one of these he had been unable to discover its place of meeting . He Avas especially pleased at finding himself present in the Frederick Lodgo of Unity , for be Avas Avell acquainted with the earnest zeal of its members , and tho admirable

manner in which they fulfilled their duties . Indeed , nothing had so mnch struck him as the ablo aud impressive manner in which tho ceremony of Installation had been rendered that evening by Bro . J . W . Sugg . Bro . WoodAvard replied ou behalf of tho Provincial Grand Officers , and after mentioning that Provincial Grand Lodge would meet on the 10 th July , ab Dorking , said that when he came

into the Province there were but seven Lodges , and now there wero eighteen , so that thoso who were anxious to obtain Provincial honours must look out and exert themselves , as the Provincial Grand Master only honoured those with office who were Avortby . Bro . J . Walter Sngg proposed the toast of tho W . M ., aud in acknowledging ifc Bro . Edmands expressed his regret thafc ho

had not been longer a Mason , as had ho beeu such , he believed ho would have been a better man . Years ago it had been his custom to revile Masonry , bnt since ho had joined tbe Brotherhood , he had become a Aviser , and he trusted a more profitable member of society . Bro . J . W . Sugg very happily responded to the toast ot the Installing Master , and Bros . Dr . Wilson lies , A . W . Williams , and T . H . Boulton

replied for the Visitors . Bro . W . Sugg , in acknowledging the toast of the Past Masters , expressed his regret at the absence of lire . Jeffery I . P . M ., on whom ordinarily the duty of returning thanks for this coast devolves , and especially at the cause which compelled i . iin to be absent , while Bros . Jas . Eobins , Magnus Ohren , and Charles Pawley responded for tho toasts of the " Treasurer aud Secretary , " and the " Officers " respectively . The Tyler's toast concluded the list . In tho

intervals betAveen tbe toasts , several ot tho brethren , among whom must bo mentioned Bros . Magnus Ohren , C . M . Ohren , W . Sugg , E . VV . Sugg , the W . Master , and Masterman , sang a variety of choice suugs , to the evident delight of all present . Thus ended a most agreeable meeting , and one at which it would be difficult to say , whether tho excellence of the working , the harmony existent among tho members , or tho pleasure of tho Visiters , was tho most noticeable feature .