Impostors In Freemasonry.

contemporary— ' the sooner it ceases to pay for the impostor to hang on the outskirts of the Fraternity , the better it will be for Freemasonry . Let the straggling clan of impostors be abolished , carefully , but surely . " Just so , but how is this

to be accomplished ? Much has been done in this countryand apparently in America also—in recent years , through better organisation of centres for charitable purposes , and the greater facilities which the post , the telegraph , and the

telephone now afford for making rapid enquiry , and circulating warnings ; but something more is needed and , as we urged many years since , we consider the authorities of the Craft ought to be . aroused to take action , and do it . In the

case to which we particularly refer at the head of these remarks the Lodge to which the erring Brother belonged has taken special action— -a portrait of the impostor and a report of the police court proceedings has been prepared and

widely circulated , but it is not to be expected a Private Lodge can do enough to put a national aspect on the case . We suggest that Grand Lodge should send a copy of the slip referred to with every copy of the next agenda for Grand

Lodge that is sent out , and if this were done a blow would be laid at the root of Masonic imposture which we venture to think would do far more to check it than is likely to be the case if individual Lodges or Provinces are left to do the

work by themselves . Once let it be known that the head authorities of the Craft are taking a lively interest in the work , and impostors would be careful of keeping clear of the official " Portrait Gallery , " while legitimate Brethren

really in distress would be able with greater confidence to appeal to their Brethren , with the certainty of getting the relief they desire , and which the Craft is anxious " to afford , but which under existing circumstances is withheld because

there is no certainty that fraud and imposition will be properly punished when clearly established , or its continuance rendered difficult by united action on the part of the heads of the Craft .

Middlesex.

MIDDLESEX .

THE annual meeting of this Provincial Grand Lodge will be held on Saturday next , at Harrow , when it is expected the Provincial chief Lord George Flamilton will preside .

Kent.

KENT .

THE annual meeting of this Provincial Grand Chapter will be held at the Town Hall , Gravesend , on Friday , 12 th

prox ., at 3 p . m . The usual business is on the agenda , and a banquet will follow at the Clarendon Hotel , at half past four , tickets for which , including wine , are 12 s 6 d each .

Companions intending to be present at the banquet are requested to signify the same to Comp . Orlton Cooper , g Woodville , Gravesend , from whom tickets can be obtained .

New Hall At Millom.

NEW HALL AT MILLOM .

ON the 14 th inst , a Provincial Grand Lodge was held at Millom , when Colonel F . R . Sewell Deputy Provincial

Grand Master of Cumberland and Westmorland performed the ceremony of laying the chief corner stone of a new Masonic Hall . There was a large gathering of Brethren from all parts of the North of England and Scotland .

In his address Colonel Sewell said they were assembled at the erection of a building that would promote honour and brotherly love throughout the ages until time was no more .

Order Of The Secret Monitor.

ORDER OF THE SECRET MONITOR .

AT a meeting of the Premier Conclave of the Order , held at the Holborn Restaurant , on Thursday , 6 th inst , Bro .

N . Brokenshire , of Lewisham , P . G . C . and Secretary of the Conclave , was presented with a service of plate and a salver suitably inscribed , in recognition of his services as Secretary and Preceptor for many years .

Consecration.

CONSECRATION .

The Chore Reino Lodge , No . 2853 . THIS new London Lodge was Consecrated on the 7 th inst , at the Hotel Cecil , Strand , by Brother Edward Letchworth , F . S . A ., Grand Secretary , assisted by Bros . R .

Grey P . G . W . as S . W ., Edward Terry P . G . T . as J . W ., Rev . Sir Borradaile Savory G . Chaplain as Chaplain , Fitzroy Tower as D . C ., and Woodhouse Braine , F . R . C . S ., S . G . D . as I . G .

The Chere Reine Lodge is the sixth Lodge connected with medicine to be established in the metropolis , and Charing Cross Hospital is the fifth of the London Flospitals to associate itself with Freemasonry , following the good lead set by St . Bartholomew ' s , St . Mary ' s , the West London , and the Middlesex Hospitals .

The Officers appointed were Bros . Rev . A . W . Oxford , M . D . Oxon ., P . G . D ., W . M ., John Abercrombie , M . D . Cantab ., F . R . C . P ., S . W ., Amand Routh , M . D . Lond ., F . R . C . P ., J . W ., J . Astley Bloxam , F . R . C . S . Eng ., acting I . P . M ., C . E . Wright Chaplain , Robert Grey P . G . W . Treasurer , C . Carter Braine ,

F . R . C . S ., Secretary , Frederick Wallis , M . B . Cantab , F . R . C . S . Eng ., S . D ., Victor Corbould , M . D . Brux ., J . D ., J . W . Eyre M . D . Durh , I . G ., Arthur E . Reade Organist , and P . L . Daniel , F . R . C . S ., Eng ., and J . Humphreys , L . D . S . Eng ., Stewards .

After the ceremony of Consecration and the conclusion of business the Founders entertained their numerous guests at a banquet . The usual Loyal toasts having been honoured the Worshipful Master proposed the Consecrating Officers , which was suitably acknowledged by the Grand Secretary .

The Worshipful Master was proposed by Bro . Astley Bloxam , and Bro . Oxford , in replying , modestly regretted that he was filling a post which ought to have been occupied by one of the staff of the hospital had circumstances permitted .

He then proposed the toast of the Visitors , which was responded to by Bro . Surgeon Lieut .-Col . Kiallmark W . M . of the University of London Lodge , Bro . L . "Bidwell , F . R . C . S .,

W . M . of the Cavendish Lodge ( West London Hospital ) , and Bro . A . E . Sansom , M . D . Lond ., F . R . C . P ., who is W . M .-designate of the Lodge shortly to be founded in connection with the London Hospital .

The Officers of the Lodge was acknowledged by Bro . Abercrombie , Bro . Routh , and Bro ; Carter Braine , the lastnamed remarking that although it might be imagined that the name " Chere Reine " had been adopted in connection with the name of the hospital this was not actually so . It

was rather selected because one of the crosses erected by King Edward I . to commemorate the route of Queen Eleanor ' s funeral procession was at the village of Charing , near to

Westminster Abbey , and because it was thought that the recent death of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , who was Patroness of Charing Cross Flospital , would make " Chere Reine " a doubly appropriate designation for their Lodge .

New Hall At Millom.

NEW HALL AT MILLOM .

BY a judicious ordinance of the Constitutions of the Order Freemasons are recommended to abstain from all topics of religious and political discussion , and it is for the

benefit of the Craft that so wise a regulation was established . But Freemasonry has its political and religious aspects , and there are particular occasions when such subjects may be referred to . Such a special occasion was the emergency

meeting of the Empress Lodge , No . 2581 , held at the Cafe Royal , Regent Street , W ., on Thursday of last week , when representatives of nearly all parts of the British Empire assembled to commemorate the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia .

The conception of the meeting originated with Bro . J . H . Dimsdale , who was zealously supported by the W . M ., Officers and Past Masters , and nothing was left undone to make the gathering worthy of so auspicious an occasion . It must be borne in mind that the Empress Lodge was

established for the express purpose of uniting Brethren from all p ' arts of the Empire , and in order that Masons from the colonies visiting the mother country might be welcomed and find friends upon their arrival . Many Officers of Grand Lodge graced the meeting with