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Correction Of Errors.
agree , bufc I could not entirely free myself from blaming Stapleton for his insinuation against Cross's abusing his power in establishing a Select Council independent of a R . A . Chapter . This seems to puzzle Bro . Schultz yet ;
but he accounts for it thus . He says that when the R . A . degree used to be conferred in a Masonic Lodge , the said Lodge , for the time being , was dignified by the title of " Grand Lodge , " and when they conferred the Select
degree in a R . A . Chapter the Chapter was metamorphosed into a " Grand Council of Select Masters . " Hence , he thinks that Eckel did not mean to allow Cross to establish a Council of Selects to be independent of a R . A . Chapter .
I confess that it is not quite satisfactory to my understanding , more especially so as the records of the Royal and Select Council of New York claim that Eckel chartered an independent Council for New York in 1820 ;
but as a copy of the alleged New York warrant is not in existence , it is impossible to know anything about it . 2 nd . In my article printed in the F REEMASON ' S CHRONICLE 18 th December 1884 , about "The Charleston Mother
Supreme Grand Council of the World , " for so Bro . Pike styles his Council , I stated : that in a magazine published by the well-known Bro . Folger , at New York , who is
Grand Secretary of one of the Cerneau concerns , I found that Albert Pike frankly confessed that he did not know when he was made a thirty-third , nor when he was made Grand Commander of the Southern Jurisdiction . Well ,
I could scarcely realize that Bro . Pike s memory was so defective as not to remember even the year when he was exalted above all other mortals ; and hence I concluded
that Bro . Pike must have got his A . and A . degrees from a degree pedlar . But it seems I was mistaken here too , for the Detroit , Michigan , Freemason , of 3 rd October , contains the following news : —
" Gen . Pike asserts that Cerneau never had the thirtythird degree ; General Lafayette received that degree from Cerneau personally , by direction of Gov . Clinton , and was received and acknowledged as a thirty-third by the
Supreme Grand Council of France years before the Pike or any other Council in America outside of the Cerneau Council was recognised by any Masonic power in the world . Iu June 1813 Joseph Cerneau established a Grand
Consistory in New Orleans . In 1836 that body developed into a Supreme Council of the thirty-third , and in 1855 was known as the Foulbouze Council by a * concordat , ' ancl Claud Samory , who was the Lieutenant Grand Commander
of the Fulhouze Council , and as such signed the * concordat , ' conferred the thirty-third degree on Albert Pike on the 25 th day of April 1857 . Thus Pike himself received his own thirty-third degree through the successor of Cerneau in Louisiana . "
Now , if the above statement should turn out to be true , I must beg Brother Pike ' s pardon for presuming to suppose even for a moment that he had received any kind of Masonry from a degree pedlar . But with regard to the
Cerneau concern at New York . Oh ! how much ink and paper has been wasted to prove that it was a fraud , a sham , a counterfeit , an illegitimate , a spurious , and a what not . It is only within a few weeks that the Grand Lodge of
New Hampshire devoted about thirty five pages of its Proceedings mainly to Cerneau ' s spuriousness , aud the Grand Secretary of Ohio also wrote a pamphlet against Cerneau ' s legality . Now , if the New York concern of
1807 , and all along since , was illegal , the Foulbouze concern at New Orleans must also be illegal . Bro . Pike , the child of the Foulbouze concern , must also be illegal , and if the Grand Commander of the " Supreme Mother Council
of the World is illegal , then the said Council , as well as all the Grand Councils in the world , must also be ille ° * al . Such being the case , what then will become of the A . and A . Riters if all the Grand Councils in the world are alike bogus , spurious , illegitimate , illegal , & c . ? BOSTON , U . S ., 7 th October 1885 .
HOLLOWAY s PILLS . —Epidemic Diseases . —Tho alarming increase of death from cholera and diarrhea should he a warning to every ono to . subdue at once any irregularity tending towards disease . Hollowav ' s Pills should now be in every household to rectify all impure stares of the blood , to remedy weakness and to overcome impaired general health . Nothing can he simpler than tne instructions for this corrective
taking medicine , nothing more efficient than rts cleansing powers , nothing more harmless than its vegetable ingredients Holloway ' s is the best physic during the summer season , when decaying fruits and unwholesome vegetables are frequently deranging the bowels , and daily exposing thousands , through their negligence in permitting disordered action to tho dangers of diarrhoea , dysentery , and cholera .
Obituary
Obituary
— : o : — THE LATE BRO . G . P . ARNOLD .
THE remains of the late Bro . George P . Arnold , P . M . ancl Secretary of the St . Clair Lodge , were interred on Monday afternoon last , at the Mile End Cemetery . A retired schoolmaster of the Royal Navy , the deceased was one of the oldest Masons in the town , and he was respected throughout the Craft , not only for his personal qualities , but
for his proficiency in the ritual and the deep interest which Le took in all matters connected with the Order , with the members of which he was a universal favourite . He was a great authority on all doubtful points , and hia opinion waa always highly valued , as it invariably proved sound . In his earlier years he was n great supporter of the
old Athenaeum , or Mechanics Institute , and he was one of the members who attended the classes in connection with that institution . He was one of the founders of the United Service Lodge , of which he afterwards became the Worshipful Master . His remains were followed to the grave by members of the principal Lodges in the
town , but chiefly by members of the United Service , Landport , and Royal Sussex Lodges . The youngest Lodge in the town—the St . Clair—was also strongly represented , among the members being Captain St . Clair Worshipful Master ; Alderman Cudlipp Past Master , and other members represented the Portsmouth Lodge .
Messrs . W . Gunnell ancl H . Croncher took an active part in arranging the funeral procession , which consisted of a line of nineteen carriages , and excited a great deal of attention . Starting from the Freemasons' Club in Commercial-road tho cortege proceeded to Edinburgh-road , and through Unicorn . road , to the
deceased s residence in Nile-street , and thence to the cemetery , where a large number of Masons , who had walked , were in waiting . The deceased leaves a father , over ninety years of age , to lament the loss of a dutiful , faithful , and generous son . As a mark of the esteem in which he was held by
his neighbours , they were represented by a body of little girls carrying baskets of flowers , which they threw on the lid of the coffin , which was already covered with some beautiful white wreaths . The
funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr . S . Harris , of Portsea , the service was read by the Rev . T . Moorby , and at its conclusion each member of the Masonio body dropped a sprig of acacia on the coffin . —Portsmouth Times .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Cor respnnd & nts . All Letters must hear the name and address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .
THE SCHOOL ELECTION'S .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICM * . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —In reference to the late Elections for the Schools , I herewith enclose you tables showing what the results will be for London and the Provinces ( wbon the successful candidates are admitted next February ) , and what are the average annual
contributions for the seven years ending the financial year of 1884 frovn each , with the respective cost on the general fnnds . When the financial year for 1885 is completed , and the several Secretaries have kindly supplied the result , I will prepare a fresh septennial table , with fche result , I hope , of sums more equal to the demand . At
the Election m April next , there will be twenty-two vacancies in the Girls' School , fifteen of which will be London cases ; the boys will then only have fifteen vacancies , of which a fourth will be from Londoners . The statistics of the Election are as follow : —Out of a total issue of 37 , 290 votes , 33 , 292
were used , leaving within two of 4000 not accounted for ( to this nnmber has to be added 5701 brought forward from April last , making a total of 38 , 993 recorded , including 7909 to be carried forward to next April ) . The average number polled for the successful candidates was high—1 , 969 . One very gratifying fact is , that neither
of the last chances were left out ; this , however , ia not the case with the Boys , for out of seven lasfc chances four only succeeded . One , No . 23 , was withdrawn ; and it would have been more creditable to all concerned if No . 1 , wifch only 97 votes after the sixth application , for which he polled ninety ou this occasion ; and No . 25 ,
with two votes , on his first and lasfc application , had beeu withdrawn also . The total number of votes recorded on Monday for the Boys was 53 , 849 , of which 5 , 954 were brought forward from April , and 45 , 955 out of 54 , 105 issued . The first number inui tides 1 , 272 to be carried forward to the next election . The avern L ' o number for the
thirty-seven successful candidates was low , iu comparison wifch the other School , viz ., nearly 1 , 378 . The next election will require great energy to be exerted if a candidate is to be in the swim at all , and tho polling will be proportionately high ; but as the list stands at present tbere will be only two lasfc chances , viz ., No . 48 ,
Limpricbt , of Northumberland ; and No . 56 " , Bolton , Kennington Lodge , 1381 , London . Surely these can be successfully landed . Of the Girls for next April there are at present two last chances .
No . 8 , Mathilde Pratt , Suffolk , and No . 11 . 5 , Ethel Kirkman , of Sussex , with 211 aud 263 votes respectively to their credit . There should be no difficulty in either case . Yours fraternally , P . M . 1607 . ( The statistics referred to will be found rm fcho nnxfc page , )
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Correction Of Errors.
agree , bufc I could not entirely free myself from blaming Stapleton for his insinuation against Cross's abusing his power in establishing a Select Council independent of a R . A . Chapter . This seems to puzzle Bro . Schultz yet ;
but he accounts for it thus . He says that when the R . A . degree used to be conferred in a Masonic Lodge , the said Lodge , for the time being , was dignified by the title of " Grand Lodge , " and when they conferred the Select
degree in a R . A . Chapter the Chapter was metamorphosed into a " Grand Council of Select Masters . " Hence , he thinks that Eckel did not mean to allow Cross to establish a Council of Selects to be independent of a R . A . Chapter .
I confess that it is not quite satisfactory to my understanding , more especially so as the records of the Royal and Select Council of New York claim that Eckel chartered an independent Council for New York in 1820 ;
but as a copy of the alleged New York warrant is not in existence , it is impossible to know anything about it . 2 nd . In my article printed in the F REEMASON ' S CHRONICLE 18 th December 1884 , about "The Charleston Mother
Supreme Grand Council of the World , " for so Bro . Pike styles his Council , I stated : that in a magazine published by the well-known Bro . Folger , at New York , who is
Grand Secretary of one of the Cerneau concerns , I found that Albert Pike frankly confessed that he did not know when he was made a thirty-third , nor when he was made Grand Commander of the Southern Jurisdiction . Well ,
I could scarcely realize that Bro . Pike s memory was so defective as not to remember even the year when he was exalted above all other mortals ; and hence I concluded
that Bro . Pike must have got his A . and A . degrees from a degree pedlar . But it seems I was mistaken here too , for the Detroit , Michigan , Freemason , of 3 rd October , contains the following news : —
" Gen . Pike asserts that Cerneau never had the thirtythird degree ; General Lafayette received that degree from Cerneau personally , by direction of Gov . Clinton , and was received and acknowledged as a thirty-third by the
Supreme Grand Council of France years before the Pike or any other Council in America outside of the Cerneau Council was recognised by any Masonic power in the world . Iu June 1813 Joseph Cerneau established a Grand
Consistory in New Orleans . In 1836 that body developed into a Supreme Council of the thirty-third , and in 1855 was known as the Foulbouze Council by a * concordat , ' ancl Claud Samory , who was the Lieutenant Grand Commander
of the Fulhouze Council , and as such signed the * concordat , ' conferred the thirty-third degree on Albert Pike on the 25 th day of April 1857 . Thus Pike himself received his own thirty-third degree through the successor of Cerneau in Louisiana . "
Now , if the above statement should turn out to be true , I must beg Brother Pike ' s pardon for presuming to suppose even for a moment that he had received any kind of Masonry from a degree pedlar . But with regard to the
Cerneau concern at New York . Oh ! how much ink and paper has been wasted to prove that it was a fraud , a sham , a counterfeit , an illegitimate , a spurious , and a what not . It is only within a few weeks that the Grand Lodge of
New Hampshire devoted about thirty five pages of its Proceedings mainly to Cerneau ' s spuriousness , aud the Grand Secretary of Ohio also wrote a pamphlet against Cerneau ' s legality . Now , if the New York concern of
1807 , and all along since , was illegal , the Foulbouze concern at New Orleans must also be illegal . Bro . Pike , the child of the Foulbouze concern , must also be illegal , and if the Grand Commander of the " Supreme Mother Council
of the World is illegal , then the said Council , as well as all the Grand Councils in the world , must also be ille ° * al . Such being the case , what then will become of the A . and A . Riters if all the Grand Councils in the world are alike bogus , spurious , illegitimate , illegal , & c . ? BOSTON , U . S ., 7 th October 1885 .
HOLLOWAY s PILLS . —Epidemic Diseases . —Tho alarming increase of death from cholera and diarrhea should he a warning to every ono to . subdue at once any irregularity tending towards disease . Hollowav ' s Pills should now be in every household to rectify all impure stares of the blood , to remedy weakness and to overcome impaired general health . Nothing can he simpler than tne instructions for this corrective
taking medicine , nothing more efficient than rts cleansing powers , nothing more harmless than its vegetable ingredients Holloway ' s is the best physic during the summer season , when decaying fruits and unwholesome vegetables are frequently deranging the bowels , and daily exposing thousands , through their negligence in permitting disordered action to tho dangers of diarrhoea , dysentery , and cholera .
Obituary
Obituary
— : o : — THE LATE BRO . G . P . ARNOLD .
THE remains of the late Bro . George P . Arnold , P . M . ancl Secretary of the St . Clair Lodge , were interred on Monday afternoon last , at the Mile End Cemetery . A retired schoolmaster of the Royal Navy , the deceased was one of the oldest Masons in the town , and he was respected throughout the Craft , not only for his personal qualities , but
for his proficiency in the ritual and the deep interest which Le took in all matters connected with the Order , with the members of which he was a universal favourite . He was a great authority on all doubtful points , and hia opinion waa always highly valued , as it invariably proved sound . In his earlier years he was n great supporter of the
old Athenaeum , or Mechanics Institute , and he was one of the members who attended the classes in connection with that institution . He was one of the founders of the United Service Lodge , of which he afterwards became the Worshipful Master . His remains were followed to the grave by members of the principal Lodges in the
town , but chiefly by members of the United Service , Landport , and Royal Sussex Lodges . The youngest Lodge in the town—the St . Clair—was also strongly represented , among the members being Captain St . Clair Worshipful Master ; Alderman Cudlipp Past Master , and other members represented the Portsmouth Lodge .
Messrs . W . Gunnell ancl H . Croncher took an active part in arranging the funeral procession , which consisted of a line of nineteen carriages , and excited a great deal of attention . Starting from the Freemasons' Club in Commercial-road tho cortege proceeded to Edinburgh-road , and through Unicorn . road , to the
deceased s residence in Nile-street , and thence to the cemetery , where a large number of Masons , who had walked , were in waiting . The deceased leaves a father , over ninety years of age , to lament the loss of a dutiful , faithful , and generous son . As a mark of the esteem in which he was held by
his neighbours , they were represented by a body of little girls carrying baskets of flowers , which they threw on the lid of the coffin , which was already covered with some beautiful white wreaths . The
funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr . S . Harris , of Portsea , the service was read by the Rev . T . Moorby , and at its conclusion each member of the Masonio body dropped a sprig of acacia on the coffin . —Portsmouth Times .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Cor respnnd & nts . All Letters must hear the name and address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .
THE SCHOOL ELECTION'S .
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICM * . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —In reference to the late Elections for the Schools , I herewith enclose you tables showing what the results will be for London and the Provinces ( wbon the successful candidates are admitted next February ) , and what are the average annual
contributions for the seven years ending the financial year of 1884 frovn each , with the respective cost on the general fnnds . When the financial year for 1885 is completed , and the several Secretaries have kindly supplied the result , I will prepare a fresh septennial table , with fche result , I hope , of sums more equal to the demand . At
the Election m April next , there will be twenty-two vacancies in the Girls' School , fifteen of which will be London cases ; the boys will then only have fifteen vacancies , of which a fourth will be from Londoners . The statistics of the Election are as follow : —Out of a total issue of 37 , 290 votes , 33 , 292
were used , leaving within two of 4000 not accounted for ( to this nnmber has to be added 5701 brought forward from April last , making a total of 38 , 993 recorded , including 7909 to be carried forward to next April ) . The average number polled for the successful candidates was high—1 , 969 . One very gratifying fact is , that neither
of the last chances were left out ; this , however , ia not the case with the Boys , for out of seven lasfc chances four only succeeded . One , No . 23 , was withdrawn ; and it would have been more creditable to all concerned if No . 1 , wifch only 97 votes after the sixth application , for which he polled ninety ou this occasion ; and No . 25 ,
with two votes , on his first and lasfc application , had beeu withdrawn also . The total number of votes recorded on Monday for the Boys was 53 , 849 , of which 5 , 954 were brought forward from April , and 45 , 955 out of 54 , 105 issued . The first number inui tides 1 , 272 to be carried forward to the next election . The avern L ' o number for the
thirty-seven successful candidates was low , iu comparison wifch the other School , viz ., nearly 1 , 378 . The next election will require great energy to be exerted if a candidate is to be in the swim at all , and tho polling will be proportionately high ; but as the list stands at present tbere will be only two lasfc chances , viz ., No . 48 ,
Limpricbt , of Northumberland ; and No . 56 " , Bolton , Kennington Lodge , 1381 , London . Surely these can be successfully landed . Of the Girls for next April there are at present two last chances .
No . 8 , Mathilde Pratt , Suffolk , and No . 11 . 5 , Ethel Kirkman , of Sussex , with 211 aud 263 votes respectively to their credit . There should be no difficulty in either case . Yours fraternally , P . M . 1607 . ( The statistics referred to will be found rm fcho nnxfc page , )