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various District Grand Masters , and each one appears determined to make 1881 the jubilee year for Masonry in the district over which ho presides . Every effort is being made to ensure good and uniform working amongst the Lodges , and Masters have been enjoined to preserve

unbroken the ancient landmarks of our Order , and prove to the outside world that Masonry has something beyond all the dress and show which is all many of the uninitiated will give it credit for . " Then are enumerated the various Masonic Institutions inHindostan , the first establishedbeing

the Madras Masonic Fund of Benevolence , founded in 1818 , for the relief of distressed brethren , or those related to them . In 1848 , Bengal followed suit with a similar institution , and then the other districts . The first , however , to start a Masonic Association for the maintenance ancl

education of children was Bengal , Burmah coming next , with the Greenlaw Masonic Orphan Fund , organised in 1871 , the Punjab Masonic Institution , of which we have already g iven some interesting particulars , being established in the following year . This excellent example was again

acted upon in 1879 , when the Bombay Masonic Institution was established , and now Madras has a similiar Institution , which , though founded only last year , is already able , owing to the exertions of R . W . Bro . Major A . W . 0 . Saunders , to boast of an invested capital of 5 , 000 rupees .

This , especially in the case of Madras , which has made wonderful progress under the auspices of its present D . G . M ., the aforesaid Major Saunders , is rightly considered worthy of great praise by the Masonic Becord , and it unquestionably affords us the greatest possible pleasure to be able to endorse the eulogiums of our respected contemporary .

The "Morgan" Mystery.

THE " MORGAN" MYSTERY .

THE New York correspondent of the Standard announces a discovery which , if it should turn out to be true , cannot fail to arouse a strong feeling of interest among the Masonic Fraternity in all countries . He states that quite recently there were discovered in the little town of Pembroke , eleven miles from Batavia , in the

State of New York , the remains of the famous—or infamous as some may prefer describing him—William Morgan , author of certain "Illustrations of Masonry , " which , it is needless to say , have nothing in common with the well-known " Illustrations " by the eminent Bro .

Preston . It seems that some workmen were engaged in opening a stone quarry , when they chanced on a skeleton that lay imbedded under several thick layers of rock . Hard by was a ring bearing Morgan ' s initials , and a tobacco box containing a paper which , on examination with

a microscope , was found to bear the words— "Masons , " "liar , " " prison , " "kill , " and the name in full of "Henry Brown , " who , it is now presumed , must have been one of Morgan ' s murderers , in the supposition at least that Morgan was murdered , which if other accounts we have

seen have in them anything of trustworthiness is at least questionable . It is only natural that this alleged discovery of Morgan ' s skeleton has been the cause of the most intense excitement throughout the whole State of New York . At the same time a curious coincidence must

not be entirely overlooked . The Standard correspondent writes that " there has been , this year , a movement to erect a monument at Batavia to Morgan , " and in the circumstances , nothing better could have happened than the

discovery of his skeleton . The skeleton—always , be it understood , iu the supposition that it is the veritable skeleton of William Morgan—cannot fail to prove an excellent basis on which to erect a monument to perpetuate his fame or infamy . A ppended is the account we refer to : —

New York , Wednesday Evening . , 4 L .. V acc ° mit is published to-day of tho discovery of the remains v u liam Mor 8 ' author of " Morgan ' s Illustrations of Masonry , " which were supposed to reveal tho secrets of Freemasonry . The Place where the remains of Morganwho was murdered presumabl

, y ior making these revelations , were found is the little town of Pernw ' v leVen m ' fmn Batavia ' in tho Sfcate of New York - ., " ° rknien were engaged yesterday in opening a stone quarry , when 'ley found a skeleton under thick layers of rock . They also di « -

_ overed a ring bearing Morgan ' s initials , and a tobacco box contain-K a paper which , under a microscope , was seen to bear the words _ Masons , ' " liar , " " prison , " "kill , " and the full name of Henry

lR 9 Q Was a 'awver > an < 3 fanatical regarding Masonry , and in raH * year 3 after the tra S ecly , he published a so-called " Nar-Brow anti-Masonick Excitement . " The belief is now that own was one of Morgan ' s murderers . The men who abducted

The "Morgan" Mystery.

him—whose names were Chesebro , Sawyer , Sheldon , and Lawsonsdid so on Morgan ' s discharge from prison , where thoy had confined him on a petty charge . Thoy forced him into a carriage , and passed him from place to place . Eventually they took him across the Canadian border to Fort Niagara , where he was seen blindfolded and manacled . From thafc time ho disappeared for ever . His abductors were tried , convicted , and sentenced to short terms of imprison . mont .

Do Witt Clinton , tho then Governor of Now York , and a prominent Mason , offered a thousand dollars reward to clear up tho mystery , but without any result , as Freemasons generally repudiated the transaction of October 1827 . A body subsequently found at Ontario was thought to be that of Morgan ; but the clothes upon it were identified by a Mrs . Monroe as

those of her husband . Thero has been this year a movement to erect a memorial at Batavia to Morgan . The discovery yesterday has created tho greatest excitement , the mystery having years ago entered into politics , and divided politicians into two parties—Masonio and anti-Masonic .

It will not surprise our readers when they are told that Bro . Massa has been so far influenced by a very natural resentment at certain epithets bestowed upon him by the G . Treasurer , at a late meeting of the General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , as to have laid a

complaint before the Board of General Purposes against that Very Worshipful Official of Grand Lodge . It is equally on the cards that these same readers of ours will experience no sense of surprise on learning , as they will do from the correspondence we publish elsewhere , that the

Board of General Purposes regards the offence of the Grand Treasurer against Bro . Massa as being outside the limits of their jurisdiction . Strictly speaking , of course , our Girls' School , though deriving annually a small subvention from the funds of Grand Lodge , ia not

Freemasonry . Therefore , the gross offence , of which , in a passing fit of ill temper , the Grand Treasurer was unquestionably guilty , is not cognisable by the ordinary Masonic tribunals . But it would be just as well if a hint were thrown out to the Very Worshipful Grand Treasurer

that language , which would hardly be tolerated in a common taproom , and which certainly would nofc be allowed to pass unchallenged in the barrackyard must not be used at the Committees of our Institutions . Bro . Massa was guilty in the first instance , of an offence against propriety and good

taste in his reference to a deceased brother ; but the disgraceful epithets hurled at him on the occasion referred to will create on his behalf a strong feeling of sympathy , which is quite comprehensible , if not wholly justifiable .

The Seventy-fifth Anniversary Festival of the Licensed Victuallers' School , Kennington , Lambeth , will take place at the Crystal Palace , on Tuesday , the 28 th instant . Mr . Albert 0 . Worthington , of the firm of Worthington and Co ., will occupy the chair , and will be supported by a

strong body of Stewards , and there is good reason to anticipate that the Festival will prove a great success . There are 198 children in the School , and it is well known that as an Educational Institution it stands very well among establishments of a similar character . Dinner will be on the table at 3 . 30 p . m . for 4 p . m .

Connected with the Lodges meeting at the Huyshe Masonic Temple , Princess-place , Plymouth , there is a Lodge of Instruction , and it has been the practice , when real work is over , to have an excursion . This took place on Wednesday , the 15 th instant , and the members and

their Masonic friends left the temple in well-appointed wagonettes , provided by Bro . T . Wyatt , of the King ' s Arms . The route was through Sparkwell and Cornwood , to Awns and Dendles , where the brethren had a thoroughly enjoyable roam through the romantic scenery

of this locality , and , under the experienced guidance of Worshipful Brothers R . Pengelly and W . Odam , all went well . A long walk was a good preparation for an

enjoyable repast , which was provided by Bro . Glover , at the Cornwood Inn , under the presidency of W . Bro . Tout . The drive home was as pleasant as any other portion of the day ' s proceedings .

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