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CORRESPONDENCE .
All Letters must bear the name ani 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 Cor . respondents . We cannot undertake to rehirn rejected communications .
OCCASIONAL PAPERS
To the Editor of the FHEKMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER . —I am pleased the movement that was so strenuously advocated in your columns a short time since has borne fruit , and that at least one lecture has been given since the idea was recently formulated , while two papers which had been read in different Lodges have been published in your columns . The
series of " Occasional Papers" yon have started , bids fair to be a useful " addition to our Masonic Literature , " and when a sufficient number of them has appeared , it strikes me they shonld b 3 reproduced in book form . In that case , Lodges need never be at a loss for a little variety in the business transacted . It is all very well to talk about tbe beauties of Freemasonry , but tho most beautiful picture
that man ever set eyes on must in time become wearisome to behold . Our ceremonies , when they are well rehearsed , are very impressive , but candidates for the threo degrees are not always forthcoming , and I cannot see how a body of sensible men , assembled in Lodge , conld sp . nd a vacant twenty minutes more profitably to themselves than by listening to such a paper , say , as the one read by Bro .
Whytehead in the Eboracum Lodge , No . 1611 . There are those who think the "Entered Apprentice Song" is , as a poetical composition , one of the finest that was ever penned by English writer , while the mnsic to which it is sot rivals the sublimest strains of Handel or Mozart . Be is so ; no reasonable being will havo the slightest objection to the adoption even of the extremest or most eccentric opinions .
Bnt the same liberality shonld bo extended to thoso who are not given to the same expression of extreme opinions , and are only eccentric in so far as they believe that an occasional departure from routine is not seriously to be objected to , and need not be stigmatised as an innovation that is calculated to wound the tenderest snscep .
tibilities of the most conserrative Freemason . You may depend npon it the Scottish domestics did a very sensible thing when they bargained not to dine off salmon more than so many days in the week , and you may signally depend npon it that Masons would be all the better if they occasionally indulged in some other mental pabulum than the eternal , albeit beautiful ceremony and lectures . Fraternally and faithfully , A MI _ REFORMER .
GRAND LODGES OF ENGLAND AND QUEBEC
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Had I not been so closely occupied during the last few weeks , I should have written , not for the purpose of endorsing yonr opinions on the differences between . these Grand Lodges—it would be an act of presumption on my part to entertain such an idea—but with a view to pointing ont that the circumstances
of the dispute are somewhat different from the ordinary run of such cases . No one objects to the broad principles laid down by the advocates of exclusive jurisdiction . If the Grand Lodge of New York issued a warrant for the erection of a new Lodge in the State of Pennsylvania , it would be the one and only reasonable course for the Grand Lodge of the latter to resent the invasion of its territory . So
if Scotland took a similar step and established a Lodge in London , or if England set up one in Edinburgh , either Grand Lodge would have just grounds for objecting to such a course . " Bat the difference which Qnebec would fasten upon our Grand Lodgo has arisen out of quite another array of circumstances . The Grand Lodge of Qnebec is an offshoot of the Grand Lodge of Canada , as the Grand Lodge of
Canada is an offshcot of the Grand Lodgo of England . When England recognised the Masonic independence of Canada , it did so condition - ally . It acquiesced in tbe secession of those of its Lodges which were desirous of affiliating with tho New Grand Lodge , but it claimed for those who were not desirous of seceding tho right to remain nnder its authority , an undertaking being given at the same time to
erect no new Lodges on Canadian territory . This conditional recognition was accepted ; the claim was seen to be perfectly just _ nd reasonable ; and tho undertaking on the part of England has been honourably kept dnring the quarter of a centu . y tbe Grand Lodge of Canada has been in existence . Quebec separated from Canada , if I remember rightly in 1867 , sirce when England , acting i . i accordance
with her original policy , and with a liberality which ca _ not be too hi ghly commended , in recog . iising the new Masonic body , stipulated for the freedom , as heretofore , of its own Lodges . Tt must be remembered that true Masonic liberality consists quite as much in allowing Lodges to remain if they choose in tho jurisdiction to which they owe their existence as in sanctioning their departure , and their
affiliation with another body ; and whaH canse of complaint Quebec can possibly have against the three English Lodges at Montreal clinging to their old love , the Grand Lodge of England , is beyond my comprehension . It is said they interfere with the authority of the Grand Lodge of Quebec , though what is the natnie of the into ,
ferfince is not apparent . Lodges holding under the Er . g'ish , Irish and Scotch Constitutions respectively , meet side by side in tho B . itish Colonies and Dependencies , and it is found an _ rule that they work together very harmoniously . It ought not l <> bo so veiy difficult for the Giai ; d Lodge of Qnebec to accent a slate or
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things which worked well enough when there was no such Grand Lodge in existence , and which is found to work admirabl y in Australia , India , China , and elsewhere . I remain , Yonrs faithfully , ALPHA .
THE monthly meeting of the Lodge of Benevolence waa held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall . The three chairs were occupied by Bros . Joshua Nunn Senior Vice-President , James Brett Junior Vice-President , and C . A . Cottebrune P . G . P . The Lodge was very numerously attended . Amongst the Grand Officers present were Bros . Shadwell Gierke G . Sec , J . M . Case P . G . D ., Col .
Somer-LODGE OP BENEVOLENCE .
ville Burney , Peter de Lande Long , Frank Richardson , Rev , C . J . Martyn P . G . C , and H . G . Buss Assistant Grand Secretary . At tho Board of Masters , which was first held , the agenda paper for the next meeting of Grand Lodge was submitted to the brethren , and settled . At the Lodge of Benevolence the brethren first confirmed recom . mendations of grants made at last meeting of the Lodgo to amount cf
£ 375 . There were no less than 56 cases on the new list , a number totally unprecedented in the history of tho Lodge , and more than double the average number . During a sitting of five hours and a quarter the brethren deferred four of these cases for completion , and dismissed one case . The remainder were relieved , with a total of-61630 . The Lodge was then closed .
COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .
THE November meeting of the General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institntion for Girls was held ou Thursday afternoon , at Freemasons' Hall , when there were present Bros . Lient .-Col . Creaton Grand Treasurer ( in the chair ) , John A . Backer , Thomas Francis Peacock , Frank Richardson , the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , A . J . Duff-Filer , H . A . Dubois , A . H . Tattershall , Joshua Nnnn , Arthur E . Gladwell , H . Massey , James Peters , E . Spooner , E . M .
Money , C . G . Brown , C . H . Webb , T . J . Staunton , C . G . Rushworth , and F . R . XV . Hedges Secretary . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes , authority was given to tho Chairman to sign cheques , and tbe Secretary was authorised to sign the new agreement for the tenancy of the offices of the Institution . Three petitions were received , and the candidates' names were placed on the list for next April election . The Committee then adjourned .
ALHAMBRA THEATRE . —After being closed for several weeks for redecoration aud to undergo some structural alterations , the Alhambra Theatre wil re-open on Saturday , 3 rd December , with an English Version of La Biche an , Bois , under the title of " BLACK . CROOK . " The Lord Chamberlain having required the Directors of the Alhambra to make a fireproof' division between the stage and the auditorium ,
advantage has been taken to make various improvements in the Theatre , not the least of which is a widening of the proscenium , and a raising of the seats on tbe ground floor by means , of which a much better view of the stage is obtained . The Theatre has been newly and most sumptuously furnished , the staircases to and the seatings of the
Stalls have been enlarged , and the whole of the Auditorium and the various approaches have been re-embellished in the style in which the Alhambra was originally decorated . The Dome is to bo illuminated by the Electric light , the effect of which is expected to be exceptionally brilliant .
The Theatres, &C.
THE THEATRES , & c .
DRURY L ANE .-At 7 . 30 , YOUTH . On Boxing Bay , ROBINSON uRTJSOE SEE MAJESTY'S-At 8 . 15 , BRONZE HORSE . At 10 , IN A STAB . COVENT GARDEN .-On Boxing Dav , LITTLE BO PEE ? , LITTLE BOY BLUE , AND THE LITTLE OLD WOMAN TFAT LIVED IN A SHOE .
STANDARD . —At 8 , HAVEBLY'S MONSTER , TROUPE OF REAL NIGGERS . Thursdays and Satu day at 2 and 8 . ADELPHI—At , 7 . 15 , A LAD -FROM . THE COUNTRY . At 8 , IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND . PRINCESS'S . —At 7 , A PHOTOGRAPHIC FRIGHT . At 7 . 15 , THE LIGHTS OF LONDON .
GLOBE .-At 7 . 15 , OUT OFF WITH A SHICLILTO . At 8 , IMPRUDENCE , & c . GAIETY . -At 7 . 5 , OPERETTA . At 7 . 30 , BUBBLES . At 8 . 30 , WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT . Wednesday at 3 p . m ., A THREAD OF SILK . 3 TRAND .-At 7 . 15 . PARADISE VILLA , At 3 , OLIVETTE .
VAUDEVILLE .-At 7 . '; 0 , TH 3 Kb-NWITCHERS . At 8 . 15 , THE HALFWAY HOUSE , " c . f . n Mom- ' . y , MARRIAGE BELLS , be , HAYMARKET . —Ai , 7-13 , TLOT AND PASSION . At 10 , A LESSON . PBINGE OE WALES'S .-i'i 7 . \ A HAPPY PAIR . At 8 . JO , THE COLO ___ . INiEW SADLER'S WELLS .-At 7-. ; , PEEP O' DAY .
ROYALTY .-At 7 . 30 , FOR L . __ , ' . At 0 . 30 . GENEVIEVE DE BRABANT COMEDY . —At 7 . 20 , SCJ-MNC FROU- ? ROU . At 3 . 1 S , THE MASCOTTE . SAVOY—Ac 8 , MOCK TURTLE , .-. id PATIENCE . ST . JAMES'S .-Afc s , THE CAPE MAIL . At 8 . ID , HOME . OPERA COMIQTJE .-Ar 7 . 15 , QD'ID PRO QUO . At 8 . 30 , PRINCESS TOTO .
CRITERION . —At S , WITIIEKED LEA VES . At 8 . 15 , BRIGHTON . COURT—At 8 , 15 . TWENTY MINUTES UNDER AN UMBRELLA . At 8 . 13 , HONOUR . On Wednesday , ENGAGED . CRYSTAL PA LACE . -This d-y , CONCERT . Open Daily . Aquarium . l - . lUi'C Gallery , _ c . ALEXANDRA PALACE . —Tiii - cUiy , AS YOU LIKE IT . CONCERT , & o . Open Diiily .
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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
All Letters must bear the name ani 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 Cor . respondents . We cannot undertake to rehirn rejected communications .
OCCASIONAL PAPERS
To the Editor of the FHEKMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER . —I am pleased the movement that was so strenuously advocated in your columns a short time since has borne fruit , and that at least one lecture has been given since the idea was recently formulated , while two papers which had been read in different Lodges have been published in your columns . The
series of " Occasional Papers" yon have started , bids fair to be a useful " addition to our Masonic Literature , " and when a sufficient number of them has appeared , it strikes me they shonld b 3 reproduced in book form . In that case , Lodges need never be at a loss for a little variety in the business transacted . It is all very well to talk about tbe beauties of Freemasonry , but tho most beautiful picture
that man ever set eyes on must in time become wearisome to behold . Our ceremonies , when they are well rehearsed , are very impressive , but candidates for the threo degrees are not always forthcoming , and I cannot see how a body of sensible men , assembled in Lodge , conld sp . nd a vacant twenty minutes more profitably to themselves than by listening to such a paper , say , as the one read by Bro .
Whytehead in the Eboracum Lodge , No . 1611 . There are those who think the "Entered Apprentice Song" is , as a poetical composition , one of the finest that was ever penned by English writer , while the mnsic to which it is sot rivals the sublimest strains of Handel or Mozart . Be is so ; no reasonable being will havo the slightest objection to the adoption even of the extremest or most eccentric opinions .
Bnt the same liberality shonld bo extended to thoso who are not given to the same expression of extreme opinions , and are only eccentric in so far as they believe that an occasional departure from routine is not seriously to be objected to , and need not be stigmatised as an innovation that is calculated to wound the tenderest snscep .
tibilities of the most conserrative Freemason . You may depend npon it the Scottish domestics did a very sensible thing when they bargained not to dine off salmon more than so many days in the week , and you may signally depend npon it that Masons would be all the better if they occasionally indulged in some other mental pabulum than the eternal , albeit beautiful ceremony and lectures . Fraternally and faithfully , A MI _ REFORMER .
GRAND LODGES OF ENGLAND AND QUEBEC
To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Had I not been so closely occupied during the last few weeks , I should have written , not for the purpose of endorsing yonr opinions on the differences between . these Grand Lodges—it would be an act of presumption on my part to entertain such an idea—but with a view to pointing ont that the circumstances
of the dispute are somewhat different from the ordinary run of such cases . No one objects to the broad principles laid down by the advocates of exclusive jurisdiction . If the Grand Lodge of New York issued a warrant for the erection of a new Lodge in the State of Pennsylvania , it would be the one and only reasonable course for the Grand Lodge of the latter to resent the invasion of its territory . So
if Scotland took a similar step and established a Lodge in London , or if England set up one in Edinburgh , either Grand Lodge would have just grounds for objecting to such a course . " Bat the difference which Qnebec would fasten upon our Grand Lodgo has arisen out of quite another array of circumstances . The Grand Lodge of Qnebec is an offshoot of the Grand Lodge of Canada , as the Grand Lodge of
Canada is an offshcot of the Grand Lodgo of England . When England recognised the Masonic independence of Canada , it did so condition - ally . It acquiesced in tbe secession of those of its Lodges which were desirous of affiliating with tho New Grand Lodge , but it claimed for those who were not desirous of seceding tho right to remain nnder its authority , an undertaking being given at the same time to
erect no new Lodges on Canadian territory . This conditional recognition was accepted ; the claim was seen to be perfectly just _ nd reasonable ; and tho undertaking on the part of England has been honourably kept dnring the quarter of a centu . y tbe Grand Lodge of Canada has been in existence . Quebec separated from Canada , if I remember rightly in 1867 , sirce when England , acting i . i accordance
with her original policy , and with a liberality which ca _ not be too hi ghly commended , in recog . iising the new Masonic body , stipulated for the freedom , as heretofore , of its own Lodges . Tt must be remembered that true Masonic liberality consists quite as much in allowing Lodges to remain if they choose in tho jurisdiction to which they owe their existence as in sanctioning their departure , and their
affiliation with another body ; and whaH canse of complaint Quebec can possibly have against the three English Lodges at Montreal clinging to their old love , the Grand Lodge of England , is beyond my comprehension . It is said they interfere with the authority of the Grand Lodge of Quebec , though what is the natnie of the into ,
ferfince is not apparent . Lodges holding under the Er . g'ish , Irish and Scotch Constitutions respectively , meet side by side in tho B . itish Colonies and Dependencies , and it is found an _ rule that they work together very harmoniously . It ought not l <> bo so veiy difficult for the Giai ; d Lodge of Qnebec to accent a slate or
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things which worked well enough when there was no such Grand Lodge in existence , and which is found to work admirabl y in Australia , India , China , and elsewhere . I remain , Yonrs faithfully , ALPHA .
THE monthly meeting of the Lodge of Benevolence waa held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall . The three chairs were occupied by Bros . Joshua Nunn Senior Vice-President , James Brett Junior Vice-President , and C . A . Cottebrune P . G . P . The Lodge was very numerously attended . Amongst the Grand Officers present were Bros . Shadwell Gierke G . Sec , J . M . Case P . G . D ., Col .
Somer-LODGE OP BENEVOLENCE .
ville Burney , Peter de Lande Long , Frank Richardson , Rev , C . J . Martyn P . G . C , and H . G . Buss Assistant Grand Secretary . At tho Board of Masters , which was first held , the agenda paper for the next meeting of Grand Lodge was submitted to the brethren , and settled . At the Lodge of Benevolence the brethren first confirmed recom . mendations of grants made at last meeting of the Lodgo to amount cf
£ 375 . There were no less than 56 cases on the new list , a number totally unprecedented in the history of tho Lodge , and more than double the average number . During a sitting of five hours and a quarter the brethren deferred four of these cases for completion , and dismissed one case . The remainder were relieved , with a total of-61630 . The Lodge was then closed .
COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .
THE November meeting of the General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institntion for Girls was held ou Thursday afternoon , at Freemasons' Hall , when there were present Bros . Lient .-Col . Creaton Grand Treasurer ( in the chair ) , John A . Backer , Thomas Francis Peacock , Frank Richardson , the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , A . J . Duff-Filer , H . A . Dubois , A . H . Tattershall , Joshua Nnnn , Arthur E . Gladwell , H . Massey , James Peters , E . Spooner , E . M .
Money , C . G . Brown , C . H . Webb , T . J . Staunton , C . G . Rushworth , and F . R . XV . Hedges Secretary . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes , authority was given to tho Chairman to sign cheques , and tbe Secretary was authorised to sign the new agreement for the tenancy of the offices of the Institution . Three petitions were received , and the candidates' names were placed on the list for next April election . The Committee then adjourned .
ALHAMBRA THEATRE . —After being closed for several weeks for redecoration aud to undergo some structural alterations , the Alhambra Theatre wil re-open on Saturday , 3 rd December , with an English Version of La Biche an , Bois , under the title of " BLACK . CROOK . " The Lord Chamberlain having required the Directors of the Alhambra to make a fireproof' division between the stage and the auditorium ,
advantage has been taken to make various improvements in the Theatre , not the least of which is a widening of the proscenium , and a raising of the seats on tbe ground floor by means , of which a much better view of the stage is obtained . The Theatre has been newly and most sumptuously furnished , the staircases to and the seatings of the
Stalls have been enlarged , and the whole of the Auditorium and the various approaches have been re-embellished in the style in which the Alhambra was originally decorated . The Dome is to bo illuminated by the Electric light , the effect of which is expected to be exceptionally brilliant .
The Theatres, &C.
THE THEATRES , & c .
DRURY L ANE .-At 7 . 30 , YOUTH . On Boxing Bay , ROBINSON uRTJSOE SEE MAJESTY'S-At 8 . 15 , BRONZE HORSE . At 10 , IN A STAB . COVENT GARDEN .-On Boxing Dav , LITTLE BO PEE ? , LITTLE BOY BLUE , AND THE LITTLE OLD WOMAN TFAT LIVED IN A SHOE .
STANDARD . —At 8 , HAVEBLY'S MONSTER , TROUPE OF REAL NIGGERS . Thursdays and Satu day at 2 and 8 . ADELPHI—At , 7 . 15 , A LAD -FROM . THE COUNTRY . At 8 , IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND . PRINCESS'S . —At 7 , A PHOTOGRAPHIC FRIGHT . At 7 . 15 , THE LIGHTS OF LONDON .
GLOBE .-At 7 . 15 , OUT OFF WITH A SHICLILTO . At 8 , IMPRUDENCE , & c . GAIETY . -At 7 . 5 , OPERETTA . At 7 . 30 , BUBBLES . At 8 . 30 , WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT . Wednesday at 3 p . m ., A THREAD OF SILK . 3 TRAND .-At 7 . 15 . PARADISE VILLA , At 3 , OLIVETTE .
VAUDEVILLE .-At 7 . '; 0 , TH 3 Kb-NWITCHERS . At 8 . 15 , THE HALFWAY HOUSE , " c . f . n Mom- ' . y , MARRIAGE BELLS , be , HAYMARKET . —Ai , 7-13 , TLOT AND PASSION . At 10 , A LESSON . PBINGE OE WALES'S .-i'i 7 . \ A HAPPY PAIR . At 8 . JO , THE COLO ___ . INiEW SADLER'S WELLS .-At 7-. ; , PEEP O' DAY .
ROYALTY .-At 7 . 30 , FOR L . __ , ' . At 0 . 30 . GENEVIEVE DE BRABANT COMEDY . —At 7 . 20 , SCJ-MNC FROU- ? ROU . At 3 . 1 S , THE MASCOTTE . SAVOY—Ac 8 , MOCK TURTLE , .-. id PATIENCE . ST . JAMES'S .-Afc s , THE CAPE MAIL . At 8 . ID , HOME . OPERA COMIQTJE .-Ar 7 . 15 , QD'ID PRO QUO . At 8 . 30 , PRINCESS TOTO .
CRITERION . —At S , WITIIEKED LEA VES . At 8 . 15 , BRIGHTON . COURT—At 8 , 15 . TWENTY MINUTES UNDER AN UMBRELLA . At 8 . 13 , HONOUR . On Wednesday , ENGAGED . CRYSTAL PA LACE . -This d-y , CONCERT . Open Daily . Aquarium . l - . lUi'C Gallery , _ c . ALEXANDRA PALACE . —Tiii - cUiy , AS YOU LIKE IT . CONCERT , & o . Open Diiily .