United Grand Lodge Of England.

receive one of those enthusiastic welcomes snch as he can receive nowhere out of the Craft . Hia Royal Highness has , for the last few months , been pursuing a journey not only of great personal interest , but also performing a great and high political duty . Ho has passed through the length and breadth of our Indian Empire , and by his

conciliation and gracious manners , and by his political tact , has successfully discharged a great public duty ( cheers ) . On the other hand , we may also feel with great satisfaction that while he has discharged those great political duties , he has never been forgetful of those Masonic obligations which he undertook here . Throughout the

length and breadth of India ho has received deputations and uttered speeches with reference to Masonry which have given us all the greatest delight . He has discharged Masonic duties at Gibraltar ; he is , I perceive , about to discharge similar duties at Lisbon ; and if

he deliberately omitted to perform Masonic duties at Malta ifc was due to his appreciation of the political circumstances of tho island . In short , wherever His Royal Highness has been during the last few months he has maintained and raised to a still higher point the credit and character of English Masonry ( cheers ) .

The noble Earl then vacated the chair in favour of Colonel Burdett . The following toasts were afterwards done ample justice to : — 1 . " Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen . " 2 . " H . R . H . the Princess of Wales . " 3 . " H . R . H . the Grand Master . "

4 . " Tho M . W . the Pro Grand Master . " 5 . " Tho R . W . the Deputy Grand Master . " 6 . " Tho Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland . " 7 . " Tho R . W . tho Provincial Grand Masters . "

8 . "The R . W . the Grand Wardens and other Grand Ofhcers , Present and Past . " 9 . " The Masonic Charities . " 10 . "Tho Grand Stewards of the Year . "

Col . Burdett prefacin g each of them with a few appropriate remarks . The musical arrangements were under the direction of Bro . W . Kuhe G . O ., who further divided the labours of Conductor with Bro . W . Ganz P . G . O . The lady singers were Madame Liebhart , Miss Annie Sinclair ,

and Madame Osborne Williams , who sang the songs and parts assigned to them with excellent taste and skill . The male vocalists were the following Craftsmen , namely , Bros . George Perren , Largo , Carter , ancl Theodore Distin , and they , too , fulfilled their several parts with an ability that was very generally ancl very highly appreciated .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

Ox Wednesday evening , the 20 th of April , at the Masons Hall Tavern , a room of which was kindly lent for tho occasion by Messrs . Bell and Co ., a meeting was held for

the purpose of establishing an " Old Scholars Re-union . Dr . Morris , the Head Master of the School , presided . A very pleasant evening was spent , to which Messrs . Bell and Co . ' s kindness greatly contributed .

The old scholars who wore present subscribed towards a prize , to be awarded ( with the sanction of the House Committee ) to the best boy in " Science . " The Secretaries of the Re-union are Messrs . George W . Martin and F . H . Read , 17 Offord-road , Barnsbury , N ., who will be glad to

receive the names and addresses of former pupils . They will also have much pleasure in receiving the names of such subscribers to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys as may choose to become Patrons of the " Re-nuion . "

Grand Chapter.

GRAND CHAPTER .

THE Quarterly Convocation of Grand Chapter will be holden on Wednesday next , at 7 . 0 p . m . Business : —The Installation of Principals and appointment of officers . Report of Committee showing balance in favour of Chapter for the past quarter of £ 779 9 s lid . Petitions for Warrants received

for—The Hnmer Chapter 1303 „ Gosport „ 903 „ Zetland „ 1071 „ Era „ 1-121 „ Lewis „ ... 1185

Marriage.

MARRIAGE .

FORD—GOTT— On tlm 27 th inst ., at Harking Side Church , by the Rcr . T . A . Walker , Bro . George Ford ( 1 S 5 ) to Caroline . Amy , eldest daughter of James Gott , Esq ., of Forest House , Barking Side , Esses .

Mysteries Of Masonry.

MYSTERIES OF MASONRY .

From " POMEROY ' S DEMOCRAT . "

A CORRESPONDENT writes as follows : — " I saw a communication , signed J . O . W ., portraying the beauties of Masonry . He writes of three Union soldiers who were taken prisoners by the Confederates , and one of them , being a Mason , was liberated and sent home . Now , I understand that Masonry teaches its member to obey the laws of the country in which they live . It is trne , this man violated no law in becoming a prisoner , yet his captors or guards had no

more right to liberate him because he was a Mason than a sheriff would have to liberate a criminal for the same reasons . " When a man joins the Masons , I understand he takes some kind of an obligation . When a man enlists in the army to fight for his conntry , ho also takes an obligation . Now the question I ask you , as a consistent Mason and honest editor , which is the superior ?"

Replying to the above , we can only tell what we should do , as a man , a Mason , and a human being accountable to himself , his obligations and his God . If there should come an edict from our Government for us to renounce Masonry or be considered a traitor to tho Government , wo should pay no attention to anything that interfered with our obligations as a

Mason , because they in no wise interfere with our duty to our country or to our family . Were we a sheriff , whose duty it was to hang a man for murder , wo should hang him , no matter if he were the Worshipful MasterJJof our Lodge , or our senior in Masonic rank . Were wo a detective , and sent to arrest a criminal , we should arrest him if he wore the highest

Mason m tho world . As our correspondent says , the war prisoner violated no law . We should have let him gone had ho asked it as a Mason . But to come ont of tho tall grass so that the man who wishes information can see our bine plume , here is just what we would do . We shonld honour all trust confided to ns . We would never enlist

to fight in an army without permission to spare the life of a Mason when wo knew the applicant for mercy to bo a Mason . If drafted in a war service , wo never shonld take the life of a Mason knowing him to be such . If wo were in command of a regiment of troops , and every one of our men had a dead sure thing of killing every man of a regiment of the enemy , and if that regiment of tho enemy should as

one man give tho hailing sign of distress , wo should command our regiment to fire about four hundred feet above their heads , then walk up and ask the officer in charge of the men whose lives wo had spared to shake hands and surrender . Tho good Mason would not ask ns to do anything that would lower ns iu the estimation of good people , or to peril our reputation unless

there was such need for him to ask help , that , iu justice to vthcrs and to all , wo could not refuse . Wero we on the ground to kill our mortal enemy in a duel , and ho should give the hailing sign of distress in time , wo should walk np ancl shake hands with him . Had we felled him to tlie earth and ho then should appeal to the Masonic element in ovr heart , wc should

take him up tenderly , restore him to life , or follow him to the grave as a brother . Masonry commands ns to the law and its defence , but iu street tight , or in battle , wo should spare tho life of every Mason who on snch accoaut asked for mercy . We should bo true to oar first obligation , and never take upon ourselves another to conflict ¦ with the first till the first was thrown off .

Were wc in command of an army , and the General in command of our enemy likewise a Mason , wo should entertain him at our tent , escort him to his lines , return to onr place , then go forth to fight , and whip him and his armj' if wo could . Then wo should gather from tho wounded those who were Masons , taking care of them before caring for our own men who wero not . Wo should ask no odds or

favours because wo were a Mason , except a clearly defined duty to some helpless , hapless loved one demanded that he live , but not at the expense of our honour . Masonry asks us to do nothing that is dishonourable . But it teaches us to cultivate mercy aud humanity . To build mankind into better conditions . To keep our tongues silent when silence is tho

wiser and better thing . Should we see a brother Mason doing a wrong , and all mon err at times , we should go and tell him kindly , privately of it , and not trumpet it to the world . Wo should hold his secret , take it to our heart , as we would pur own . If we saw him stealing , we should prevent the outrage upon tho law . Should we see him iu a room alono

with a man or woman , we should walk away and consider tho meetting was for an honourable purpose , and not go out in hot haste to start a scandal . Shonld he come to ns in secret soreness , sickness , or sorrow of body or soul , wo should apply remedies , and draw between him aud the public oyo a screen till ho was made well . Should ho be bad , wo would try to make him good . Thould ho be weak , wo

should try to make him strong . Should he bo penitent , we should forgive him . And this we should do as a man—as n Mason , Brother , Companion , Sir Knight , Prince of Jerusalem , Knight of Mercy , & c , to tbe end of our degrees in a Brotherhood that builds the noble soul into a condition of manhood of which those who aro not Masons havo not tho pleasure of contemplating .

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and securely wards oft more grave nnd dangerous diseases of the throat and lungs . The truth of this assertion must r . main uimue .-iloned * in the face of thousands of unimpeachable living attestors , who have personally derived tho utmost possible benefits from this simple treatment , when their present sufferings were apalling and their future prspects most disheartening ; both remedies act admirably together .