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READY MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER . THE UREEMASONS' CALENDAR - **•* AND POCKET BOOK Is published by Command of the M . W . Grand Master , H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , & c . The PROFITS are DEVOTED to the CHARITY FUND . The Brethren are invited to assist this FUND by Purchasing this Calendar . THE EDITION FOR iSgi , PRICE 2 s ., Furnishes a comprehensive viesv of the development of the Order , svith description of all Lodges and Names of Dignitaries under the English Constitution , vvith References for Freemasons all over the Globe ; also a Chronological Table of the Grand Masters and of events remarkable in Masonry . Published for the Grand Lodge at GEORGE KENNING'S MASONIC DEPOT ( Opposite Freemasons' Hall , ) 16 AND I 6 A , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , W . C .

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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT LODGES—Peace and Harmony , No . 60 ,- Isaac Newton , No . 859 ; and Albert Victor , No . 2328 . ROYAL ARCH—Sir Hugh Myddleton Chapter , No . 1602 . INSTRUCTION—Chiswick Lodge , No . 2012 . ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE — Leodiensis Chapter ,

No . 77 . Provincial Grand Chapter of Monmouthshire . Knights Templar Provincial Priory at Exeter . Fraternal visit of the St . Nicholas Lodge , No . 1676 ( E . G . ) , to St . David's Lodge , No . 36 ( S . C ) . A Masonic Gem .

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SATURDAY , NOVEMBER I , 1890 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

We have to remind our readers that the Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern to-day ( Friday ) , when 19 boys will be elected from an approved list of 53 candidates , while at the same time the

Bylaws as amended by the Provisional and General Committees will be submitted for approval . We are glad to find that in the advertisements of the meeting prominence has been given to the fact that if five of the boys are unsuccessful at this ballot , their names will be

removed from the list under existing Law No . 53 . These five are W . J . Atley ( Durham ) , No . 6 , who brings forsvard 604 votes ; 'R . W . Levey ( London ) , No . 10 , who has in hand 166 votes ; G . F . Bullivant , ( Warwickshire ) , No . 17 , with 363 votes ; G . L .

Woodhams ( London ) , No . 27 , with 1058 votes ; and C . J . Phipps ( Hertfordshire ) , No . 53 , who is a new case . We trust that every effort will be made to secure the success of these five , whose cases have been thoroughly

inquired into and approved . The other candidates will have further opportunities of obtaining admission into the Institution , but with these five it is a case of " now or never . "

* * * The Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will be held at Freemasons ' Tavern to-morrow ( Saturday ) , but here the only important business will be the election . In consequence

of the death of one girl , and the removal of another from the establishment , the number of vacancies , after proposition duly made and carried , will be 16 instead of , as originally , 14 , while the number of candidates is 32 , or , case No . 14 having been withdrawn , 31 . Of

these , however , only two are last cases , namely , F . E . Hooke ( New Brunswick ) , standing at No . 3 , vvho brings forward 6 91 votes , and W . B . Miller ( London ) , at No . 20 . who will be a candidate for the first and last

time on this occasion . We trust these two children will be found among the 16 successful at the close of the poll . They have been found worthy of admission into the Institution , and no efforts should be spared in order to ensure their success .

* * * A correspondent from abroad , who has held high office in his District Grand Lodge , has written us a long letter , in which he complains of the indecent extent to which the use of rituals in open Iodge is

carried . We heartil y concur with him in condemning the practice , not only for the reasons he adduces , but because rituals are not recognised in any form or under

any circumstances by the authorities of Grand Lodge . More than this we are unable to say , as the subject is one which cannot be discussed even in the columns of a Masonic newspaper .

* * * Owing to the heavy accumulation of lodge reports , we have been compelled to hold over an article on "Masonic Minorities , " & c , and much other interesting matter .

* * * At the meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Northumberland the retirement of Bro . B . J . Thompson from the office of Provincial Grand Secretary was made

the occasion of a warm eulogium of the worthy brother from the Provincial Grand Master , and a cordial and hearty recognition of his long years of service to the province . Bro . Thompson is probably the oldest Pro-

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vincial Grand Secretary in England , and he retires full of years and honours , with the best wishes of all who during the 30 or 40 years of his official life have benefited by his knowledge and enjoyed his friendship .

# # # Our opinion has been asked as to the justice or legality of the course pursued under the following circumstances . A brother having g iven due notice of his intention to bring forward a certain motion , expressed

a desire at the meeting at which it was to come on for consideration that it should be postponed till the following meeting . As an amendment , it was proposed thatthe motion should be rejected , but as no one

seconded this , the amendment fell through , and the brother , in the belief that his wish had been complied with , left the lodge . Later in the same evening the question was revived , and the rejection of the proposal was proposed , seconded , and carried .

* * * Under these circumstances our correspondent is anxious to know if " it is Masonically legal , customary , or just" to re-consider the same question in the course of the same meeting , the amendment that

the original proposal should be rejected having already once fallen through for want of a seconder . Assuming the case is as reported by our correspondent , we answer unhesitatingly that the amendment for the rejection of the original proposal having once failed , should not

have been put a second time . There is , however , a difficulty in the case . It is by no means clear that the lodge agreed to the brother ' s request to postpone the consideration of his motion till the next meeting . If it did not agree , then , as far as vve can see , there is no

reason why his motion should not have been " put and rejected . However , the aggrieved brother will have his oportunity of reviving the question when the next meeting is held , and he will be in a position to move the non-confirmation of that portion of the minutes which deals with the rejection of his motion .

* * * The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the Eiffel Tower , Douglas Head , Isle of Man , though postponed for a short time , has at length been performed with the usual Masonic rites by Bro . the Earl of Lathom ,

Deputy Grand Master of England , and Prov . Grand Master of West Lancashire . There were some brethren in the island vvho raised objection to his lordship assisting in his Masonic capacity in an enterprise which they declared to be of a private character rather than

intended to promote the public welfare . It is clear , however , that his lordship , who is a man of judgment , must have satisfied himself that the project was one with which Freemasonry might properly be associated , and , as will be seen from our report elsewhere , the

stone was laid on Saturday last in the presence of a large gathering of the Prov . Grand Officers and brethren of the Province of the Isle of Man under their respected chief , Bro . Major Goldie-Taubman , with a numerous

and distinguished muster of visitors from the Provinces of West Lancashire and Cheshire . We sincerely hope that an enterprise which has been begun under such favourable auspices will materially promote the welfare and prosperity of the island .

* * * We have been favoured by a Northumbrian brother with a communication which , though it is far too long for insertion in our columns , nevertheless , contains a highly interesting sketch of the arrangements made b y

the provincial authorities in Northumberland for securing efficiency on the part of the lodges , an impartial distribution of provincial honours , and orderly government of the province by the Provincial Grand Lodge . Among the points to which our

correspondent draws attention , we note with pleasure that every Worshipful Master is expected to read aloud at the annual meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge a full and particular account of what his lodge has done during the year , the account being afterwards

handed to the provincial authorities . We note , likewise , that lodges nominate in turn the brethren who are to be invested as Provincial Grand Stesvards , the nominations being sent to the Prov . G . Secretary seven days prior to the day appointed for the meeting of

Provincial Grand Lodge . These are not the only points which he has enumerated , but they are the most worth y of notice and demonstrate clearly enough the justice of his complimentary remarks as to the zeal , energy , and ability of Bro . Richard Holmes , J . P ., P . G . D . England

who is Deputy Prov . G . M ., and Bro . B . J . Thompson vvho has been for so many years Prov . G . Secretary of Northumberland . We are only too pleased to have this opportunity of endorsing the compliments paid to these distinguished brethren by our worth y correspondent .