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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . ST ' . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE . PATRONS * . H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c . M . W . G . M ., PRESIDENT . H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES . The NINETY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of this Institution will take p lace on Wednesday , iSth MAY next , on which occasion the Right Hon . SIR MICHAEL E . HICKS-BEACH , Bart ., M . P ., R . W . Prov . G . M . for Gloucestershire , has kindly cftnsentcd to preside . Brethren willing to act as Stewards are much needed , and will greatly oblige by forwarding their names ns early as possible to thc Secretary , who will g ladly give any information required . F . R . W . HEDGES , Secretary . Office—5 , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , London , E . C .

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LONDON MASONIC CHARITY ASSOCIATION . APRIL ELECTIONS , 1 SS 1 . The Association has selected the following Candidates and requests the votes of the London Brethren on their behalf : — GIRLS . BOYS . 24 . Anscomb , L . M . 3- Fellows , A . 21 . March , 1 * :. ] . 59- March , G . A . 15 . Penny , E . M . 13- Estlin , C . N . Firstand Final Applications . 24 . Carey , S . D . 315 . Alfred , Lucas Lewis . Proxies to be sent to Bro . A . TISLEY , Hon , Secretary L . M . C . A ., No . 1 , Clifford ' s Inn , Fleet-street , London , E . C .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . —APRIL ELECTION , 1 SS 1 . Thc favour of your Votes and Interest is earnestly solicited on behalf of STEPHEN DARCY CAREY , Aged Ten Years , son of the late Bro . Stephen Carey , who was initiated in the City of London Lodge , No . 901 , on the 20 th January , 1 S 68 , and remained a full Subscribing Member until his death , which took place on the 2 GII 1 July , 1 S 79 , after a long illness , which prevented him making any provision for his Widow and Six Children , who are left totally unprovided for . The case is strongly recommended , and Proxies will be thankfull y received by the Widow , Mrs . M . A . Carey , 43 , Devonshire Road , Seven Sisters' Road , Holloway , N .

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TO THE GOVERNORS AND SUBSCRIBERS TO THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . APRIL ELECTION , 1 SS 1 . Your Votes and Interest are earnestly solicited on behalf of GRANTLEY WICKS , No . 75 on the List of Candidates . Proxies will be thankfully received by the Mother of the Child , Mrs . Wicks , Challoner-street , Cockermouth , Air . T . Mason , Secretary , Skiddaw Lodge , No . 1002 , Cockermouth ; or by thc Rev . IL L . Puxley , Cation Rectory , Yorks .

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S 1 XTY-FOU RTH AN N 1 V ERSARY OF THE STABILITY LODGE OF INSTRUCTION , MASONS' HAU . TAVERN , COLEMAN-STREET , E . C . BRO . HENRY MUGGERIDGE , P . M ., W . M . FRIDAY , THE 29 m APRIL , 1 SS 1 , AT 5 . 30 P . M ., The Ceremonies of the Three Degrees will be worked . The V . W . Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . WOODFORD , M . A ., " Past Grand Chaplain of England , Will preside at the Banquet , which will be on the Table at S o ' clock . TICKETS FIVE SHILLINGS EACH .

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WOKING COLLEGE , WOKING , SURREY . Head Master , the Rev . C . W . ARNOLD , M . A ., Trinity College , Cambridge , late Head Master of the Royal Naval School , New Cross , and -formerly Head Master of King Edward ' s School , Edinburgh . Second Master , the Rev . A . J . MINTON , M . A ., late Scholar of Syd . Coll ., Cambridge . In the Upper School boys are prepared for the Universities , Army , and Professional Examinations . There is a Special Class for boys destined for Commercial Life . In the Lower School boys are prepared for the Navy and for the Public Schools . There are three Resident Masters ; detached infirmary ; large playfields ; good bathing ; workshops and gardens or boys . Situation very healthy—on Bagshot Sand . Terms moderate and inclusive . Prospectus and report on application .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS , ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE . PATRONS . * H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M .. PRESIDENT .

H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES . A QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution will be held in the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London , on Saturday , gth day of April , 1 SS 1 ,

at Twelve o ' clock precisely , on the General Business of this Institution , to consider Notices of Motion as follow , and to elect Fifteen Girls into the Schools by . Ballot , from a list of Twenty-eight approved Candidates . The Election will commence at One o ' clock ( or after the usual business is over ) and close at Three o'clock precisely .

NOTICES OF MOTION BY BRO . T HOMAS MASSA . No . i . — " That Competition designs be invited from Freemason Architects who are Governors of the Institution for a Preparatory School to be built on the newly purchased site , facing Wandsworth Road , 'to accommodate the children now temporarily lodged in Lyncombe House and fifty others in addition .

No . 2 . ist . —That the act cf thc House Committee in trying to get a scheme from a builder 1 for an additional new staircase to the Infirmary , in lieu of a proper design from the Architect , was as irregular as it proved abortive . 2 nd . —That it would be prejudicial to erect the new staircase without taking into consideration the other additional accommodation now required by the greatly enlarged

establishment , as shown on the romfieti / inn design accepted by the Infirmary Committee in 1871 . 3 rd . —That it is unmasonic and derogatory to the Craft to " solicit" a cowan , or employ a person who is not a Freemason , to act as Architect to complete a " Masonic" building , to the detriment of a brother who was appointed Architect as thc remuneration . for _ supplying | the design in competition ; who has carried out a portion

satisfactorily , and against whom no offence is alleged , that it is a slur on all Freemason Architects , especially on thc many who are Governors of the Institution ; and thc House Committee be requested to consider the subject and report to the General Committee thereon . No . 3 . That the Resolution passed by the House Committee , 17 th February , 1 SS 1 , with regard to the Architect of the Infirmary , and his letters to the Committee , is inconsistent with the facts .

F . R . SV . HEDGES , 5 , Freemasons' Hall , W . C , Secretarj ist April , 1881 .

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TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMASOX is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage r—,,..,,.. , r . , , * * ' -. ' ,. India , China , Australia United Kingdom . Canada , the Conti- » , J y | anj & c ncnt , & c . * 13 s . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d .

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THE FREEMASON

SATURDAY , APRIL 2 , 1881

ANSWERS TO QUERIES

CHAS . MASTERS , SAINT J OHN , N . B . —The p rivilege is possessed , we believe , by two lodges—Antiquity , No . 2 , and Royal Somerset House and Inverness , No . 4—and is of very ancient date .

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& o ^ omswnDtnts . Brethren having copies to dispose of , of either of the following works by Bro . Hughan , will please communicate with the Publisher of the "Freemason" at 19 S , Fleet-street , and state the price they mould be milling to take for them , inclusive of carriage . 1 "Old Constitutions of the Freemasons . " 2 " Masonic Sketches and Reprints . " 3 " Old Charges of the British Freemasons . " 4 " Memorials of the Masonic Union of 1 S 13 . " BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Jewish Chronicle / ' " Sunday Times , " " Broad Arrow , " "Pictorial World , " "Licensed Victuallers' Guardian , " " Hull Packet , " "Wallington and Carshalton Herald , " "Voice of Masonry , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " " Paper and Print , " "Der Long Islaender , " "Citizen , " "New York Dispatch , " "The Masonic Record of Western India , " "The Masonic Herald , " "The Canadian Craftsman , " •¦ ' The Alystic Tie . "

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ Wc tlo not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . 1

A SERIOUS MATTER . To Ihe Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Re the letter headed "A Serious Matter , " in your paper of the 19 th inst . As Secretary to the lodge of

instruction in which the circumstance occurred , will you allow me to state that the charge was made in accordance with Rule 4 of the bye-laws of the lodge , a copy of which 1 enclose . It is quite time that the charge is only levied on members of the local Craft lodges , and that brethren from a distance are exempt . The reason , I think , is obvious .

Original Correspondence.

The subscription is only 2 S . Cd , per annum , and we do not consider it unreasonable to expect that resident brethren , who desire instruction should become subscribing members to the lodge ; hence the charge for non-members was made as a check upon any brother who might make a practice of attending the lodge with a view to gain instruction free of cost . Brethren from a distance are not likely to do so . The charge therefore is only what is fair to the subscribing

members . Your correspondent , Bro . P . 'J . J ., certainly did not visit to gain instruction ; and it was the regret of some that the Treasurer ; called upon him to pay the fee . It is but fair to state that the first time I had the pleasure of seeing Bro . P . J . J . after the meeting , by order of the Treasurer ,

I offered to refund the sixpence , which Bro . P . J . J . refused to accept . As to Bro . P . J . J , not having heard of such a thing before , I can only say thc sister lodge of [ instruction here makes a charge upon non-members ; and I have been informed it is a general rule among the lodges of instruction

in Ihe city of London . 1 sec nothing unfair in the practice . Yours fraternally , JOHN DUCKITT , J ., Sec . N . C . L . of 1 . No . 40 O , and W . M . St . Peter ' s Lodge , No . 481 . Alarch 25 .

DEAN SWIFTS SATIRE ON FREEMASONRY . To the Editor ofthe " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Seeing no reply in to-day ' s Freemason to the inquiry of " Anliquarius , " 1 am induced to offer some information as to the witty Dean ' s " skit . " I have not at

hand " Oliver ' s Revelations of a Square , " but apprehend that the allusion is to ! " A Letter from the Grand Mistress of the Female Freemasons to George Faulkner , Printer , " which appears in thc works of Dean Swift . Thc letter itself occupies about twelve duodecimo pages , and contains a burlesque description of Freemasonry . The

pretended Lodge of Female Freemasons we are told was formed by a gentleman , who by a "heinous blunder" was " made a free but unsworn Mason . " I le was entitled their "guardian ; " was possessed of a " refined and uncommon knowledge in the great art , " in consequence of having "fortunately hit" upon " the ancientest and purest "lodge

" now on earth . "The lodge is to be kept at Mrs . Prater ' s female coffee-house every Tuesday , from nine in the morning to twelve , and the tenth day of every month in the year , where all ladies of true hearts and sound morals shall be admitted without swearing . " The song " Come , let us prepare , " is given , prefixed

with the remark " It was written by one Anderson , as our guardian informs me . " In thc postscript , the "ingenious Drapier" ( Dean Swift himself , author of Drapier ' s Letters ) is informed that " If he be not already a Freemason , he shall be welcome to be our deputy guardian . "

The signature is " Thalcstris , " and thc following apparently mysterious line finishes the whole "Tsrif eht Tsugua Nilbud : " being simply " Dublin , August the First , " when read from right to left , Yours fraternally , T . P ., P . M . 1125 . Tiverton , 2 GU-. March , 1 SS 1 .

THE BOYS' SCHOOL . To the Editor of thc "Freemason , '" Dear Sir and Brother , — The marked success of the Boys at the recent Cambridge Local examination , reported in your last issue ,

is most gratifying . It would be vcry interesting to know in what subjects they " passed , " also in what subjects they gained honours , and the class of honours in each . Yours faithfully and fraternally , X .

ENCYCLOP / EDIAS AND MASONIC CYCLOP / EDIAS . Dear Bro . Kenning , — My esteemed friend , Bro . Gould , in his able essay on"MasonicHistory and Historians" in the last Freemason condemns all Encyclopaedias for accepting the . "Wren

theory " of Masonic existence , & c . 1 am happy to think that he excepts your Cyclopaedia , as I have never accepted the statement of the "Parentalia" in respect of Freemasonry , and such a view is not to be found in " Kcnning ' s Cyclopaedia . " It is ' . impossible at this distance of time to say who is the true parent of that interesting little bantling , whether

Sir Christopher or Christopher Wren , or "Ames , " at any rate , the editor of the " Parentalia , " though lie probably got his evidence from the Wren family . As regards Sir Christopher Wren , your Cyclop : edia endorses no such view , indeed thc article " Wren " is most cautiously expressed as to his Masonic claims , except as reporting what others have

said . It has always been the " crux" to my mind , if Sir Christopher Wren was a Freemason , why Anderson did not mention the fact in 1723 . " Masonic Student" has used this fact for a "

destructive criticism" as regards the claims of " Locke , " and the fact , in one sense , applies " a fortiori " to Sir Christopher Wren , though I think the point may be explained . If Sir Christopher Wren was thc G . M ., it is quite clear the Freemonsasof 1717 were dissatisfied with him , and