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LONDON & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . —EASTER HOLIDAYS . — n THURSDAY , APRIL 7 th , SPECIAL EXPRESS TRAINS for Birmingham will leave Euston at 2 . 55 p . m . id 4 ' P-m" ca "' nS' at Willesden , Rugby , and Coventry r ' . vi , y , ' and arriving at Birmingham ( New-st . ) at 5 . 35 p . m . ind 6-55 P " > respectively . The 12 . 0 midnight train from Euston will be extended r ^ m Warrington to Preston on GOOD FRIDAY Morning . On G 00 li FRIDAY , April Sth , the 5 . 15 a . m . NEWSPAPER EXPRESS from London ( Euston Station ) will run . Northampton , Birmingham , Shrewsbury , Warrington , Liverpool , Manchester , Preston , Blackpool , Lancaster , Windermere , Carlisle , Edinburgh ^ Glasgow , Perth , and Aberdeen , but will have no connection to Chester . On FRIDAY Night and SATURDAY Morning , April Sth and 9 th , the 11 . 41 p . m . and 12 . 5 a . m . Trains from Carlisle will run as usual . The 12 . 10 a . m . Holyhead to Crewe , , , . m . Holyhead to Chester , and 2 . 50 a . m . Chester to Liverpool will NOT be run on Saturday morning , there being no boats from North Wall or Greenore on the evenmg of Good Friday . Passengers for Belfast ( iimLarne ) and the North of Ireland will leave Euston by the S . 50 p . m . train on Friday ni g ht . Other trains on GOOD FRIDAY will run as on Sunday , with the exception of the 10 . 40 a . m . Crewe to Holyhead , 11 . 40 a . m . Holyhead to Crewe , and ro . io p . m . from Edinburgh ) and 10 . 5 p . m . from Glasgow ( leaving Carlisle at 1 . 15 a . m . on Saturday , April 9 th ) to Liverpool and Manchester , which willNOT run . For further Particulars , see Special Notices issued by the Company . G . FINDLAY , General Manager . Euston Station , March , 1 SS 7 .

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TELEGRAPHICADDBESSES(Inland). For the Freemason Printing Works—FREEMASON , LONDON . For Jewels , Clothing , Banners , and Furniture—KENNING , LONDON .

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THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE . Secretaries of lodges desiring to distribute the circular of the Pro Grand Master amongst the members of their lodges , may obtain copies on application to the Publisher of the Freemason , who will supply them at the rate of five shillings per 100 .

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Original Correspondence.

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[ We do not hold ourselvesresponsiblefor , 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 , ] ——

JUBILEE BOYS' SCHOOL . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Your correspondent , "A Vice-President , " appears to have been carried away by his enthusiasm for Jubilee Celebrations and offerings . At least , he has forgotten that at the Quarterly Court , in January , it was

resolved to increase the number on the establishment to 258 , by electing ten additional boys in April . This increase may , if necessary , be pressed into the service of Jubilee . Then the circumstances of the two Schools as regards the April Election will not bear comparison . The Girls ' School has determined on an increase of five children , and I have shown that the Boys' School , so far back as

January , had arranged for an increase of twice that number . "A Vice-President" seems to think that a further addition of 20 boys is one of those trifling propositions which he or some other brother has only to make , and it will be done . But the present increase of 10 means an additional annual liability of about £ 400 , and your correspondent's suggestion , if adopted , would raise this

additional outlay by £ 800 to £ 1200 . I will not trouble to ask if such a proposition is reasonable ; but reasonable or not , I question its practicability in the face of a deficit of some £ 2000 in connection with the recent building operations on account of the Preparatory School . Let us see to making this good first , and then if there are a few hundreds flying about handy , it will be time enough to think of still further increasing the number of

boys . Let me also point out , for the benefit of your correspondent , that the Girls' School , with its increase of five children , will number , after the April Election , 249 or 250 , and the Boys' School , with its increase of 10 children , 258 Therefore he need not regret a fact which does not exist , namely , that the Boys' School is "lagging behind the Girls " . —Faithfully and fraternally yours , Q-

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

to the Royal Arch Chapter , " a monitorial work of great and deservedly good repute among American Masons , it is stated—quoting from " Peterson ' s History of Rhode Island and Newport "—that : "In the spring of 165 S Mordecai Campannell , Moses Peckeckoe , Levi , and others ( in all 15 families ) arrived from Holland at Newport . They brought with them the first three Degrees of Masonry , and worked

them in the house of Campannell , they and their successors , and continued so to do to the year 1742 . " This assertion , ante dating as it does the earltest record of the tlnee Degrees being worked in England , attracted the attention of Bro . W . J . Hughan , and is referred to in that learned author ' s " Origin of the English Rite , " page 12 ; but , in consequence of an investigation made of the matter by

Past Grand Master Gardner , of Massachusetts , and others , he rejected it as being uncreditable . The papers in the case , and Bro . Gardner's address thereon , are contained in full in the "Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts for 1 S 70 . " Bio . Hughan gives these proceedings as 1 S 71 , in a foot note in the " Origin of the English Kite , " which may be attributed to the fact lhat , while they are printed

in 1871 , still among American Masons the proceedings of a Grand Lodge always date the same year the lodge is held . Rejecting then the claim of Rhode Island as untenable , we proceed to consider that of Massachusetts . It would appear that on July 30 th , 1733 , Henry Price convened 10 brethren at the sign of the Bunch of Grapes , in Kingstreet , Boston , and by virtue of a commission from Viscount

Montague , then Grand Master of England , instituted a Provincial Grand Lodge , which , having been regularly opened and organised , proceeded to make nine candidates Masons . The brethren then petitioned the Provincial Grand Master to organise them into a lodge , which was done , and it was known for some time as that at the Bunch of Grapes , until it moved to the Royal Exchange . Its

number on the first Calendar of the Grand Lodge of England was Royal Exchange , No . 126 , with date ot July 30 th , 1733 . It is now known as the St . John's Lodge . In the " Proceedings of the Grand Lodge ot Massachusetts for 1871 , " imprint Boston , 1 S 72 , are fac-similes of Price ' s Commission from Viscount Montague , the petition from the brethren to form them into a lodge , and also copies of a

large correspondence in relation to the matter . I may state that the records of the Grand Lodge of England do not show that a commission was granted to Henry Price as stated : but it may be conceded , on the evidence of the Grand Lodge Calendar and records preserved by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts , that a lodge was in existence in tioslon in 1733 . However , by the discovery in a

Philadelphia library , a few years ago , of what is known as « ' Liber B " of St . John's Lodge of that city , it was found that a regular lodge of Free and Accepted Masons was working in Pennsylvania in 1731 , two years prior to the institution of the Boston Lodge . This " Liber B " is the Secietary ' s ledger ot the lodge , and shows an uninterrupted and prosperous condition from 1731 to 173 S . A

photogravure copy of same was recently to be seen at the Masonic Exhibition in the Isle of Wight . Its authenticity is undoubted , and it carries in itself the hall mark of truth . It hasalsobeen reprinted in the " Early History and Reprintof the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania . " In connection with this it is submitted that the appointment of Daniel Cox , of New Jersey , in 1730 , by the Grand Master

of England , which fact is attested by the Grand Lodge records , as Provincial Grand Master of the Provinces of New Jersey , New York , -End Pennsylvania j the reports of the election of successive Provincial Grand Masters by the Provincial Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania in the files of the Pennsylvania Gazette ( Bro . Ben Franklin ' s paper ) from 1733 to 1741 : and , finally , the fact that there is extant a

letter from Henry Bell to Dr . T . Cadawalader , both reputable brethren , and dated about 1754 , which states that Cox instituted the St . John ' s Lodge , comprise a chain of testimony which it will require much more than unsupported assertions to overturn . Pennsylvania is content to submit the case on its merits , and abide by the result . Nor does she allow her judgment to be influenced other than by HENRY RIDDIFORD , Newton , Kansas , U . S . A ., Member Correspondence Circle Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , England . . . ¦ n < " 1

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V ¦ HIaTORY OF THE LODGE OF FILILIIY , KKOM THE YEAR 1737 TO THE YEAR 1 S 87 , WITH COMMENTS ON CONTEMPORARY EVENTS . In the modest preface , Bro . William Smithett ( P . M . and Treasurer ) tells us he has prepared ihe history of the lodge for the sesqui-centennial anniversary in May of this year , and has collated the facts from the preseived records in the hope that " his undertaking may be the means of starting a spirit of research and enquiry which may eventuate in the recovery of some of those records ,

and perhaps some of the properties of the lodge which are at present missing . " It is to be regretted that the records are not continuous , but , as the author observes , ¦ " they probably are nearly as continuous as those of most lodges of the same antiquity . " It is not every old lodge that has an unbroken series of minute books like the Royal Cumberland Lodge , No . 41 , Bath , dating from 1733 ; for the misfortune is that many lack evidence as to their continuity , as far as their preserved records are concerned . It would