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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF ENGLAND AND WALES , AND THE DEPENDENCIES OF THE BRITISH CROWN . BENEVOLENT FUND FESTIVAL . THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL will be held at the CRYSTAL PALACE , SYDENHAM , ON WEDNESDAY , 6 th of JULY , iSSi . ' The Right Hon . LORD HENNIKER , M . W . G . M . M . M ., I N T H E CHAIR . Dinner on the Table at FIVE o ' clock p . m . Gentlemen , £ i is . Ladies , 15 s . Applications for Tickets must be made , not later than MONDAY , the 4 th of JULY , addressed to the Stewards , at No . SA , Red Lion Square , W . C . FREDK . BINCKES ( P G . J . W . ) , Grand Secretary .

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PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF MIDDLESEX AND SURREY . THE R . W . BRO . SIR FRANCIS BURDETT , HART ., Provincial Grand Master . THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF THE PROVINCE OF MIDDLESEX AND SURREY , Will be holden at thc STAR AND GARTER HOTEL , RICHMOND , On Saturday , July 2 nd , 1 SS 1 , When all Present and Past Provincial Grand Oflicers , together with the Worshipful Masters , Past Masters , and Acting Wardens of Lodges in thc Province , are hereby SUMMONED to attend , and all Mark Master Masons are invited to be present . The Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened at Four o ' clock . By command cf IhcR . W . P . G . M . M ., WM . G . BRIGHTEN , P . M ., P . Z ., & c , Provincial Grand Mark Secretary . 4 , Bishopsgate Street , Without , E . C , iCth June , 1 SS 1 . Banquet at Five o ' clock . Tickets One Guinea each , including Wine Brethren intending to be present should notify their intention to the Provincial Grand Secretary on or before Wednesday , the 2 yth June .

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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF THE PROVINCE OF HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT . 'J ' M . WORSHIPFUL BKO . THE Kiev . G . R . PORTAL , Prov . Grand Mark Master . THE VKUV WORSHIPFUL BRO . W . HICKMAN , Deputy Prov . Grand Mark Master . THE GRAND LODG )* : OP THIS PROVINCE will assemble at thc MASONIC HALL , AL 1 HON PLACE , S O t ; T II A M P T O N , at Two o'clock p . m ., On THURSDAY , Ihe j / lt day of JULY next . The Banquet will take place at Four o ' clock precisely at ( he Masonic Hall . Tickets ios . 6 d . each , including a pint of Wine . . The attendance of Visiting Brethren is particularly invited . By command of the Most Worshipful Provincial Grand Mark Master Mason , GEO . J . TILLING , P . M . C- „ Provincial Grand Mark Secretary . Southampton , sSth June , 1 SS 1 .

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. NOTICE OF REMOVAL . The Publishing and Printing Offices OI * "THE FREEMASON "* HAVK IIKKN HIUIOVFI ) 10 16 , GREAT QUEEN STREET , 'Opposite Freemasons' H .-ilU ' LONDON , w . r . 1

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ROYA L MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS , ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSKA RISE , S . W .

PATRONS : — HIS ROVAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M ., PRESIDENT . HER ROVAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES . A QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of thc Governors and Subscribers of this Institution will bc held at FREEMASONS' HALL , GREAT OUEEN STREET , LINCOLN'S-INN-EIELDS , LONDON , On Saturday , the gib day of July , ISSJ , at Twelve o'clock precisely , On thc general business of the Institution , to place candidates on the list for election in October ncxt , and to declare thc number of girls then to be elected ; also to consider the following notices of motion -.

—Upon recommendation of the House Committee , by Bro . Col . Creaton , Treasurer and Trustee" That the rank of Honorary Vice-President be conferred upon liro . Wharton P . Hood , in recognition of his valuable services as Honorary Surgeon . " "That the Honorarium to thc Chaplain bc increased from £ 2 _ to £ __ per annum . " F . R . W . HEDGES , Secretary . Oflice , 5 , Freemasons' Hall , Great Ouecn-st ., W . C , July 2 nd , I S 31 .

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THE "JOHN HERVEY MEMORIAL FUND . " Amount acknowledged in the Freemason of 4 th June ... ... ... ... ... £ C > 2 i 11 o SUBSEQUENT RECEIPTS . Albert Edward , Prince of Wales , Lodge , 1420 220 Loyal Monmouthshire Lodge , . 157 ... ... 1 1 0 St . Woolo ' s Chapter , 6 $ _ ... ... ... I I o Konnard Chapter , 125 . S ... ... ... 1 I o Belvidere Lodge , 503 ... ... ... 5 5 o Royal Sussex Lodge , 402 ... ... ... 1 1 it Rectitude Lodge , 502 ... ... ... 1 1 o St . Eleth Lodge , 14 SS ... ... ... 1 1 o Royal Naval Lodge , 1 . 50 . 3 ... ... ... 2 2 o Douglas Lodge , 1725 ... ... ... 250 Evening Star Lodge , 1719 ... ... ... 550 Unanimity Chapter , 82 ... ... ... 1 1 o Star in the East Lodge , 6 50 ... ... 220 Provincial Grand Lodge uf Nortliamiitonshirc 5 *** o Hro . ] . M . Case , P . G . D . ' ... 1 1 o Bio . " F . II . Wilson He ? , M . D ., Dep . P . G . M . Hunts ... ... ... ... ... 1 I o Provincial Grand Lodge of N . Wales and Salop ... ... ... ... ... 500 St . Oswald Lodge , 112 4 ... ... ... 100 Guelph Lodge , 10 S 5 ... ... ... 5 5 o Twenty-live members of Guelph Lodge , at 2 s . ( id . each ... ... ... " ... 326 St . John ' s Lodge , 3 _| S ... ... ... 1 1 o Total to 27 th June ... ¦¦¦ £ ' ~ ' 7 o 14 6 N . B . —The sum of / J ( ioo has been invested in New Three per Cent . Stock . Remittances on account of thc Fund and all communications connected therewith should be sent to Bro . R . R . Davies , lion . Sec , Melvill Lodge , Manor-road , Wallington , Surrey . Cheques should be crossed " London and Westminster Bank , account of 'John Hervey Memorial Fund . ' " Post Oflice Orders should bc made payable at the Chief Office , London , E . C .

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la ( Eorospoirticnts . Mason's Marks . Kenlis Lodge , No . 12 O 7 , Egremont . POOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "The Citizen , " ' - ' Keystone , " "The Hull Packet , " " Allan ' s Indian . Mail , " "Masonic Record of Western India , " "Tlie Broad Arrow , " "Jewish Chronicle , " "The City Lantern , " "The Sunday Times , " " 'J'he Masonic Age , " "Die Baiihutte , " "Masonic Herald , " "Corner Stone , " "The Hebrew Leader , " "The Ratepayer and Trader , " " Der Long Lslaender , " " New Vork Dispatch , " The following stand over : —

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THEFREEMASON. SATURDAY , JULY 2 , 1 SS 1 .

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\ \\ e < 1 < I nnlhn ' il mirsu ' ves rt'spon * -il ) K- for , or even .-l'lprovine . uf , tlieo- 'ininns e \;) re ^ eil In * nnrccii-respondents , but we wish in a spirit of f ; i ' r play In 'ill to penni : —wilhiu eeil . ' iin necessnr * limits—free iliien-, ion . 1

•¦ oroTATlUN . "—NEW GRAND OFFICERS . To the Ed iter of flic "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — The " vcr .-ion" of "A P . M . of I * *' . ** . - . " I had

seen , but , fur my part , I preferred the version I was ( aught at a great public school—alas ! . ) . ) . years ago . A " P . M . " fays ( hat to the "discerning , scholarly mind" ( he ' * ring " of his version will he obvious , implying that mine is faulty or not so Ri -ioti . 1 d' > r . "t see it . The version 1 gave .

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which I have often seen since , " scans " equally well with his ; indeed , on the whole , as a clever imitation of a " Latin hexameter , " I prefer the old one I alluded to . Tastes differ , but I venture to think that I know the " ring" of an hexameter as well . as . " your facetious correspondent . Vours fraternally , QUOTATION .

Mr . Editcr , Sir , —¦ Pardon your slave , I ' ve made a mistake . When the old gentleman wrote you about the Trumpeter ' s scarlet coat and periwig ( how I should like to wear them ) , he wrote the word " youngsters , " not " youngest . " It ' s all my fault , your own imp , PRINTER'S DEVIL .

THE STATUS O *" - * GRAND AND PROVINCIAL GRAND OFFICERS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , —¦ The recent correspondence between the Grand Registrar and Bro . Newmarch , late D . P . G . M . for Gloucestershire , suggests several considerations .

A . No doubt Bro . Newmarch is right in his abstract proposition—that the question must be decided by thc Book of Constitutions alone , and not by usage or precedent . Thc matter is not a subject of favour or concession ; it is one purely of law and right . 13 . But what does the Book of Constitutions say ? As

Bro . Newmarch states , it undoubtedly in its verbiage , which is open to doubt , declares that Provincial Grand Officers are "invested in the Provincial Grand Lodge , " and " shall possess within their district the rank and privilege of Grand Oflicers . " Undoubtedly this is so , and these words constitute the " crux . " If Bro . Newmarch ' s contention bc

correct , thc ' precedence " of the Grand Lodge is to be observed in thc Provincial Grand Lodge ; and as Grand Wardens takes precedence of all other " officers , " so Provincial Grand Maidens take precedence of all other officers , whether Grand or Provincial , in their own province , if senior to them in date of appointment . If there

be Grand Wardens and Provincial Grand Wardens present , then comes in the date of appointment , which constitutes seniority—at , least , I presume Bro . Newmarch concedes this ,- -so that all Grand Officers who arc inferior to Grand Wardens in Grand Lodge come behind Provincial Grand Wardens in Provincial Grand Lodge . If this be so ,

then , I confess , I do not see how the Grand Registrar ' s " rcditetio ad absuvdum " can be avoided , that the Provincial Grand Master , being a . Grand Master in his province , takes precedence of the Grand Master himself , unless the appointment of the latter is earlier than that of the former . Bro . Xeivmnich sees the difficulty , and seeks to convey the

idea , that thc Grand Master being the "fountain of honour , " Sic ., is practically excluded from the operation of these laws , and here , too , Bro . Newmarch is inconsistent with himself , in that he " claims" the law , thc whole law , and nothing but the law . Such a view , however right " per se , " is alien to thc Book of Constitutions .

C . But must not Bro . Newmarch go a step further ? It is an old axiom of the law , that though the "grantor" may convey certain actual or stipulated rights to thc " grantee , " thc original right ( jus ) remains in thc "grantor . " The Grand Master gives a delegated right to the Provincial Grand Master , who is a representative of thc Grand Master , and

he , in his turn , grants certain rights and rank to his Provincial Grand Officers , which are declared by the Book of Constitutions to bc in the province of equal value and rank with those of thc Grand Lodge itself . But this concession by no means deprives the holders of rank emanating directly from the G . M . ( the original

grantor ) of their claim to superiority , which is in no way affected by the grant of a subsidiary of tantamount rank fo the Provincial Officers in the provinces . And , therefore , 1 , for one , hold , with all respect to Bro . Newmarch and our many excellent provincial brethren , that the Grand Registrar is right when he says that the " Grand Officers

of England are Grand Oflicers of England and every province thereof , and in each province take precedence of the Provincial Grand Officers , in like manner as the M . W . Grand Master , by whom they are appointed , takes prcce . cencc in every province of the Prov . Grand Master , by whom the Prov , Grand Oflicers arc appointed . "

There is a great difference between the functions of a Prov . Grand Master and a D . Prov . Grand Master as laid down by the Book of Constitutions , which certainly weak-ens Bro . Newmarch ' s argument as regards the co-equal rights of Grand ami Prov . Grand Officers . The Deputy Grand Master has thc same right ,

practically , as the G . M ., in that be can preside in any lotlge with the Master of the lodge on his right , and the Grand Wardens are to act as Wardens . In the case of the D . P . G . M ., he can ' * ' preside in a lodge , " but that is all . I do not know lhat you can press the argument mile !)

either way , but it appears to me that this essential diffcrrnre of duties is fatal lo the contention that the D . Prov . G . M ., who is D . G . M . in his own province , would take precedence of a D . G . M . if his patent was earlier . Perh . ip-j Bro . Neii-marc ' i does not mean so to contend . but if his argument be valid , such must be the necessary cnn ^ ei - iuence- indeed of his own position , "h fortiori . "