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To Our Readers.
TO OUR READERS .
The FREEMASON is a Weekly News paper , price / £ &• It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information , relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , including postage : United America , India , India , China , & c . Kingdom , thc Continent , Sec . Via Biinilisl . Twelvemonths ios . Cd . 12 s . 6 d . 17 s . 4 d . Six „ 5 s . 3 d . C > s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 d . Three ' „ 2 s . Sd . 3 s . 3 d . 4 s . 6 d . Subscriptions may b _ paid feir in stamps , but Post Oflice Oriltrs or Cheques are preferred , thc former payable to
GEOltGE K . _ NNING , CHIF . F OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and oihtr business communicationshould be addrrssed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects and bocks for review are to be forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous " ¦ orrespnndence will be wholly disregarded , and thc return of rejected MSS . cannot be guaranteed . F-drlher intormation will be supplied o- " application to h : Publisher , iqR , Fleet-street , London .
Important Notice.
IMPORTANT NOTICE .
It is very necessary for our readers to ad vis vil of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America and India ; otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them . Several P . O . O . ' s are now in hand , but having received no advice we cannot credit them .
To Advertisers.
TO ADVERTISERS .
The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely he overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion In current -week ' s issue should reach the Oflice , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o ' clock on "Wednesdays . SCALE OF CHARGES FOR
ADVERTISEMENTS . Whole of back page £ 1212 o Half , „ 6 10 o Inside pages ... ... ... ... 7 7 ° Half of ditto 400 Quarter ditto ... ... ... ,. 2 10 o Whole column ... ... ... ... ... 2 10 o
Half „ 1 10 0 Quarter „ .. ... ... ... ... 100 Per inch o , <; 0 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is made for a series of 13 , 26 , and 32 insertions . Further particulars may te obtained of the Publisher , 108 , Fleet-street , London .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
Bno . YARKF . II . —On careful consideration we see no utility or good in continuing the ] discussion about Cagliostro . Bro . Simpson ' s second letter and Report of the Charity Voting Reform Association received with thanks , but too long for our columns .
BOOKS , tic , RECEIVED . " Voice of Masonry . " " Die Bauhutte , " " Norway Light , " "Hull Packtt , " "Alliance News , " "The Royal Cornwall Gazette , " "The Masonic Newspaper , " "Broad Arrow , " " Ward Davies ' s Free Press , " " Alasonic Review , " ' Tne Cilizen , " " Civilian , " " Freemason ' s Monthly , "
" Le Monde Maconnique , " " New Yoik Dispatch , Ihe Colonial Stani ' ard anil Jamaica Reporter , " " P . terboro ' Adveitiatr , " "The Western Morning News , " "Square and Cimpassts , '' "Hebrew Leader , " " Masonic Newspaper , " ' Young Folks Weekly Budget , " " Kejstont-, " " Modern Thought . " Music— "I ' m moving on . "
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
[ The charge is 2 S . bd . for announcements not exceeding F . ur Lints under this heading . ]
BIRTHS . FOWLER . —On the 2 _ lh ult ., at f , Upper Wubum-placc , Tavistock-square , the wife of Mr . Charles Fowler , of a daughter . MEI . VH . LF .. —On the 27 th ult ., at Wclborn Rcctnry , Grantham , thc wile of the Rev . F . A . Leslie Melville , of a son .
MARRIAGE . FisiiEi-i—LiNiisRV . —On the 26 th ult ., at St . Paul ' s , Covent Gardin , Edmund , son of the late Mr . Frederick Fit / . Hcnry Fisher , of Holloway , to Jessie , daughter ot the late Mr . Samncl Lindsey , of Kentish Town .
DEATHS . HERRON . —On the 23 rd ult ., Archibald son of thc late Mr . James Herron , of Blackheath-hill , and Adam ' scourt , City . HYDE . — On the 25 th ult ., at ber residence , 20 , Elmtree-
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THE FREEMASON . SAT - RDA 7 , AUGUST 2 , 1879 .
Bro. Kenning And The International Banquet.
BRO . KENNING AND THE INTERNATIONAL BANQUET .
The following fraternal telegram has been received , which we think it ri g ht to communicate for the information and satisfaction of our many readers : — " From Charles Eugene Meyer , J 22 , Arch-street ,
Philadelphia , U . *" . A ., t'i George Kenning , Esq ., Little Britain , London . —On behalf of the American brethren I desire to tender thi ir hearty good wishes to Bro . Kenning on thi ., the Anniversary of the International Bmquet . Kindest regards to Bto . Woodford . "
The Rite Ecossais In France.
THE RITE ECOSSAIS IN FRANCE .
We have received a letter on this unseasonable controversy which is now apparently about to agitate the Rite Ecossais in France , from Bro . Paul Goumain-Cornille , a French barrister , which we print elsewhere , as well aa some pamphlets , which we had previously seen .
We also give a translation of the letter . We fear that nothing we can say will please our correspondent , as we have nothing to rectify or withdraw . We wrote quite clearly and calmly , with full knowledge of the subject , and the article was in no way iuggested by others . We spoke , ( as
we trust we always shall speak ) , with a full sense of responsibility , and an entire conviction of the unwisdom of this present agitation , and of entire sympathy , we may remark , with the "Administrative Commission . " For , as we pointed out last week , the fundamental error which pervades
this hasty cry for reform , or rather revolution , is simply the developement of the so-called rights of the " symbolic lodges , " and practically their future government of the Rite Ecossais . And here it is that we join issue with the leaders of this wonderful movement , not being numbers of
the "Rite Ecossais" ourselves , but speaking , " ab extra , " as Craft Masons and Craft philosophers , and above all " amici curiae . " The " Rite Ecossais ,: is not a symbolical body , but a High Grade body , and in it the High Grades must be paramount and predominant . Indeed , we are
struck with the great liberality of the Constitution of ihe " Grande Loge Centrale " as conceded and arranged by the High Grades . It is only an accident that the Rite Ecossais as in France grants charters for symbolical lodges . Neither in England nor America does the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite grant charters for Craft lodges . To contend , as Bros . Clement and Cornille do , that the symbolic lodges have a grievance because , though there is > a majority in the Grand Lodge , they cannot also control the " Administrative
Commission , " is , in our opinion , alike unfair and unjust to the High Grades in every way . Indeed , according to our view , both , we venture to think , impartial and equitable , those who are thus seeking to make of the Rite Kcossais another symbolic Grand Lodge , in
which the symbolic lodges are now to lay down the law to the Thirty-third Degree itself , forget the history of the Rite Ecossais , and are acting in defiance of all precedent , order , and common justice . We must confess , therefore , tho . gh we fear that our
confession will not please our good Bros . Clement and Cornille , that our sympathies in this heated discussion are entirely with the '' Administrative Commission , " upholding , as that body evidently seeks to do , legally and loyally , the rig htful position of the High Grades .
Scrutineers.
SCRUTINEERS .
Bro . Meggy ' s motion stands over until October , for the appointment of a Committee to consider the present system . We are among those who , despite the eloquent statements of Bros . Hirsch , and Cox , and Meggy , think that a " mountain has been made of a molehill . " Given certain
inaccuracies , they are rectified on appeal , and as " misfortunes will occur in the best regulated families , " so errors will creep in amidst the calculations of the most skilful and energetic of Scrutineers . To say the truth , we think—perhaps it is rather audacious for us to say so after
such high authorities have spoken—that we do not want a Committee at all . It seems to us a very simple question of Masonic detail and practice , if we may use such an expression on such a subject . The chairman of the meeting ought , in our opinion , to be empowered to an . point the Scrutineers ad hoc , and as it will he in
his interest to appoint well known , and expert and trusted brethren , the business of the scrutiny will be speedily , and safely , and accuratel y accomplished . Up to the present time , brethren with qualifications for the duty , or with no quali .
jicattons at all , have thrust themselves forward , and , as no one liked to "bell the cat , " inefficient Scrutineers have , no doubt , often got on the board , and that too under the tutelary aegis of a general Quarterly Court , which we , therefore , from some experience , do no consider the best
body to elect the Scrutineers . We repeat that we feel persuaded if the Scrutineers were appointed by the Chairman we should soon hear the end of complaints on this score . A very slight alteration will enable such a salutarychange to be effected—in the Boys' and Girls '
Schools , at any rate , and probably in the R . M . B . Institution . But we should not be doing our duty to our readers , or to our great Charities , if we did not further express our opinion honestl y and openly , as we always shall do , that certain " commisssariat arrangements , " in respect of
the Scrutineers , should be at on"e amended , as there is no doubt that there are evils , and that there are expenses connected with out Scrutineers , which ought at once to be reduced and remedied . No one , least of all a Freemason , who is never a fanatic on such subjects , and who
believes in the moderate use of all the gifts to man of T . G . A . O . T . U ., will grudge to brethren proper refreshment after a long sitting and tedious duty . The " labourer is worthy of his hire , " and the Scrutineer deserves after work refreshment , but then it ought to be after work—not
during work , and all such refreshment should be alike reasonable and moderate . The licence of the hour rather leads to little allowances in this respect , which might , we are inclined to think , be susceptible of much abuse by those inclined to abuse them , but we fancy we express the
feelings ofthe majority ofthe subscribers when we urge on the Secretaries of our Institutions not to encourage such a use of what is lawful aud proper as may in any way tend to be a tax on the Charities and to an interference with the careful work of the Scrutineers . And do not let any of
our readers think us wishful to interfere with their reasonable comforts and lawful convenience when we finally say , that we feel sure that the work of the scrutiny itself would be better conducted if the undue and novel habit of smoking during work was at once prohibited and put a stop to . We trust that what we have said will
com mend itsel f to the good feeling and good sense of our readers , and as we always are . zealous of the honour of Freemasonry and the prestige of our Chanties , so we desiderate above all things , that we should maintain our character before all of being men of business habits , men of habitual thoughtfttlness and seasonable self control .
Keep Your Temper.
KEEP YOUR TEMPER .
We are struck , as all must be , with the hopelessness of Masonic controversy . Be it about great things or small , important or trifling , matters of practice or matters of sentiment , straig htway one or both of the combatants seem , the moment they get into print , to lose their temper ,
and descend to personality . Lord Beaconsfield , in his well-known story of "Coningsby , " g ives us an amusing illustration of a similar state of things , arising from a once prevalent and peculiar visw of political controversies . " If any one
impeached , " he tells us , " the management of a department , the public were told that the accuser had embezzled ; if any one complained 01 a colonial governor , the complainant was denounced as a returned convict . An amelioration
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To Our Readers.
TO OUR READERS .
The FREEMASON is a Weekly News paper , price / £ &• It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information , relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , including postage : United America , India , India , China , & c . Kingdom , thc Continent , Sec . Via Biinilisl . Twelvemonths ios . Cd . 12 s . 6 d . 17 s . 4 d . Six „ 5 s . 3 d . C > s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 d . Three ' „ 2 s . Sd . 3 s . 3 d . 4 s . 6 d . Subscriptions may b _ paid feir in stamps , but Post Oflice Oriltrs or Cheques are preferred , thc former payable to
GEOltGE K . _ NNING , CHIF . F OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and oihtr business communicationshould be addrrssed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects and bocks for review are to be forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous " ¦ orrespnndence will be wholly disregarded , and thc return of rejected MSS . cannot be guaranteed . F-drlher intormation will be supplied o- " application to h : Publisher , iqR , Fleet-street , London .
Important Notice.
IMPORTANT NOTICE .
It is very necessary for our readers to ad vis vil of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America and India ; otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them . Several P . O . O . ' s are now in hand , but having received no advice we cannot credit them .
To Advertisers.
TO ADVERTISERS .
The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely he overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion In current -week ' s issue should reach the Oflice , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o ' clock on "Wednesdays . SCALE OF CHARGES FOR
ADVERTISEMENTS . Whole of back page £ 1212 o Half , „ 6 10 o Inside pages ... ... ... ... 7 7 ° Half of ditto 400 Quarter ditto ... ... ... ,. 2 10 o Whole column ... ... ... ... ... 2 10 o
Half „ 1 10 0 Quarter „ .. ... ... ... ... 100 Per inch o , <; 0 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is made for a series of 13 , 26 , and 32 insertions . Further particulars may te obtained of the Publisher , 108 , Fleet-street , London .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
Bno . YARKF . II . —On careful consideration we see no utility or good in continuing the ] discussion about Cagliostro . Bro . Simpson ' s second letter and Report of the Charity Voting Reform Association received with thanks , but too long for our columns .
BOOKS , tic , RECEIVED . " Voice of Masonry . " " Die Bauhutte , " " Norway Light , " "Hull Packtt , " "Alliance News , " "The Royal Cornwall Gazette , " "The Masonic Newspaper , " "Broad Arrow , " " Ward Davies ' s Free Press , " " Alasonic Review , " ' Tne Cilizen , " " Civilian , " " Freemason ' s Monthly , "
" Le Monde Maconnique , " " New Yoik Dispatch , Ihe Colonial Stani ' ard anil Jamaica Reporter , " " P . terboro ' Adveitiatr , " "The Western Morning News , " "Square and Cimpassts , '' "Hebrew Leader , " " Masonic Newspaper , " ' Young Folks Weekly Budget , " " Kejstont-, " " Modern Thought . " Music— "I ' m moving on . "
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
[ The charge is 2 S . bd . for announcements not exceeding F . ur Lints under this heading . ]
BIRTHS . FOWLER . —On the 2 _ lh ult ., at f , Upper Wubum-placc , Tavistock-square , the wife of Mr . Charles Fowler , of a daughter . MEI . VH . LF .. —On the 27 th ult ., at Wclborn Rcctnry , Grantham , thc wile of the Rev . F . A . Leslie Melville , of a son .
MARRIAGE . FisiiEi-i—LiNiisRV . —On the 26 th ult ., at St . Paul ' s , Covent Gardin , Edmund , son of the late Mr . Frederick Fit / . Hcnry Fisher , of Holloway , to Jessie , daughter ot the late Mr . Samncl Lindsey , of Kentish Town .
DEATHS . HERRON . —On the 23 rd ult ., Archibald son of thc late Mr . James Herron , of Blackheath-hill , and Adam ' scourt , City . HYDE . — On the 25 th ult ., at ber residence , 20 , Elmtree-
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THE FREEMASON . SAT - RDA 7 , AUGUST 2 , 1879 .
Bro. Kenning And The International Banquet.
BRO . KENNING AND THE INTERNATIONAL BANQUET .
The following fraternal telegram has been received , which we think it ri g ht to communicate for the information and satisfaction of our many readers : — " From Charles Eugene Meyer , J 22 , Arch-street ,
Philadelphia , U . *" . A ., t'i George Kenning , Esq ., Little Britain , London . —On behalf of the American brethren I desire to tender thi ir hearty good wishes to Bro . Kenning on thi ., the Anniversary of the International Bmquet . Kindest regards to Bto . Woodford . "
The Rite Ecossais In France.
THE RITE ECOSSAIS IN FRANCE .
We have received a letter on this unseasonable controversy which is now apparently about to agitate the Rite Ecossais in France , from Bro . Paul Goumain-Cornille , a French barrister , which we print elsewhere , as well aa some pamphlets , which we had previously seen .
We also give a translation of the letter . We fear that nothing we can say will please our correspondent , as we have nothing to rectify or withdraw . We wrote quite clearly and calmly , with full knowledge of the subject , and the article was in no way iuggested by others . We spoke , ( as
we trust we always shall speak ) , with a full sense of responsibility , and an entire conviction of the unwisdom of this present agitation , and of entire sympathy , we may remark , with the "Administrative Commission . " For , as we pointed out last week , the fundamental error which pervades
this hasty cry for reform , or rather revolution , is simply the developement of the so-called rights of the " symbolic lodges , " and practically their future government of the Rite Ecossais . And here it is that we join issue with the leaders of this wonderful movement , not being numbers of
the "Rite Ecossais" ourselves , but speaking , " ab extra , " as Craft Masons and Craft philosophers , and above all " amici curiae . " The " Rite Ecossais ,: is not a symbolical body , but a High Grade body , and in it the High Grades must be paramount and predominant . Indeed , we are
struck with the great liberality of the Constitution of ihe " Grande Loge Centrale " as conceded and arranged by the High Grades . It is only an accident that the Rite Ecossais as in France grants charters for symbolical lodges . Neither in England nor America does the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite grant charters for Craft lodges . To contend , as Bros . Clement and Cornille do , that the symbolic lodges have a grievance because , though there is > a majority in the Grand Lodge , they cannot also control the " Administrative
Commission , " is , in our opinion , alike unfair and unjust to the High Grades in every way . Indeed , according to our view , both , we venture to think , impartial and equitable , those who are thus seeking to make of the Rite Kcossais another symbolic Grand Lodge , in
which the symbolic lodges are now to lay down the law to the Thirty-third Degree itself , forget the history of the Rite Ecossais , and are acting in defiance of all precedent , order , and common justice . We must confess , therefore , tho . gh we fear that our
confession will not please our good Bros . Clement and Cornille , that our sympathies in this heated discussion are entirely with the '' Administrative Commission , " upholding , as that body evidently seeks to do , legally and loyally , the rig htful position of the High Grades .
Scrutineers.
SCRUTINEERS .
Bro . Meggy ' s motion stands over until October , for the appointment of a Committee to consider the present system . We are among those who , despite the eloquent statements of Bros . Hirsch , and Cox , and Meggy , think that a " mountain has been made of a molehill . " Given certain
inaccuracies , they are rectified on appeal , and as " misfortunes will occur in the best regulated families , " so errors will creep in amidst the calculations of the most skilful and energetic of Scrutineers . To say the truth , we think—perhaps it is rather audacious for us to say so after
such high authorities have spoken—that we do not want a Committee at all . It seems to us a very simple question of Masonic detail and practice , if we may use such an expression on such a subject . The chairman of the meeting ought , in our opinion , to be empowered to an . point the Scrutineers ad hoc , and as it will he in
his interest to appoint well known , and expert and trusted brethren , the business of the scrutiny will be speedily , and safely , and accuratel y accomplished . Up to the present time , brethren with qualifications for the duty , or with no quali .
jicattons at all , have thrust themselves forward , and , as no one liked to "bell the cat , " inefficient Scrutineers have , no doubt , often got on the board , and that too under the tutelary aegis of a general Quarterly Court , which we , therefore , from some experience , do no consider the best
body to elect the Scrutineers . We repeat that we feel persuaded if the Scrutineers were appointed by the Chairman we should soon hear the end of complaints on this score . A very slight alteration will enable such a salutarychange to be effected—in the Boys' and Girls '
Schools , at any rate , and probably in the R . M . B . Institution . But we should not be doing our duty to our readers , or to our great Charities , if we did not further express our opinion honestl y and openly , as we always shall do , that certain " commisssariat arrangements , " in respect of
the Scrutineers , should be at on"e amended , as there is no doubt that there are evils , and that there are expenses connected with out Scrutineers , which ought at once to be reduced and remedied . No one , least of all a Freemason , who is never a fanatic on such subjects , and who
believes in the moderate use of all the gifts to man of T . G . A . O . T . U ., will grudge to brethren proper refreshment after a long sitting and tedious duty . The " labourer is worthy of his hire , " and the Scrutineer deserves after work refreshment , but then it ought to be after work—not
during work , and all such refreshment should be alike reasonable and moderate . The licence of the hour rather leads to little allowances in this respect , which might , we are inclined to think , be susceptible of much abuse by those inclined to abuse them , but we fancy we express the
feelings ofthe majority ofthe subscribers when we urge on the Secretaries of our Institutions not to encourage such a use of what is lawful aud proper as may in any way tend to be a tax on the Charities and to an interference with the careful work of the Scrutineers . And do not let any of
our readers think us wishful to interfere with their reasonable comforts and lawful convenience when we finally say , that we feel sure that the work of the scrutiny itself would be better conducted if the undue and novel habit of smoking during work was at once prohibited and put a stop to . We trust that what we have said will
com mend itsel f to the good feeling and good sense of our readers , and as we always are . zealous of the honour of Freemasonry and the prestige of our Chanties , so we desiderate above all things , that we should maintain our character before all of being men of business habits , men of habitual thoughtfttlness and seasonable self control .
Keep Your Temper.
KEEP YOUR TEMPER .
We are struck , as all must be , with the hopelessness of Masonic controversy . Be it about great things or small , important or trifling , matters of practice or matters of sentiment , straig htway one or both of the combatants seem , the moment they get into print , to lose their temper ,
and descend to personality . Lord Beaconsfield , in his well-known story of "Coningsby , " g ives us an amusing illustration of a similar state of things , arising from a once prevalent and peculiar visw of political controversies . " If any one
impeached , " he tells us , " the management of a department , the public were told that the accuser had embezzled ; if any one complained 01 a colonial governor , the complainant was denounced as a returned convict . An amelioration