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Just Published . Cloth , $ s . THE HISTORY AND RECORDS OF THE HARMONIC LODGE , No . 216 , AND THE SACRED DELTA R . A . CHAPTER . By Bro . J OSEPH HAWKINS , P . M ., P . Z . To be had from Messrs . C . and H . RATCLIFFE , Printers and Publishers , 32 , Castlestreet , Liverpool . Price is . MASONIC ORATIONS , by Bro . L . P . METHAM , P . G . D . Eng ., P . D . Prov . G . M Devon , & c , delivered in Devon and Cornwall , from A . D . 1 S 66 , at the dedication of Masonic Halls , Consecration of Lodges and Chapters , Installations , & c . With an Introduction by Bro . WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN , P . G . D . Eng ., P . Prov . S . G . W . and G . Sec . Cornwall , & c , on Freemasonry in Devon and Cornwall , from A . D . 1732 to 18 S 9 . Edited by Bro . J CHAPMAN , P . M . 1402 , & c , P . Prov . G . D . Devon , Author of "The Great Pyramid and Freemasonry . " London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-st ., W . C .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

"VICE P RESIDENT R . M . I . B . "—We think you will find that Bro . Harrup ' s letter sufficiently ventilates the subject on which you write . THE ARTICLE kindly forwarded by Bro . Harding , of Lodge Fiji , on the three lesser lights is ingenious and interesting , but not suitable for the Freemason , which is a public journal of the Craft .

A . HOWELL . —There is much to be said in favour of your views , but we must repeat the answer we have given to many similar communications , viz ., that we cannot open the pages of the Freemason to a discussion on questions of ritual and ceremony .

The following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT LODGES—Freedom , No . 77 ; United Military , No . 153 6 ; Caedewain , No . 1594 ; and Henry Levander , No . 2048 . INSTRUCTION—Ranelagh Lodge , No . S 34 ; and Hornsey Chapter , No . 890 .

Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Dorsetshire . Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Berks and Oxon . Opening of a New Masonic Hall at Bury . Consecration of the Ubique Chapter , No . 17 S 9 . Consecration of the Remigius Lodge , No . 117 , of Royal Ark Mariners . Ladies' Day of the Henley Lodge , No . 1472 .

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SATURDAY , AUGUST 2 , 1890 .

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Masonic Notes .

The meeting of the General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , which is fixed for to-morrow ( Saturday ) at Freemasons' Hall , will be of a purely formal character , and the business which

under ordinary circumstances would be transacted will be deferred till Saturday , the 9 th inst ., on which day the newly-elected Secretary , Bro . J . Morrison McLeod , will enter upon the duties of his office .

* * * The Queen has been pleased to appoint Bro . the Earl of Jersey to the Governorship of New South Wales , which will be vacant at an early date by the retirement of Bro . Lord Carrington , who is expected to return to

this country in November next . As our readers are aware , Bro . Lord Carrington is M . W . Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales , but will doubtless resign his office on leaving the colony . They are also no doubt aware that Bro . the Earl of Jersey is

a Past Senior Grand Warden of England and Prov . Grand Master of Oxfordshire , so that in the event of our New South Wales brethren being anxious for a continuance of the connection now existing between them and the United Grand Lodge of England , and

provided , of course , that their Governor nominate , like the well known Mr . Barkis , " is willin ' , " they will have the opportunity of electing the Earl of Jersey as successor to their present chief . * * *

It would certainly not be a bad move on the part of the New South Wales Grand Lodge if it were to act in accordance with the suggestion we have thrown out . It is reasonable to suppose that the union of the various Masonic Constitutions formerly existing in this

important colony was more easily and more effectually cemented by the appointment as Grand Master of Bro . Lord Carrington , who , both as the representative of the Queen and by his high social and Masonic position , would necessarily and has since proved himself to be

above the slightest suspicion of a predilection in favour of any one of the separate Constitutions existing in the colony at the time of his lordship's installation as Governor . And the same idea must hold good in the case of the Earl of Jersey , who , politically and socially ,

will stand on precisely the same footing towards the colony as his noble predecessor , while as regards his connection with Freemasonry , it has been both of longer duration and more varied , his lordshi p having for some

years occupied the same positions in English Mark Masonry as he has held , or now holds , in our English Craft . * * *

Bro . Sir Somers Vine , Grand Deacon of England , leaves this country on the 13 th inst . in accordance with instructions from the M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , as President of the Imperial Institute , for the South African Colonies , Mauritius , and the East

African Protectorates and Territories . Bro . Sir Somers Vine ' s mission is for the purpose of explaining to the various Governments and Authorities the scope and operations of the commercial collections of products and the Commercial Intelligence Department of the Institute .

* * * The anxiety of our correspondent of last week , who signed himself " A Provincial Subscriber , " lest the new code of by-laws which the Provisional Management Committee have drawn up should be rushed through

the Court and be adopted before the provincial brethren knows what it is like , will , we think , be allayed , when he reads our report of the Quarterly General Court of the Institution on the 25 th ult . It is there stated that the new code will be in circulation among the Life

Governors , & c , for about two months from Saturday the 9 th instant , when it will be presented to the General Committee . Therefore , the worthy brother will have ample time to know what the code is like , and to make any suggestions he may think proper . * * *

Our East Lancashire brethren are to be congratulated on the success of the garden party held in the Royal Botanical Gardens , Old Trafford , on Saturday last , in aid of the funds of the Provincial Systematic Benevolent and Educational Institution . The party

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was held under the patronage of Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , Prov . G . M . ; Bro . George Meilor , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M . ; and the Prov . G . Officers generally , while the Executive Committee included such well-known and indefatigable brethren as Bros . E . G . Harwood

P . P . G . W . ; J . H . Sillitoe , P . G . S . B ., P . P . G . W . East Lancashire , & c . Between 8000 and 9000 people entered the gardens , and an excellent programme was admirably carried out .

* * * In reference to the suggestion of our worthy Bro . D . Davis Joseph , we have little doubt his Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Master will be very pleased to grant his warrant for the constitution of a sort of

Anglo-Welsh lodge in London , for the convenience of Welsh brethren resident in or visiting London . We think , too , the lodge would soon become very popular , and that if it worked in Welsh , as the La France Lodge

works in French , it would become a great success . Why does not Bro . Joseph take the initiative in the matter and invite some of his Welsh brethren to assist him in obtaining the warrant ?

* * * We congratulate the companions of the Covent Garden Chapter , No , 1614 , on the successful manner in which they have entered on their career . We understand that about one-third of them hail from the Covent

Garden Lodge , a second-third from the Anglo-American Lodge , and the rest from the Prudent Brethren and other lodges . They may therefore look forward to a

long and prosperous career , especially as it was our worth y Comp . George Reynolds who proposed in open lodge the establishment of a Covent Garden Chapter . It has our best wishes for its future well-being .

* * * On Thursday , the 24 th ult ., the annual convocation of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Durham was held in the Masonic Hall , Durham , under the presidency of

Comp . Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., Grand Super , intendent . There appears to have been a full attendance , and the meeting passed off most successfully . We reserve our account of the proceedings till next week ,

A correspondent is in doubt as to whether it is proper to pass a resolution in a lodge having reference to a non-Masonic matter . We can see no possible objection to such an act of courtesy as " Templar " describes in his letter . When a member of a lodge or

chapter is the recipient of any special honour , whether Masonic or otherwise , it is a very graceful and proper thing for the brethren to offer him their congratulations . There is no law written , or unwritten , to prevent it , provided controversial subjects are avoided .

"A Craftsman " asks us if a brother who is not an active member—by which we suppose he means a subscribing member— " of any symbolic lodge " can

retain his place as an active member of a Royal Arch chapter . " To this we reply most undoubtedly in the affirmative . * * *

We see no reason why a regular Dr . and Cr . Account should not be circulated among the brethren who act as Stewards of the fees and other moneys received and the expenditure incurred by the Board of Stewards at each successive Festival . A correspondent tells us

that Bro . Hedges sent out a balance sheet for this year's Festival in aid of the Girls' School , and suggests that Bros . Terry and McLeod might do the same in future . We see no objection to this , if the Stewards

who find the money and defray the expenses desire that such an account should be rendered . But the point is one to be determined by them , not by those who are outside the Board of Stewards .

* * * At the June Communication of the Grand Lodge o ( Victoria , held at Melbourne on the 17 th June , Bro . W . F . Lamonby , P . S . G . W ., moved , Bro . J . S . Butters , M . L . C ., P . P . B . G . P ., seconded , and it was unanimously

carried— " That the United Grand Lodge of Victoria join the Correspondence Circle of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , London , and that all the back printed transactions be procured for the use of the Grand Lodge Library . "

The New York Dispatch enumerates a number of what it . calls " Crevasses in Masonry , " as follows : " Carelessness in admitting applicants for initiation ; failure to discipline members for un-Masonic conduct ;

introducing political methods into Masonry ; and permitting a variety in forms of work . Brethren , avoid all crevasses , for they are always dangerous and often fatal . "