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PRICE TEN SHILLINGS . THOMAS DUNCKERLEY , HIS LIFE , LABOURS , AND LETTERS , INCLUDING SOME MASONIC AND NAVAL MEMORIALS OF THE ISTH CENTURY . BY HENRY SADLER , AuniOR OF "MASONIC FACTS AND FICTIONS . " With a Preface by WILLIAM HARRY RYLANDS , Esq ., F . S . A . This Work contains numerous Letters , Extracts , & c , relating to Masonry in BRISTOL , DORSETSHIRE , ESSEX , GI . OUCESTKRSHIRK . 'HAMPSHIRE , HEREFORDSHIRE , THE I SLE OK WIGHT , SOMERSET , and WILTSHIRE , of which Counties DUNCKERLEY svas Prov . Grand Master ; also Portraits , reproduced by the autotype process , from rare mezzotint engravings in the British Museum , of : — His Majesty King George II . of England ; Dunckerley ' s reputed father . " H . R . H . Frederick Lesvis , Prince of Wales , son of the above ; the First of the Royal Family svho was made a Freemason . Thomas Dunckerley , in Masonic regalia , svith facsimile of his Autograph , Book-plate , Seal , & c . 340 pages , Demy octavo , handsomely bound in cloth , gilt , bevelled boards , red edges . London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 & I 6 A Gt . Queen-st ., W . C .

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pRlTERION GRAND HALL . THIS WEEKMISS ALICE NICHOLSON , VIOLINIST . SIGNOR DABIERO , MANIIOLI . VIST , etc . AND . MISS GRANT , VOCALIST . RECHERCHE DINNERS AT 5 s . AND 7 s ., 6 TO 9 . 30 . AND SUPPERS AT 4 s ., 11 TO 12 . 30 . NO CHARGE FOR ATTENDANCE . SEPARATE TABLES . . LIFT FROM GRAND VESTIBULE TO GRAND HALL . CONSTANTLY VARIED PROGRAMME AND MUSICAL NOVELTIES .

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PARTRIDGE & COOPER , "THE " . STATIONERS , 191 & 192 , FLEET STREET , LONDON , Would invite attention to their LARGE AND ' WELL-SELECTED STOCK OF GENERAL & FANCY STATIONERY , Suitable for presents , such as Inkstands , Stationery , ^ abinets , Ladies' and Gentlemen ' s Dressing Bags , 'ravelling and Brief Bags , & c , all of svhich are enumerlled in their New Illustrated Catalogue , sent free on apphcation . *

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY OF WORSHIPFUL

MASTERS . Jn future numbers of the Freemason we purpose K'ving a series of portraits of Worshipful Masters j " < " have been recently installed . Recognising the , * -cl that no greater honour can be bestowed on a " oiher than to be elected the Master of his lodge , we ' sire to do our part towards creating a permanent

eord of such event in his Masonic history by placing t s Portrait before our readers . We shall be pleased tale nis . Secretaries of lodges and others who may e an interest in our project whatever information V be ¦ desired as to our proposed method of P'ocetlure .

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ta 3 SJ * L / sN- »_ -- ~ sl ^ ° " . X ^ < i » Kf SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 2 , 18 93 . . . A . .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The regular Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge svill be held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday next , but the programme of business to be transacted is by no means a formidable one . There are two notices of motion standing in the name of the

Deputy Grand Master , ot svhich the first refers to a resolution to be proposed of congratulation to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W-C . M ., on the . occasion of the marriage of -his son , the Duke of York , with the Princess Victoria Mary of Teck . This will , of course , be carried svith acclamation .

% T * " "Jf " The other notice is to the effect that a sum of 300 guineas be . vottd from the Fund of General Purposes towards the Fund which is being raised in Queensland for the relief of those brethren who have

suffered by the disastrous Hoods svith which the colony svas visited in February last . We mentioned in a recent note that such an application had been fowarded

by the District Grand Lodge of Queensland , and we expressed our belief that it would be generously responded to . The Deputy Grand Master ' s notice of motion . is evidence that we svere not far wrong in our

opinion . * * * Thereisalsoa notice of motion by Bro . W . F . Lamonby , to the effect that the late District G . Secretaries of the dissolved District Grand Lodges of South Australia , Nesv South Wales , Victoria , and Tasmania , he

requested to forward all books , returns , and documents relating to registrations , to the Grand Secretary , so that the rights and financial standing of English Masons made in those Districts may be preserved . We do not think this svill give rise to any serious controversy .

Bro . James Terry , P . G . S . B ., the worthy Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and Bro . Charles E . Keyser , P . G . D ., have returned from their visit to the International Exhibition at Chicago , and , from svhat we hear , they must have enjoyed their visit

immensely . We trust they are the better for the trip , and that Bro . Terry will be enabled to resume his official duties svith , if possible , even greater energy than he has been accustomed to exhibit . At all events , the voyage

across the Atlantic and back cannot fail to prove an excellent preparative for his approaching campaign in behalt of the 52 nd Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .

* Bro . Duret , svhose generous present of books to the Boys' School svas recently noted in our columns , has followed up that gift by a similar one to the Girls ' School , and the library of that Institution is the richer

by something over 100 volumes . Another brother—Major Carrell—deserves honourable mention in this connection , numerous parcels of books having been received from time to time at his hands . In both cases the gifts are highly appreciated . * * *

The New York Hall and Asylum Fund had in hand , on the 30 th of April last , a balance of § 155 , 572 ( £ 3 1 , 114 ) . If to this are added the rentals for May and Grand Lodge dues , the total sum in hand may be estimated at not far short of $ 200 , 000 , or about

, £ , 40 , 000 . With such an amount as this available for the purposes of the Institution , the Hall and Asylum should be able to render material benefit to those members of the Craft who need its help . The Institution has our best wishes for its permanent success .

The corner-stone of the Masonic Hall svhich svas erected on Broadway , near Pearl-street , in the City of New York , in the year 1826 , has recently been dug up together with the box containing various papers , documents , coins , etc ., such as it is customary to deposit

svhen a foundation-stone is laid . On the top of the box was a tablet bearing the follosving , inscription : " The Freemasons' Hall , dedicated for the accommodation of the most ancient and honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons in the City of Nesv York , was founded in the year of Light , 5826 , and of the

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Christian Era , 1 S 26 , John Quincey Adams being President of the United States , De Witt Clinton Governor ' ofthe State of Nesv York , and Philip Hone Mayor of the City of Nesv York . " This svas follosved by the ' names of the trustees and other officers , svhile on the reverse were inscribed the names of the Grand officers who took part in the ceremony of laying the stone . # # # •:

According to the Nett ) York Dispatch , the late American Shakespearian actor , Edwin Booth , was initiated in the New York Lodge , No . ; 330 , on the nth September , 1857 , andalthough , osving to his professional duties , his attendances svere few and far betsveen , he

never lost his love for Freemasonry or the lodge svith svhich he had been so long connected—close on 36 years . Among the numerous bequests made by him in his will was one of . ' " •5000 (^ 1000 ) to the Masonic Home at Utica , N . Y . # # #

We learn from the address delivered by Bro . Phelps , Grand Master of losva , at the last annual communication of the Grand Lodge of that State , that during the 50 years which have elapsed since the Grand Lodge

was constituted the aggregate membership has increased from 100 to some 25 , 000 . As Dominie Sampson in " The Antiquary " would have said , if this had been reported to him as the grosvth of Masonry in a single State in the course of half a century , this is simply " Prodigious . "

* The other day we remarked that a Mason svho svas not a subscribing member of a lodge is forbidden by the Book of Constitutions to visit a lodge more than

once a year . 1 hrough inadvertence , the words—12 months , or a year—crept into our statement ; the precise words in Article 152 , which imposes this restriction being—•' any one lodge more than once until he again become a subscribing member of some lodge . "

The Grand Chapter of Dclasvare , though it musters only four private chapters , has an aggregate membership of 515 companions , svhile the Grand Chapter of Arizona , with five chapters on its roll , can boast of only 161 members . However , the former has this

year celebrated the 25 th anniversary of its constitution " by the observance of an excellent order of exercises consisting of choice music , numerous eloquent addresses , and a superb banquet , " svhile the latter is only a three-year-old Grand Chapter .

* * * On the roll of the Grand Chapter of West Virginia there are 20 private chapters with an aggregate membership of 1000 ; on that of the Grand Chapter of Michigan there are 51 chapters with 3360 members . The former is some 22 years old , but Michigan is senior by over a dozen years .

Correspondence.

Correspondence .

( We do not hold ourselves responsible tor the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wisn in a spirit ot lair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—Iree discussion . !

COLONIAL GRAND LODGES . To the Editor of the '' Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I venture to think that the time has more than arrived when . some steps should be taken to put an end definitely to the trouble and difficulties whicii have hithertosurruunded our Colonial bretnremn their efforts

te > stand alone , i . e ., to form independent Grand Lodges . To me it has appeared tor some time that we , the mother Grand Lodge , su lar from acting in a motherly svay , have been treating our children like an ill-naturtd step-mother , or a baby farmer . I am perfectly aware of the fans el origo malis . It is to be lound in Article 219 ot the Book of Constitutions , svhich runs as follosvs :

'' Should the majority of any lodge determine to retire from it , the power of assembling remains with the rest of the members , but should the humber of members remaining at any time be less than three the warrant becomes extinct . "

On the face of it it occurs to me that this rule is absurd . It is wrongly expressed altogether . Of course a majority can retire from a lodge at any time . No human power can prevent them Irom so doing . If it had been stated tnat a majority ot the lodge cannot transfer the allegiance ot that lodge to another Urand Lotlge or Ruling Power then sve should know what svas meant . But at the time this article was framed there

was no thought ot the ionnation of independent Grand Lodges in our Colonies , and its intentions bear 110 relation to present circumstances . Tne intention of its framers was evidently to make provision for lodges which laded away gradually and died of inanition , as lots of them did 111 those days . It was intended to save skeleton lodges from disaster , and witn tne idea that it was desirable to give every lodge a last chance , even if it were in the lowest of water .