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But . a totally different condition of affa , irs has arisen of late years , a , question never contemplated by . those svho drafted that article . And . if Freemasonry is anything it is progressive within its osvn limits , and must modify its lasvs as occasion may require , and as it has done before , so long as there is no infringement

of the " Ancient Landmarks , whatever that term may mean . The . only possible solution of the difficulties that have already presented themselves , and svhich will continue to crop up constantly in future years , is to be found , I humbly submit , in the framing of an additional Article of Constitution , of svhich the follosving may afford some idea :

" In the case of . the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown where a majority of three-fourths of the lodges in that Colony or Dependency shall decide by vote in open lodge , specially summoned for the purpose of considering the question , to form a Grand Lodge , it shall be lawful for them to do so , and in the case of each individual lodge making its decision on

such a point the svhole .. of the members of that Iodge shall be bound by the vote of three-fourths of the members present at any meeting specially summoned for the consideration of such question , in accordance svith the ancient charges and the principles of Freemasonry inculcated in the . First Degree . " The addition of some such Article svould , I conceive ,

remove all trouble , take out of the hands of the Colonial Boardalotof distasteful svork . andput our Colonial lodges on a fair platform . I should be one of the last to wish to see our Colonial brethren break off from us immaturely , but the lessons of the present and the past have convinced me that our methods in use are absolutely fatal to peace and quietness . At the present

moment sve are pleasing nobody . Our "loyal 'lodges and our " seceding" lodges are equally annoyed . Both sides regard us as a set of duffers , who don ' t knosv our own minds , or what our laws mean , for three months at a time . Let us once and for ever take up a distinct position , and state it in black and ss-hite , so that there may be no more nonsense and misunderstandings . To

most of us it seems childish that our own lasvs should be capable or possible of varied or doubtful interpretation . Let us leave the statute lasvs of the realm to supply material for quibbles , and bread for our good brethren of the lejra ) persuasion ; but let us make our osvn regulations clear and above-board . —I am , yours fraternally , T . B . WHYTEHEAD . York , August 24 th .

THE GENERAL COMMITTEE OF GRAND LODGE . To thc Editor of ihe ''Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Permit me to point out one or tsvo inaccuracies in your report relative to the notice of motion handed in by me at the General Committee Meeting of Grand

Lodge on the 23 rd inst . . Firstly , the Grand Secretary said the notice of motion was quite regular ; secondly , I did not say the notice of motion was handed in at the last moment "with an object , " but that it was so done for "excellent reasons '" ; and , thirdly , the notice of motion svas accepted .

In addition , there is something ambiguous in the remarks attributed to the Grand Secretary , svhe-rein he is made to say that " while fully admitting the right of any member of Grand Lodge to give notice of motion at the very last moment , without having previously sent the notice to him , pointed out that such a practice was very inconvenient , as it svas not always possible at a moment ' s notice to determine

svhether the Committee would be justified in placing it on the list- of business . " Nosv , the General Committee holds only one meeting , and , therefore , in the absence of any provision in the " Book of Constitutions " for a prior Sub-Committee meeting , the proper place and time to " determine , & c , " is the full meeting of the General Committee , as laid down in Articles 49 , 51 , and 53 . —Yours fraternally , W . F . LAMONBY . August 28 th .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

1041 ] REMARKABLE MEDALS . I have seen the three medals mentioned by Bro . Hughan in last sveek ' s Freemason , " Masonic Notes and Queries , No . 1040 . " "No . 1 " is a tiny gold medal of a tnfle over a quarter of an inch in diameter ; it bears on the obverse an excellent profile of the Duke of Sussex as a young

man , and on the reverse a triangle svith two hands clasped across the centre , underneath , the year 1813 . I should say there can be no doubt but that this medal was struck in commemoration of the union of the two Grand Lodges of England in 1813 , the clasped hands representing union , and the triangle perfection or completion . The authorities in the Medal Department of the British Museum have very kindly promised me

a plaster cast of this unique and beautiful little medal when the caster returns Ironi his holiday , and when I get it I will have a sketch made for ihe Freemason . " No . 2 " described by Bro . Hughan is a solid medal of fine gold , weighing , with a small ring , 390 grains , and measuring a little over an inch-and-a-half in diameter . It cost £ y ios ., and was voted to the Rev . Edward Barry on the 7 th of September , 1808 , and presented in Grand Lodge on the 8 th •March ; r 8 og .

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Many of these medals were presented by the " Ancient " Grand Lodge to the , distinguished members of that body during the latter part of its career , but this is the only one I have seen . I should think there must be others in existence , probably in private collections . " No . - ? " is the svell-knosvn "Hall Medal , " instituted

by Grand Lodge in 1779 for presentation to those svho subscribe £ 25 fo'the" HallLoah . " I think it is not generally knosvn that this fine medal was designed by Mr . Edsvard Parker , an engraver , and selected by the Hall Committee on the 5 th of February , 1780 , " on a private ballot , there appearing 6 votes for this drasving ( marked No : 4 ) , 4 votes for No . 3 , and 1 vote for

No . 1 . " No . 2 , I suppose , was out of the running . It svas also resolved that " the . Die be sunk by Mr . Pingo in the most capital stile , on condition that Mr . Pingo puts his name to the Die . " As the initials L . P . F . ( Lesvis Pingo Fecit ) appear on the base of the column , it may be assumed that this condition was duly complied with . As a matter of fact , these medals , although

bearing the date 1780 , weremot struck until the following year , as it was on the 10 th of March , 1781 , that the inscription was agreed to . , Lesvis Pingo was , as may be inferred from the " condition , " of considerable eminence in his profession , and about the time the Hall Medal was instituted he was appointed Chief Engraver to the Royal Mint . Bro . Alexander McKowl , the

original osvner of the medal nosv in the British Museum , was the Grand Lodge " Bricklayer , " or Master Builder , he' having been employed by the Society to do the brickwork at the erection of the Hall in 1775-76 . I assume there were no large contractors in those days , as the . various tradesmen were all .

employed and paid separately by the Grand Lodge . . He must have been a person of considerable means , for in " 775 be served the office of Grand Steward for Lodge No . 16—nosv the Globe Lodge ; No . 23 . In the statement of expenditure for building of the Hall is the item ' . ' Alexander M'Kowl , Bricklayer , . £ 1312 6 s . 6 d . "

HENRY SADLER . . 1042 ] OLD LISTS OF LODGES . Bro . Hughan has very kindly let me have for examination another list of Ancient lodges which appears to have been hitherto unknosvn . It is found in a small Svo book of 318- pages , entitled "Boyle ' s View of London and its Environs ; or a Complete List of All

the Squares , Streets , Lanes , Courts , Yards , Alleys , etc ., In . and about Five Miles of the Metropolis . — London , ' Printed and Sold by P . Boyle . At his Court and City Guide Printing Offices , Morris Street , Haymarket , " etc . At p . 306 Begins : " A Correct List of all the Lodges in Lqndon according to the most Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted

Masons of England , agreeable to the Old Constitution , granted by his Royal Highness Prince Edsvin , at York , Anno Domini 926 . fn the Year of Masonry 5799 , and in the Year of our Lord 1799 . " This is most valuable , as , although restricted to London lodges , it is the only list of the Athol lodges known of that year . It was probably compiled from an official list of 1799 ,

containing the lodges on the | roll to 179 8 , and includes , besides the Grand Lodge and Stewards' Lodge , the places of meeting of 42 London lodges , ending with No . 314 , "Green Dragon , Paradise-row , Chelsea " ( now No . 228 ) svarranted 19 th March , 1798 . Following the " Ancients " is " A Correct List of Lodges held in London and its Environs , according to the Modern

Institr-tion . •This appears to have been based upon a similar list in Jones ' s " Masonic Miscellanies " of 1797 , terminating , as that list does , with No . 552 , "Perfect Lodge , Horse and Star , Woolwich , " of 14 th January , 1796 , but having tbe places of meeting apparently corrected to 179 8 . There are some places of meeting

noted in these two lists that have been hitherto unknown , but will be incorporated in the second edition of my '•Masonic Records " now under progress . It is possible that there may be in the British Museum or in some other library earlier or later editions of " Boyle's View of London " than that of 1799 , which , if available , I should like to compare , JNO . LANE . Torquay , August 29 th .

Reviews.

Reviews .

A HAND BOOK OF THE ORDERS OF CHIVALRY , WAR MEDALS , CROSSES , & c ; svith illustrations by CUARLKS NOUTON fci . vis , M . A . London-. Dean and Son , 1 C 0 A , Fleet-street , E . C . Bro . Elvin has followed up his splendid svork on Heraldry by another equally attractive and useiul publication covering a field up to the present all his . osvn . No work that the author is asvare of—and we certainly cannot supply the

lacking information—exists containing a description of the Orders of Chivalry and War Medals in connection svith Heraldry . This is somesvhat surprising considering the vast numbers even in this country who either possess these distinctions or are interested in those svho do . No more competent authoiity than Bro . Elvin could undertake the work , and the book before us bears evidence of much research and painstaking care in presenting , both by pen and pencil , all that is knosvn about the subject

treated . The illustrations , svhich are vcry numerous and beautifully engraved and printed in colours , are , of course , the most striking feature of the book . They comprise not only all English medals and decorations but those of foreign countries . Upsvards of 250 different medals and orders of various countries are included in the 31 pages of illustrations , and the letter-press descriptions are full and accurate . . The author gives a vast amount of technical information svhich his knowledge of heraldry and cognate subjects enables him to do with authority . Besides there isa

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concise history of every medal and order , the circumstance ^ under which they svere granted , the method of bearing them svith the armorial achievements , and the condition ? under svhich they may be svorn . Altogether this svork is a most important addition , or supplement rather , to heraldic literature . We may mention that the book is dedicated bv perrrission to H . R . H . ' the Dukeof Edinburgh . . y

Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS .

PROVINCIAL MEETINGS . BROXBOURNE . Broxbourne Lodge ( No . 2353 ) . —A meeting was held on Saturday , the 26 th ult ., at the Crown Hotel Present : Bros . H . G . Holland , S . VV . ; H . Monson , I . W ¦ E . C . Mulvey , P . M ., Prov . A . G . D . C :, Treas . ; E . Y Gittins , P . M ., Sec ; T . J . Phillips , Stesvard ; Whiting •Xratt flDasonr ^ .

lyler ; K . Nicholls , J . M . Watson , A . A . Watson , Max Hummel , and Ramsbottom . Bro . E . C . Mulvey , P . M ., in the unavoidable absence of the W . M ., took the chair . The minutes of the last regular meeting having been read and confirmed , Bros . ] . M . and A . A . Watson were raised to the Degree of a M . M . AIT Masonic business being ended , the lodge was closed , and the brethren aftersvards dined together .

CROWLE , ' Isle of Axholme Lodge ( No .. 1482 . — The first meeting of this lodge , under the rule of Bro . C . Fox , W . M ., was held in the Masonic Hall , on Tuesday , the 22 nd ult ., svhen there were present Bros . C . Fox , W . M . j H . L . Burtonshasv , J . W . j John Constable , Chap . ; R . Wood , Sec ; VV . Pickering , S . D . ; S . H . C . Ashlin

, J . D . ; VV . Chamberlain , D . C ; W . A . Wressell , I . G . ; A . S . O . Baker and T . Gates , Stsvds . ; T . C . Horobin , P . M . ; T . Staniforth , Charity Steward ; J . . Turner ,. G . Naylor , Tyler ; ' H . Hoe , and R . Meadley . Bro . Horobin proposed , and Bro . Stainforth seconded , that a sum of 10 guineas , together svith a guinea for each child , be given to the svidosv

and four children of Bro . Harrison ( Sec . 18 S 5 ) , svho was drowned while bathing at Yarmouth , in July last , and that a letter of condolence be sent to the svidow in the hour of her distress . This svas carried unanimously . Bro . Staniforth hoped that something also would be done for the children and widosv at the Provincial Charity Meeting ..

GATESHEAD-ON-TYNE . Industry Lodge ( No . 48 ) . —This good old lodge resumed its meetings after the summer vacation , on Monday , the 28 th ult ., when there was an excellent muster of brethren . . The W . M ., Bro . W . J . Jobson , presided , and was supported by Bros . Wm . Brown , P . M ., D . C . ; Wm . Dalrymple , P . M . ; Robt . Whitfield . P . M . ; M .

Corbitt , P . M ., Treas . ; Wm . Stafford , S . W . ; Rev . W . Bowker , J . VV . ; A . Dodds , Sec . ; T . R . Jobson , as S . D . ; Hugh J ackson , J . D . ; T . Cbegwidden , as I . G . ; R . Terry , Org . ; VV . J . Campbell and W . Holzappel , Stwds . ; and Joshua Curry , Tyler . Among the other members present svere Bros . T . Smith , G . C . Potts , T . Henderson , J . Neil , A . VV . Tucker , Jas . Lightbosvn , R . I . Hindmarsh ,

Richd . Hewett , T . A , Armstrong , R . Atkinson , B . Grice , and others . I he visitors were numerous , and along with others uere Bros . F . Turnbull , W . M . 4 S 1 j Thos . Dinning , P . M . 481 ; Jas . shasv , I . P . M . 424 ; J . Adamson , Sec . 424 ; W . J . Heppell , S . O . 424 ; W . j . Davidson , Org . 424 ; T . Wright , W . M . 1342 ; H . E . Hollis , W . M . 1 SG 3 ; Rev . T . B . Nichols . P . M . 1863 ; R . F . Kidd , S . W . 1 S 6-, ;

C . Roope , P . M . 1 S 63 ; R . J . Story , Stwd . 1863 ; P . II . Moore , Chap . 2327 ; J . Crawshaw , I . G . 3327 ; Jas . Bolam , 223 ( S . C . ) : A . J . Paine , S . VV . 1119 ; E . Stephenson , Sec 541 ; T . P . Lewis , P . M . 1 G 74 ; C . P . Laidler , J . W . 16 G 4 ; T . R . Jobson , P . M . 1664 ; J . U . Simpson , vV . M . 400 , •J . Dodds , 1933 ; Wm . Smith , 481 ; and others .

After the preliminary proceedings , Bros . A . VV . Tucker , T . A . Armstrong , and Richd . Hewett svere raised to the Sublime Degree of M . M . by the W . M ., who also explained the tracing board and the working tools in good style . On the proposition of Bro . M . Corbitt , P . M ., Treas ., seconded b y Bro . R . Whitfield , P . M ., it svas resolved that an

expression of their deepest sympathy be recorded on the minutes , in remembrance of the late Bro . Joseph James Walton , recently deceased , who had been a subscribing member of the lexlge since 1 S 69 . Other business having been transacted , the lodge was closed , when an adjournment svas made for refreshments and harmony , after ' which the proceedings terminated .

OKEHAMPTON . Obedience Lodge ( No . 1753 ) . —The annual installation meeting took place on Monday , the 28 th ult ., at the lodge room , at Bro . Verdi ' s White Hart Hotel , when Bro . W . H . Hosve was installed as W . M ., in succession to Bro . J . C . Pierce , " the father of the lodge , " Bro . W . A . Gregory , P . M ., 'Treas . 1254 , P . P . A . G . D . C , again acting

as Installing Master , and there svas a large attendance ot members of the lodge and visiting brethren . The W . M . then appointed the following as his ollicers for the ensuing year : Bros . J . C Pierce , I . P . M ., •C . Piper , S . W . j JW . Reed , J . W . j Rev . f . Ward-Brown , Chap . ; Wm . Yeo , P . M ., Treas . ; C J . Futcher , P . M ., Sec ; Jno . PosvleslandS . U . ; W . E . PerkinJ . D . ; VV . P . Moon ,

, , I . G . ; Fred Edsvards , Org . ; W . Palmer , D . of C ; JCuddeford , Stesvard ; and J . Coombe , Tyler . Bro . Gregory was electee ] representative on the Committee of Petitions . After the installation the annual banquet svas held in the new and commodious dining room of the White Hart Hotel , Bro . Verdi catering , as usual , in an excellent and

satisfactory manner . rtmongst the brethren present were Bros . J . C . Pierce , W . M . ; J . Wonnacott , I . P . M . ; W . H . Kowe , J . W . I Wm . Yeo , P . M ., Treas ., P . P . A . G . Stwd . ; Chas . Pip «» Sec ; John W . Reed , J . D . ; W . P . Moon , D . C ; j /' E . Peikin , I . G . j W . L . Palmer , Stwd . j Jas . Keddaway , P . M . ; C J . Futcher , P . M . j Thos . M . Symons ,