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Brother's Right Instep ; then lay your Right Hand to his Left Wrist , and draw the other Hand from your Ri g ht Ear to the Left under your Chin ; and then he'll put his Right Hand to his Left Side under his Heart . To Gripe , is when you take a Brother by the Right Hand , and put your middle Finger to his Wrist , and he'll do so to you . To know a Mason privately , you place your Right Heel to his Right Instep , putyour Right Arm over his Left , and

your left under his Right , and then make a Square with your middle Finger , from his Left Shoulder to the Middle of his Back , and so down to his Breeches . When a Mason alights from his Horse , he lays the Stirrup over the Horse ' s Neck . To call a Mason out from among company , you must cough three times , or knock against any thing three times . A Mason , to show his Necessity , throws down a round Piece of Slate , and says , Can you change this Coin ?

Ireland.

Ireland .

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF MEATH . Masonry has made considerable advance in Ireland since the establishment of Provincial Grand Lodges , and in no province more than in that of Royal Meath . Grand Lodges have been established for only about twelve years , and the impetus they have given to Masonry by creating an interest therein , as well as by the advancement of brethren to Masonic honours , has been very wonderful . They also

tend to keep the lodges in working order and to spread the principles of the Craft . In many remote districts in Ireland Masonry had become of a very low grade ; the Degrees badly given—in some instances given without the semblance of ritual—and many Degrees often given outside Craft Masonry . These evils have been entirely removed by the formation of Provincial Grand Lodges , which oversee the working of each lodge , compel a proper and uniform

procedure of practice and ritual , and look carefully into the merits of every brother . In the Province of Meath are included the counties Meath , Westmeath , Cavan , and Longford ; and since its formation , twelve years ago , its Grand Lodge has been most unremitting in the arduous duties connected with Masonry under the supervision of its excellent and very worthy Bro . Right VVorshipful William Fetherstonhaugh ,

Grand Master . Since his death in August , 1 S 79 , tne ' r ° - vincial Grand Lodge has been in abeyance , but now is , we are happy to say , again resuscitated under the Right VVorshipful Col . 1- ; . R . King Harman , who was lately installed Grand Master thereof . The first meeting under his presidency took place in the town of Cavan on Tuesday , the 21 st ult ., when a large number of brethren assembled from all parts of the province . Grand Lodge was held in the Court House at two

o clock , at which hour the Grand Master , accompanied by several of the Grand Officers , entered the lodge room , and opened Grand Lodge , and , after being saluted , gave a very feeling and appropriate address to the many brethren present . He then appointed as Deputy Grand Master the R . W . Bro . G . J . Norman dc Arcy , P . M . 131 , and 32 of Ancient and Accepted Rite . The following brethren were then elected as Grand Officers : —

V . W . Bro . Stawel Garnett Prov . S . G . W . V . W . „ Captain Lindsey Prov . J . G . VV . V . W . „ M . F . Barnes Prov . ' G . Treas . V . W . „ Rev . Dr . Clarke Prov . G . Sec . VV . Bros . Rev . E . Moore , Rev . VV . J . ^ Dundas , Rev . Dr . Bell , Rev . Alex . [ Prov . G . Chaps . Ferguson J W . Bro . VV . A . Barnes Prov . G . D . of C W . „ J . Geoffroy Prov . S . G . D . W . „ John Ringwood Prov . J . G . D . W . „ T . Gill Prov . " G . S . of VV W . „ W . A . Green , VV . Bro . R . B . 1 „ n c , , Shaw ... J Prov . G . Stwds . W . „ R . Mervyn Prov . G . Swd . Br W . „ VV . P . Radcliff Prov . G . l . G .

A resolution was passed forming a Committee to prepare an illuminated address to the R . W . Bro . Wm . Babington , Past Deputy Grand Master . A large amount of business connected with the several lodges in the province was then transacted , Grand Lodge closed , anel the brethren separated . Much enthusiasm and satisfaction prevailed among the numerous assemblage of brethren from the interest thev

felt in the revival of Grand Lodge , from the regard they possess for the many excellent anel noble qualities of the Grand Master , Bro . Col . King Harman , which have endeared him to them , from the good selection he maele of Bro . G . J . Norman ele Arcy as Deputy Grand Master , and the favourable result of the election of Grand Officers . The Masters , Wardens , and other representatives from nearly all the lodges in the province were in attendance , besides a large gathering of other brethren .

Cryptic Masonry.

Cryptic Masonry .

GRAND MASTERS' COUNCIL ( No . 1 ) . — I he first regular meeting of the season of this influential and prosperous council was held on Friiiay , the 24 th ult ., at the Masonic Rooms , Red Lion-square . Among those in attendance were Comps . T . C . Walls , R . I . P . C . of VV ., D . M . ; T . Poore , P . C of VV . ; D . M . Dewar , Recorder ; tiraveley , Warden ; Love-Iaml , Sutitinel ; . Meggy , J . Stevens , Dibdin , Hedges , S . Rawson , Dr . Ramsey , and others .

'he minutes of the previous convocation having been read and confirmed , Bros . Smyth , P . M . 44 , & c ., and Adams , 1 -M . West Smithfield , having been duly balloted for , were admitted and ^ received into the Degrees of M . E . M ., R . M ., S . M . and S . E . M . Letters of apology for non-attendance ) X L " from Comps . Colonel Sir F . Burdett , Bart ., Tv , '• " *" " I ' evan . dei-, Cooper Smith , and others . Ihere being no other business beforel the council , it was closed , and the companions separated .

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Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

The monthly meeting of the General Committee of this Institution was held on Thursday afternoon at Freemasons ' Hall , Bro . Col . Creaton in the chair . There were also present Bros . A . H . Tattershall , R . B . Webster , George Bolton , Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , J . H . Matthews , Charles Moore ,

C . H . Webb , F . W . Ramsay , James F . Cochin , H . A . Dubois , S . Rawson , Arthur F . Gladwell , Frederick Adlard , Andrew Middlemass , Col . Finney , Joshua Nunn , F . R . VV . Hedges ( Sec ) , and H . Massey ( Freemason ) . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes , the CHAIRMAN said that as Lyncombe House was now ready for the reception of twenty-five girls , he , in accordance

with a resolution come to at the Quarterly Court in April , would now notify that twenty-five girls in addition to the seventeen girls already proposed to be elected on the 9 th inst ., would be elected—making in all forty-two . The petitions of two candidates were examined and approved , and the candidates placed on the list for election in April .

The CHAIRMAN" informed the Committee that , in consequence of the flourishing state of the finances , the Institution had more money in its running account than it required after all liabilities had been paid , and he consequently had to propose that £ 500 be invested in Consols . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Dr . RAMSEY seconded the motion , which was put , and carried ^ inanimously .

Authority was given to the Chairman to sign cheques . The following notices of motion for the Quarterly Court next Saturday were given : — By Bro . E . C MATHER : "That the following words be added to Law 72 , after the word ' provision ' viz ., ' and in cases of exceptional merit and necessity , the General Committee are authorised to increase the sum to an amount not

exceeding £ 40 . '" By Bro . Dr . RAMSEY : "That every candidate for admission to the School shall , previously to nomination , present a certificate , that the child can read and write English , and work the first four rules of arithmetic , signed

by a clergman in order , or a certificated schoolmaster . " By Bro . A . H . TATTERSHALL : "Alteration of Rule 37 . That the members of the House and Audit Committees be elected for three years , and that one third of the number retire annually , but shall be eligible for re-election . " A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings .

The Grand Master At The Mansion House.

THE GRAND MASTER AT THE MANSION HOUSE .

We have much pleasure in annonncing that the banquet at the Mansion House , when the Lord Mayor , Bro . Sir F . Wyatt Truscott , as Junior Grand Warden , will have the honour of entertaining the M . W . G . M ., the Prince of Wales , is fixed for Monday , the 25 th inst .

The occasion will be one of great interest to the Craft , and proves , if any further evidence were needed , how thoroughly H . R . H . desires to carry out the duties of his office by not only taking a personal interest in the work of Grand Lodge , and by lending to the Order the weight and influence of his exalted rank , but by taking part in such a great national ceremonial as that performed

at Iruro in May last , and now m so gracefully accepting the hospitalities of his Junior Warden . Freemasonry has from time immemorial been honoured in the City , and we heartil y congratulate the Lord Mayor on the fact that , in his double capacity of Lord Mayor and Grand Warden of England , he will be privileged to entertain His Royal Highness at what may perhaps be the last , but will certainl y not be the least important of the festivities in connection with his year of office .

Reviews.

Reviews .

PROCES DE MARIE ANTOINETTE . Paris . We have before our eyes as we write a little pamphlet , which we can hardly read without emotion , and which , though without a printer ' s name , though it professes to be sold at No . 21 , Boulevart Montmartre , Pans , is , we think , what it professes to be , to a certain extent , a correct representation of the actual trial of the injured and

heroic Queen . This work is baseel on a quasiofficial publication , which appeared in 1 793 , and though it , no doubt , on the good old tactics of a rampant and unscrupulous party , will suggest to us both a " suppressio vc-ri " and a "suirgestio falsi" in many particulars , it still speaks to us with a certain voice of reality and verity . What we n-ean is—that though everything favourable to the poor , friendless , courageous

woman is probably suppressed , anil everything that could inflame republicanfury is inserted and exaggerated , still the main facts of her hideous proces are reproduced . Yet we think that the salient features of the trial and the interrogatory are here , and no one , we make bold to say , can put the little pamphlet down without realizing the horrible mockery of justice , the cruel and deliberate murder perinnocent b

petrated on an person y the Revolutionary Tribunal . Despite the callous impertinence of Hermann and the mocking cruelty of Fuuqier-Tinvillc , or , as he is called , AntonineOucntin Fotu | ior , Accusateur Public pour le Tribunal Criminal Revoliitionnaire—all the sympathy of the reader is with that lonely , friendless widow , defending herself with such vigour , e-almess , good sense , dignity , o .,, i .. t —i ,.. r .. — , 1 ,.. ™ .. ut ~ : -I-: ,, < i ,, ' 1 . ii tiuuinilAjuni ^ iiieiigie

„ , "' ' -n" -- ; enose » ; e . s , : wonKcy Tigers , " as l . amart ' mc has called them . Even the Editor of the "Brochure " himself , republican as he is , admits the impression she maele on an unfriendly audience . But so the end came . Having been kept all the day , and until early in the next morning , without a morsel of food , without a seat , without even a . glass of water , she died under an unjust sentence , and is enrolled forever among the heroines and

saints of humanity . ETAT DU GRAND ORIENT DE FRANCE . 1 S 04 . We possess a very line copy of this official production , which is most interesting to read , and contains much that would please and profit English Masons eo master and peruse . Yes , lo , and behold , the moment we turn over its

pages we find that French Freemasonry and English Freemasonry are identical in tone , in teaching , in official statements , and in their practical and general dcvelopement . Then French , Freemasonry was truly religious and reverential in its acknowledgment of T . G . A . O . T . U . . n all its teachings , and in all its formula ? . Some of the

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" prayers recorded are very beautiful in themselves , and demonstrate to us unmistakeably , as we have always said , that the true , good old teaching of the Granel Orient of France was positively and completely identical with our English Constitutions , and the undoubted bearing and proclamation of Cosmopolitans Freemasonry .

LA CHAINE D'UNION . Edited by Bro . HUBERT , 9 . Rue de la Vieille Estrapade , Paris . This is , as we have often notified to our readers , a very interesting French monthly magazine , and edited by our old friend and confrere , Bro . Hubert . And most ably edited . We presume that yielding to the mistaken " tone and temper of the hour in France , " Bro . Hubert admits

into his pages , ( we feel sure reluctantly ) , for instance , suchattacks on the Bible as the lectures delivered in the Lodge Etoile du Nord , at Lille , entitled , " A Conference sur Ies Livres Saints . " ( A conference on the Holy or Sacred books . ) We confess to our unlimited astonishment to find our dear and excellent Bro . Hubert allowing a French

professor to reproduce German Rationalism and German Neologistic criticism , exposed and given up in Germany itself , before French auditors or a French lodge . Had the good Lodge Etoile du Nord , at Lille , not do something for Masonic ( charity and leave such burning and useless questions alone ?

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

CURIOUS OLD BOOKS . I call attention to a curious , worm-eaten copy of the "Historia Scholastica , " written by Peter Cornestor , commonly called the "Meistrc d'Histoirc" or the " Master of Stories , " the " Master of History , " and to whose work allusion is made in Matthew Cooke ' s MS . It is published at Lyons , 1534 . M . S .

Another curious work is one published at Basle , 155 S , relating to the "Apotheosis" of "Roman Gods" and " Foreign Gods . " With this are bound up two medical and alchemical works , not of any great merit , but rather scarce , one published in 1559 , the other of the same date . In one the old form of Abracadabra is given . M . S .

HISTORY OF FRENCH FREEMASONRY . It seems that some researches are being made in thearchives of the Lodge " La Perfection , " at Bordeaux , and ' some papers have been found dated 1762 . Some papers , also of the well-know Don Marteney Paschalis have been , unearthed , and among them a copy of his patent , which he sends for the inspection of the Grand Lodge at Paris ,

which professes to be issued b y the Grand Master of the Grand Stewart Grand Lodge , Grand Master of all the regular lodges in the world , formerly under Charles Stewart , K'ng of Scotland , son of George William , King of Great Britain , and known by the name of the Grand Lodge of Perfection Elect and Scottish , or as we should , say " The Elect and Scottish Grand Lodge of

Perfection . " What this Grand Lodge really was it would puzzle Bro , D . Murray Lyon to tell us . Paschalis says the first lodge in France was founded at the Ville de Tonnerre , 1732 ; the second at Valenciennes , in 1733 ; the third at Marseilles , of which his father was Master , Octo-. ber 11 , 1723 , and that these lodges were constituted by the Grand Lodges of England , Scotland , and Ireland . If ' his

statement be correct the lodge at Marseilles is the oldest of French lodges . What say our lists ? There is undoubted evidence of lodges at Paris and Valenciennes to which patents had been granted by Viscount Montague , in 1732 . In Smith ' s list of 173 C , the French lodge is said to be founded in 1732 , and though Anderson in 1738 mentions the lodjje at Valenciennes , it

ilocs not appear in Smith ' s list of 1736 . Of the earlier lodge at Bordeaux I know nothing ; it was probabl y , if it existed , an emanation from the High Grades , but could not be so early extinct as 1723 . The earliest foreign lodge seems to be that at the Three Flcurde Luces , Bernard-street , Madrid , 1727-2 S . 1 have not been able to refer to Bro . Gould ' s invaluable work , and have had to trust to memorv .

MASONIC STUDENT .

Since I penned the above , 1 have looked over Daruty's " History of the First French Lodges , " and think it well to allude to the following points . It is quite clear to me that the following elates must be g iven up : La Constance Arras , 1 GS 7 ; La Parfaine Egalite , ( Irish ) , Regiment of Walsh , iOSS ; Amitie ct Fraternite , Dunkirk , 1721 , which certainly was not patented by the Grand Lodge of

England ; St . Thomas , Paris , 1721 I ; La Loge du Gonstand , Paris , 1726 ; Les Arts St . Marguerite , Paris , 1720 ; neither do we know anything of La Loge Anglaise , at Bordeaux , 1732 , at least they were not patented from England . There is a lodge patented by Viscount Montague in 1732 , and one

at Valenciennes in 1732 , and also one at Aubigny in 1735 . Whether the lodge at the Ville elcTcnene , or ' Tonncrre , is the same lodge as that at the Louis el'Argcnt , Paris , one cannot say , but both these lodges were erased in 17 IJS . In all probability St . Thomas , Louis < VArgent , and La Ville de Tonerre all represent one anil the same lodge . M . S .

A QUESTION FOR BRO . GOULD . Had Devmott any relations with Ramsay or the French Masons ? ED . P . M . WHO WAS LORD HARNOUESTER ? Can any brother throw a light on this so far unverified personage , who plays so important a part in the early history of French Masonry ? Could he be the same person as Hectiir Maclean , or was it a Jacobite title ? M . S .

THE ARMS OF PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE . What are the aims of Provincial Grand Lodges ? Should they be the same as Grand Lodge , or arc they the arms of the county ? or should the two lie in parly per paler' The Prov . Grand Pursuivant ' s Badge is , I believe , generally

decorated with the arms of the county . It must be remembered that the arms of a Prov . Grand Lodge are distinct from the standard of a Prov . Grand Master , who is a Grand Officer , and , "if entitled to have a standard , may , whenever it shall be necessary , appoint a Standard Bearer , who must be a Master Mason . " —Vide Book of Constitutions , Pa ? e 40 . T . F .