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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . ST . JOHN'S HILL , S . VV . OFFICE , 5 , FREEMASONS' HALL , GT . QUEEN-ST ., VV . C . Patron and President : Patroness : H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES . A Quarterl y General Court of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution will be held in the Hall of the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen-street , Lincoln's Innfields , London , on Saturday , gth day of October , 1 SS 0 , at Twelve o ' clock precisely , on the General Business of the Institution , to consider Notices of Motion as follow , and to elect Forty-two Girls into the School b y Ballot , from a list of Fifty-four approved Candidates . The Election will commence at One o'clock ( or after the usual business is over ) , and close at Three o ' clock , precisely . NOTICES OF MOTION . Upon the recommendation of the House Committee , by Bro . E . C . MATHER , V . P . — "That the following words be added to Law LXXII , 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 . F . W . H . RAMSAY , M . D . — ALTERATION OF RULE LXI . " 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 Clergyman in Orders , or a Certificated Schoolmaster . " By Bro . A . H . TATTERSHALL , — ALTERATION OF RULE XXXVII . " 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 . " F . R . VV . HEDGES , Secretary . Office .- —5 , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , VV . C .

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LONDON MASONIC CHARITY ASSOCIATION . —OCTOBER ELECTIONS , 1 SS 0 . —The Committee have selected the following Candidates , and request the Votes of the London Brethren on their behalf : — BOYS . GIRLS . * No . 27 , Gee , A . A . No . 21 , Evans , E . * „ 31 , Frost , J . B . ,, 44 , Morgan , E . G . „ S ,-Fellows , A . ,, 4 C , Delafons , E . J . * „ 17 , Hobbs , R . N . „ 39 , Smith , E . S . ,, 45 , Wilkinson , j . E . * Last Applications . „ S , Oberdoerffer , F . M . J . „ 40 , Gough , M . M . Proxies to be sent to Bro . A . TISLEY , Hon . Secretary , L . M . C . A ., No . 1 , Clifford ' s Inn , Fleet-street , London , E . C .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . OCTOBER ELECTION , 1 SS 0 . To the Governors and Subscribers . The favour of your Votes and Interest is earnestly solicited on behalf of , KATE SARAH M E E , Aged Nine Years . Daughter of the late Bro . ALEXANDER GEORGE MICE , of the Wellington Lodge , No . 54 S , Deptford , who died iSth January , 1872 , after a long and painful illness , with Abscess on the Liver , at the age of Forty . The Candidate is the youngest of six , and four are unprovided for . The case is strongly recommended by—Bro . P . Magec , W . M . No . 54 S , 55 , Paradise-street , Rotherhithe , S . E . „ I . F . Chittenden , M . D ., P . M . No . 54 S : H . No . 54 S ; and J . No . 79 ; South Lodge , Lee Park , S . E . „ William Touldon , P . M . No . 548 , and J . No . 54 S , Acreroad , Kingston-on-Thames . „ J- J- West , P . M . No . 54 S , Co , Loampit Vale , Lewisham , S . E . „ R . Welsford , P . M . No . 55 S , 4 6 " , Essex-street , Strand , W . C . „ W . L . Kitson , S . VV . No . 54 S , 11 G , St . James ' -street , London , S . W . „ S . P . Gatterson , J . W . No . 54 S , 34 , Great Dover-street , London , S . E . „ E . J . P . Bumpstcad , P . M . No . 45 S ; M . E . Z . N 0 . 54 S ; and P . Z . No . 79 ; 10 , Romney-terrace , Greenwich , „ W . Russell , P . M . No . 146 4 and 77 ; P . Z . No . S 29 ; and P . P . S . G . D . ; Gravesend . „ W . Hicks , P . M . No . 4 S 3 , and P . P . S . G . D ., Parrockstreet , Gravesend . „ C . G . Firman , No . 77 , Harmer-strcet , Gravesend . „ A . T . Mec , M . M . No . 54 S , 57 , Parrock-street , Gravesend . Proxies will be received by Mr . Mee , Parrock-street ; Mr . Hicks , Parrock-street ; Mr . Hedger , Harmer House , The Grove ; and by the Widow , 10 , East-terrace , Gravesend .

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PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE ( WESTERN DIVISION ) OF THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER . THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OV LATHO . U , D . G . M . AND R . W . P . G . M . A Provincial Grand Lodge will be held at the National School , Chorley , on Wednesday , the Oth of October next , at Twelve o ' clock at noon , for the transaction of the Annual Business of the Province . The Baneiuet will take place at the Town Hall , Tickets Six shillings each ( exclusive o ( wine ) may be had from Bro . HOULDING , P . G . Steward , 34 , Tynemouth Street , Liverpool . H . S . ALPASS , P . G . S . 11 , Ivanhoe Road , Sefton Park , Liverpool .

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SECOND APPLICATION . ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . OCTOBER ELECTION , 1 SS 0 . The favour of your VOTES and INTEREST is earnestly solicited on behalf of STEPHEN DARCY CAREY , aged Nine Years , Son of the late Bro . Stephen Carey , who was initiated in the City of London Lodge , No . 901 , on the 20 th January , 1 S 68 , and remained a full Subscribing Member until his death , which took place on the 26 th July , 1 S 79 , after a long illness , which prevented him making any provision for his Widow and Six Children , who are left totally unprovided for . The case is strongly recommended , and Proxies will be thankfully received by the Widow , Mrs . M . A . Carey , 43 , Devonshire Road , Seven Sisters Road , Holloway , N .

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TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMASON is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — United States . T «• / -i A .. t * United Kingdom . Canada , t ^ ot . ti- '" tS ^^ 13 s . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d . Remittances may be made iti Stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to GEOROF . KENNINO , Chief Office , London , the latter crossed' London Joint Stock Bank ,

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NOTICE .

The Cosmopolitan Masonic Diary and Pocket Book for 1881 is preparing for publication on the 1 st of November . To ensure accuracy a form for filling up has been sent to every lodge , and those

Secretaries who have not yet made their returns will greatly oblige the Publisher by doing so at their earliest possible convenience . The Freemason Office , 19 S , Fleet-street .

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THE FREEMASON . SATURDAY , OCT . 2 , 1880 .

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BRO . STKWARO thinks he has made good " his point , " but we fancy that the verdict is against him Masonically , and on this ground . Our worthy brother forgets that , ist , it is rather " hard lines "

to be found fault with because a lodge obeys the instructions of the Grand Secretary ; and 2 ndly , that lie could not be " well vouched for , " because no one could vouch for him . The mere existence of his

name on his apron case was no proof of his identity , and though it is perfectly true that a brother after due examination may take upon himself to " well vouch for " a visiting brother , he does it on his own responsibility and his own personal

conviction alone . Do what you will you cannot separate " well vouching " from the act of " volition " and " persuasion " of the vouching brother , otherwise , as we said before , you must vouch , whetlier vou will or no , for any one who merely passes the

examination . This could not be the intent of the Hook of Constitutions , for its effect , if so interpreted , might be fatal to the peace , and respectability , and comfort of a lodge . The Hook of Constitutions , as we understand its words , contemplates

a visiting brother being personally known , recommended by a brother of the lodge then present , or well vouched for , after due examination by the same . Hut in order to render this " well vouching" more easy the " certificate" is asked for ,

and even then it is in tlie right of the examining brother to decline to vouch for the " Examinee . " This is what our worthy Bro . STEWARD does not see , and this it is which , in our opinion , renders

the act of the lodge perfectly correct and Masonic , however hardly its decision might seem to press on Bro . STEWARD himself . In the present "flush " of " mendicant Masons " the production of the certificate seems to us a sine qua non .

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A auESTios was asked last week about Masonic funerals , and , for fear of our editorial note being misunderstood , owing to an obvious error , we think it well to supplement that note to-day . What we meant to say was—that the Book of Constitutions , at p . 136 , laid down all the laws relative to lodge

proceedings , 8 cc , in respect of a Masonic funeral , but that the ceremony was left practically to the W . M ., as we are not aware of any binding authority for the use of " Preston's form , " which is generally adopted . It is simply of customary

usage . The Book of Constitutions alludes to the " formalities of the Order , " but the W . M . directs the " whole ceremony . " When it is not a Masonic funeral , it is quite clear that the W . M . can issue no orders or take- , any formal part , except , indeed , as a nominal mourner .

* OXE statement in Bro . VOIGT ' S letter in re the " Un-Masonic Trial " in our last , has struck us , as it will strike many of our readers , with no little astonishment . It is this assertion— " In the first

" place , before even issuing the writ in this action , " I had the express permission of the Provincial " Masonic authorities for doing so ; this I am " ready to prove whenever I am called upon to do " so . " We cannot profess to understand , much

less to accept , such an asservation in its full bearing and meaning . There must be some qualification or explanation of it . To believe that any provincial authorities would recommend , encourage , or formally approve of " Masons going to law with

" Masons" would , in our opinion , and , we fancy , in that of many , be a very serious reflection on all our provincial authorities—be they who they may .

We trust that an authoritative contradiction may be given to the most damaging statement , ( Masonically ) , so far evolved from this most melancholy and untoward episode .

* * WE are much amused at the dislike to "drill " evinced by the London Council for Promoting Arbitration , as mentioned in our last . On the

contrary , we think all schools should be " drilled , drilled too , as we know of a very great and well many people indeed whom the " goose step , " and " balancing , " and " setting up drill " would do all the possible good in the world .

* * WE hear from Spain , and the " fact " is mentioned also , we see , by Bro . HUISEUT in the last Chaine d'Union , that a lady , the wife of a Mason , has been initiated in a lodge at Madrid , called " Hijas

de Memphis , " ( Daughters of Memphis ) , said to be under the Grand Orient of Spain , and , to use the words of the Secretary , " en toda forma como si fuera un nombre , " ( in all form as if she had been a man ) . We leave the last " fact " to the

appreciation of our readers ! Will it surprise them to licar that the Chaine < t" Union gives the names of twelve ladies all said to be regularly initiated

members of this lodge V We think our readers will one and all exclaim , "Where are we going to ? " Perhaps , after all , this is only a developement of the " Eastern Star . "

* * WE jail attention elsewhere to a letter which g ives us bad news from France . It seems that the revolutionary and destructive spirit which has led to such sad results in the Grand Orient of France ,

and which we never can stomach on the Jesuitical p lea of " Liberty of Conscience , " has so greatly infected even the Rite Kcossais , that the " Grande Loge Centiale " has called on the Grand Conseil to make the ascription to and invocation of T . G .

A . O . T . U . an open question in all the lodges . We , however , have considerable confidence in the Grand Conseil . In a very difficult and delicate conjuncture it has shown both moderation and

firmness combined in an ' eminent degree , and wc feel hopeful in the extreme that it will at once " put its foot " on a proposition which , insidious and dangerous in itself , must be utterly destructive to the prestige and position of the Rite Ecossais in France .