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Answers To Correspondents.

Answers to Correspondents .

QUERIST . —The Duke of Edinburgh is not a member of the fraternity . MASONIC ANTIIJ- . II , by Bro . Crow , and Reminiscences of the Worcester Lodge by Bro . C . C . Whitney Griffithsreview in our next . ATLAS . —George Frank Gouley died April nth , 18 77 .

A YOUNG M . M . —Craft and Royal Arch only . ENTHUSIAST . —Attend a Loelge of Instruction . For list see page 526 . P . G . M . —Doubtless a printer ' s error . It ought to have read , " Devon and Cornwall Foresters' Court . " MEMBER 1472 . —Thanks , but we think we have already exhausted the subject .

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Births , Marriages And Deaths.

Births , Marriages and Deaths .

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THE FREEMASON , SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 2 , 1878 .

English And Foreign Freemasonry.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN FREEMASONRY .

We cannot fail to be struck with two great facts when we consider English and Foreign Freemasonry , namely , the altogether unpolitical character of the one , tbe quasi-political character more or less of the other . Of course , the remark does not equally apply to all foreign jurisdictions ,

though none are so wholly free from political leanings as we should like them to be , in greater or less degree , actually or by implication . And , no doubt , the remark does apply with greater force to some sections of the foreign Masonic community than to others just now , and because

the fact is so undoubtedly and distinctly , we think it well to call attention to the subject . Our Iioyal Grand Master at his auspicious Installation , made that most true remark , and gave that ever sound advice , which all English Masons realize and abide by , " keep clear of politics . "

And it is happily the unchanging normal characteristic of English Masonry , its ceaseless law of life and action , to follow out that axiom both of prudence and of wisdom , closely and confessedly , in the letter and in the spirit . If English Masonry has some defects more or less patent ,

more or less hidden from vulgar gaze , political tendencies cannot honestly and properly be included among them by even the most carping of critics , the most captious of opponents , the most bitter of anathematizers . But abroad it is unfortunately not so , and in some special sections just

now of Cosmopolitan Freemasonry , ( not so far from our own peaceful shores ) , the work and life of Masonry constitute an abject parody on Masonic profession and Masonic theory . Masonry thus becomes in their hands quite a different matter , quite a different personality , ( if we may

so say ) , from what we believe it to be , from what we see it to be , from what we hail it gladly as being among ourselves . It assumes other proportions , and " tumbles to , " ( excuse a slang expression ) , other proclivities ! It ceases in fact to be Masonry . It may be anything you like to

call it , but it is not Masonry . What has peaceful religious , loyal , reverent , English Masonry , to do with the " stump " of a political faction , the memories of the commune , the reveries of positivists , the vagaries of unbelievers , and above all , with the aspirations of factions > Masonic

charity is in abeyance , Masonic order is disavowed , Masonic unity is forgotten , Masonic teaching is ignored , and in its stead , we have an association , whose professions are the professions of a nihilistic positivism , and nothing more and nothing less .

With all this , as English Masons , we will have nothing whatever to do ; we adhere to our ancient formula ; , we stand by our venerable laws , we acknowledge reverently , religiously , and truly T . G . A . O . T . U . ; and we are loyal citizens , opponents of sedition and strife , illegal conspiracies ,

and secret political associations , and such as we are we hope those who come after us will be , still the same charitable , faithful , religiously-minded , patriotic , Confraternity , we have sought to be in our timo and generation ! Therefore we keep at home , and we keep to ourselves ; and we decline to allow the honoured name of English

Masonry to be associated with such childish and grotesque parodies on all the principles of our good old Craft , which , as honest and devoted , Masons , we aie bound steadfastly to proclaim , and manfully to uphold , under all circumstances , and under all the changes and chances of this mortal life .

The Fete At The Trocadero.

THE FETE AT THE TROCADERO .

Though for many reasons we are not anxious to dwell any longer on this subject , we yet think it well to remark that the report ofthe gathering fully justifies our prudential advice to our brethren on the subject . Had the invitation been simply addressed to members of the Ancient and

The Fete At The Trocadero.

Accepted Scottish Rite alone , we should have said nothing , but as it was professedly addressed to English brethren generally , we thought it only right and proper to express our humble opinion and offer our humble advice , and all that has transpired fully confirms alike the doubts we

expressed and the caution we recommended . From the various accounts which have reached us , the " order of the day '' was as follows . The " Fete " took place at the Trocadero , on Thursday , 24 th ult ., professedly given by the Supreme Council of the Freemasons of the Scotch Rite to

the foreign Masons at present in Paris . M . Cremieux , the Grand Master of the Order , presided . The fete began with the " Wedding March" of Mendelssohn on two organs . M . Cremieux then delivered a speech , which , after an interval devoted to music , was followed by

another from M . Emanuel Arago . The meeting wound up with the " Marsellaise . " We are told that there was a large attendance of Englishmen and ladies , and that Bro . J . M . P . Montagu , a member of the English Grand Lodge , responded . Some reports estimate the number present at 4000 , others at 4-jo . We believe that there

is some inaccuracy , or rather want of Masonic accuracy in these remarks , and when we receive , ( if we do receive ) , any authentic account of the meeting , we shall be happy to publish it in our pages , and to call attention to those salient points in it which are in any way interesting or edifying to our readers . We have reason to believe that

the Eminent Grand Commander of the Ancient and Accepted Rite in England , Lord Skelmersdale , our very distinguished brother , also spoke , and with considerable eloquence and effect .. Our esteemed Bro . Montagu would return thanks , we think it well to

remind our readers , not as a P . G . Officer of the English Grand Lodge , but as a dignitary of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite . The English Grand Lodge was not represented on the occasion , as is indeed obvious , and thus Bro . Montagu , though a P . G . Officer of merit and

distinction of our Craft Grand Lodge , was not its representative , but he either was accredited , or he acted in his individual capacity as one of the 33 , a member of the English Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite . In the evening a grand banquet was given at the Continental Hotel .

The London Masonic Charity Association.

THE LONDON MASONIC CHARITY ASSOCIATION .

This Association , about which a good deal has been said , and probably will be said , " pro and con , " is now before our Masonic public in working order , asking simply for " a fair field and no

favour . " Like all new associations , it has been attacked from various quarters , actively , determinedly , and to say the truth , somewhat unfairly , with great zeal , though we venture to think with little discretion . Much that has been said about

it clearly proceeds from unintentional misrepresentation , or from complete ignorance of its real meaning and its actual utility . Its " raison d ' etre" may be summed up in a few words . Without dictation , without dogmatism , without officious interference , or unwise intermeddling , it

seeks to give to some of our poor London candidates a better chance of success than personal prepossessions , or individual support , seem now likely or able to afford them . We do not think it needful to go through the various objections which have been raised to its formation , for most will be found not really to be objections at all , but in

truth its merits and recommendations , to all who will take the trouble to think . But . one objection has been made persistently , that it is a " dictatorial interference , an unwarrantable liberty on the part of a body of London Masons to ask their brethren for their votes . " But how can this be ? Do not some of us receive cards and circulars ,

signed by individual brethren , abking us for our votes ? Are we not repeatedly pressed by circulars and personal requests by individual brethren to vote for this or that particular candidate , not because it is the most distressing case , or a

distressing case above others , but because Bro . Buggin ' s supports it , because Bro . Higg in ' s gives it his name , because Bro . Popper has taken it up , and because Bro . Pipper is " much interested m it ? " Now , surely , what an individual brother