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CONTENTS .

R EPORTS or M ASONIC MEETINGS : — Craft Masonry 457 Roval Arch 4 ? 9 Ma ' rk Masonry 4 » ° Knig hts Templar 4 ™ Reil Cross of Constantine 4 60 The Royal Oriental Order of Sikha anel the Sat B'hai 460 61

Triennial Conclave of American Knights Templar 4 Masonrv in ([ uite a New Light 4 61 The Capital of Turkey 4 <"> l Royal Masonic Boys * School 461 Provincial Grand Chapter of West Yorkshire 4 ( 11 Public Amusements .... 4 62 Masonic and Genera ! Tidings 462 Sketches ofMasonic Character—Bro . Tupper in ihe Mediterranean 463

Obituary U J Reviews 46 3 Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight 463 Notes on Art 4 6 3 The Bedford and Hall Moons 4 6 3 The " Friemliurcr" and the Grand Secretary 464 justification of Persecution 46 4 Advice Gratis 4 C 3 The Hazards of Life 465

The Freemason Indian Famine l'und 465 C ORRESPONDENCE : — Past Grand Rank 465 Freemasons and Masonic Literature , 465 Loose Reception of Candielates 465 The Sat B'liai •4 66 Red Cross of Constantine in the United States 466 Consecration of the Urban Chapter No . 1196 4 66

Lonelon Masonic Club 467 Supreme Grand Chapter 467 Stand on the old Platform 467 A Noble Deed 4 6 S Freemasonry in Kansas 4 6 S The Young " Princes on Board the Britannia 4 68 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 46 S Advertisements 460 , 470 , i . ii . iii . 'V . v . vi .

The "Freemason" Indian Famine Fund.

THE "FREEMASON" INDIAN FAMINE FUND .

Bro . George Kenning having consented on request to act as Treasurer to the above important Fund , has the great pleasure of announcing the following subscriptions received up to the time of going to press :

Amount paid to the Lord Mayor , Oct . 6 th £ 120 1 8 „ „ Oct . 20 th 24 8 3 „ „ Oct . 27 th 17 6 o Boys of the Royal Masonic School ( Wocel Green ) 4 66

Intending subscribers ( lodges or individual members ) to this fund are earnestly requested to send in their subscriptions , Iari ; e or small , at as early a date as convenient . A list will be published each week of all amounts received at the Office , ( 19 S , Fleet-street ) , up to 0 o ' clock , p . m . ; on Thursday .

INDIAN FAMINE FUND . The Lorel Mayor acknowledges the receipt of thc following subscriptions in aid of thc Indian Famine Fund : — Lodge of Fidelity , 3 ... .,, ... 330 Loyalty Lodge , 243 218 Royal Sussex Lodge of Emulation , 355 .... 220 Fidelity Loelge , 555 . " ... •••... 3 3 o Bureiett Loelge , 1293 ... ... ... 3 3 o

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Graft llasjOttm LODGE OF ISRAEL ( No . 20 ) . —The first regular assembly for the season of the brethren of this lodge took p lace on Tueselay , the 23 rd ult ., at the Cannon-street Hotel . Bro . J . P . Cohen , the P . M ., presided , and there was a large attendance , amongst whom wcre Bros . A . M . Cohen , S . W . ( and P . M . ); A . Bassington , J . W . ; C . F . Hogard , P . M ., Secretary ; H . J . Phillips , S . D . ; T .

Gcmperu , J . D . ; S . M . Harris , II . M . Harris , W . A . Fitrour , Morris Abrahams . Among the visitors present , wcre M . T . Ltcwenstark , W . M . 1668 ( Samson ); E . Gothiel , P . M . 185 ( Tranquillity ); W . G . Kent , 1297 ( West Kent ) ; D . Harris , 641 ; Rev . Dr . V . Rosenthiem , 17 ( Memphis ); and Copter , 141 ( Faith ) . Mr . S . A . Hogetoren , of Essex-road , Islington , was duly initiated , and Bros . J . H . Lobel and

H . S . Meyers wcre passeel . A special vote of thanks was ae-corekel to Bro . Secretary C . F . Hogard , P . M ., for his sen ices in obtaining £ 100 with interest extending over several years at thc rate of five per cent per annum belonging to the loelge benelovent fund , which was only rescued with great difficulty and trouble , and patient perseverance . The lodge unanimously yoted five guineas to the Indian Famine Relief Fund , anel Bro . Francis

Buckland proposed as trustee of the loelge benevolent fund . The brethren then adjourned to the banquet room , and thc repast over , the usual toasts were given ar . el most heartily responded to . The enjoyment of the evening was considerabl y enhanced by the excellent singing by Bros . Monis Abrahams , Phillips , Harris , Rosenthiem , Sec , and the brethren separated after having spent a most pleasant evening .

DUKE OF CONN AUGHT LODGE ( No . 1 3 24 ) . —The brethren of this lodge assembled in large numbers at the Havclock Tavein , Albion-roael , Dalston , on Thursday , the 26 th ult . Bro . John Shacklcton , the W . M . of the loelge , presided in the chair of K . S ., and the officers were as follows : J . Lorkin , S . W . ; F . Bonner , J . W . ; N . Greene , S . D . ; A . H . Broad , J . D . ; Ernest Dietrich , J . S . ; XV . Hr Lee , P . M ., Sec . ; T . Chapman , I . P . M ., Treas . ; G .

Young , Organist ; Bros . F . Brasteel , and E . Dignam , acting as Wine Stewards . The business of the evening consisted of raising Bros . Beenson and Jameson , passing Bros . C . J . Olley , R . Fisher , and T . Norman , anel the initiation of Mr . S . Blow , all of which ceremonies were most efficiently worked by the W . M . and his assistants . Amongst the members present wcre Bros . Davies , O . Dietrich , Stevenson , G . Ferrar , E . George , J . Dexter ,

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R . Fisher , C . Olley , R . Olley , J . Bell , T . Worman , R . Pollock , F . Beenson , W . Jameson , C . Broome , T . Bigg , A . Ferrar , R . George , J . Payne , Harding , Moon , W . Beaslcy , LoeHlin , Robinson , C . Smvth . The visitors included Bros . J . Lorkin , 292 ; E . Brown , 16 S 5 ; XV . G . Kent , 1297 ; J Marsh , 1326 ; B . Cowley , W . M . 917 ; and J . Fielelwick

1364 . The work over , the brethren and visitors adjourned to the baii (| ucting room , where a most substantial repast awaited them , which was served under thc personal superintendance of Bro . George Ferrar , the host , to which the brethren did ample justice . The usual loyal , patriotic , and Masonic toasts were given and most heartily rcsponeleil to , and the brethren separatee ! at an early hour , after having spent a most enjoyable evening .

KILBURN LODGE ( No . 1 O 0 S ) . —The first installation meeting of this lodge since the consecration was held on Monday last , at thc Queen ' s Arms Hotel , Kilburn . The W . M ., Bro . John Palmer , presided , and after the opening business of the lodge had been performed , and the minutes confirmed , Bro . John Coutts , P . G . P ., presented Bro . George Kiallmark , S . W ., and

W . M . elect , to receive at the hands of Bro . Palmer the benefit of installation . Bro . Palmer then procccdeel with the ceremony and duly installed Bro . Kialinurk in the W . M . ' s chair . After the usual salutes in the different degrees the invested the brethren his

new W . M . following as officers for the year : —Bros . Charles Brewer , S . W . ; J . W . Cuff , J . W . ; Everett , Treasurer ; S . Brooks , Secretary ; Geo . Fritchctt , S . D . ; George Goody , J . D . ; A . H . Wilson , I . G . ^ Frederick Brewer , D . C . ; Frederick Baker , Steward ; and C . Thomas , Tyler . Bro . Palmer , who was invested as the P . M . delivered the aelelresses . Among the brethren

, present at the meeting of the lodge were Bros . John Palmer , W . M ., George Kiallmark , S . W . ; Charles Brewer , J . W . ; Samuel Brooks , Sec ; J . W . Cuff , S . D . ; George Fletcher , J . D . ; George H . Goody , I . G . ; A . H . Wilson , Steward ; C . Thomas , Tyler ; F . J . Blake , T . H . Hartley , \ . XV . Webster , XV . Blackbourn , James Terry , P . M . ; and

visitors , H . W . Nicholson , 382 ; W . Bourne , P . M . 1348 ; Walter Goss , W . M . 780 ; A . J . Ireton , S . W . ' 1348 ; John Coutts , P . G . P . ; J . Laurence , P . M . 901 ; H . W . Kiallmark , 29 ; G . T . Carter , P . M . 145 ; John Hoelges , S . D . 170 &; Ralph Wilkinson , Union Loelge ; H . Massey , P . M . 619 [ Freemason ) . After the W . M . had been installed , he commenced the work of the year by initiating Mr . George

Barclay and Mr . William Frederick Walton . When this work had been elone the W . M . said he felt peculiarly gratified that the first words he should have to address to he brethren after his installation by Bro . Palmer wcre ivith reference to that brother ' s admirable directing of the loelge during his year of office . He esteemed it a very liigh privilege to hold the position of W . M ., but to his

mind there was none to be compared to that of asking Bro . Palmer to accept a P . M . ' s jewel , as a mark of the brethren ' s appreciation of his services . The extent of his ( the W . M . ' s ) own indebtedness to Bro . Palmer he could scarcely express , and he thought that most of the brethren would find it difficult to express theirs . Bro . Palmer was so well known to the brethren of the Kilburn Loelge and

to other brethren that they would be able to realise what they owed him . The period during which he had presieled over the loelge would be lookeel backed upon with great p leasure and delight , and he trusted that Bro . Palmer ' s connection with the loelge would not cease till the elay when it pleased thc Almighty to remove him from the earth . Bro . Palmer , I . P . M ., on whose breast the W . M . affixed the

jewel , in acknowledgment said he woulel endeavour to wear the jewel , at least as often as the present W . M . was in the chair , and as often afterwards as he possibly cculel . Loelge was then closeel , anel the brethren adjourned to a , choice banquet , and at its conclusion duly honoured the toasts . Bro . John Coutts , P . G . P ., responded lo the toast of " The Grand Officers . " Bro . Palmer ,

l . P . M ., in proposing thc toast of " The W . M . " said that when the founders of thc lodge placed thc present W . M . as S . W . they well knew he was the right man in thc right place , and that he would follow on and in due time occupy thc W . M . chair ; and when that brother listened to the elcqucnce of Bro . James Terry at une of the meetings and consentcel to act as Steward for

the Benevolent Institution , anel with only £ 25 from the loelge took up a list of £ 117 , they had further assurance that he was the rig ht man in the right place . Again , when thc brethren heard the W . M . immediately after his installation working the initiation ceremony they were as : onvinced as ever they had been that they were not wrong . He ( Bro . Palmer ) believed the W . M . would go on anil

prosper , and that thc lodge under his guidance woulel prosper , so that insteael of having eight guineas to the good as they had now , when he left the chair they would have eighty-eig ht . The W . M . in reply saiel the few poor words he had strung together in oreler to thank Bro . Palmer for his very great kindness had been completely expelled by that kindness , and he felt quite incapable of

returning thanks in a shape that might be acceptable . As he was the brethren ' s debtor he would only ask them to allow him to become still more their debtor , by allowing themselves to draw on their imagination what he awed them anil what he felt . In thanking them for their kindness he would ask them to allow him to say no more on that subject , but to pass on to aneitlier of greater

importance—the health of a man who had made him ( the W . M . ) what he was . He alludeel to Past Matter Palmer , without whom he certainly shoulel net have been Master of the Kilburn Leielge . He had been a Mason for over twenty years , but until the Inst year and a half he did not regarel Masonry as he did now . He trusted that

under the auspices of Bro . Palmer he might become a little more serviceable to the Craft in general , and to himself as a Mason in particular . All that he was in Masonry he owed to Bro . Palmer , and he felt that what he owed to him the lodge also owed to him . This loelge could not possibly have become what it was without Bro . Palmer : it could not have flourished at all ; and by no

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means could it have arrived at the success it had , or have seen at its hospitable board the officers of Grand Lodge , or the Secretaries of the Institutions , and other lights of the Craft . He was very loth to say more before Bro . Palmer , because it seemed to partake very much of the nature of flattery , which of course would be as repulsive to Bro . Palmer as it would be to him ( the W . M . ) ; but this

he must say , that every particle of success which had been achieved by thc lodge , all promotion he had himself , every step taken by the initiates and all the members of the lodge , owed their mainspring , its impetus and its arrival , entirely to thc exertions of that brother to whom the brethren had that day presented a P . M . jewel . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Palmer said he cordially thanked the W . M .

for what he had said , but he was quite sure the lodge did not owe him anything , though he owed something to the lodge , for it was a great honour for any man to be called on to preside over a lodge for the first year , and especially such a loelge as the Kilburn . He should not have undertaken to fulfil such a duty had he not been sure that the brethren would look over any failings he might have . He

found that they had done so , and that they were still willing so to act . He could only hope to amend his ways in future , and that there might be none ofihis failings to look over . He trusted that every one who succeeded him would eclipse what he had done , and if they did , this lodge in a few years would become one of the first in the Craft . ( Hear , hear . ) In proposing " The Initiates , " the W . M .

said he could not help feeling that both Bros . Walton and Barclay would become an acquisition to the lodge and to Masonry ; that they would feel that the Primitive Father in the vale of allegory , the signs and symbols which at first appeared devoid of meaning , woulel become instinct with life , and lead at last to that path to which we all hoped to arrive . Bro . Walton said if there were times in

a man's life which were more important than others it must be when he became a Freemason . From the very few words he had heard that evening he was sure if a man acted up to them he must become a decent man indceel . He did not doubt that thc farther we penetrated into the mysteries of Masonry , and thc more we followed them with sincerity , the better men we should become .

From what he had seen he was convinced there could not be much wrong in it , and he hoped that as he went on to be able to penetrate further , and to become a much better member of the Craft than he was at that moment . Bro . Barclay concurred in the remarks of Bro . Walton . To the toast of " The Visitors , " Bro . Elliott responded , and the W . M . then said

he now approached a toast which represented the very heart and soul of Masonry . The most flourishing vineflourishing to all appearances with every beauty of leaf , and with every beauty of shape—was yet nothing but a barren object without thc fruit . Thc fruit of Masonry was the chariiies e > f Masonry . The charities of Masonry , as far as he knew or could see of ( hem , were represented by

the three great Institutions which Freemasons were called upon to support . He was happy to state that they had the Secretary of one of those Institutions present , and he would call upon him to respond to thc toast now about to be submitted to the brethren . This toast contained in itself so many elements that it shewed in fact what was , as he had said , the very heart and soul of Freemasonry ,

and it reemired no effort on his part to explain its meaning . ( Cheers . ) Bro . James Terry replied , and said that in the absence cf Bro . Little , the festival of whose Institution this lodge was about to support , he would thank the brethren most heartily and sincerely . Were Bro . Little present he would respond to this toast far more eloquentl y than he ( Bro . Terry ) . Bro . Everett , the Treasurer , was

about to represent the lodge at the Girls' Festival , in May next , and he ( Bro . Terry ) could onl y hope and trust that Bro . Everett would have thc same honourable distinction that was conferred on the present W . M . by Ihe members of the lodge in its first year of its existence . This lodge , like many others within the last ei ghteen months , had accomplished far more than the Institutions had a right

to expect from it . When they looked back and saw that twelve months ago this lodge was numbered 1608 , and that now there was a loelge numbered 1727 , it must be acknowledged that great strides had been made in a year . No greater number of loelges had ever been consecrated in the same period ; anel what had been the result as far as the Institutions were concerned ? Why , instead of having

some £ 3000 or £ 6000 a year brought in on behalf of each Institution he was certain that on the 31 st December next it would be found that a sum amounting to £ 42 , 000 had been contributed to them by the Masons of this country . He thought the Grand Master hail exercised the discretion conferred upon him by the Craft in a very advantageous manner by issuing warrants to brethren

for new lodges . It was not always that the brethren who jiresented petitions for warrants had a right to expect they woulel be grantee ! . It was only when those who were expert Masons , and men of position in the Order , asleeil the Granel Master to confer upon them thc distinction of having a new warrant that they had a ri ght to expect it . The Granel Master granted warrants to

deserving Masons . Such a distinction had been conferred on the Kilburn Lodge , and the present W . M . had shown himself worthy of the distinction , and sensible of the obligation cast upon him by what he hael eleme . The Girls' School was a very noble Institution . It was the oldest of the three Masonic Institutions , anil after the election of the previous Saturelay week woulel have 187 or 188 girls in it . What did that mean ? It meant the boarding , clothing , and

eelucating of that number of girls , from eight to sixteen years of age—girls , who , if their parents , had lived woulel have been entitled to an education commensurate with the position their fathers held when initiated Therefore it was a great thing to have an institution to take the place of the fathers . The Boys' School hael been in some degree increasing very much during the past sixteen years , and he was happy to say that its state of prosperity