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Bro. Hughan At Home.

Magus IX ° , and Honorary Vice-President of the Rosicrucian Society of England ; while the Grand Lodges of Egypt , Quebec , and Iowa have each made him an Honorary Past Senior Grand Warden ; and a very large number of Craft and Mark Lodges and Royal Arch Chapters , both at home and abroad , have voted him their Honorary Membership . In 186 9 he . was presented with a gold lever watch and P . M . jewel by

" Lodge " Fortitude , " No . 131 , Truro ; in 1873 by the same Lodge with a gold centenary jewel and I'he illuminated address before referred to ; and again , in 1 S 74 , the members presented the embroidered Collar and Jewel of a P . G . D . of England ; while the members of No . 589 , Redruth , gave him the apron and gauntlets which complete the suit of clothing .

The most elaborate testimonial for his great Masonic service that our brother has received , however , is a very beautiful secretaire , which he showed me with pardonable pride , and from the recess of which he produced a purse , ornamented with a silver plate and inscription . The secretaire vvas given to him by Bro . George Kenning , Treasurer of the

Fund , and the R . W . Bro . Sir John B . Monckton . P . G . W ., presented the purse , with a cheque for £ 365 , in London , in 1884 , on behalf of a number of subscribers from all parts of the world , and I could see that the compli- ¦ ment was as highly appreciated as it was richly deserved . For the information of any subscriber who may read this article , I must say that although I saw the purse , the cheque vvas not there .

Another honour which he values very highly is , that he was elected in 1871 to the honorary Life-membership of " ' Lafayette" R . A . Chapter , No . 5 . Washington , U . S . A ., in company with M . W . Bro . the Most Hon . the Marquess of Ripon , then Grand Z . ; Lord Tenderden , and Sir John Macdonald .

A pretty badge of garter blue , with the English and American flags in saltire , and the monogram G . K ., which attracted my attention , proved to be a memento of the Grand International Masonic Banquet , given by Bro . G . Kenning , on July 31 st , 1878 , to a number of brethren from Philadelphia , "Which was , " said Bro . Hughan , " the finest thing of the kind I ever attended . "

Among the most valuable books he possesses are a complete set of quarterly Grand Lodge reports from 1771 to the present time , in bound volumes ( it is very doubtful if another such set exists outside the Grand Lodge Library ) , and the reports of the Grand Chapter from 1816 ; all the reports of the Mark Grand Lodge that have been published ; those of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Scotland for many years , and many foreign

Grand Lodges , particularly American , together forming a most valuable collection of this particular branch of Masonic literature . Also worthy of special notice is a goodly row of volumes of the Freemason , from Vol . I . in 186 9 to Vol . XX . ; and it struck me that , in consideration of the value and interest the journal has so long possessed for brethren all over the world , its " coming of age" in the completion of the present and XXI . Volume ,

should be marked by some special commemoration in recognition of its services to Masonry in general . Taking up the first volume , Bro . Hughan directed my attention to the following paragraph , by the Editor , on the first page , under the heading of " Our Address " : " The antiquities and bibliography of the Order will occupy the position due to these monuments of the past , and we rejoice to hail our esteemed Bro . Hughan as the fiist

Craftsman in this department of labour , " and we all know how ably he has attended to this branch of the journal , there being some article from his pen in most of the weekly numbers of each volume . He is , I believe , the oldest surviving editor of " Masonic Calendars " in England , having originated and for the last 18 years compiled the official Masonic Directory of the Province of Cornwall ; while as early as 1865 he edited the first

Masonic Calendar for Devon and Cornwall , which vvas the first work he ever brought out in a separate form ; and it was also in this same year that he commenced to write for the now defunct " Freemasons' Magazine , " and continued to do so until 186 9 , when the Freemason vvas so successfully launched . He has been very active as a founder , not only in the Craft , but in the " higher Degrees , " as the following record of his services in this direction will show . In 1874 he founded the "Fortitude" Lodge of Instruction at

Truro , of which he vvas elected , and re-elected Preceptor , until he left the county . He was one of the founders of the celebrated " Quatuor Coronati " Lodge , No . 2076 , in which he takes the greatest interest . In 1865 he founded Mark Lodge No . 7 8 , at Truro , and was installed as first W . M . ; and in 1866 was one of the chief promoters of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cornwall , being the first Prov . Grand Sec . ( declining that of D . Prov- G . M . ); and in 1875 lie founded the "Cornwall Rose Croix" Chapter at Truro , besides other Bodies , & c , in the county .

He has lectured on various branches of Freemasonry in many parts of England , especially in Devonshire Lodges , after which collections vvere made , and in the last named county alone , he thus raised fitly guineas , which vvere handed over to the " Devon Masonic Educational Fund , " in the names of the respective lodges ; thereby not only benefiting the Charity for the moment , but creating by his impressive addresses , a lasting interest in that excellent Society .

It is doubtless the reverence vve have for the Volume of the Sacred Law which turned Bro . Hughan's attention to his other study , namely , that of the ancient MSS . and various early Translations of the Bible , on which he is an authority , and has lectured all over England , from Scarborough in the North , to Camborne in the South . On this subject , as on Masonry , his fluency is unlimited , and he says himself , that he " remembers all his facts as easily as the names of his friends , " clearly showing what a wonderful gift he possesses .

With this , I must bring my very imperfect sketch of our learned brother to a close , but I cannot conclude without a personal tribute . In spite of his great learning , and the honours which have been literally heaped upon him from all parts of the world , my friend , Bro . Hughan , is most modest , genial , and accessible , and it may indeed be said that he is

" The kindest man , The best conditioned , and unwearied spirit , In c'oing courtesies . " And I feel sure that the brethren of every Degree , from the highest to the lowest member , will unite with me in the earnest hope that this Shining Light may long adorn the Bright Firmament of Masonry , to guide and direct us in the paths of Virtue and Science . FRED J . W . CROWE , Lodge 2189 .

BERKELEY HOTEL ( late St . James ' s ) , 1 , Berkeley-street and 77 , Piccadilly , London , W . First class accommodation for residents , with a Restaurant newlyattached for high class luncheons and dinners , at fixed prices and h la carte . C . DIETTE , Manager . —[ ADVT . ]

Notes On The Ceremony Of Installation.

NOTES ON THE CEREMONY OF INSTALLATION .

BY BRO . H . SADLER . From a very remote period , the accession of an individual to anv important office of honour or power has been attended by certain forms and ceremonies , which vvere doubtless deemed necessary and suitable to the occasion . It is highly probable , therefore , that from the earliest for . mation of Freemasons' lodges a ceremony of some kind vvas usual on the elevation of a brother to the dignity of the Master ' s chair . We are enabled to form a pretty conclusive opinion as to the nature of the ceremony observed

in the olden time by a perusal of the postscript to the first printed Book of Constitutions , published in the year 1723 , which contains a descri ption of the manner of constituting a new lodge and investing the officers " according to the ancient usages of Masons . " As this important volume , by reason of its scarcity , is inaccessible to the general body of the Craft , I will now place before the brethren the portion referred to , being under the impression that they will not fail to observe a striking resemblance to our recognised practice of the present day :

" A IRCVV % 0 bQC , for avoiding many Irregularities , should be solemnl y constituted by the Grand-Master , with his Deputy and Wardens j or in the Grand-Master ' s Absence , the Deputy shall act for his Worship , and shall chuse some Master of a Lodge to assist him ; or in case the Deput y is absent , the Grand-Master shall call forth some Master of a Lodge to act as Deputy pro tempore .

" The Candidates , or the new Master and Wardens , being yet among the Fellow-Craft , the GRAND-MASTER shall ask his Deputy if he has examin'd them , and finds the Candidate Master well skill'd in the noble Science and the royal Art , and duly instructed in our Mysteries , 6 fc . " And the Deputy answering in the affirmative , he shall ( by the Grand .

Master ' s Order ) take the Candidate from among his Fellows , and present him to the Grand-Master ; saying , Right worshipful GRAND MASTER , the Brethren here desire to be form'd into a new Lodge ; and I present this my -worth y Brother to be their Master , whom f know to be of good Morals and great Skill , true and trusty , and a Lover of the -whole Fraternity , whersoever dispers'd over the Face of the Eaitl ) ,

" Then the GRAND MASTER , placing the Candidate on his left Hand , having ask'd and obtain'd the unanimous Consent of all the Brethren , shall say ; I constitute and form these good Brethren into a new Lodge , and appoint you the Master of it , not doubting of your Capacity and Care to preserve the Cement of the Lodge , & c ., with some other Expressions that are proper and usual on that Occasion , but not proper to be written .

" Upon this the Deputy shall rehearse the Charges of a Master , and the GRAND-MASTER shall ask the Candidate saying , Do you submit to these Charges , as Masters have done in all Ages ? And the Candidate signifying his cordial Submission thereunto , the G 3 rail £ . = _ flftastei' shall , by certain

significant Ceremonies and ancient Usages , install him , and present him with the Constitutions , the Lodge-Book , and the fnstruments of his Office , not all together , but one after another ; and after each of them , the Grand-Master , or his Deputy , shall rehearse the short and pithy Charge that is suitable to the thing presented .

" After this , the Members of this new Lodge , bowing all together to the Grand Master , shall return his Worship Thanks , and immediately do their Homage to their new Master , and signify their Promise of Subjection and Obedience to him by the usual Congratulation . "The Deputy and the Grand Wardens , and any other Brethren present , that are not members of this new Lodge , shall next congratulate the new Master j and he shall return his becoming Acknowledgments to the GRANDMASTER first , and to the rest in their Order .

"THEN the Grand-Master desires the new Master to enter immediately upon the Exercise of his Office , in chusing . his Wardens : And the NEW MASTER , calling forth two Fellow-Craft , presents them to the Grand-Master for his Approbation , and to the new Lodge for their Consent . And that being granted ,

The senior or junior GRAND WARDEN , or some Brother for him , shall rehearse the Charges of Wardens ,- and the Candidates being solemnly aslc'd by the new Master , shall signify their submission thereunto . " Upon which the NEW MASTER presenting them with the fnstruments of their Office shall , in due Form , install them in their proper Places ; and

the Brethren of that new Lodge shall signify their Obedience to the new Wardens by the usuil Congratulations . " And this LODGE being thus compleatly constituted , shall be register'd in the Grand-Master ' s Book , and by his Order notify'd to the other Lodges . "

This description , with hardly any variation , was printed in every edition of the Constitutions issued during the last century , and yet the ceremony of Installation appears to have been almost lost sight of by one of the two great sections of our Order that had their head-quarters in London down to the year 1813 . These rival bodies were , and still are , referred to as " Ancients " and " Moderns , " although the latter , as an organisation , was

some thirty years older than the former , but , as I have shown in my recently published " Masonic Facts and Fictions , " having made certain alterations and allowed many of the old customs to fall into abeyance , they had earned for themselves the appellation of "Moderns , " while the junior body , so far as regards its consolidation and formation of a Grand Lodge , had preserved and adhered to the original system , and amongst other customs had strictly observed the ceremony of Installation of Master . .

, In the year 1809 the following resolution vvas passed in the " Modern Grand Lodge , and circulated amongst the lodges under its jurisdiction : " That this Grand Lodge do agree in opinion with the Committee of Charityi that it is not necessary any longer to continue in Force those measures which were resorted to , in or about the year 1739 , respecting irregula Masons , and do therefore enjoin the several Lodges to revert to the Ancien Land-Marks of the Society . " At this time there was a general feeling on

both sides that an union of the two Fraternities was within measurable distance , and the passing of this motion was evidently intended to smooth 11 way for so desirable a consummation . The first result of this decision w the issuing of a Warrant , bearing date 26 th October , 1809 , authorising certain distinguished brethren " to hold a special lodge for the P ^ P ! - . ^ ascertaining and promulgating the Ancient Land-Marks of the Craft , vy Warrant empowers them to add to the Lodge such discreet and intell'g Brethren as to them may seem proper . " { To be contintied . )

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NOTES ON THE CEREMONY OF INSTALLATION. Article 4
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS. Article 5
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Bro. Hughan At Home.

Magus IX ° , and Honorary Vice-President of the Rosicrucian Society of England ; while the Grand Lodges of Egypt , Quebec , and Iowa have each made him an Honorary Past Senior Grand Warden ; and a very large number of Craft and Mark Lodges and Royal Arch Chapters , both at home and abroad , have voted him their Honorary Membership . In 186 9 he . was presented with a gold lever watch and P . M . jewel by

" Lodge " Fortitude , " No . 131 , Truro ; in 1873 by the same Lodge with a gold centenary jewel and I'he illuminated address before referred to ; and again , in 1 S 74 , the members presented the embroidered Collar and Jewel of a P . G . D . of England ; while the members of No . 589 , Redruth , gave him the apron and gauntlets which complete the suit of clothing .

The most elaborate testimonial for his great Masonic service that our brother has received , however , is a very beautiful secretaire , which he showed me with pardonable pride , and from the recess of which he produced a purse , ornamented with a silver plate and inscription . The secretaire vvas given to him by Bro . George Kenning , Treasurer of the

Fund , and the R . W . Bro . Sir John B . Monckton . P . G . W ., presented the purse , with a cheque for £ 365 , in London , in 1884 , on behalf of a number of subscribers from all parts of the world , and I could see that the compli- ¦ ment was as highly appreciated as it was richly deserved . For the information of any subscriber who may read this article , I must say that although I saw the purse , the cheque vvas not there .

Another honour which he values very highly is , that he was elected in 1871 to the honorary Life-membership of " ' Lafayette" R . A . Chapter , No . 5 . Washington , U . S . A ., in company with M . W . Bro . the Most Hon . the Marquess of Ripon , then Grand Z . ; Lord Tenderden , and Sir John Macdonald .

A pretty badge of garter blue , with the English and American flags in saltire , and the monogram G . K ., which attracted my attention , proved to be a memento of the Grand International Masonic Banquet , given by Bro . G . Kenning , on July 31 st , 1878 , to a number of brethren from Philadelphia , "Which was , " said Bro . Hughan , " the finest thing of the kind I ever attended . "

Among the most valuable books he possesses are a complete set of quarterly Grand Lodge reports from 1771 to the present time , in bound volumes ( it is very doubtful if another such set exists outside the Grand Lodge Library ) , and the reports of the Grand Chapter from 1816 ; all the reports of the Mark Grand Lodge that have been published ; those of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Scotland for many years , and many foreign

Grand Lodges , particularly American , together forming a most valuable collection of this particular branch of Masonic literature . Also worthy of special notice is a goodly row of volumes of the Freemason , from Vol . I . in 186 9 to Vol . XX . ; and it struck me that , in consideration of the value and interest the journal has so long possessed for brethren all over the world , its " coming of age" in the completion of the present and XXI . Volume ,

should be marked by some special commemoration in recognition of its services to Masonry in general . Taking up the first volume , Bro . Hughan directed my attention to the following paragraph , by the Editor , on the first page , under the heading of " Our Address " : " The antiquities and bibliography of the Order will occupy the position due to these monuments of the past , and we rejoice to hail our esteemed Bro . Hughan as the fiist

Craftsman in this department of labour , " and we all know how ably he has attended to this branch of the journal , there being some article from his pen in most of the weekly numbers of each volume . He is , I believe , the oldest surviving editor of " Masonic Calendars " in England , having originated and for the last 18 years compiled the official Masonic Directory of the Province of Cornwall ; while as early as 1865 he edited the first

Masonic Calendar for Devon and Cornwall , which vvas the first work he ever brought out in a separate form ; and it was also in this same year that he commenced to write for the now defunct " Freemasons' Magazine , " and continued to do so until 186 9 , when the Freemason vvas so successfully launched . He has been very active as a founder , not only in the Craft , but in the " higher Degrees , " as the following record of his services in this direction will show . In 1874 he founded the "Fortitude" Lodge of Instruction at

Truro , of which he vvas elected , and re-elected Preceptor , until he left the county . He was one of the founders of the celebrated " Quatuor Coronati " Lodge , No . 2076 , in which he takes the greatest interest . In 1865 he founded Mark Lodge No . 7 8 , at Truro , and was installed as first W . M . ; and in 1866 was one of the chief promoters of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cornwall , being the first Prov . Grand Sec . ( declining that of D . Prov- G . M . ); and in 1875 lie founded the "Cornwall Rose Croix" Chapter at Truro , besides other Bodies , & c , in the county .

He has lectured on various branches of Freemasonry in many parts of England , especially in Devonshire Lodges , after which collections vvere made , and in the last named county alone , he thus raised fitly guineas , which vvere handed over to the " Devon Masonic Educational Fund , " in the names of the respective lodges ; thereby not only benefiting the Charity for the moment , but creating by his impressive addresses , a lasting interest in that excellent Society .

It is doubtless the reverence vve have for the Volume of the Sacred Law which turned Bro . Hughan's attention to his other study , namely , that of the ancient MSS . and various early Translations of the Bible , on which he is an authority , and has lectured all over England , from Scarborough in the North , to Camborne in the South . On this subject , as on Masonry , his fluency is unlimited , and he says himself , that he " remembers all his facts as easily as the names of his friends , " clearly showing what a wonderful gift he possesses .

With this , I must bring my very imperfect sketch of our learned brother to a close , but I cannot conclude without a personal tribute . In spite of his great learning , and the honours which have been literally heaped upon him from all parts of the world , my friend , Bro . Hughan , is most modest , genial , and accessible , and it may indeed be said that he is

" The kindest man , The best conditioned , and unwearied spirit , In c'oing courtesies . " And I feel sure that the brethren of every Degree , from the highest to the lowest member , will unite with me in the earnest hope that this Shining Light may long adorn the Bright Firmament of Masonry , to guide and direct us in the paths of Virtue and Science . FRED J . W . CROWE , Lodge 2189 .

BERKELEY HOTEL ( late St . James ' s ) , 1 , Berkeley-street and 77 , Piccadilly , London , W . First class accommodation for residents , with a Restaurant newlyattached for high class luncheons and dinners , at fixed prices and h la carte . C . DIETTE , Manager . —[ ADVT . ]

Notes On The Ceremony Of Installation.

NOTES ON THE CEREMONY OF INSTALLATION .

BY BRO . H . SADLER . From a very remote period , the accession of an individual to anv important office of honour or power has been attended by certain forms and ceremonies , which vvere doubtless deemed necessary and suitable to the occasion . It is highly probable , therefore , that from the earliest for . mation of Freemasons' lodges a ceremony of some kind vvas usual on the elevation of a brother to the dignity of the Master ' s chair . We are enabled to form a pretty conclusive opinion as to the nature of the ceremony observed

in the olden time by a perusal of the postscript to the first printed Book of Constitutions , published in the year 1723 , which contains a descri ption of the manner of constituting a new lodge and investing the officers " according to the ancient usages of Masons . " As this important volume , by reason of its scarcity , is inaccessible to the general body of the Craft , I will now place before the brethren the portion referred to , being under the impression that they will not fail to observe a striking resemblance to our recognised practice of the present day :

" A IRCVV % 0 bQC , for avoiding many Irregularities , should be solemnl y constituted by the Grand-Master , with his Deputy and Wardens j or in the Grand-Master ' s Absence , the Deputy shall act for his Worship , and shall chuse some Master of a Lodge to assist him ; or in case the Deput y is absent , the Grand-Master shall call forth some Master of a Lodge to act as Deputy pro tempore .

" The Candidates , or the new Master and Wardens , being yet among the Fellow-Craft , the GRAND-MASTER shall ask his Deputy if he has examin'd them , and finds the Candidate Master well skill'd in the noble Science and the royal Art , and duly instructed in our Mysteries , 6 fc . " And the Deputy answering in the affirmative , he shall ( by the Grand .

Master ' s Order ) take the Candidate from among his Fellows , and present him to the Grand-Master ; saying , Right worshipful GRAND MASTER , the Brethren here desire to be form'd into a new Lodge ; and I present this my -worth y Brother to be their Master , whom f know to be of good Morals and great Skill , true and trusty , and a Lover of the -whole Fraternity , whersoever dispers'd over the Face of the Eaitl ) ,

" Then the GRAND MASTER , placing the Candidate on his left Hand , having ask'd and obtain'd the unanimous Consent of all the Brethren , shall say ; I constitute and form these good Brethren into a new Lodge , and appoint you the Master of it , not doubting of your Capacity and Care to preserve the Cement of the Lodge , & c ., with some other Expressions that are proper and usual on that Occasion , but not proper to be written .

" Upon this the Deputy shall rehearse the Charges of a Master , and the GRAND-MASTER shall ask the Candidate saying , Do you submit to these Charges , as Masters have done in all Ages ? And the Candidate signifying his cordial Submission thereunto , the G 3 rail £ . = _ flftastei' shall , by certain

significant Ceremonies and ancient Usages , install him , and present him with the Constitutions , the Lodge-Book , and the fnstruments of his Office , not all together , but one after another ; and after each of them , the Grand-Master , or his Deputy , shall rehearse the short and pithy Charge that is suitable to the thing presented .

" After this , the Members of this new Lodge , bowing all together to the Grand Master , shall return his Worship Thanks , and immediately do their Homage to their new Master , and signify their Promise of Subjection and Obedience to him by the usual Congratulation . "The Deputy and the Grand Wardens , and any other Brethren present , that are not members of this new Lodge , shall next congratulate the new Master j and he shall return his becoming Acknowledgments to the GRANDMASTER first , and to the rest in their Order .

"THEN the Grand-Master desires the new Master to enter immediately upon the Exercise of his Office , in chusing . his Wardens : And the NEW MASTER , calling forth two Fellow-Craft , presents them to the Grand-Master for his Approbation , and to the new Lodge for their Consent . And that being granted ,

The senior or junior GRAND WARDEN , or some Brother for him , shall rehearse the Charges of Wardens ,- and the Candidates being solemnly aslc'd by the new Master , shall signify their submission thereunto . " Upon which the NEW MASTER presenting them with the fnstruments of their Office shall , in due Form , install them in their proper Places ; and

the Brethren of that new Lodge shall signify their Obedience to the new Wardens by the usuil Congratulations . " And this LODGE being thus compleatly constituted , shall be register'd in the Grand-Master ' s Book , and by his Order notify'd to the other Lodges . "

This description , with hardly any variation , was printed in every edition of the Constitutions issued during the last century , and yet the ceremony of Installation appears to have been almost lost sight of by one of the two great sections of our Order that had their head-quarters in London down to the year 1813 . These rival bodies were , and still are , referred to as " Ancients " and " Moderns , " although the latter , as an organisation , was

some thirty years older than the former , but , as I have shown in my recently published " Masonic Facts and Fictions , " having made certain alterations and allowed many of the old customs to fall into abeyance , they had earned for themselves the appellation of "Moderns , " while the junior body , so far as regards its consolidation and formation of a Grand Lodge , had preserved and adhered to the original system , and amongst other customs had strictly observed the ceremony of Installation of Master . .

, In the year 1809 the following resolution vvas passed in the " Modern Grand Lodge , and circulated amongst the lodges under its jurisdiction : " That this Grand Lodge do agree in opinion with the Committee of Charityi that it is not necessary any longer to continue in Force those measures which were resorted to , in or about the year 1739 , respecting irregula Masons , and do therefore enjoin the several Lodges to revert to the Ancien Land-Marks of the Society . " At this time there was a general feeling on

both sides that an union of the two Fraternities was within measurable distance , and the passing of this motion was evidently intended to smooth 11 way for so desirable a consummation . The first result of this decision w the issuing of a Warrant , bearing date 26 th October , 1809 , authorising certain distinguished brethren " to hold a special lodge for the P ^ P ! - . ^ ascertaining and promulgating the Ancient Land-Marks of the Craft , vy Warrant empowers them to add to the Lodge such discreet and intell'g Brethren as to them may seem proper . " { To be contintied . )

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