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Agents.
Agents .
—?—AMERICA : Bro . J . FLETCIIKU B BENNAN , 114 , Mainstreet , Cincinnati , Ohio . CANADA : Messrs . D villi : & SON , Ottawa . CEYLON : Messrs . AV . L . SKEENE & Co ., Columbo . CONSTANTINOPLE : Bro . J . L . HANLY , Levant Times '
EAST INDIES : Allaliabad : Messrs . WYMAN Baos . Biiculla : Bro . G EO . BEASE . Central Provinces : Bro . F . J . JOBDAN . Ku . rrach . ee : Bro . G-. C . BUAYSON . Madras : Mr . CALEB Fosmi .
Mhow : Bro . COWASJKK NUSSERWAKJEB . Poona : Bro . XV . WELUS . OALATA : IMICK KAHN , Perchembe ' Bajar . PARIS : M . D ECHEVAUX-DUMKSNIL , Rue de Harlay-du-Palais , 2 u , near the Pont Neuf ; Editor Le Franc-Macon . And all Booksellers and Newsagents in Great Britain and Ireland .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
DEATHS . CAMPBELL . —On the 30 th ult . at 12 , Carrick-strcct , Helen Smith , relict of Bro . John Wilson Campbell , late Secretary Lodge Clyde , No . -108 , asetl 3 G years . HUNT . —On the 29 th ult ., Bro . James Hunt , Ph . J ) ., F . S . A . Ore House , Hastings . LEVINSOX . —On the 2 Sth August , at Warwick-gardens .
Kensington , Bro . Isodore Levinson , P . M . 7 , in his CDth year . MCALKSTEK . —Recently , Lieut . Col . C . A . McAlester , K . I I ., Knight of Grace of tho Order of St . John , in Anglia .
PBATT . —On the 22 nd August , at No . 7 , Devonshire place , Wandsworth-i oad , Mary Ann , the wife of Bro . Alfred Pratt , ( P . M . 22 & 382 ) , " of Her Majesty's Customs . TAYLOR . —On the 28 th ult ., at 1 , Springfield , Liverpool , in his 16 th year John , younger son of Bro . Dr . John Stopford Taylor , M . D ., P . M . of Everton Lotlgc , 823 .
Books Received.
BOOKS RECEIVED .
" Constitutions of the Freemasons , 1723 , " by Bro . Wm . J . Hughan , Provincial Grand Secretary , Cornwall . Lake , Truro . " Notes on the Colonial Empire of Great Britain , " bv
Brother John Bowes , Head Master of the Blue Coat Hospital , Warrington . Author of the Text Book of the Geography of Palestine , & c . Simpkin M irshall & Co ., London ; ami Educational Trading Company , 29 & 30 , Union Street , Birmingham .
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C | c Jfnci « 50 itt SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 4 , 1869 .
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THE FimBMisOS is po . ulUhe . 1 on Satunlay Homings in time for the early trains . Tho price of Tim FUBUMISOIT is Tivoponco per week ; quarterly subscription ( inctu . linu posta ^ o ) 3 s . 3 < 1 . Annual Subscription , 12 s . Subscriptions payable in advance . All communications , totters , Ac , to bo utluressoil to the ESITOB , 3 & -1 , L-ittto Britain , K . U . Tbo Editor will pay caret'al attontion to nllMSS . cntrastod to him , but cannot undertake to return thorn unless accompanied by postage stamps .
A Bumper Toast.
A BUMPER TOAST .
THE custom of drinking toasts is an old one . We are afraid to say how old , but at any rate its orig in is not within the recollection of the traditional centenarian yclept " the oldest inhabitant . " It is true that the practice has now almost
entirely disappeared from our private festive meetings , but it still flourishes in all its pristine vigour at certain public feasts , and at the social gatherings of the Masonic body and other kindred societies . If wc go to a great dinner at the
Freemasons or the London taverns , wo find that a recognised officer , called the toast-master , is an indispensable adjunct to the olives antl the " ' 47 Port . " We hear him announce in stentorian tones , " Gentlemen , the toast is 'Her Most
Gracious Majesty the Queen , und we time our cheering to his lead , just as musicians obey the baton of a Jullien or a Costa . All this is very pleasant , and wo arc conservative enough to hope that in Freemasonry
at least we shall retain the good old custom of drinking the healths of our Sovereign , our Grand Master . andottr brethren generally till time shall be no more . Now , as the Grand Lodge of England
bears upon its roll lodges situated in every quarter of the habitable globa , so that we might almost say the door of English Freemasonry is never shut , and as the ancient usages of the Order are
A Bumper Toast.
followed in our lodges as closely and as strictly in Japan as in Australia , on the banks of the Hooghly as on the coasts of Southern Africa , it may be safely assumed that our Masonic work not only goes on without intermission day after
day , but that the names we delight to honour in England are equally dear to the hearts of our distant brethren . The toasts we give are the same , the sentiments we breathe are identical ; and we might almost say that the air is filled
with the good wishes which are daily invoked on behalf of the chief officers of the English Craft . It is a pleasing reflection that kindly feelings and fraternal ideas are landmarks all the world over j that sweet memories of the parent land of
Freemasonry are cherished by those who derive their Masonic existence from that fountain-source ; and , in a word , that English Freemasons , though scattered widely over the four corners of the earth , are still as one in heart , in spirit , and in truth . So mote it be !
But will it be credited that an English lodge should so far forget the respect and allegiance it owes to the elected chief of the Grand Lodge of England as to refuse to drink the Grand Master ' s health when proposed from the chair 1
And yet , if we are correctly informed , such an incident actually occurred in a lodge in the Isle of Wight upon a recent occasiou . It appears that great dissatisfastion has been caused amongst the brethren in the island by the annexation of
their Masonic province to that of Hampshire , so , to evince their displeasure , they decline honouring the toast of the M . AV . Grand Master . Now , really , a more puerile exhibition of temper , or one more unworthy of a Masonic body , we
deem it impossible to conceive . Surely there is a constitutional process by which the Supreme Ruler of the Craft can be made acquainted with tho feelings of brethren without resorting to such a paltry expedient as
refusing to drink his health . In the journal from which we glean this information it is stated that our Isle of Wight brethren have hoisted the flag of rebellion , and truly they may well be supposed to have proceeded to that extremity if the
occurrence therein related be true . Upon tho merits of the transaction which is said to have provoked their wrath we refrain from expressing an opinion , but however great tho grievance may be , we contend that it ought to have been respectfully
submitted to tho Grand Master through the customary channels . The publication of such an untoward proceeding as this is reported to havo been in the newspapers of the day is calculated to do infinite harm
to the Craft ; it will provoke the sneers of those who deny tho moral advantages of Freemasonry , and who scoff at its pretensions to unity , peace and good-will . It is , moreover , such a flagrant breach of
Masonic discipline—such a negation of courtesy and self-respect — that for the honour of Freemasonry we cannot believe that the report is true ; we cannot credit that any body of enlightened men could yield to such childish petulance
and folly . It must be a weak devico of the enemy—ever ready to plant thistles among the grapes , and to ridicule that which they cannot comprehend . AVo shall , no doubt , receive a complete
contradiction of the story in time for our next issue , and in the meantime wo are sure all our readers will join us in tho hope that "Tho Earl of Zetland , Most Worshipful Grand Master , " may long be a bumper toast in the wide-spread lodges of tho English Graft .
Grand Lodge Notes.
GRAND LODGE NOTES .
By an overwhelming majority tho rank of Past Gravid Master has been conferred upon his lloyal Highness the Prince of Wales , the only opposition being rather a question as to the propriety of tho
Grand Lodge Notes.
title than antagonism to the award of honorary distinction to the Prince . We have on several occasions maintained that the course pursued by the authorities of Grand Lodge in this case is
perfectly in accordance with precedent , and for our own part , as a matter of taste , we object to the designation "Grand Patron" of an Order which neither seeks nor desires patronage in the ordinary sense of the word .
Ihe recognition of the Grand Lod ge of Nova Scotia is a wise and graceful act , albeit we are not insensible to the possible diminution of our extended Masonic empire in the colonies of England . Wherever the requisite conditions for effective self-government exist , wc are of opinion
that upon proper application being made , and alter due investigation into the circumstances , the Grand Lodge of England is justified in acknowledging the independence of her District Grand Lodges . Upon the report of tho Board of General
Purposes being brought up , Bro . Col . F . Burdett , P . G . W . and . Representative from the Grand Lodge of Ireland , made a very pertinent inquiry as to the brother who is alleged to have worked a so-called approved ritual at AVoolwich . The brother alluded to being present , denied that he
had done so , and of course the matter must be further investigated , as the President of the Board affirmed that the W . M . of the AVoolwich lod ge stated in excuse that he had been misled into the commission of the error . In the interests of truth and the brother implicated , an enquiry must be held .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . DR . JAMES HUNT . Most scientific men , and the whole of the scientific world , will regret the death at an early age , of one of its greatest ornaments and most
energetic workers . With a natural restlessness directed ever constantly towards the promotion of the science of Human Kindness—technically
called Anthropography—he continued a rare faculty for advising and ruling those among whom his lot was cast . But this rule was trul y Masonic , and had nothing of the nature of usurpation in it , his gentleness and courtesy were as marked as his cheerfulness and patience .
He was emphatically one of those men who in elder days of the world ' s history would have p layed no inconsiderable part in the guidance aud governing of mankind . He was no less distinguished as an author , and while , as he ought , lie was justly proud of his own achievements ,
ho encouraged and fostered with scrupulous assiduity those to whom fortune had been less kind . No one can say that with a deeper sense of verity than tho writer of theso few lines . Snatched from tho world in the midst of his arduous duties—a limb from the body has been
cut away—and though his spirit survives to cheer on the little band which was linked together in defence of the ri ght , his actual presence will be sadly missed . As a ceremonial Mason , Bro . Hunt did not take a very active spirit of Masonry , the Masonry
of the heart inspired every action of his noble life . He died on Sunday , tho 29 th of August , at his residence , Ore House , near Hastings , alter a short illness , under forty years of age . Those who have had the privilege of knowing him will mourn for one who was sans peur et sans rcprocfie .
He was a Fellow of tho Society of Antiquaries , and Doctor of Philosophy , Fellow of tho Royal Society of Literature and its Honorary Foreign Secretary , Ex-President and Founder of the Anthropological Society of London , Doctor of Aledicine Honoris causa , ( lb'b' 7 ) , of Gressen .
Hon Fellow of tho Ethnological Society of London , Member of the Imperial Dresden Academy , Foreign Associate of the Anthropological Society of Paris ; Corresponding Member of tho Soc . Anthrop . Espauda , Hon . Member of
the Soc . des Amis do la Nature of Moscow , Hon . Fellow of tho Oosmical Society of London , a good father and husband , and a sincere ami unwavering friend . He is now ultra nubila in tho Grand Lodge above . KENNETH It . II . MACKENZIE . F . 8 . A ., F . A . S . U , P . C . S . L .
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Agents.
Agents .
—?—AMERICA : Bro . J . FLETCIIKU B BENNAN , 114 , Mainstreet , Cincinnati , Ohio . CANADA : Messrs . D villi : & SON , Ottawa . CEYLON : Messrs . AV . L . SKEENE & Co ., Columbo . CONSTANTINOPLE : Bro . J . L . HANLY , Levant Times '
EAST INDIES : Allaliabad : Messrs . WYMAN Baos . Biiculla : Bro . G EO . BEASE . Central Provinces : Bro . F . J . JOBDAN . Ku . rrach . ee : Bro . G-. C . BUAYSON . Madras : Mr . CALEB Fosmi .
Mhow : Bro . COWASJKK NUSSERWAKJEB . Poona : Bro . XV . WELUS . OALATA : IMICK KAHN , Perchembe ' Bajar . PARIS : M . D ECHEVAUX-DUMKSNIL , Rue de Harlay-du-Palais , 2 u , near the Pont Neuf ; Editor Le Franc-Macon . And all Booksellers and Newsagents in Great Britain and Ireland .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
DEATHS . CAMPBELL . —On the 30 th ult . at 12 , Carrick-strcct , Helen Smith , relict of Bro . John Wilson Campbell , late Secretary Lodge Clyde , No . -108 , asetl 3 G years . HUNT . —On the 29 th ult ., Bro . James Hunt , Ph . J ) ., F . S . A . Ore House , Hastings . LEVINSOX . —On the 2 Sth August , at Warwick-gardens .
Kensington , Bro . Isodore Levinson , P . M . 7 , in his CDth year . MCALKSTEK . —Recently , Lieut . Col . C . A . McAlester , K . I I ., Knight of Grace of tho Order of St . John , in Anglia .
PBATT . —On the 22 nd August , at No . 7 , Devonshire place , Wandsworth-i oad , Mary Ann , the wife of Bro . Alfred Pratt , ( P . M . 22 & 382 ) , " of Her Majesty's Customs . TAYLOR . —On the 28 th ult ., at 1 , Springfield , Liverpool , in his 16 th year John , younger son of Bro . Dr . John Stopford Taylor , M . D ., P . M . of Everton Lotlgc , 823 .
Books Received.
BOOKS RECEIVED .
" Constitutions of the Freemasons , 1723 , " by Bro . Wm . J . Hughan , Provincial Grand Secretary , Cornwall . Lake , Truro . " Notes on the Colonial Empire of Great Britain , " bv
Brother John Bowes , Head Master of the Blue Coat Hospital , Warrington . Author of the Text Book of the Geography of Palestine , & c . Simpkin M irshall & Co ., London ; ami Educational Trading Company , 29 & 30 , Union Street , Birmingham .
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C | c Jfnci « 50 itt SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 4 , 1869 .
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THE FimBMisOS is po . ulUhe . 1 on Satunlay Homings in time for the early trains . Tho price of Tim FUBUMISOIT is Tivoponco per week ; quarterly subscription ( inctu . linu posta ^ o ) 3 s . 3 < 1 . Annual Subscription , 12 s . Subscriptions payable in advance . All communications , totters , Ac , to bo utluressoil to the ESITOB , 3 & -1 , L-ittto Britain , K . U . Tbo Editor will pay caret'al attontion to nllMSS . cntrastod to him , but cannot undertake to return thorn unless accompanied by postage stamps .
A Bumper Toast.
A BUMPER TOAST .
THE custom of drinking toasts is an old one . We are afraid to say how old , but at any rate its orig in is not within the recollection of the traditional centenarian yclept " the oldest inhabitant . " It is true that the practice has now almost
entirely disappeared from our private festive meetings , but it still flourishes in all its pristine vigour at certain public feasts , and at the social gatherings of the Masonic body and other kindred societies . If wc go to a great dinner at the
Freemasons or the London taverns , wo find that a recognised officer , called the toast-master , is an indispensable adjunct to the olives antl the " ' 47 Port . " We hear him announce in stentorian tones , " Gentlemen , the toast is 'Her Most
Gracious Majesty the Queen , und we time our cheering to his lead , just as musicians obey the baton of a Jullien or a Costa . All this is very pleasant , and wo arc conservative enough to hope that in Freemasonry
at least we shall retain the good old custom of drinking the healths of our Sovereign , our Grand Master . andottr brethren generally till time shall be no more . Now , as the Grand Lodge of England
bears upon its roll lodges situated in every quarter of the habitable globa , so that we might almost say the door of English Freemasonry is never shut , and as the ancient usages of the Order are
A Bumper Toast.
followed in our lodges as closely and as strictly in Japan as in Australia , on the banks of the Hooghly as on the coasts of Southern Africa , it may be safely assumed that our Masonic work not only goes on without intermission day after
day , but that the names we delight to honour in England are equally dear to the hearts of our distant brethren . The toasts we give are the same , the sentiments we breathe are identical ; and we might almost say that the air is filled
with the good wishes which are daily invoked on behalf of the chief officers of the English Craft . It is a pleasing reflection that kindly feelings and fraternal ideas are landmarks all the world over j that sweet memories of the parent land of
Freemasonry are cherished by those who derive their Masonic existence from that fountain-source ; and , in a word , that English Freemasons , though scattered widely over the four corners of the earth , are still as one in heart , in spirit , and in truth . So mote it be !
But will it be credited that an English lodge should so far forget the respect and allegiance it owes to the elected chief of the Grand Lodge of England as to refuse to drink the Grand Master ' s health when proposed from the chair 1
And yet , if we are correctly informed , such an incident actually occurred in a lodge in the Isle of Wight upon a recent occasiou . It appears that great dissatisfastion has been caused amongst the brethren in the island by the annexation of
their Masonic province to that of Hampshire , so , to evince their displeasure , they decline honouring the toast of the M . AV . Grand Master . Now , really , a more puerile exhibition of temper , or one more unworthy of a Masonic body , we
deem it impossible to conceive . Surely there is a constitutional process by which the Supreme Ruler of the Craft can be made acquainted with tho feelings of brethren without resorting to such a paltry expedient as
refusing to drink his health . In the journal from which we glean this information it is stated that our Isle of Wight brethren have hoisted the flag of rebellion , and truly they may well be supposed to have proceeded to that extremity if the
occurrence therein related be true . Upon tho merits of the transaction which is said to have provoked their wrath we refrain from expressing an opinion , but however great tho grievance may be , we contend that it ought to have been respectfully
submitted to tho Grand Master through the customary channels . The publication of such an untoward proceeding as this is reported to havo been in the newspapers of the day is calculated to do infinite harm
to the Craft ; it will provoke the sneers of those who deny tho moral advantages of Freemasonry , and who scoff at its pretensions to unity , peace and good-will . It is , moreover , such a flagrant breach of
Masonic discipline—such a negation of courtesy and self-respect — that for the honour of Freemasonry we cannot believe that the report is true ; we cannot credit that any body of enlightened men could yield to such childish petulance
and folly . It must be a weak devico of the enemy—ever ready to plant thistles among the grapes , and to ridicule that which they cannot comprehend . AVo shall , no doubt , receive a complete
contradiction of the story in time for our next issue , and in the meantime wo are sure all our readers will join us in tho hope that "Tho Earl of Zetland , Most Worshipful Grand Master , " may long be a bumper toast in the wide-spread lodges of tho English Graft .
Grand Lodge Notes.
GRAND LODGE NOTES .
By an overwhelming majority tho rank of Past Gravid Master has been conferred upon his lloyal Highness the Prince of Wales , the only opposition being rather a question as to the propriety of tho
Grand Lodge Notes.
title than antagonism to the award of honorary distinction to the Prince . We have on several occasions maintained that the course pursued by the authorities of Grand Lodge in this case is
perfectly in accordance with precedent , and for our own part , as a matter of taste , we object to the designation "Grand Patron" of an Order which neither seeks nor desires patronage in the ordinary sense of the word .
Ihe recognition of the Grand Lod ge of Nova Scotia is a wise and graceful act , albeit we are not insensible to the possible diminution of our extended Masonic empire in the colonies of England . Wherever the requisite conditions for effective self-government exist , wc are of opinion
that upon proper application being made , and alter due investigation into the circumstances , the Grand Lodge of England is justified in acknowledging the independence of her District Grand Lodges . Upon the report of tho Board of General
Purposes being brought up , Bro . Col . F . Burdett , P . G . W . and . Representative from the Grand Lodge of Ireland , made a very pertinent inquiry as to the brother who is alleged to have worked a so-called approved ritual at AVoolwich . The brother alluded to being present , denied that he
had done so , and of course the matter must be further investigated , as the President of the Board affirmed that the W . M . of the AVoolwich lod ge stated in excuse that he had been misled into the commission of the error . In the interests of truth and the brother implicated , an enquiry must be held .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . DR . JAMES HUNT . Most scientific men , and the whole of the scientific world , will regret the death at an early age , of one of its greatest ornaments and most
energetic workers . With a natural restlessness directed ever constantly towards the promotion of the science of Human Kindness—technically
called Anthropography—he continued a rare faculty for advising and ruling those among whom his lot was cast . But this rule was trul y Masonic , and had nothing of the nature of usurpation in it , his gentleness and courtesy were as marked as his cheerfulness and patience .
He was emphatically one of those men who in elder days of the world ' s history would have p layed no inconsiderable part in the guidance aud governing of mankind . He was no less distinguished as an author , and while , as he ought , lie was justly proud of his own achievements ,
ho encouraged and fostered with scrupulous assiduity those to whom fortune had been less kind . No one can say that with a deeper sense of verity than tho writer of theso few lines . Snatched from tho world in the midst of his arduous duties—a limb from the body has been
cut away—and though his spirit survives to cheer on the little band which was linked together in defence of the ri ght , his actual presence will be sadly missed . As a ceremonial Mason , Bro . Hunt did not take a very active spirit of Masonry , the Masonry
of the heart inspired every action of his noble life . He died on Sunday , tho 29 th of August , at his residence , Ore House , near Hastings , alter a short illness , under forty years of age . Those who have had the privilege of knowing him will mourn for one who was sans peur et sans rcprocfie .
He was a Fellow of tho Society of Antiquaries , and Doctor of Philosophy , Fellow of tho Royal Society of Literature and its Honorary Foreign Secretary , Ex-President and Founder of the Anthropological Society of London , Doctor of Aledicine Honoris causa , ( lb'b' 7 ) , of Gressen .
Hon Fellow of tho Ethnological Society of London , Member of the Imperial Dresden Academy , Foreign Associate of the Anthropological Society of Paris ; Corresponding Member of tho Soc . Anthrop . Espauda , Hon . Member of
the Soc . des Amis do la Nature of Moscow , Hon . Fellow of tho Oosmical Society of London , a good father and husband , and a sincere ami unwavering friend . He is now ultra nubila in tho Grand Lodge above . KENNETH It . II . MACKENZIE . F . 8 . A ., F . A . S . U , P . C . S . L .