Contents.

CONTENTS .

LEADERS S'l United Grand Lodge of England 51 S Bro . J . C . Parkinson , P . G . D Jio II . Constitutions of A . n . 1738-46 520 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls 521 Annual Picnic of the Eleanor Cross Lodge , No . 176 4 $ u Proposed Testimonial to the Provincial

Grand Secretary of Sussex 52 r Singular Fatalities S " History of the Square , < Ji The Craft Abroad S " C ORRESPONDENCEMasonic Exhibition at Shanklin £ 23 The Bro . Binckes' Presentation JJ 3

Reviews £ 23 Notes and Queries $ 14 REPORTS OP MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 3 : 4 Instruction £ 2 j Royal Arch 533 Mark Masonry 53 $

Ancient and Accepted Rite $ 33 Theatres 526 Good and Perfect Work 526 Masonic and General Tidings 527 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 528

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THERE will be a wide-spread feeling of sorrow among the English Craft at the news it is our mournful duty to publish this week of the death of Miss J ARWOOD , who for so many years had been the chief directress of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . Our readers will remember that some time

since this respected lady found herself , owing to advanced age and increasing infirmity of health , unable to fulfil her duties as heretofore , and the Executive , with that consideration which characterises all their proceedings , retained her in her position ; but , at the same time , gave her the assistance

of a well-qualified lady , who has shown herself worthy of the confidence reposed in her . By this arrangement Miss J ARWOOD was able to retain her association with the School , and was relieved of all anxiety , save that of a

general , or rather formal , supervision of affairs . We are glad this course was adopted for Miss J ARWOOD , whose name has figured in connection with the Institution for Girls for so long a period that one almost feels unwilling to reckon of the time when it began , was thus spared the pain of a separation from the dearest and brightest associations of her career . She enjoyed

the love and respect ot all the children , ot the members ot tne cuiterent Committees , of the officials of the Institution , and among the thoughts which moved her during the closing scenes of her life must have been the feeling that , having won the love of all about her , the duties of her position had been fulfilled to the best of her ability , conscientiously , and not

unsuccessfully . To the friends and relatives ot the deceased lady , to tne nxecutive of the School , and last , but not least , to the pupils , who had known her only to love and respect her , we offer our respectful tribute of sympathy . The Committee have lost an able adviser , and the children a dear friend , whose memory , however , they will still have it in their power to cherish .

The funeral was appointed to take place at tsattersea cemetery on 1 nursday , and next week , when we give an account of the sad ceremony , we hope to be in a position to write more fully as to the details of the late Miss TARWOOD ' S career . J . .....

•» THE Masonic Exhibition , Shanklin , Isle of Wight , will be opened on Thursday next by R . W . Bro . W . W . B . BEACH , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master of Hants and the Isle of Wight , in person . The hour fixed for the ceremony is 2 p . m ., and brethren attending it must attend in their Craft clothing .

As the exhibits number over 1400 , the display will be on a far more considerable scale than those held either at York or Worcester , and we trust that , after the splendid efforts made by Bro . ALFRED GREENHAM , W . M . of the Chine Lodge , No . 1884 , and his coadjutors who have had charge of the arrangements , it will prove a grand success . #

" * AN abstract of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania for any period of time is always welcome , and that for the year 1885 contains quite as interesting a record of the events of that year , and is quite as instructive as regards matters of general importance to the Craft , as any of its predecessors . With the doings of the Grand Lodge we need not

concern ourselves here , seeing they have been described in some detail and commented upon in former issues of this journal . Nor need we say anything of a special character as to the general contents of the Report of the Committee on Correspondence . There is much in it that is well worth

reading , and will afford our constituents an excellent idea of the work that is being done by the Grand Lodges of North America . But there are some remarks in the introduction to the Report which have struck us as being worthy of a passing comment or two . For instance , the Committee have done well in instituting a comparison between the " unrest " which exists in

oociety , and the " rest which is the great characteristic of freemasonry . Moreover , the explanation of the causes to which this contrast is due is perfectly reasonable . Thus we all know that in Society " whatever is its rule of action to-day may be changed to-morrow , " and that " a calm follows" any serions division of opinion , but only " till a new agitation begins . " On the other hand , "in the Masonic Commonwealth this unrest cannot live . The Freemason leaves at the portal of Free-

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masonry every profane element or agency that can disturb the harmony , attack the unity , excite discord , or divide the Fraternity . " This is so because " the ties that thus bind " Freemasons together " are indissoluble , " and because " they were not made or entered into from idle curiosity , or from the inducements of proselytes , or from any other than the

truest , most sincere , and purest motives . " The comparison and the reasons which are held accountable for it are , as we have said , just and proper , and the Committee deserves credit for giving them a place in their introduction or preamble . We also think the defence offered lo the objection that " Pennsylvania is too Conservative " is justified . As far as our acquaintance

with Pennsylvanian Masonry goes , we believe it is perfectly true , what the Committee say of their Grand Lodge , that" she encourages no novelties She permits no innovations . She defends with all her Masonic heart and mind and strength the established , as it is established . She feels that safety , security , repose , unitv , harmony , and the perpetuity of the Grand

Lodge depend on the care and caution with which all Masonic questions are considered and disposed of . If Pennsylvania is guilty of making haste in any important Masonic subject , it is to make haste slowly . " This is the principle which should govern the proceedings of all Masonic jurisdictions , and , recognising this , we can sympathise with the Committee in the honest

and honourable pride with which they make the declaration that '' she has never yet had cause to repent it . In the century and ajhalf of the existence of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania no disturbing element in Masonic harmony has ever originated within her jurisdiction . " And the Committee

may rest assured that , so long as the policy which [ has resulted thus beneficially is pursued , the doings of the Craft in Pennsylvania will be in all respects as praiseworthy and as serviceable to the Craft universal , in the future , as they have been in the past .

# * # IT may be imagined that the question of recognising so-called Grand Lodges finds a conspicuous place in the remarks of the Committee . The point they urge is sound , when they say that , while the course to be taken in respect of any claimant for recognition must " be governed in a greater

or less degree by the judgment of each jurisdiction , " they " venture most respectfully to remark that incautious or unnecessary haste may lead to mistakes that have a decided influence on the universal Craft . " It is also good advice to Grand Lodges about to recognise a new body to suggest that they should " make haste slowly , " and take no irretrievable step until

they have obtained sound and certain information as to the true position of Masonic affairs in the country or district in which the new body has been established which is desirous of being recognised . " It may well be , " as the Report points out , " that three or more lodges desiring to possess the style , rank , and title of a Grand Lodge should organise such a body within a

territorial or geographical boundary in which many other associations claiming to be lodges of Freemasons carry on their work . These disagree tothe action of the lodges so acting and squabbles follow . " An instance of this is furnished by the so-called Grand Lodge of New South Wales , which has been organised by a small minority of the brethren in that colony , but is so far is it

from receiving the sympathy of the majority of the brethren holding under the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland , that , as we pointed outlast week , in the caseof the brethren under that of the first-named country , petitions for as many as six warrants for constituting new lodges have been granted by our United Grand Lodge during the past three months . What ,

however , we confess we are unable to understand in this portion of the Committee ' s remarks is the approval they bestow on the declaration by the Grand Lodge of Quebec against our English lodges in Montreal . They say "In that jurisdiction ( Quebec ) certain lodges holding allegiance by their charters to Grand Lodges foreign to the jurisdiction of Quebec refuse to

recognise its sovereignty . The Grand Lodge of Quebec regards these lodges as clandestine , and has forbidden its members to have any Masonic relations with them . This we cordially approve , as the only course the dignity and supremacy of the Grand Lodge of Quebec can adopt . No other course is possible till the difficulty is adjusted by these lodges surrendering their

charters , and accepting the authority of the Grand Lodge of Quebec and taking charters from her authority . " But here we have a case of a body claiming to be a Grand Lodge in a colonj ' , "in which many other

associations claiming to be lodges of Freemasons carry on their work" and decline to be coerced out of their allegiance to the supreme authority which created them . Where does the caution " to make haste slowly " come in here ? If our three lodges are " clandestine , " what are many of the Quebec lodges ?

# * # THE position assumed by Bro . CHARLES T . GRANGER , M . W . Grand Master of Iowa , with reference to the re-obligation of brethren who have been made Masons when sojourners in a jurisdiction other than that in