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MAOKEY'S FREEMASONBY . % * EIGHTH EDITION , thoroughly Revised , with all Recent Changes and Alterations . ByM . C . Peck , Provincial Grand Sec . for N . and E . Yorkshire . A LEXICON OF FREEMASONRY . By Albert Gr . Maekey , M . D ., Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of the U . S ., & c . Large post Svo ., handsomely bound in cloth . Price 6 s . " Of MACKEY ' LEXICON it would be impossible to speak in too high terms ; suffice it to say , that it ought to be in the hands of every Mason who would thoroughly understand and master our noble Science . . . . No Masonic Lodge or Library should be without a copy of this most useful work . " —Masonic Ne-. us . " The Editor has had access to sources of information open to Cew . ... A THOROUGHLY RELIABLE WORK . " —Yorkshire Gazette . LONDON : CHARLES GRIFFIN & Co ., Exeter-st ., Strand .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . OCTOBER ELECTION , 1 SS 6 . Your kind support and influence are earnestly solicited on behalf of ARTHUR HERBERT SMITHERS , AGED 7 YEARS , Third Son of the late Bro . SMITHERS , who was initiated 1 S 76 , in the Faith Lodge , No . 141 , and continued a member till his death , which occurred May , 1 SS 3 , leaving a Widow with Seven Children ; a posthumous child born August , 1 SS 3 , since dead ; together with illness and unsettled state ot affairs through the father ' s sudden death , the Widow was left in distressing circumstances , rendering this case most deserving of the sympathy and support of the Craft . The family consisted of Louisa Smithers , the Widow ( since dead ); Walter , aged 3 i-years ; Albert , 5 years ; Arthur Herbert ( applicant ) , 7 years ; Louisa ( elected Girls' School ) , 10 years ; Edith , 11 years ; Ernest ( an invalid ) , 12 . V years ; and William , 14 . years . Unfortunately , the mother has since died of congestion of the lungs , and the children are now left entirely on the world for support . This deserving case merits your sympathy . Those Brethren marked thus * have kindly consented to receive Proxies . Your Vote and Interest most earnestly solicited by the undermentioned Brethren : — Bro . J . W . Baldwin , P . P . G . D . Middx ., P . M . 1356 , 1433 , P . Z . 73 ' & c . Lite Governor of all the Charities , i , Boscombc " road . Shepherd ' s Bush , S . W . „ D . S . Barclay , P . M . $ 07 , Hackney , li . „ W . C . Bellamy , gr , Belmont , Ancrley , S . E . „ F . Bryant , 179 , Life Governor of all the Charities , Fernside , Stanstead , Herts . „ K . Bye , rjr , Moor Park Hotel , Wcsthall-road , Forest-hill , S . E . „ * W . Carter , P . M ., Treas . 141 , P . Z . 743 , L . G . of Benevolent , & c , 131 , Disraeli-road , Putney , S . W . „ H . U CUaotnan , P . M . di , L . G ., Murcluson House , Dulvricli , S . E . „ *\ V . Clark , P . M . 141 , 36 , Clerkcnwell-road , E . C . „ * G . Coop , S . W . 141 , Sec . 2021 , P . S . Chapter 1604 , 44 , Great Windmill-street , Hay market , W . ,, J . Day , 141 , 5 , Croydon-terrace , Barking-road , E . „ W . F . Dennant , P . M . 141 , 1923 , 109 , Lewisham Hifth-rd ., S . E . „ C . Denton , P . M . 169 , L . G . of all the Charities , J 6 , Oakhurstgrove , East Dulwich , S . E . „ G . Dibble , 141 , Melrose House , Dacre-road , Forest-hill , S . E . „ W . Fromholz , W . M . 141 , L . S . Boys , 12 , New Chesterfieldstreet , Marylebone , W . „ R . H . Halford , P . P . G . S . D . Herts , P . M . 238 , i $ 8 o , P . Z . 174 , 228 , L . G . of all the Charities , 43 , Fenchurchst ., City , E . C . „ E . Hopvvood , P . P . G . S . B . Middx ., P . M . I 4 r , P . Z ., & c „ L . G . of all the Charities , Church-road , Teddington , S . W . „ W . T . Hunt , W . M . 79 , L . G . of all the Charities , 459 , New Cross-road , S . E . „ R . P . Jordan , P . M . 141 , 2 , Canonbury Grove , Canonbury , N . „ H . Ke ' cble , P . M . 73 , 1275 , P . Z . 1275 , L . G . of all the Charities , Harrietsham , Maidstone , Kent . „ E . N . Levy , P . M . 73 , 507 , P . Z . 73 , L . G . of all the Charities , 26 , Mark-lane , City , E . C . „ II . Levy , 73 , L . G . of all the Charities , 26 , Mark-lane , City , E . C . „ C . Millbourn , 511 , Vice-Patron , Boys and Benevolent , L . G . Girls , The Laurels , Edmonton . „ J . . MOJS , P . P . G . R . Middx ., P . P . G . D . Middx ., P . M . 169 , 1326 , 1423 , P . P . G . S . Middx ., P . Z . 73 , 1326 , 1423 , & c , L . G . of all the Charities , 38 , Gracechurch-st ., City , E . C . 11 J- J . Pope , P-M > ' 79 . UoS , & c ., L . G . of all the Charities , White Hart , King ' s-road , Chelsea , S . W . ,, \ V . Pope , P . M . 141 , L . G . Boys and Benevolent , Brighton , Sussex „ W . Predani , P . M . 16 9 , L . G . of all the Charities , 26 , Lowerroad , Rotherhithe , S . E . „ C . Rumball , P . M . 141 , 128 , 1 lornsey-road , Holloway , N . „ * W . Stuart , P . M ., Sec . 141 , 179 , P . Z . 507 , 742 , & c , L . G . of all the Charities , 4 , Valentia-road , Brixton , S . W . ,, R . | . Sutherland , 193 , 48 , Edzabeth-st ., Horselydown , S . E . „ T . C . Walls , P . P . G . S . B . Middx ., P . M . 141 , 1381 , ijis , 174 $ , P . Z ., & c , & c . L . G . of all the Charities , East Temple Chambers , Fleet-street , E . C . „ * F . Wal ers , P . P . G . D . Middx ., P . M . 73 , 871 , 1309 , P . P . G . ist A . S . Middx ., P . Z . 73 , 1433 , & c , & c , Vice-President Boys , L . G . of all the Charities , 5 , Summerley-street , Lower Tooting , S . W . „ J . A . Wilson , D . C . 1326 , Sec , Sec , L . G . of all the Charities , The Briars , St . Albans-road , Watford , Herts . „ I " . J . Wray , W . M . 13 J 7 , P . M . 1604 , Z . 1604 , 47 , York-road , Lambeth , S . E .

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TESTIMONIALS , VOTES of THANKS , do . ENGROSSED AND ILLUMINATED ON VELLUM , And FRAMED , ready for Presentation , by Bro . T . WOODS , 49 , CHANCERY LANE , LONDON , W . C . A Sketch forwarded free of charge .

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To Correspondents,

To Correspondents ,

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . * Light , " " Canadian Craftsman , " " Effective Advertiser , " " La Chaine d'Union , " "Masonic Review , " "Masonic Chronicle , " " Cassell ' s National Library , " " Citizen , " " New Zealand Mail , ' "Sunday Times" ( London ) , "Masonic News , " " Hull and East Yorkshire Times , " "Court Circular , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " " Liberal Freemason , " ' •Masonic Era and Analectic , " " Freemasons' journal" ( New York ) , " Masonic Review , " " Texas Masonic fournal , " " La Revista Masdnica Oel Peru , " " Sunday Times '' "( New York ) , " Daily Graphic" ( New York ) , "Jewish Chronicle , " " Lancaster Daily Examiner , " " Humanitas , '' and "New York Dispatch . "

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SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 4 , 1886 .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of the opinlonB expressed by ourcorrespondents , but wewish in aspirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ] ¦ MASONIC EXHIBITION AT SHANKLIN .

To the Editor of the 'Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , Will you kindly allow me , through your columns , to convey to London brethren that the London and South-Western Railway will issue through tickets to Shanklin , available / or the day of issue only , from Surbiton and Kingston at 7 s . 8 d ., and I have no doubt this applies to London as well . This will give seven and half hours in

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Shanklin by taking an early train . The Exhibition and opening ceremony the public are invited to attend , and it is hoped the Masons will bring their friends . —I am , Sir , yours fraternally , ALFRED GREENHAM , W . M . Chine Lodge , No . 1 SS 4 . Shanklin , August 31 st .

THE BRO . BINCKES PRESENTATION . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , 1 fully endorse the statements made by your previous correspondents as to "The Bro . Binckes Testimonial , " and I trust the Committee will spare no efforts to make it worthy alike of the Craft and the brother it is

designed to honour . I think those who have taken the matter in hand are doing the right thing in laying the chief stress on Bro . Binckes ' s servicts to the Boys' School . There is no doubt he has been the heart and soul of its administration during the five-and-twenty years of his Secretaryship , and before that he had been a member of the House Committee , and had taken an active part in the

arrangements necessary for adapting the house originally purchased to the purposes of a school . Subsequently he was the prime mover in the erection of the new , that is , the present buildings , and we can all call to mind the efforts in connection with the Preparatory School . But these achievements by no means constitute the whole of Bro . Binckes ' s claims to our respect .

The Mark Degree owes the major part of its success , as an organisation , to his untiring zeal and energy , and so does the Mark Benevolent Fund , which he had a chief hand in establishing , and which , as far as its Festival receipts are concerned , now occupiesabout the same position as our chief Instiutions occupied before he became Secretary of the Boys' School . He is also most a capable

worker in the lodge , and is deeply versed in our mysteries , especially of the Mark Degree . All these are feathers in Bro . Binckes ' s cap which must not be overlooked , though , in accordance with the opinion I have already expressed as to the Testimonial Committee having rightly placed his labours , in behalf of the Boys' School , in the forefront of their address , they must necessarily hold a subordinate

position . This , and much else that might be recorded of his Masonic career , are the supplement of his 25 years ' work for "Our Boys , " and even in the case of Bro . Binckes himself this supplement alone would serve as a very powerful recommendation in favour of the proposed testimonial . May I presume , in conclusion , to suggest that the Committee should look to obtain the services of brethren in the

provinces working in co-operation with them ? It was b y traversing the provinces and bringing the School—and , of course , the other Institutions likewise in a lesser degreeunder the notice of the lodges and brethren there , that it became possible to enlarge the School to its present

proportions . Perhaps a sub-committee for each province might be found practicable , or , if that were too much , a prominent brother in each might take the matter in hand . However , this is a matter which may safely be left to the discretion of the excellent Committee which have charge of the arrangements . —Fraternally yours , WELL-WISHER .

Reviews

REVIEWS

LE MONDE MACONNIQUE . July , 1 S 86 . Paris : 106 , Rue Charles Lafitte , Neuilly-sur-Seine . There is a full complement of articles , while several of them possess more than the average degree of importance . There is , for instance , one on the Grand College of Rites of

the Grand Orient of France , whose dissolution was pronounced at the General Assembly of last year , and containing the report in full compiled by a Committee consisting of Bros . Balanger , Arnaud , Joyeux , Courourel , et K . Bremond . This report is , in fact , a resume of the history of the College . Another article has reference to the

approaching assembly next month of the Grand Orient of France . But what will most interest English readers probably is the address by the worth y Bro . Block , Venerable of the Lodge " La Bienfaisance Chalonnaise , " and his Secretary , Bro . O . Wirth , in reference to the proposed " Revision des Cahiers des Grades Symboliques , " in which the restoration

of this formula "A .- . L . \ G . \ D . \ G . \ A . ' , de I'll . ' . " is recommended . The grounds on which this recommendation is advocated may not be precisely all that could have been desired ; but our readers will be glad to hear that such a recommendation has been made , and will doubtless look eagerly to the pages of " Le Monde Maconnique " which contain it .

MASONIC NEWS , Vol . 1 ., No . ; i . Montreal . Our new contemporary may be congratulated on having made a fair beginning . Its articles appear to be written with judgment , and its news columns are well filled with interesting accounts of current events . Its article headed "The Deadlock , " in which the difficulty between Quebec

and England is treated , is a very fair exposition of the circumstances in which the two opposing Grand Lodges are placed . We do not accept our contemporary ' s views , but nothing can be better than the good taste it displays in handling a subject , which is very difficult to pursue without treading on somebody ' s toes . The article concludes , ' * While our brethren of the English Register have thus

reasons for their action in remaining apart from their brethren of Quebec , and while their reasons do them honour from a sentimental standpoint , the broad principles of Freemasonry point their way in unmistakeable terms . " A journal which enters on its career in such a spirit of kindly and courteous consideration for its opponents deserves to succeed , and we trust the Masonic News of Montreal may have before it a long and honourable career .

Bro . Alderman Isaacs and Lieut .-Col . Kirby , J . P ., Sheriffs elect , have issued invitations for their inaugural banquet , to be held at the Albion , on Tuesday , the 2 Sth inst . 'Ihe band of the Tower Hamlets Engineers will play a selection of music at the inaugnral breakfast at the Albion .