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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT—Lodges Nos . 39 , 163 , 507 , 1332 , 1793 , and 2263 . INSTRUCTION—Lodges Nos . 704 and 753 , and Chapter No . 1275 . ROYAL ARCH—Chapters Nos . 311 and 17 S 9 . Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire . Provincial Grand Chapter of Somerset .

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SATURDAY , OCTOBER 4 , 1890 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

Lord and Lady Saltoun gave a garden party last week at Philorth House to the ladies and brethren engaged in organising the grand bazaar to be held in Aberdeen in aid of the Grand Lodge Annuity Fund . His lordship since his appointment as Provincial Grand

Master of Aberdeen has won golden opinions from all the brethren of the province , and it has been abundantly proved that no happier selection could have been made . From the first his lordshi p has entered zealousl y

into the work pertaining to his office , and the interest he is now exhibiting in what for the Grand Lodge of Scotland is a new departure in the direction of charitable organisation is a further proof , if any were needed , of his fitness for so important a post .

* * * We heartily congratulate Bro . Alderman Savory on his election to the oflice of Chief Magistrate ot the City of London for the ensuing year . Bro . Savory is connected with the New River and other companies ,

is a governor of Christ ' s Hospital , and in Masonry a member of the House Committee of the Girls' School , the pupils in which he has on more than one occasion entertained at his suburban residence . He is descended

from an old Huguenot family which came over to England at the time of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes . He served the office of Sheriff in 1882 , and was elected an Alderman on the retirement of Bro . Sir Sydney Waterlow , Bart . * * *

The Deputy Provincial Grand Master in charge of Berkshire , Bro . the Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg , has appointed Bro . John W . Martin , P . M . of the Lodge of Union , No . 414 , P . P . G . Reg ., of Reading , to act as Provincial Grand Secretary , in the place of the late Bro . Robert Bradley , P . G . S . B .

Masonic Notes.

According to the Isle of Man Times , there is considerable excitement among our Manx brethren in reference to the proposed Eiffel Tower and the laying of its foundation-stone with Masonic ceremonial by Bro .

the Earl of Lathom , D . G . M . Indeed , it seems to be the opinion of our contemporary that , " if the proposal that Manx Freemasons should take part in the ceremony is persisted in , it is likely to lead to a serious disruption in the Insular Masonic body . "

* * * We fail to see any reason for this excitement . The proposal to take part in the ceremony was carried by a narrow majority at the recent Committee of General Purposes of the Provincial Grand Lodge , and it may

be quite true that some of the objects of the company which is about to erect this tower are as described in the Isle of Man Times . But these are of a very subsidiary character to its main purposes , which are to improve the locality and make it generally more attractive , and ,

at the same time , by making it better worth while for people to visit the island , to increase its prosperity . A marine drive between five and six miles long from Douglas Head-road to Port Soderick and an Approach Tower in connection with the Suspension Bridge from

Douglas Town to the Head-road may certainly be described as objects of public utility , by which we both hope and believe the good people of the Isle of Man will largely benefit . We trust , therefore , the alleged

excitement will speedily be calmed , and that the brethren will recognise that what is likely to prove beneficial to their island cannot be out of harmony with the spirit and intent of Masonry .

The example set by the Grand Master of Pennsylvania , in reading a paper before the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , appears to have been contagious , as among the list of future lectures to be delivered before that body there is one entitled " Freemasonry in Canada , " which

is promised at an early date by Bro . J . Ross Robertson , the newly-elected Grand Master of the Masonic jurisdiction bearing the same name . The papers , composing the full " waiting list , " in addition to the above comprise the following : by Bros . W . Simpson , I . P . M .,

The Orientation ot lemples '; W . F . Vernon , P . M . 58 ( S . C ) , "Masons' Marks "; D . Harris Hastings , P . M . 659 ( S . C ) , " The Craft in New Zealand " ; W . J . Hughan , P . G . D ., " Missing and Unidentified MSS . of the Old Charges "; C . Purdon Clarke , CLE .,

" Building Societies in Persia " ; R . F . Gould , P . G . D ., "The Degrees of Pure and Ancient Freemasonry "; W . Matthieu Williams , Stwd ., " A Sketch of the Scientific Guilds of the Middle Ages " ; E . Macbean , I . G ., " The Grand Lodge of Scotland " ; and Dr . B . W . Richardson , " The Legend of Sethos . "

1 he Grand Master of Arizona , being a sensible man , lately ruled in two cases that such sli ght physical defects as the loss of an eye or of a little finger are no bar to the admission of worthy candidates into Freemasonry . The Committee on Jurisprudence of the

Grand Lodge of Arizona , has , however , over-ruled his decisions , and henceforth in this State a man with onl y one eye or minus a little toe or a little finger , however virtuous , however calculated to adorn our Society he

may be , will be rigidly excluded from its lodges . Evidently there is nothing in common between this Grand Master and his Committee of Jurisprudence in the matter of sense .

* * * At all events that is the opinion of Bro . J . D . Vincil , Grand Secretary of Missouri , who is one of the best and brightest of our American brethren , and having had the misfortune , in his boyhood , to lose part of the

index finger of his right hand , is a living testimony to the absurdity of the doctrine preached by the Arizona Committee that , in order to become a Freemason , a man must be free from all physical defects . It is to be regretted that the Committee , being an irresponsible

body , can have about it no sense of shame , or the energetic protest which Bro . Vincil has placed on record against their absurd over-ruling might have the

effect of inducing them to reconsider it , and . allow their Grand Master and his sound common sense to have their own way . # # #

We understand that the Board of Trustees of the proposed Masonic Home and Asylum which is about to be erected at Utica , N . Y ., for the benefit of the brethren of New York , have adopted plans for the building , and are prepared to receive estimates for carrying them into execution .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

914 ] ANCIENT TOMBSTONE . One day last week as I was passing through the Chapel Royal , Holyrood , Edinburgh , I saw a tombstone bearing the enclosed device . Wondering who our ancient brother might be I turned up the official guide book , published by Robert M'Bean ,

keeper of the Chapel Royal , Holyrood , and found the following rather amusing description : " ( No . 12 ) A p lain cross and calvary . On the dexter side a pair of compasses over a device which resembles a book , and on the sinister side a carpenter ' s square over a mallet .

All that is legible of the inscription is Hie jacet honorab . Vir Johannes . . . et . . . Anno dni 1543 . " Thinking that , perhaps , some of our antiquarian brethren mig ht be able to throw some interesting lig ht on the matter , I have taken the liberty of troubling you on the subject . WILLIAM ROGERS , 1339 .

[ VVe see nothing in the sketch to indicate any connection with Freemasonry , but we shall be glad to have the opinions of Masonic experts on the subject . ED . F . M 7 \

Craft Masonry.

Craft Masonry .

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METROPOLITAN MEETINGS .

Clapton Lodge ( No . 1365 ) . —On Thursday , the 1 Sth ult ., the above lodge held their installation meeting at Botolph Chambers , adjoining the Great Eastern Hotel , Liverpool-street , E . C , when Bro . W . D . Church was duly installed as VV . M . for the ensuing year . The ceremony was ably performed by Bro . L . P . Coubro , P . M ., who delivered the addresses in a most impressive manner

before a large assembly of the brethren , who at the close expressed their hearty approbation in the usual way . The W . M . proceeded to appoint and invest his officers : Bros . Luker , S . W . ; Forty , P . M . Sunbury Lodge , J . W . ; Blackburne , P . P . G . S . B ., P . M ., Treasurer ; Lutwyche , P . M ., Sec . ; Parries , S . D . ; Thompson , J . D . ; D . Campbell , I . G . ; Loughlin , Org . ; Fairclough , Asst . Org " . ; C . Stang-er , P . M . 12 , D . C ; Geddes and Robinson , Stwds . ; and Very ,

Tyler . The following brethren were elected joining members , having been proposed and approved at the last lodge meeting : Bros . VV . Shurmur , P . M . 1471 , P . G . Treas . Essex ; Vaughan , Abbey Lodge ; Holloway , Duke of Albany Lodge ; Holland , Warner Lodge ; and Mitchell , formerly of the Clapton Lodge . Five more proposals for joining and six candidates for initiation were then

submitted , among the latter being the son of the new W . M . After lodge the brethren adjourned to a banquet at the hotel , which was served in excellent style under the personal supervision of Bro . Breecker , the manager of the refreshment department of the hotel . A goodly array of visitors were present , who expressed much pleasure with the proceedings of the evening , both in lodge and at table .

The W . M . being an architect , and several members of the lodge being connected by profession or occupation with the building trade , a " specification of works necessary to be done in removing and re-erecting the Master's and other offices , " was drawn up and read by one of the officers ( who is a surveyor ) , in which the proceedings of the evening were described under the guise of erecting a building .

Elaborately printed copies were distributed for each present to take away as mementoes of the occasion . The usual toasts were given and duly honoured , and interspersed with songs and recitations , Bro . Loughlin presiding at the pianoforte in his usual masterly style . Messrs . Church , jun ., and Day sang "Excelsior , " and Mr . Church , jun ., "The Bell-ringer . " "My Oueen" was given by Mr . Day , and " Will o' the Wisp " by Bro . Dall .

Bro . S . Stanger g-ave " Paddy and the Rope , and other contributions were made to the enjoyment of the evening . The brethren separated at a late hour . Bro . Blackburne , the Treasurer , was kept away by a heavy bereavement , his beloved wife having died the day before the meeting , and a vote of condolence was passed in open lodge , and ordered to be forwarded to him with the sympathies of all present .

Ivy Lodge ( No . 1441 ) . —A meeting was held on the 23 rd ult ., at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell . Present : Bros . A . Cadbury Jones , VV . M . ; H . S . Allsworth , S . VV . ; E . A . Clerke , J . W . ; G . Maddock , P . M ., Treas . ; G . Skeggs , P . M ., Sec . ; E . A . Clarke , S . D . ; W . Nelson Hunter , J . D . ; F . J . Eedle , P . M ., D . C . ; C T . Barlow , I . G . ; R . Foster , P . M ., and E . IT . Walker ,

Stewards ; j . Rorke , Org . ; J . Lee , lyler ; J . Brindley James , P . M . ; C . VV . Bowley , P . M . ; Cooper , P . M . ; E . Sinclair , Leopold Von Hill , F . H . Scroggie , H . Steinberg , R . E . Lane , James F . Mucks , John Hills , R . J . Oak , VV . Ingram , J . VVallace Holmes , and A . Rorke . Visitors : Bros . VV . H . Cunliffe , P . M . 269 , P . P . G . D . C . East Lanes . ; IT . E . Dehane , P . M . 1543 , P . P . S . G . D . Essex ; VV .

Burton , VV . M . 733 ; and H . W . Bates , 2146 . The lodge having been duly opened , the minutes of the last lodge and those of an emergency meeting were read and confirmed . Bro . Oak was raised , and Bros . Holmes and Scroggie were passed . Several communications were read and several proposals of new members made , and after " Hearty good wishes , " the lodge was closed . The brethren then adjourned to banquet , after which the

W . M . gave the toast of " The Queen " and that of " H . R . H . the M . W . G . M ., " recounting * at some length the vast increase that had taken place in Freemasonry since 1799 , but more especially during the period that his Royal Highness had reigned over the Craft . The toast of "The Grand Officers" followed , and the W . M . said he regretted that it fell to his lot to omit the name of one who had been associated with Freemasonry for