Presentation To Bro. J. Bowes P.M., P.Z., Prov. G. Reg., &C, Of, Warrington.

fact the interests of the Craft have been my constant study , but then , brethren , whenever success crowned our united endeavours , I have felt amply rewarded . Brethren , I have ever regarded Freemasonry as the most ennobling institution devised by man , its grand design being to

expand the mind , enlighten the understanding , and to improve all who study its precepts . Such being my view of the principles of our Order , I have always experienced much pleasure in working the various ceremonies and lending assistance to those of my brethren who needed it .

Again allow me to repeat , brethren , that I am painfully conscious that any words I can command will very imperfectly indicate the depth and extent of my feelings of gratitude to the subscribers to this splendid testimonial , and to yon , W . M ., and Bro . Finney , my thanks are in

an especial manner due , believe me , I shall never forget the many kindnesses and marks of affectionate regard I have received at your hands . Brethren , in time to come 1 shall refer with honest pride to the proceedings of this evening , and rejoice to think that any services which I

have been able to render in promoting the genuine tenets and princip les of our Order have meet with the approval of brethren whose opinions I very highly value . May every blessing be yours , dear brethren , and may our noble Order be ever adorned by every moral and social virtue !

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THE MASONIC CHARITIES . I hope that the admirable leaders in the Freemason , and the appreciative letter from the indefatigable Bro . Frederick Binckes , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , will be the means of directing attention to the

lamentable fact that so few support our chanties compared with the number who attend our Festivals . Bro . Coates ' s letter is much to the point , and is illustrative of what the Masters of lodges could do if they felt inclined , so as to supplement the

lodges' donations with the smaller subscriptions of the members , many of whom would gladly give j or 10 shillinirs annually when they could not well afford the minimum sum to obtain a vote . Several such brethren refuse to aid the charities now , because the money produces no

voting power , but if the Masters of lodges collect such amounts , and have them placed in the name of the lodges to which the subscribers belong , we think , many a good total might be made by such means . I feel certaiti that no Mason acts according to his obligations , who ,

having the means , refuses to aid our noble charities . To make known our wants Masonically , where can a better medium be obtained than the Freemason , and surely much of the success of late attending our annual Festivals must be

attributed to the greater interest being taken in all that concerns the welfare of the Craft , to secure which , both the Freemason and the Masonic Magazine have played an important part , and the admirable works issued by the veteran Masonic publisher , Bro . Spencer , have also done much to

increase onr love and respect for our ancient Fraternity . I fail to see a single justifiable reason tor not advertising the claims of the charities in the columns of the Freemason . If the proprietor was making money by the publication , we might

think he should afford the requisite space freely , but when we know the paper is carried on at a large weekly loss financially , and yet Bro . Kenning is one of the laigest contributors to our Masonic Charities , added to which the Freemason is always open to the brethren for any

specially distressing case , and aid is denied to none who are worthy , and have not the means to pay , we heartily support the capital articles by the Editor respecting the subject of advertising , because we believe that as a rule , those who read and support the Freemason , are the most earnest workers on behalf of the institutions in

question . , I believe , in conclusion , that if Bro . Watson , the W . M . of 1380 " , Lincoln , would placehisadmirable pamphlet OK the Masonic Charities in the

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hands 01 ttie secretaries ot me tnree great Institutions , ( Boys ' , Girls ' , and Benevolent ) and they would arrange to have sufficient printed to supply every W . M . and Secretary of a lodge in England with the copies , as also the Principals of Chapters , Preceptors of Preceptories , kc , an increased support would be the result , for it is the best of its kind ever issued .

W . J . HUGHAN . MASONIC RELICS ( page 120 . ) I beg to be allowed space for a few remaiks on a letter which appeared in the Freemason of 21 st February , headed "Masonic Relics , " and signed G . W . W . It relates to a question not only

interesting but important to all Freemasons , the Masonic standing of the Ancient Lodge of Melrose Saint John , and the rights of that lodge to grant charters to new lodges in Scotland . The antiquity of the Melrose Lodge is unquestionable , fts origin is referred to theyejr A . D . 1136 ,

some years before the formation of the Kilwinning Lodge , Mother Kilwinning , by far the oldest lodge in connection with the Grand Lodge of Scotland , and of which all the lodges that combined to form as it w ere daughter lodges . When the Grand Lodge of Scotland was constituted in

1736 , the Melrose Lodge did not take part in what was done , nor did the Kilwinning Lodge place itself in connection with the Grand Lodge , and under its jurisdiction for a good many years but at last it did so , whilst the Melrose Lodge still declined to do so , and has maintained its

independence to the present time , notwithstanding attempts made to induce it to join the Grand Lodge . This , however , I humbly submit , makes nothing against the Masonic standing of the Melrose Lodge . That standing was unquestionable before the Grand Lodge of Scotland

was constituted , aud must therefore remain unquestionable . It was open to any lodge in Scotland to join in constituting the Grand Lodge or not , without prejudice to Masonic standing . The Grand Lodge has no claim to authority but what is derived from the lodges uniting to form

it . Its authority is unquestionable over them and over the new lodges to which it has granted charters , but the Melrose Lodge remains unaffected , and possesses every right which it possessed two hundred years since . That a certain number of the lodges of any conntry join in

constituting a Grand Lodge , in no way affects lodges which decline to take part with them , and g ives the Grand Lodge which they form no authority over the whole country , nor any rights to refuse recognition of the lodge or lodges maintaining their original independence . It never

was objected against the Kilwinning Lodge that it was slow to join the Grand Lodge of Scotland ; it was gladly received when its consent was given and the Grand Lodge thereby received a great increase of strength . So it would have been if the Melrose Lodge had joined the Grand Lodge

and so would it be if it were to give in its adherence now . There is no lodge in Scotland so prosperous in every way as the Melrose Lodge , none which has so much property , or does so much for charitable purposes ; none of which the character is more irreproachable ; none which has

been better worked . Its working is the very same with that of the other Scottish Lodges , but is more perfect than the most of them . Brethren from England and from foreign countries , of whom many visit Melrose every year , find pleasure in attending its meetings . Many members

of Scottish Lodges attend them when they have opportunity , and 1 have myself known the Right Worship ful Master of a Scottish Lodge , holding under the Grand Lodge , to enter a meeting of the Melrose Lodge , glad to do so , and

cordially welcomed . Members of English and foreign lodges , without hesitation , seek to be received as members of the Melrose Lodge , when they come to reside at Melrose or its vicinity , and many members of Scottish Lodges have also done so . Members of the Melrose

Lodge , changing their place of abode , have always been readily affiliated in other Scottish Lodges , as they are , without hesitation , in the Lodges of England , America , and other countries . All this tends to show that the Melrose

Lodge is a fully recognised Masonic Body , and to make it appear strange that its rights to grant charters to new lodges should be called in ques-

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tion , or that the formation of a lodge with such a charter in Glasgow should have provoked sue h violent opposition as it has from , the Provincial Grand Lodge of that district of Scotland . The case is totally different from that of a lodge withdrawing itself from the Grand

Lodge of Scotland , and attempting to establish a rival authority ; but it seems to have been treated as if it were the same . Your correspondent , G . W . W ., makes three assertions , which he says are easily susceptible of proof by printed documents . I do not know thflt documents become mote authoritative by

being printed ; but letting this pass , I will briefly examine the " three assertions " on which G . W . W . rests his case . The first is that the lodge of which Bro . S . signed himself the R . W . M . was " an unrecognised body . " It was the Glasgow Lodge bearing the designation of the Melrose St . John ' s Lodge No . 1 . The words in which G . W . W . makes his assertion are

calculated to mislead the unwary reader ; but it is evident that that " unrecognised " means only unrecognised bi / the Grand . Lodge of' Scot / ana . This may be enough for G . W . W . to infer the conclusion that the lodge is in a full and pioper sense unrecognised ; but it will not be enough

for those who consider the facts already stated or the general recognition of the Melrose Lodge by Freemasons throughout the world , of its recognition by the Grand Lodge of Scotland itsslf in the attempts made to bring about a union , and of its existence from a date long prior to the constitution of the Grand

Lodge . The question is left untouched of the rights of the Melrose Lodge to grant a charter to a lodge in Glasgow , and if this is conceded , as I think it must be , the Glasgow Lodge having that charter is as much a recognised body as any lodge holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . G . W . W . ' s second assertion is that the

Provincial Grand Lodge has issued circulars cautioning the brethren against having anything to do with them ( the Melrose St . John ' s Lodge of Glasgow ) . Perfectly true , but nothing to the purpose . It remains for G . W . W . to show that the Povincial

Grand Lodge did not assume an authority to which it had no rightful claim ; and subversive of Masonic rights aud liberty , a question to which the answer may be found from consideration of the facts which I have brought under your attention . The third assertion is " that the Melrose St .

J ohns Lodge had by advertisement invited visitors to come to their lodge . " And what if they did ? If holding a charter fi om a body having full right to giant it , and enjoying the most perfect Masonic recognition , they even ventured to set at nought the usurped authority of the

Provincial Grand Lodge , they are surely not deserving of censure , far less of expulsion from the Masonic Brotherhood , But expulsion from the Brotherhood is impossible , it is only expulsion from lodges holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland .

It is , perhaps , not desirable that there should be more than one supreme Masonic jurisdiction in one country . But there are cases of this kind in Germany and elsewhere , and there is no conflict , no attempt to suppress or expel . These cases have all arisen , I believe , from peculiar

circumstances in past history , as this case in Scotland has . It might be better for the Grand Lodge ot Scotland , and its zealous supporters to aim at bringing about a union by brotherly means , than crushing the Melrose Lodge by the force of a more high-sounding name and of greater numbers . AN ENGLISH , FRENCH , AND SCOTTISH MASON .

HOLLOWAY ' PILLS . —With the weather cold and the wind keen what is to be done to keep the human body healthy , to protect the weak , to renovate the diseased ? Tlie reply is , " supplant the suppressed action of the skin , through an alterative like these pills , by a freer action , of the liver , bowels , and kidneys . This will preserve the

delicate internal structures from congestion and irritation and carry off these noxious matters ordinarily transmitted through the integuments . A . course so natural must commend itself , and must elicit the unqualified approbation of all who think and understand how nature invariably aids a digestive organ , by accomplishing its unperformed functions through increased activity elsewhere . — ADVT ,