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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . PATRON AND PRESIDENT : H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M ., & c . PATRON-ESS : H . R . H . THE PRINCESS OF WALES . NINETY-THIRL } . ANNIVERSARY FES / OVAL . ¦ VV . BRO . FRANK RICHARDSON , P . G . D ., President of the Board of Stewards . VV . BRO . WM . ROEBUCK , Grand Steward , Treasurer . The Ninety-third Anniversary Festival of this Institution will take place on WEDNESDAY , iSth MAY next , on which occasion the Right Hon . . SIR MICHAEL E . HICKS-BE / . CH , Bart ., M . P ., R . W . Prov . G . M , for Gloucestershire , in the Chair . Brethren willing to act as Stewards are urgently needed , and will greatly oblige by forwarding their names as early as possible to the Secretary , who will gladly give any information required . F . R . W . HEDGES , Hon . Sec . Board of Stewards . Office—s , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , London , E . C .

The "John Hervey Memorial Fund."

THE "JOHN HERVEY MEMORIAL FUND . "

THIRD LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS UP TO 30 TU APRIL , 1 SS 1 . Amount acknowledged in the Freemason ot 9 th of April , iSS 1 ... ... .. £ 329 . 2 G SUBSEQUENT RECEIPTS . £ s . d . Royal Alpha Lodge , 16 ... ... ... 5- ' ° ° Bro . H . G . Harwell , Prov . G . S . Norfolk , P . M ., P . Z . 52 ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 o Piince of Wales' Chapter , 259 ... ... 5 5 ° Comp . J . Aird , J . Prince of Wales' Chapter ,

259 ... ... ... ... ... 5 5 ° Comp . Howard Vyse , H . Prince of Wales ' Chapter , 259 ... ... ... ... 1 1 o Bro . A . B . Cook , P . M . 259 ... ... ... 1 1 o St . John ' s Lodge , 327 ... ... ... 1 1 o Three Brethren of St . John's Lodge , 327 ... 0 10 0 United Lodge of Prudence , S 3 ... ... 10 10 o Doric Lodge , 81 ... ... ... ... 1 1 o

Wentivorth Lodge , No . 737 ... ... ... 1 1 o Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire ... 10 10 o Priory Chapter , icoo ... .. ... 110 Britannic Chapter , 33 ... ; „ ... 5 5 ° Royal Sussex Chapter of Perfect Friendship , 376 ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 o Chorlton Lodge , 13 S 7 ... ... ... 1 1 o

Earl of Chester Lodge , 1565 ... ... 1 1 o Zetland Lodge , 511 ... ... ... 220 Felicity Lodge , sS ... ... ... ... 21 o o Burlington Lodge , r ) S ... ... ... 5 5 ° VV . Bro . P . de Lande Long , P . G . D 220 Bro . Henry Grisell , P . G . D . ... ... ... 1 1 o Bio . Capt . William Piatt , P . G . W 220

Royal Clarence Lodge , 6 S ... ... ... 220 Beaufort Lodge , 10 3 ... ... ... 1 1 o Bro . Matthew Clark , P . G . D . ... ... 220 Bro . W . H . Bowden , P . M . and Treas . 103 , P . G . S . W . Bristol 1 1 0 Bro . Kobert Bennett , P . M . 13 SS ... ... 1 1 0 Kent Lodge , is ... ... ... ... 3 3 °

Bro . J . C . Parkinson , P . G . D . ... ... 220 Bro . H . Godfrey , P . M . S 2 , P . P . G . S . W . Gloucestershire ... ... ... ... 220 Bro . Edward Baldwin , P . G . W . ... ... 220 Bro . Lieut .-Col . Sir II . Edwards , Bart ., Prov . G . M . N . Yorkshire ... ... ... 1 1 o Londesborough Lodge , 1 GS 1 ... ... 220

Grand Alaster's Lodge , 1 ... ... ... 550 United Good Fellowship Lodge , S 09 ... ... 500 Unanimity and Sincerity Lodge , 261 ... 110 St . Andrew's Lodge , 222 ... ... ... 5 5 ° Bro . Rev . C . K . Davy , P . G . Chaplain ... 1 1 o John of Gaunt Lodge , 523 ... ... ... i 1 0 Maybury Lodge , 969 . ... ... ... 3 3 ° Erasmus Wilson Lodge , 1464 ... ... 220

Virtue and Silence Lodge , 332 ... ... 1 10 Bayard Lodge , 1 G 15 .. ' . ... ... 5 5 ° Caledonian Chapter , 13 + ... ... ... 220 Caledonian Lodge , 134 ... ... ... 55 c Israel Lodge , 205 ... ... ... ... 5 5 ° Bro . C . F . Hogard , P . M . and Sec . 205 ... o 10 G Bro . Watson , P . M . 194 ... ... ... 1 ; 0 Bro . E . Letchworth , P . M . ... ... ... 1 1 0 Foundation Lodge , S 2 ... ... ... 11 c Total £ -174 iG 0

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THE ARCHITECT , A WEEKLY ART JOURNAL , or MAY 7 , Contains ( in addition to several others ) an Illustration of THE MASONIC ARCH EUECTED AT TRURO , On the occasion of the visit of H . R . H . THE PRINCE OK WALES , Grand Master , Ike . Published every Friday , price 4 d ., by post 5 d . To be had of all Bookstllcrs , and at the Office , 175 , STRAND , LONDON , W . C .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . PATRON : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . PRESIDENT -. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M . EIGHTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL , Wednesday , 2 gth June , 1 S 81 . THE MOST HON . The MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY , K . P ., R . W . Prov . Grand Master of Durham , In the Chair . OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF S TEWARDS : President : Lt .-Col . Sir HENRY EDWARDS , Bart ., V . Pat . of Inst ., P . G . W ., Prov . G . Master of West Yorkshire . Acting Presidents : V . W . Bro . Rev . C J . MARTYN , M . A ., P . G . Chap ., D . Prov . G . M . Suffolk . VV . Bro . GEO . LAMBERT , G . S . B ., P . Prov . G . W . Herts , P . M . No . 19 S , V . Pat . of Inst . Bro . A . J . DUFF FILER , P . G . S . B ., P . M . G 57 , V . Pat . of Inst . ¦ Vice-Presidents : Vice-Patrons , and Vice-Presidents , of the Institution , Present and Past Grand Officers , Present and Past Grand Stewards , Present and Past Provincial Grand Officers . lion . Treasurer : VV . Bro . WM . ROEBUCK , G . Std ., No . 29 , Prov . G . S . W . Middx ., & c . The names of Brethren willing to act as Stewards may still be received . Support is urgently needed , the number of Stewards being below the average of recent years . FREDERICK BINCKES , P . G . Std ., V . Pat . of Inst ., Sec . of Inst . Office : 0 , Freemasons' Hall , W . C , 3 rd May , 1 SS 0 .

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THE FREEMASON . SATURDAY , MAY 7 , 1 SS 1 . +. . £ 0 OCorrrspoirtnite . The following stand over : Star Lodge , Glasgow , No . 219 . Skiddaw Lodge , Cockerworth , No . 1002 . Union Waterloo Chapter , Woolwich , No . 13 . BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Keystone , " "Australian Freemason , " "The Broad Arrow ,- ' "The West London Advertiser , " "The European Mail , " " Lennox Herald , " " Der Long lslaender , " " The Mystic Tie , " " The Liberal Freemason , " " Hull Packet , " "Sunday Times , " "The Hebrew Leader , " "Jewish Chronicle , " "The Land Question , Ireland , " "La Gran Logia , Kevista Masonica Quenccnal . "

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not holil ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by ourcorrespondents , hut we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessnrj limits—free discussion . !

RED CROSS OF CONSTANTIXE . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In your present issue of April 30 II 1 I find a letter from Bro . Wade , Recorder of the Delta Crucis , 12 G , Auckland , New Zealand , and the best answer I can give to his complaint is that until this mail / have never received n

single letter from him , and tin ' s statement is most fully borne out—1 might almost say , proved beyond a doubt—by his own statement relating to the fate of his later correspondence , which has been " returned to him through the post , " and when again sent back to England they arc given to a Bro . Lewis , from whose custody they have not yet emerged . There is no Bro , Lewis on the Council . A ques-

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tion here presents itself : If addressed to me for the second time , how is it they were given to this mysterious Bro . Lewis ? In December last , in your pages , I saw for the first time Bro . Wade ' s name in connection with the Order , and I put myself in communication with him forthwith , also replying

in the columns of the Freemason . By this mail , which bears the letter you publish to-day , I receive also a letter , the first I ever had from him , in reply to mine of December last , and accepting certain explanations as to the probable cause of his letter never having reached me . This letter of Bro . Wade ' s consists of seven enclosures , among

which I find two copies of letters on copying paper , one dated August 26 th , 1876 , and addressed to myself , the other dated September 3 rd , 1 S 75 , and addressed to Bro . Binckes , and "to neither of which has any reply been sent . " Thus I am not singular in not replying to letters which I have not received . The question deserves careful consideration , and

will be most thoroughly looked into , and though , as every one in the Order knows , I took full charge of the correspondence only last June , I have bad nothing to do with the very ancient correspondence referred to by Bro . Wade , yet I firmly believe the chief fault will be found in New Zealand ( the district authorities ) , and not with the home

department . By the same mail which brought me Bro . Wade ' s communication I have a letter from Bro . Edward Ancher , of Wanganui , North Greymoutb , N . Z ., Past Sov . o £ the Gamma Crucis , No . no , and among other things , lie says , " I have not heard from Bro . Wade in Auckland as yet ,

although I wrote and told him of my success in getting matters cleared up re the Conclave no . " This letter speaks for itself , and 1 shall refer Bro . Wade to many others who have placed their difficulties in my hands with equal success . Yours faithfully ,

WILLIAM ROBERT WOODMAN , G . Recorder and Registrar General . Ford House , Exeter , April 30 th , 1 SS 1 . P . S . —In the Freemason of November 27 th , 1 SS 0 , I first saw Bro . Wade ' s letter , which proved his connection with the Delta Crucis . I answered it in your issue of December

nth , and at the same time wrote to Bro . Wade and enclosed him all the necessary forms for him to make returns of his conclave , which now by this mail he has done , and 1 have for the first time a letter from him , and returns and other data to work with in clearing up the difficulty , but I greatly regret that he has thought fit to reiterate his

complaints in your columns before giving me a chance of making inquiries and setting bis conclave straight , which only now can be done . Ill addition to the conclave at Greymouth , the Burdett Conclave has some time ago been put into working order by myself , all certificates , & c , having been duly forwarded .

ANCIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I repeat what I said in my former letter to you that the organ of the A . and P . Rite in England has acted in . an utterly unmasonic manner in recognising a spurious

body of Masons . The so-called "Grand Orient of Tunis " is spurious and is doing the greatest mischief . Individually I am not surprised to find the promoters of the A . and P . and other unrecognised Degrees defending the Grand Orient of Tunis , which is not recognised . The District

Grand Master of Malta has officially warned his lodges not to admit members of the spurious " Grand Orient ot Tunis , " and any publication under its " seal" must be unworthy of attention . Yours , HONORARY MEMBER of

1717-THE OLDEST FREEMASON . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In the daily Standard of Thursday , the 31 st March , there is a paragraph headed " The Oldest Freemason , " setting forth Bro . Elliot as the oldest Mason , who was made

in 1 S 1 G , but I am happy to inform Bro . Jacobs that I can claim precedence in favour of Bro . Knight , of 199 , Peace and Harmony , Dover , who was made January nth , 1 S 11 , at Cork , St . John's Lodge , 15 , and was born August , 1 . 790 , and is now living at Folkesone . I remain , dear Sir , yours fraternally , FREEMASON .

THE JOHN HERVEY MEMORIAL FUND . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Several requests have reached me that Provincial brethren might be placed on this Committee , and 1 gather from this that it is thought by some that the Committee

possess privileges of election to the benefits of the fund . Allow me to explain that this is not so . The benefits belong to all alike , provincial and metropolitan , and are not the subject of special election , but will go as a matter of course , and without any deduction , to the highest

unsuccessful candidates at each election of the Royal Masonic Benevolent ( or "Old People's" ) Institution after the present year , and , judging from past experience , I should incline to think that provincial candidates will benefit rr > ore largely than those from London . At the same time , should any provincial brother or brothers of influence and position