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To Our Readers.
TO OUR READERS .
The FREEMASON is a Weekly News paper , price AQ . It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , including postage : United America , India , India , China , & c .
Kingdom , the Continent , & c . Via Brmdisi . Twelve Months ios . 6 d . 12 s . od . 17 s . 4 d . Six , „ 5 s . 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 d . Three „ 2 s . 8 d . 3 s . 3 d . 4 s . 6 d . Subscriptions may be paid for in stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to
GEORGE ONNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and other business communications should be addressed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects and books for
review are to be forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous correspondence will be wholly disregarded , and thc return of rejected MSS . cannot be guaranteed . Further information will be supplied op application to thi Publisher , irj 8 , Fleet-street , London .
Important Notice.
IMPORTANT NOTICE .
It is very necessary for our readers to advise us of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America and India j otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them . Several P . O . O . ' s are now in hand , but having received no advice we cannot credit tliem .
To Advertisers.
TO ADVERTISERS .
The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion in current -week's issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o ' clock on "Wednesdays . SCALE OF CHARGES FOR
ADVERTISEMENTS . Whole of back page ... ... ... £ 12 12 o Half ,. „ ... ... ... ... 6 10 o inside pages ... ... ... ... 7 7 ° Half of ditto 400 Quarter eilto ... ... ... .. 2 10 o Whole column ... ... ... ... ... 2100 Half „ ... 1 10 o
Quarter „ 100 Per inch ... ... ... ... ... 050 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is made for a series of 13 , 26 , ami 32 insertions . Further particulars may be obtained of the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
S . W . —Pass . BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Broad Arrow , " " Die Bauhutte , " " Masonic Record of Western India , " " Corner Stone , " " Die New Yorker Bundes Pressc , " " Masonic Newspaper , " " Canadian Craftsman , " "The Liberal Freemason , " "The Prize Paper .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
[ The charge is 2 s . Gd . for announcements not exceeding Four Lines under this heading . ]
BIRTHS . G 11 . SON . —On the 2 nd inst ., at Holml-a , Addiscomhcroad , Croydon , the wife of Mr . Edward R . Gilson , of a son . MYERS . —On the 31 st ult ., at St . Simon ' s Vicarage , Upper
Chelsea , the wife of the Rev . A fred J . Myers , of a daughter . SMITH . —On thc 30 th ult , at Fairlavvn , Evering-roatl , Upper Clapton , the wife of Mr . W . H . Blower Smith , of a daughter .
MARRIAGE . FITZGERALD—SMITH . —On the 31 st ult ., at St . James's Church , Kennington , by the Rev Samuel Bache Harris , M . A ., Vicar , James Joseph Fitzgerald , of Methlcy-street , Kennington-road , to Augusta Louisa , daughter of Mr . Charles Smith , ot Waterlooroad .
DEATHS . PELLATT . —On thc 29 th ult ., at Arundel , Sussex , Mr . Mill Pellatt , of 1 , Pcmberton-road , Upper Holloway , N . aged 30 . SHOUT . —On the 31 st ult ., at Solihull , the Rev . Thomas
Short , B . D ., Fellow of Trinity College , Oxford , aged 90 ye ars . WEDGWOOD . —On the 29 th ult ., at thc Limes , Wolstar . ton , Mr . Enoch Wedgwood , J . P ., county of Stafford , aged 63 years .
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THEFREEMASON. SATURDAY , J 7 , 1879
Masonic Statistics.
MASONIC STATISTICS .
We have often before remarked how very valuable a " factor " correct Masonic statistics would be in the general consideration of the " status" and prospects of Freemasonry to-day . Partial efforts , from time to time , have been made to take a general survey of the Masonic world , but so far , at the best , they are but "
approximate " efforts , and err generally on one side or the other , exaggeration of numbers or-defect of precision . Accordingly , the most sensational statements are sometimes hazarded , and the most divergent views tendered as to the exact number , for instance , in tbe world to-day . Alarmed Ultramontanes , with a strong leaning to " old wives ' fables , " talk of the " millions" of this
" dangerous secret society , and even some Masonic writers are too fond of " drawing the long bow , " and swelling out , beyond authority , the members of our Masonic family . In Great Britain
the number is variously estimated , as we are enthusiastic or cautious , and varies from 150 , 000 to about 90 , 000 , that is to say , about 100 , 000 for England , and 50 , coo divided between Ireland and Scotland . We are ourselves inclined to think
the numbers are in England about 70 , 000 , Scotland and Ireland about 20 , 000 each . But , of course , we may err on this side or the other a little , and we do not profess to do more than make a guess by an approximate calculation , allowing an average for lodge membership . The
Neue Frew Presse , of Vienna , which , the Times says last week , is supposed to have access to exceptional sources of information on Masonic subjects , gives the following statistics of the recognized lodges : —In Germany , 342 j Switzerland , 33 ; Hungary , 44 ; Roumania , 11 ; Servia ,
1 ; Ireland , 330 ; Gibraltar , 5 •Malta , 4 ; Sweden and Norway , 18 ; France , 287 ; Spain , 300 ; Portugal , 22 ; Italy , no- Greece , 11 ; Turkey , 26 •Egypt , 28 j various parts of Africa , 2 $ : South African Colonies , 61 ; Aden , i ; India , 118 ; among the islands of the Indian Seas , 16 ; China ,
13 ; Japan , , *;•Australia , 226 ; the Australian Islands , 4 ; New Zealand , 8 4 ; the United States of North American , 9894 •Canada , 53 5 •Cuba , 305 Hayti , 32- Mexico , 13 •Brazil , 256- in the other South American States , 170—altogether about 1500 lodges . The number of Freemasons
on December 31 st , 1878 , exceeded five millions . It will be noticed that there are some very important omissions in the enumeration of the Viennese paper . Great Britain , Holland , Belgium , Denmark , and Russia have been quite passed over . " It is clear that this account cannot
be-rehed on , and that the " sources " of information on Masoilic subjects , which the Times supposes the Neue Freie Presse to possess , are not purely Masonic or sufficiently accurate . As a general rule the number of lodges may be assumed , we think , nearly to be correct , with the exception of Spain , the number of which is
greatly exaggerated ; but if to the number we add the lodges of England , Holland , Belg ium , and Denmark , we shall , according to Van Dallen ' scarefullycompiled Jahr Buch fur Freimaurer , and making certain needful allowances for evident exaggerations , reach pretty clearly , we think , the safe number of 14 , 580 lodges in the world , of course in round numbers . In the United States
and Canada the Freemasons number about 700 , 000 , and we feel sure , from clear calculations , that in Europe they may be estimated at abont 300 , 000 more . If we take South America and the East into calculation , we probably assume at a grand total of something like 1 , 300 , 000 , and with that " tottle " we must be content ,
eschewing fabulous legends and mythic millions . Probably , thc next few years will witness a rapid increase of our Order , and it is not impossible that in the year of light and grace 2000 , the Freemasons in the world may reach 3 000 , 000 . But ihe statement of the Neue Freie Presse that the number of Masons in the world now exceeds " five millions" is manifestly inaccurate , and
Masonic Statistics.
cannot , in any sense , be relied upon . Still , here is ground for alarm for many timid and turgid minds , but we think it right to point out that " Freemasons" have nothing to do with political secret societies , whether Jesuit or others , and
that that only is true Freemasonry , which seeks to avow T . G . A . O . T . U . as before men , and to develope Masonic charity and morality , as well as loyalty and order , and the social virtues on the sacred sanctions and by the holy injunctions of the law and the word of God .
Spurious Freemasonry.
SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY .
We notice in the Monde Maconnique for May the following paragraph , which we have carefull y translated from the French—see page 16 : Ihe independent lodge of " Les Philadel phes et la Concorde reunis . Orient de Londres " proceeded on the 2 nd April to the installation of its officers
for the year 1879-80 . After the opening of the work by Bro . Benoit , W . M ., Bro ' . Moire , P . M , took the gavel of W . M ., and reinstalled Bro . Benoit as W . M . AU the officers were then installed in their respective offices . At the banquet which concluded this meeting , the three regular
toasts of the lodge were drank . 1 . To the oppressed of the whole world and to their freedom . " This , was spoken by a Bro . Bourgeois . 2 . " To progress and its triumph . " This was spoken by Bro . Florent , the Orator . 3 . "To all Masons and to
the speed )* triumph of our Masonic motto . " This was spoken to by a Bro . John Lane , Treasurer , who it seems addressed the meeting in English . Now we think it ri ght to call the attention of our brethren to this fact , because this lodge is a clandestine and illegal assembly ,
professing and practising spurious Masonry . It is famed for its peculiar and political proclivities , and is absolutely illegal by Masonic law , as well as contrary to the laws of the land . We can only warn our English brethren about it , as attendance at its meetings is an act of Masonic
illegality , which may be visited by suspension or even expulsion . We are also anxious to mention it because the Treasurer bears an English name , Bro . Lane , and weare desirous of knowing whether he is an English Mason , or merely a member of a surreptitious , illegal assembly of
French refugees , unlawfully calling themselves a Masonic lodge . Les Philadelphes hive no " charter , " and are ipso facto , to use a French expression , " hors de la Matjonnerie , " outside of Masonry . We shall be glad to learn that Bro . Lano is not an English Mason , as we must
repudiate indignantly this mixing up of political bitterness and violence with the mild , and genial , and truly fraternal spirit of Freemasonry , which , as we have often said before , is only Freemasonry when it adheres to the great princip les of loyalty and charity , of reverence for God and of
sympathy for man . To represent Freemasonry as a semi-political society , setting itself against rulers and order , a friend to the anarchial and communist , is untrue in itself , dishonouring to Freemasonry , and destructive of its real character .
If Bro . Lane be really an English Mason , we trust that measures will at once be authoritatively taken , to prevent him disobeying and disavowing publicly , as before our own loyal English Ciaft , the fundamental principles and unchanging Constitutious of our Order .
True Charity.
TRUE CHARITY .
The Monde Maconnique for May contains an extract from La Rivista , which we assume to be authentic , and if so deem it worthy of note . It is a portion of an address by some " brethren of the Christian Faith " to the children of one of
the schools in Italy , and certainly is a most elegant and most Christian production , as wo feel sure our brethren will admit . It is just possible that their use of the word " Christian "
in the present special case may be similar to that which the well-known Duke of Buckingham put upon it , when in Peveril of the Peak he addresses " Ganlesse , " or " Christian , " that most consummate scoundrel — " Oh , most
Christian , Christian . " But listen to the flowers of poesy , propriety , and perfume which drop frorn the lips of this most gentle fraternity ,
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To Our Readers.
TO OUR READERS .
The FREEMASON is a Weekly News paper , price AQ . It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , including postage : United America , India , India , China , & c .
Kingdom , the Continent , & c . Via Brmdisi . Twelve Months ios . 6 d . 12 s . od . 17 s . 4 d . Six , „ 5 s . 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 d . Three „ 2 s . 8 d . 3 s . 3 d . 4 s . 6 d . Subscriptions may be paid for in stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to
GEORGE ONNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and other business communications should be addressed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects and books for
review are to be forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous correspondence will be wholly disregarded , and thc return of rejected MSS . cannot be guaranteed . Further information will be supplied op application to thi Publisher , irj 8 , Fleet-street , London .
Important Notice.
IMPORTANT NOTICE .
It is very necessary for our readers to advise us of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America and India j otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them . Several P . O . O . ' s are now in hand , but having received no advice we cannot credit tliem .
To Advertisers.
TO ADVERTISERS .
The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion in current -week's issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o ' clock on "Wednesdays . SCALE OF CHARGES FOR
ADVERTISEMENTS . Whole of back page ... ... ... £ 12 12 o Half ,. „ ... ... ... ... 6 10 o inside pages ... ... ... ... 7 7 ° Half of ditto 400 Quarter eilto ... ... ... .. 2 10 o Whole column ... ... ... ... ... 2100 Half „ ... 1 10 o
Quarter „ 100 Per inch ... ... ... ... ... 050 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is made for a series of 13 , 26 , ami 32 insertions . Further particulars may be obtained of the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
S . W . —Pass . BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Broad Arrow , " " Die Bauhutte , " " Masonic Record of Western India , " " Corner Stone , " " Die New Yorker Bundes Pressc , " " Masonic Newspaper , " " Canadian Craftsman , " "The Liberal Freemason , " "The Prize Paper .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
[ The charge is 2 s . Gd . for announcements not exceeding Four Lines under this heading . ]
BIRTHS . G 11 . SON . —On the 2 nd inst ., at Holml-a , Addiscomhcroad , Croydon , the wife of Mr . Edward R . Gilson , of a son . MYERS . —On the 31 st ult ., at St . Simon ' s Vicarage , Upper
Chelsea , the wife of the Rev . A fred J . Myers , of a daughter . SMITH . —On thc 30 th ult , at Fairlavvn , Evering-roatl , Upper Clapton , the wife of Mr . W . H . Blower Smith , of a daughter .
MARRIAGE . FITZGERALD—SMITH . —On the 31 st ult ., at St . James's Church , Kennington , by the Rev Samuel Bache Harris , M . A ., Vicar , James Joseph Fitzgerald , of Methlcy-street , Kennington-road , to Augusta Louisa , daughter of Mr . Charles Smith , ot Waterlooroad .
DEATHS . PELLATT . —On thc 29 th ult ., at Arundel , Sussex , Mr . Mill Pellatt , of 1 , Pcmberton-road , Upper Holloway , N . aged 30 . SHOUT . —On the 31 st ult ., at Solihull , the Rev . Thomas
Short , B . D ., Fellow of Trinity College , Oxford , aged 90 ye ars . WEDGWOOD . —On the 29 th ult ., at thc Limes , Wolstar . ton , Mr . Enoch Wedgwood , J . P ., county of Stafford , aged 63 years .
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THEFREEMASON. SATURDAY , J 7 , 1879
Masonic Statistics.
MASONIC STATISTICS .
We have often before remarked how very valuable a " factor " correct Masonic statistics would be in the general consideration of the " status" and prospects of Freemasonry to-day . Partial efforts , from time to time , have been made to take a general survey of the Masonic world , but so far , at the best , they are but "
approximate " efforts , and err generally on one side or the other , exaggeration of numbers or-defect of precision . Accordingly , the most sensational statements are sometimes hazarded , and the most divergent views tendered as to the exact number , for instance , in tbe world to-day . Alarmed Ultramontanes , with a strong leaning to " old wives ' fables , " talk of the " millions" of this
" dangerous secret society , and even some Masonic writers are too fond of " drawing the long bow , " and swelling out , beyond authority , the members of our Masonic family . In Great Britain
the number is variously estimated , as we are enthusiastic or cautious , and varies from 150 , 000 to about 90 , 000 , that is to say , about 100 , 000 for England , and 50 , coo divided between Ireland and Scotland . We are ourselves inclined to think
the numbers are in England about 70 , 000 , Scotland and Ireland about 20 , 000 each . But , of course , we may err on this side or the other a little , and we do not profess to do more than make a guess by an approximate calculation , allowing an average for lodge membership . The
Neue Frew Presse , of Vienna , which , the Times says last week , is supposed to have access to exceptional sources of information on Masonic subjects , gives the following statistics of the recognized lodges : —In Germany , 342 j Switzerland , 33 ; Hungary , 44 ; Roumania , 11 ; Servia ,
1 ; Ireland , 330 ; Gibraltar , 5 •Malta , 4 ; Sweden and Norway , 18 ; France , 287 ; Spain , 300 ; Portugal , 22 ; Italy , no- Greece , 11 ; Turkey , 26 •Egypt , 28 j various parts of Africa , 2 $ : South African Colonies , 61 ; Aden , i ; India , 118 ; among the islands of the Indian Seas , 16 ; China ,
13 ; Japan , , *;•Australia , 226 ; the Australian Islands , 4 ; New Zealand , 8 4 ; the United States of North American , 9894 •Canada , 53 5 •Cuba , 305 Hayti , 32- Mexico , 13 •Brazil , 256- in the other South American States , 170—altogether about 1500 lodges . The number of Freemasons
on December 31 st , 1878 , exceeded five millions . It will be noticed that there are some very important omissions in the enumeration of the Viennese paper . Great Britain , Holland , Belgium , Denmark , and Russia have been quite passed over . " It is clear that this account cannot
be-rehed on , and that the " sources " of information on Masoilic subjects , which the Times supposes the Neue Freie Presse to possess , are not purely Masonic or sufficiently accurate . As a general rule the number of lodges may be assumed , we think , nearly to be correct , with the exception of Spain , the number of which is
greatly exaggerated ; but if to the number we add the lodges of England , Holland , Belg ium , and Denmark , we shall , according to Van Dallen ' scarefullycompiled Jahr Buch fur Freimaurer , and making certain needful allowances for evident exaggerations , reach pretty clearly , we think , the safe number of 14 , 580 lodges in the world , of course in round numbers . In the United States
and Canada the Freemasons number about 700 , 000 , and we feel sure , from clear calculations , that in Europe they may be estimated at abont 300 , 000 more . If we take South America and the East into calculation , we probably assume at a grand total of something like 1 , 300 , 000 , and with that " tottle " we must be content ,
eschewing fabulous legends and mythic millions . Probably , thc next few years will witness a rapid increase of our Order , and it is not impossible that in the year of light and grace 2000 , the Freemasons in the world may reach 3 000 , 000 . But ihe statement of the Neue Freie Presse that the number of Masons in the world now exceeds " five millions" is manifestly inaccurate , and
Masonic Statistics.
cannot , in any sense , be relied upon . Still , here is ground for alarm for many timid and turgid minds , but we think it right to point out that " Freemasons" have nothing to do with political secret societies , whether Jesuit or others , and
that that only is true Freemasonry , which seeks to avow T . G . A . O . T . U . as before men , and to develope Masonic charity and morality , as well as loyalty and order , and the social virtues on the sacred sanctions and by the holy injunctions of the law and the word of God .
Spurious Freemasonry.
SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY .
We notice in the Monde Maconnique for May the following paragraph , which we have carefull y translated from the French—see page 16 : Ihe independent lodge of " Les Philadel phes et la Concorde reunis . Orient de Londres " proceeded on the 2 nd April to the installation of its officers
for the year 1879-80 . After the opening of the work by Bro . Benoit , W . M ., Bro ' . Moire , P . M , took the gavel of W . M ., and reinstalled Bro . Benoit as W . M . AU the officers were then installed in their respective offices . At the banquet which concluded this meeting , the three regular
toasts of the lodge were drank . 1 . To the oppressed of the whole world and to their freedom . " This , was spoken by a Bro . Bourgeois . 2 . " To progress and its triumph . " This was spoken by Bro . Florent , the Orator . 3 . "To all Masons and to
the speed )* triumph of our Masonic motto . " This was spoken to by a Bro . John Lane , Treasurer , who it seems addressed the meeting in English . Now we think it ri ght to call the attention of our brethren to this fact , because this lodge is a clandestine and illegal assembly ,
professing and practising spurious Masonry . It is famed for its peculiar and political proclivities , and is absolutely illegal by Masonic law , as well as contrary to the laws of the land . We can only warn our English brethren about it , as attendance at its meetings is an act of Masonic
illegality , which may be visited by suspension or even expulsion . We are also anxious to mention it because the Treasurer bears an English name , Bro . Lane , and weare desirous of knowing whether he is an English Mason , or merely a member of a surreptitious , illegal assembly of
French refugees , unlawfully calling themselves a Masonic lodge . Les Philadelphes hive no " charter , " and are ipso facto , to use a French expression , " hors de la Matjonnerie , " outside of Masonry . We shall be glad to learn that Bro . Lano is not an English Mason , as we must
repudiate indignantly this mixing up of political bitterness and violence with the mild , and genial , and truly fraternal spirit of Freemasonry , which , as we have often said before , is only Freemasonry when it adheres to the great princip les of loyalty and charity , of reverence for God and of
sympathy for man . To represent Freemasonry as a semi-political society , setting itself against rulers and order , a friend to the anarchial and communist , is untrue in itself , dishonouring to Freemasonry , and destructive of its real character .
If Bro . Lane be really an English Mason , we trust that measures will at once be authoritatively taken , to prevent him disobeying and disavowing publicly , as before our own loyal English Ciaft , the fundamental principles and unchanging Constitutious of our Order .
True Charity.
TRUE CHARITY .
The Monde Maconnique for May contains an extract from La Rivista , which we assume to be authentic , and if so deem it worthy of note . It is a portion of an address by some " brethren of the Christian Faith " to the children of one of
the schools in Italy , and certainly is a most elegant and most Christian production , as wo feel sure our brethren will admit . It is just possible that their use of the word " Christian "
in the present special case may be similar to that which the well-known Duke of Buckingham put upon it , when in Peveril of the Peak he addresses " Ganlesse , " or " Christian , " that most consummate scoundrel — " Oh , most
Christian , Christian . " But listen to the flowers of poesy , propriety , and perfume which drop frorn the lips of this most gentle fraternity ,