Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar For 1878.

COSMOPOLITAN MASONIC CALENDAR FOR 1878 .

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Answers to Correspondents .

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Births ,Marriages And Deaths.

Births , Marriages and Deaths .

[ The charge is 2 s . 6 d . for announcements , not exceeding four lines , under this heading . ] BIRTHS . BAKER . —On the 28 th ult ., at 26 , Wimpole-street , the wife of W . M . Baker , of a son . - HAMILTON . —On the 26 th ult ., at Biarrilz , South of France , Mrs . Dacre Hamilton , of a daughter .

MARRIAGES . BAKED—P EACHEY . —On the ist inst ., at St . Mark's , West Hackney , by the Rev . Protheroe Alpe , George , youngest son of the late John Thomas Baker , of Lavenham , Suffolk , to Mary Ann , eldest daughter of the late Geo .

Peachey , of 72 and 73 , Bishopsgatc-street-within , London , E . C . No cards . HUGHES—MOYLK . —On the 4 th ult ., at St . Paul ' s Church , Poonah , Bombay Presidency , Walter Charlcton Hughes , executive engineer , to Kate Louisa , fifth daughter of Colonel C . A . Moyle , commandant , Asirghur .

DEATHS . BENEDICT . —On the 3 rd inst ., at 2 , Manchester-square , Alice Boulan , youngest and beloved daughter of Sir Julius Benedict . FREIIE . —On the 27 th ult ., at Achcnkirch , Austrian Tyrol , Jobn Alex . Frere , M . A ., late vicar of Shillington , Beds , aged 68 . WELLS . —On the 31 st ult ., at 21 , Chapel-street , Grcsvenorsquare , Albiuia , widow of Henry Wells , Esq .

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The Freemason , SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 8 , 1877 .

The Last Quarterly Communication.

THE LAST QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION .

Owing to the early hour at which we go to press on Thursdays , we are unable to call the attention of our readers , as we should have wished to do , fully , to the proceedings of the last Grand Lodge . This is one of the penalties of early publication , though it is possibly

counterbalanced by the fact that our London subscribers receive our paper on Friday morning , and our country friends on Saturday morning . We propose in our next issue to consider the meeting of the last Quarterl y Communication , the agenda paper , and the result achieved , carefully

in detail . The Grand Lodge unanimously voted the grants to St . John ' s and Peru , and most wisely and liberally also passed with unanimity Bro . Clabon ' s motion to vote ^ iooo to the Indian Famine Relief Fund now being organised by the

Lord Mayor . With respect to the proposed limitation of the Board of Benevolence , the suggestion ofthe Board of General Purposes was deferred for consideration until March . We shall recur to the subject in our next , as we said before .

The Consecration Of The Evening Star Lodge.

THE CONSECRATION OF THE EVENING STAR LODGE .

The consecration of this new lodge , which we fully reported in our last , was a great success , and reflects no little credit on all concerned , especially on our esteemed and energetic Bro . Magnus Ohren . We have attended many consecrations , but we hardly ever attended one in

which all the work of Freemasonry was so smoothly , so effectually , and so impressively performed , and in which all felt that the ceremony they were taking part in , despite the cavils of the censorious , or the depreciation of the antagonistic , was a very " real thing . " To some

Freemasonry is an idle form , a convivial meeting , a benefit order , and nothing more . To others it appears a " goose club , " an unreality , and a sham . Now we confess that for all these classes of minds we do not affect to write to-day , we regret their dislike or depreciation , we laugh at their

sarcasms , or their contempt ; and we do not mind either their fault-finding or their condemnation , while we deplore their ignorance of our tenets and our practice , and quietly put on one side their censures , and their anathemata . To us Freemasonry is something both very pleasant

and very true , very interesting , and very cherished . It recalls old days and ancient friends ; it summons up before us gracious hours of youthful harmony and harmless gaiety ; it tells us of " Time ' s encroaching hand , " yet of friendships which have never faltered , of honest

hearts which have never grown cold , and kindly faces which have never ceased to smile on us ! Indeed , to many of us Freemasonry represents the best part of our life , which kindly associations have graced , and a genial fellowship has dominated . We look back to-day . We can

recall in kindly vision , the old lodge and the assembled brethren , and if some are wanting from that brilliant circle , if we discern gaps in the serried rows of cheery companions , memory still speaks to us , full voiced and tenderly , of those whom we never more shall hail , dear members of

our mystic tie . Yes , the waning hour recalls in p leasurable emotion many a hardworking fellow labourer , many a true-hearted companion of " Auld Lang Syne . " Aye , and more than this , when the decorated lodge room and the festive scene fade from our sight , there rises up before

us the goodly memento of much honest woik , for God and man , in the best of all toils , gentle , goodly , loving charity . Why , then , should any of us be timid or hesitating when we speak of our good old Order , to-day ? Why should we

whisper in " bated breath , " or treat with halfhearted callousness , the windbag or the fanatic of tbe hour , who rail at what they do not understand , and depreciate the worth of an Institution which , through density

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or selfishness , they cannot realize ? p be from us any such mealy-mouthedness or fearfulness , any want of faith in Freemasonry . The more we see of it , the older we grow , the greater appear to us to be its claims on our intelligence and our affections , and therefore our

heartfelt aspirations for " our brave old Craft" is " Esto perpetua " as long as Time itself shall last , to witness the struggles of man , to declare the Providence of God . We congratulate all we repeat , who were concerned in the consecration of the Evening Star Lodge , for their motto

was truly " thorough , " and most efficientl y did all perform their duty , most signal was the success of the day . We wish to this new lodge all prosperity . The only ingredient of disappointment and of regret arose from the indisposition of its most worthy and respected W . M ., Bro . A . D . Filer . We rejoice to be able

to say , on the authority ot Bro . Magnus Ohren , that our most respected and esteemed brother is better , and that it is hoped that when the lod ge next meets , it may gladly hail in the royal chair the brother so judiciously selected to preside over them as its first W . M ., whose zeal for Freemasonry is so well known , and who lives in the hearts and memories of his brethren .

Our Late Grand Chaplain.

OUR LATE GRAND CHAPLAIN .

We deeply regret to have to announce to the Craft the lamented death of our esteemed Grand Chaplain , the Rev . W . Lake Onslow , Vicar of Sandringham . He had served his country efficiently as a naval chaplain , and wore the Baltic and Burmah medals , the fifth class of the

Mejidjie , and the star and order of the Osmanli . We are told that his amiable disposition and kind consideration for all made him a great favourite . By all , from the Prince and Princess downwards , he was held in the highest

estimation , and his death has created a blank at Sandringham which will not be easily filled . His health has been very precarious for the last year or two , but a fortnight ago he was at the public luncheon in connection with the sale of

Shorthorns and Southdowns at Sandringham , and few who heard his cheery voice on that occasion could have thought his end so near . We feel sure that the regret of the Order will accompany those of his parishioners , family , and friends .

Seaside Manners.

SEASIDE MANNERS .

We publish elsewhere from one of our contemporaries , The Times , the great organ of public complaints , and private grumbling , " more Britannorum , " a selection from a host of letters

in respect of some recent unfeeling behaviour to passengers landing at Folkestone , sick and suffering , and whicb undoubtedly deserves both reprehension and repression . Indeed , Sister Jenkinson writes to us to say , that it must be " put down , " for she continues " women weak , ailing ,

and unprotected , will no longer submit to the taunts of an uncivilized crowd , and the horsey jokes of young men , dressed as groom boys . " Mrs . Jenkinson , when she chooses to be severe , as Jenkinson admits , can besevere . But seriously , it

is only fair to observe that the evil is cf long standing . It has long been the privilege of the " Beau Monde " at Folkestone , to witness the departure for , and the arrivals of the steam boats from Boulogne . Indeed it may be said to be part of

the daily life of the average Folkestonian , whether visitor or resident . <* it the appointed hours you may see groups of old and young wending their way to the pier , and as the boat disgorges its load , the passengers , male and female , weak , unsteady , and " p- '

with suppressed emotion , " have to ran the gauntlet of a critical and not always silent crowd of " impassioned g aze ? j * It is well then , philosophically to obserye , amidst this chorus of complaints in various p itches ° tone and temper , that though such a greeting ° » land 1

landing on the hospitable shores of Eng not an agreeable episode , especially after a tw , hours " bucketting on the treacherous main , yet that like eels , we can all for the most pa « j become accustomed to anything , and our gi * remedy is unfailing patience , The P >*