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TRADERS ill ny-lavvs of an Old Lodge jiS rharlot ' s Lodges in Paris JiS old Warrants . —XXIII . to XXVII JiS United Grand Lodge of England 519 Provincial Grand Lodgeof Northumberland jig Freemasons amongthe Catholics Jao Honour to Bro . T . W , Tew , P . G . M . West

Yorkshire 521 Masonic Presentation to Bro . the Rev . J . A . Alloway in Opening of New Lodge Quarters in Hull in Freemasonry in South Africa J 2 i The Earl of March on Freemasonry 521 St . John ' s Day in the South African Gold Fields i 2 i Masons' Marks 521 COBRSSPONDENCIRoyal Masonic Institution for Boys—Bro . Philbrick's Committee $ 33

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CORRESPONDENCE ( Continued)—An Important Point 523 Reviews 523 Notes and Queries 523 REPORTS OF MASONIC

MKSTINGSCraft Masonry £ 24 Instruction £ 24 Mark Masonry J 2 J Ancient and Accepted Rite 52 J Rosicrucian Society of England j 2 j Scotland iii Ireland $ 25 New York Hall and Asylum Fund 526 Are Offences Masonic ? 526 Obituary 426 Theatres J 26 Masonic and General Tidings J 27 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iaS

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As we anticipated last week , the proceedings at the Quarterly United ^ Grand Communication of Grand Lodge , on Wednesday , passed off very quietly . The letter of the Prince of WALES , M . W . G . M ., to his widowed sister , the Empress FREDERICK of German )' , was couched in the most sympathetic terms , and expressed very felicitously both the

sentiments of respect and admiration entertained for the late EMPEROR by United Grand Lodge , and its condolence with the illustrious lady who is so nearly and dearly related to our GRAND MASTER . The reply of the EMPRESS , which was also read , was equally happy in its expressions of thanks and in its recognition of the sincere sympathy felt with her

in the irreparable loss she has sustained . Both these letters were directed to be entered on the minutes , and so was also the GRAND MASTER ' letter to the King of SWEDEN , requesting his MAJESTY ' acceptance ot the clothing and insignia of his rank as a Past Grand Master of our Grand Lodge . As the King is absent from his capital , no reply as yet

from his MAJESTY had been possible , but we doubt not he will appreciate the compliment paid him by Grand Lodge , and the manner in which it was conveyed to him by his Royal Hig hness our GRAND MASTER . When this correspondence had been read , the business , which vvas mostly formal , was dispatched , and Grand Lodge was closed in harmony . Our usual report will be found in another part of our columns .

* * * A CONSIDERABLE amount of interest invariably attaches to in the proceedings of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall Cornwall . v /\ ien the brethren meet in annual communication as they did

at Camborne on the 23 rd ult . Bro . the Earl of MOUNT EDGCUMBE is a wise ruler , who knows how and when to use the controlling power with which he is entrusted so as to cause the smallest amount of friction amongst the members , and to secure at the same time the greatest amount of benefit to the body over which he presides . He is well supported by his officers ,

among whom are many Masons of tried experience | and great energy , on whose co-operation he is able to rely with confidence whenever any unusual demand is likely to be made on the province , or any event of exceptional importance is likely to occur . The rank and hie , too , are well-disposed to their duty , and generous in their support of Masonry and its Institutions ,

the result being that when the annual meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge takes place , the reports are generally favourable as regards the past and hopeful for the future . The recent meeting at Camborne was no exception to this rule . Some differences of opinion appear to have arisen as to the policy it would be most advantageous to follow in the case of the

Charitable moneys at the disposal of the province , but the question was wisely referred to a Committee , which will consider and report at the next Provincial Grand Lodge . The Prov . Grand Secretary ' s report showed a substantial increase in the number of subscribing members , and that the 'odges were attentive to their duties , and for the most part prompt in

furnishing the information which it was part of his office to obtain from them . He also announced that a sum of £ 615 had been paid over on behalf of the Province to the Treasurer of the Truro Cathedral Fund . The Prov . Grand Treasurer ' s statement of accounts was most encouraging , while the reports ° f the Treasurer and Secretary of the Cornwall Masonic Annuity and

Benevolent Fund , and of the Secretary of the Cornwall Masonic Charity Association showed there was every prospect of the benefits conferred by these Associations being slowly but surely increased . The Annuity and benevolent fund has close on £ 4350 invested or in hand , the income Rising from which amounts to £ 182 19 s . During the past year the sum

Paid in annuities and educational grants was £ 135 , and ^ 216 15 s . 6 d . had ° een laid out in the purchase of a £ 200 Cape bond , while the expenses of Management were only £ 19 . Since 1864 , when the Fund was started , ° £ 6 748 had been received , and ^ 2400 , of which £ 281 was for cost of

• Management , expended , the balance of investments and in hand being as alread y stated , £ 4350 . Bro . GILBERT B . PEARCE , Secretary of the Chariat ) le Association , also reported encouragingly , 205 memberships having een subscribed for , and the sum obtained during the three out of the five

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years the Fund had been in existence , being ^ 902 . Subsequently Bro . C . TRUSCOTT read a report for the last two years , showing how the votes of the province had been employed , and with what result , and a few money grants having been voted , and the P . G . Officers for the year invested , the business of the meeting was brought to a conclusion . Thus the only

question that remains to be considered is as to the manner in which the Charitable contributions shall be applied , and we have no doubt the Committee to which it has been referred will be able to recommend a plan by which the local Charitable Funds will be benefited , while the great central Masonic Institutions will continue , as in the past , to receive that

measure of generous support to which they are entitled . There is one thing certain that every brother in Cornwall , from the Prov . G . Master downwards , has good reason to be satisfied with the proceedings of the past year . * * *

The Prov G ^ Somersetshire brethren are to be congratulated on the Lodge of ' good fortune which attended them at the recent annual meet-Somersetshire . . jng ^ Chard of their provincial Grand Lodge _ Somerset . shire , by reason of the exemplary manner in which its Masonic duties are

discharged , occupies a position among our provinces somewhat in excess of its numerical strength . Its lodges are only some 25 in number , but the work they do , and above all the manner in which they do it , is quite on a level with that of a larger province . This is no doubt due in great measure to the fact of their having the Pro Grand Master of England to

preside ' over them as Provincial Grand Master . It is just 20 years since Bro . the Earl of CARNARVON received his patent of appointment from the late Earl of ZETLAND , and it is no exaggerated compliment to his lordship that during that time no province in England has fared more prosperously . But he could not have done what he has for his province had he not , been

able to gather about him such men of weight and influence as Bros . R . C . ELSE , J . L . STOTHERT , Col . A . PERKINS , C . L . FRY-EDWARDS , S . A . BASKETT , and others ; men who are not only loyal to the principles of Freemasonry , but by their precept and example are the cause of loyalty in others . At all events , the success of Lord CARNARVON ' rule is plainly to

be seen in the reports relating to the past year , which were presented at the meeting at Chard on the 22 nd ult . The funds of Prov . G . Lod ge were reported by the Prov . G . Treasurer to be in a more satisfactory state than they vvere even a twelvemonth since , when the balance in hand was £ 180 , while the Provincial Grand Secretary reported , on behalf

of the Charity Organisation Committee , that the contributions to the Central Charities from Somersetshire during the past year amounted to £ 1292 , of which ^ 945 figured in the Returns at the Girls' School Centenary Fes tival on the 7 th June , the list of Bro . J . L . STOTHERT , who represented the Province on the occasion , amounting to ^ 882 , and being the highest

individual Steward s list then sent in . VVe know , from our experience of previous years , that such overwhelming evidence as this of the spirit by which the province is animated was not needed in order to convince the Craft generally of its loyalty and devotion to Craft interests , but it is none the less gratifying to know that it has been forthcoming . Lord CARNARVON ,

too , must have been delighted with all that he saw and heard , and , above all , at the cordiality of his reception , which , after his prolonged absence from England , must have been indeed most welcome ; while the news he brought with him of the prosperous condition of English Freemasonry at the Cape and in the Australian Colonies will encourage the Masons of

Somersetshire to pursue the course they have so long marked out for themselves with even greater energy than before . VVe trust his lordship and the brethren he presides over may always be able to present as bri ght and promising a record of a year ' s doings as was presented at Chard during the latter half of last month .

* # * IT is to be regretted that the Grand Chapter of Canada , in A ^ grSn . > ' tation of tlie course pursued by the Great Priory of Canada , should have adopted an aggressive policy towards the ruling powers of English Masonry , and that just as the Great Priory has chartered

sundry Femplar encampments in Melbourne , the capital of the British Colony of Victoria , so the Grand Chapter should have issued warrants for the constitution of two Canadian Royal Arch Chapters in the same city . It would appear from the report of the proceedings of the recent annual convocation of the said Grand Chapter , that though our Grand Chapter has

remonstrated and pointed out that "The Grand Lodge of England "—of which , according to our Masonic system , it forms a part— " has always held that the jurisdiction of Colonial and Dominion Grand Lodges cannot be recognised as extending beyond their own territorial limits , " the only notice

taken of the remonstrance is a reply to the effect that "Your Grand Council claim and maintain that the G . C . of Canada "—being the peer of the Grand Chapter of England— "has the right to open and establish Chapters in any country or colony where a Supreme Governing body does