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Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .-BRO . PHILBRICK'S COMMITTEE . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , At the Quarterly Court of the Royal Masonic In stitution for Boys held on z ? th July last it was resolved :

" That the Grand Registrar of the Order ( Bro . Frederick A . Philbrick , Q . C . ) be invited to associate with himself such members of the Craft , selected in equal proportions from London and the Provinces , being- at least Life Governors of the Institution , as he may think proper , " for the purposes of an enquiry into the " discipline , expenditure , and administration" of the Institution .

1 beg to inform you that the under-named brethren have been nominated , and have agreed to act with me , as a Committee of Enquiry , in pursuance of the above resolution , viz .: C John Derby Allcroft , Patron . London < Sir Reginald Hanson , Bart ., Vice-President . ( . Samuel Pope . Q . C , Vice-Patron .

fjohn C . Malcolm , Leeds , Life Governor | ( West Yorkshire ) . D . J Lieut .-Col . A . Thrale Perkins , Wells , Life Provinces \ Governor ( Somersetshire ) . Robert Wylie , Liverpool , Life Governor 1 - ( West Lancashire ) .

The Committee proposes to meet at the end of October or early in November , at a date to be hereafter fixed , and of which notice will be given . —I am , Sir , yours faithfully , FRED . A . PHILBRICK . September 6 th .

AN IMPORTANT POINT . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , The able exposition of Masonic law by the Grand Registrar , and the subsequent decision of Grand Lodge thereon in the case of the appeal of Bro . Hollar , of the

Phcenix Lodge , No . 914 , against the decision of the District Grand Master of Jamaica , to which you call attention in your issue of Sept . ist , to my mind raises a very important point , which I think has not been before considered . While concurring in the decision at which Grand Lodge arrived under the present wording of Rule 210 , Book of

Constitutions , I am of opinion that after the word " present , " in line ten of this rule , the words " who shall vote" should be added j the clause would then read as follows : " This power of exclusion can only be exercised by a majority of not less than two-thirds of tbe members present' who shall vote . ' "

I do not know of any assembly in the world where the presence of members who did not vote nullified the power of those who did . Suppose for instance in the House of Commons , of which 40 members form a quorum , 39 voted one way , and one the other , and the remaining 630 members looked on . Is the decision of the 39 to be null and

void because the 630 did not think fit to vote ? Such a thing would be perfectly ridiculous . Yet this is exactly the position Rule 210 , Book of Constitutions , as at present worded , places all lodges when any motion for exclusion is brought forward . The sooner it is altered in the manner now suggested the better . —I am , your obedient servant , J . F . H . WOODWARD , P . G . Swd . Br ., Prov . G . Sec . Middx . September 3 rd .

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RECORDS OF THE GRAND COMMANDERY OF PENNSYLVANIA . Philadelphia : Buck and McFetridge , 306 , 308 , Chestnut-street . 1888 . These records contain full particulars of the proceedings of the 35 th Annual Conclave of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Pennsylvania , which vvas held at the Grand Opera House , Pittsburg , on the 22 nd and 23 rd

May last , when it is evident the sir knights had a gala time of it . The meeting was called for 3 p . m . on the earlier day , and at the appointed time the Grand Commander , Sir Knight Lee S . Smith , his Grand Officers , and the representatives of subordinate commanderies vvere reported as being present , and the Grand Commandery having been opened and the earlier business dispatched , the Grand

Commander delivered his address , in which the events of the past year were reviewed at some length . The various reports were then submitted , that of Sir Knight M . Richards Muckle , Grand Treasurer , showing a balance on the ist May , 1888 , of 6 S 40 dollars ( £ 1368 ) to the credit of the Grand Commander , while we gather from that of Sir Knight Charles E . Meyer , Grand Recorder , there are on the roll of the Grand Commandery 61 subordinate

commanderies with an aggregate membership of 7968 . On the second day the Grand Officers were elected , and in the evening were formally installed in office , the following being the most prominent , namely : Sir Knights William W , Allen , G . Commander ; TorrenceC . Hippie , Deputy G . Commander ; John J . Wadsworth , G . Generalissimo ; Jos . S . Knight , G . Capt .-General ; Rev . W . H . Piatt , G . Prelate ; James H . Codding , S . G . W . ; Charles C . Baer , J . G . W . ; M . Richards Muckle , G . Treas . ; and Chas . E . Meyer

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G . Recorder . Appended are sundry instructions to Division Commanders ; a full report on foreign correspondence , occupying upwards of 60 pages ; and a series of elaborate statistics , containing full material for those who wish to inform themselves as to the condition of the Knight

Templar body in this prosperous jurisdiction . Sir Knight C . E . Meyer , by whom as Grand Recorder these ample records have been edited , deserves high commendation for the manner in which he has accomplished his task , especially as from the details given at pp . 51 , 52 , he appears to have been greatly pressed for time in passing the greater part of it through the press .

PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS OF CANADA , 1888 . A . McPherson , 51 , James-street North , Hamilton , Ont . This volume contains a full record of the proceedings at the 31 st Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Canada , held in the Masonic Hall , Toronto , on the 20 th July last , when Comps . Thomas Sargant , R . B . Hungerford , and J . J . Mason presided as

Grand Z ., H ., and J . respectively , while the Grand Officers , Present and Past , and the private representatives of private chapters attended in considerable numbers . The address of the Grand Z . appears to have been briefer than usual , but what little he had to say was of a satisfactory nature , the part referring to the financial position of Grand Chapter especially . The Grand Treasurer ' s statements

show that the balance at the close of the year , after defraying all expenses and purchasing a new investment , amounted to i 486 dollars , while the assets , inducing cash at bank , were 11 , 266 dollars , representing 13 , 935 dollars value , and the liabilities only 221 dollars . From a tabular statement appended to the Report , there appear to be 79 private chapters on the roll ,

including two for which charters have been issued in Melbourne , Australia , and a membership of 3498 . The following are the principal Grand Officers for the current year , namely : Comps . R . B . Hungerford , Grand Z . ; J , J . Mason , Grand H . ; J . E . Harding , Grand J . ; David McLellan , Grand Scribe E . ; T . F . Blackwood , Grand Scribe N . ; B . Shortly , Grand Prin . Soj . ; E . Mitchell ,

Grand 1 reas . ; and S . W . Ray , Grand Reg . There is a mass of statistical matter appended , and an elaborate Report on Correspondence , for which latter our worthy Comp . H . Robertson , as Chairman of the Committee on Correspondence , vvould appear to be chiefly responsible , and for the compilation he deserves great credit . While , however , we welcome these Proceedings , so far that they

show that R . A . Masonry in Canada is in a prosperous state , we deplore the new departure which its Grand Chapter has taken in chartering chapters in an English colony . In this case there does not exist the paltry excuse offered by the Great Priory of Canada in chartering sundry Templar encampments in the same Colony . No one will have the effrontery to

deny that there are plenty of English Royal Arch Chapters in Victoria . According to the "Cosmo " for this year , they are 11 in number , under the government of a District Grand Chapter—to say nothing of the Scotch and Irish Chapters—Comp . Sir W . J . Clarke , Bart ., being at the head of the English jurisdiction . Victoria is no part of Canadian territory , though both Canada and Victoria

are among the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown . Thirty years ago we conceded to the Grand Lodge of Canada the right to charter lodges in Canada , and the concession would seem to apply to Arch as to Craft Masonry . But the concession did not include the

right to charter lodges and chapters indiscriminatelythroughout British Colonies and possessions . If this aggressive policy is continued , we do not see how it will be possible for the Grand Lodge of England , of which the Grand Chapter is a part , to remain on terms of friendship with the Grand Lodge of Canada .

Masonic Notes And Queries:

Masonic Notes and Queries :

792 ] MASTERS' LODGES . Replying to Bro . Hughan ' s enquiry in Notes and Queries of the ist inst ., I have never seen any entry similar to that he quotes . It is certainly a curious one . I am inclined to think the proceedings were very unusual . The fact that the candidates were " admitted and raised , " or were " admitted to the two first Degrees of Masonry , " seem to indicate on the part of the W . M . of the Iodge

referred to a want of perception of the true purport of a " Masters' Lodge . " I shall be glad to know if any one else has seen similar entries . In reference to the " Scotts Masons' Lodge , " Bro . Hughan ' s suggestion as to the origin of the name may be correct ; at any rate , it is ingenious ; but it does not seem to me to be altogether conclusive . I think , however , we must wait for further evidence before the question can be definitely decided .

JNO . LANE . 793 ] Bro . W . J . Hughan asks in the Freemason of the ist inst . whether any one has met with an instance in Iodge records of the first two Degrees being given at a meeting described as a Masters' Lodge . For some time past I have been investigating the records of the Phoenix Lodge , No . 257 , Portsmouth ( warranted 20 th May , 1786 ) , and the term " Masters' Lodge" occurs but once in the whole

series . The entry is in the following terms : "At a Lodge held in ample Form at the George Tavern on Wednesday the 2 nd January 1788—Resolved that a Masters' Lodge be held on Wednesday the 6 th Feby . 1788 . " On the 6 th February , 17 SS , a lodge was duly held , but in the minute recording it no mention is made of its being a Masters ' Lodge , and " Mr . John Stephen made an enter'd apprentice and pass'd to the second degree , " is the sole record of

the proceedings . But , having regard to the resolution passed on the 2 nd January , and to the not very dissimilar extract given by Bro . W . J , Hughan from the minutes of the Apollo Lodge at York , there can be but little doubt that the lodge held by the Phrenix on the 6 th February , 17 S 8 , was a Masters' Lodge . It would therefore appear that the interesting questions—What was a Masters ' Lodge ? and what business was intended to be transacted