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READY MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER . THE FREEMASONS' CALENDAR AND POCKET BOOK Is published by Command of the M . W . Grand Master , H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , & c . The PROFITS are DEVOTED to the CHARITY FUND . The Brethren are invited to assist this FUND by Purchasing this Calendar . THE EDITION FOR 1 S 91 , PRICE as ., Furnishes a comprehensive view of the development of the Order , with description of all Lodges and Names of Dignitaries under the English Constitution , with References for Freemasons all over the Globe ; also a Chronological Table of the Grand Masters and of events remarkable in Masonry . Published for the Grand Lodge at GEORGE KENNING'S MASONIC DEPOT ( Opposite Freemasons' Hall , ) 16 AND I 6 A , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , ~ W . C .

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INFANT ORPHANS' ASYLUM , X WANSTEAD . NOVEMBER ELECTION . VOTES EARNESTLY WANTED . Bro . J . S . CUMBERLAND , George-yard , Upper Thamesstreet , E . C , will be very grateful for I . O . A . Votes . Could exchange a few Masonic Votes , " Boys' " " Girls ' . "

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TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . I take this means to publicly thank all those who have so kindly assisted to secure the successful election of my son , WILLIAM ERNEST ARKELL , into the above Institution , and remain Your very obliged and obedient Servant , CHARLES ARKELL , P . M . 192 . 31 st October , 1 S 90 .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . .

BEATRICE MAUD WALLDEN ; DEAR SIR , —Asoneof the Past Masters of the Stockwell Lodge , permit me , through the medium of your valuable journal , to thank all those members of the Craft who so kindly assisted in the election of the above Candidate . — Yours faithfully , November 4 . HERBERT MOSS , P . M . 1339 .

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BRO . DOUGLAS BEAUFORT , Lodge S 65 , is open to accept Engagements for Banquets , & c , to give his highly-refined Entertainment of PUKE SLEIGHT OF HAND ( entirely without apparatus ) , VENTRILOQUISM , and MUSICAL SKETCHES ( a la Grossmith and Corney Grain ) . Hyde Park Barracks , S . W ., Mr . Douglas Beaufort , March 19 th , 18 S 9 . Dear Sir , Their Royal Highnesses the PRINCE and PRINCESS OF WALES expressed themselves much pleased with your remarkably clever Entertainment , and it was much appreciated by all the officers present , C . NEEDHAM , Lieut .-Col . ist Life Guards . TERMS—In Town , £ 5 5 s . ; Country , expenses extra . ADDRESS-I , WIGHTMAN ROAD , FINSBURY PARK , LONDON , N .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

A long letter from " Colonial" reflecting on the conduct of a District Grand Master is quite unsuitable for our columns . Brethren not satisfied can always appeal to Grand Lodge . The following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT LODGES—Isaac Newton ( University ) , No . 859 ;

St . Peter ' s , No . 1024 ; Dukeof Edinburgh , No . 1259 ; Asaph , No . 1319 ; Kennington , No . 13 S 1 ; Beaconsfield , No . 1662 ; Gallery , No . 192 S : Portsmouth Temperance , No . 2068 ; and Jersey , No . 2163 . Provincial Grand Lodge of Somerset . Provincial Grand Lodge of North Wales .

Provincial Grand Chapter of Cheshire . Consecration of the Bushey Park Lodge , No . 23 S 1 . Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Hants and the Isle of Wight . Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of West Yorkshire . Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of North Munster .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Masonic Review , " " Madras Masonic Review , " " Keystone , " " Proceedings of Grand Lodge of Arkansas ,, " and "Canadian Craftsman . "

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SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 8 , 1890 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

We are in a position to contradict the statement recently made by an evening contemporary in its Masonic News Column , to the effect that the Executive of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys contemplate holding the next Anniversary Festival somewhere in the North of England .

* * * We do not think that such a proposal would find favour with any considerable section of the Craft , excepting , of course , those living in the town or city that might be chosen for the celebration , and the province in which

it was situated . True , in the case of the Boys' School , the Festival has been heldtwoorthree times at Brighton , but that is virtually a part of London , and the provincial brethren attending the festivity were as read y to dine at Brighton as at the Crystal Palace or Freemasons '

Tavern . But it strikes us the Executive of the Charity have sufficient on their hands to attend to without going out of their way to increase the additional labour which

such a visit would entail on them . At all events , we are able to state that so insane an idea has never at any time been contemplated by any of the officers of the Institution .

Masonic Notes.

However , if there is any desire on the part of the Metropolitan or provincial brethren for a change of locality in connection with the Boys' School Festival next year , we venture—on our own responsibility , be it said—to think it would be difficult to find a more con «

venient or appropriate place than the Great Hall of the Institution itself at Wood Green . It is large enough to dine some 500 guests , and there would be no difficulty as to the catering , while the celebration would

take place within the very walls of the Charity which the Craft were being invited to support . As a rule , we think these gatherings should be held always at some central spot , but if , as we have said , a change be thought desirable , let the School Hall be chosen .

* * * Bro . P . H . Emanuel , W . M . of the Portsmouth Temperance Lodge has set an excellent example , which we hope will be extensively followed . At the last meeting , held on the 27 th ult ., he made a present to the

lodge of some 12 volumes of the Freemason and a set of Gould ' s " History of Freemasonry , " as a nucleus for a lodge library , prefacing the presentation by some apposite remarks on the great advantage to be derived

by young Masons from the study of Masonic literature , the variety and merits of which were unknown to a large number of brethren , especially the younger members of the Craft . Other Worshipful Masters please copy !

* * * A cablegram from Toronto reports the arrival of the Grand Master , M . W . Bro . J . Ross Robertson , from his tour in Europe , and gives particulars of his reception at the Masonic Temple on Friday nig ht by upwards of

700 brethren , including 150 Masters and Past Masters . An address of welcome was presented to him , and a lengthy reply by Bro . Robertson was enthusiastically received . In short , the worthy Grand Master was the subject of a great ovation . Eulogistic speeches

were made by leading Grand Officers and prominent Craftsmen , and the largest gathering of the kind that ever took p lace in Canada was a further evidence , if any were needed , of the great esteem and affection in which this popular ruler is held by his brethren .

* * » We heartily congratulate our worthy contemporary , the South African Freemason , on the success which has thus far attended its labours , and we trust it may have before it a long career of usefulness . It entered

on its fourth year in October , and to judge from the manner in which it has fulfilled its duties as the organ of the Craft in South Africa , it deserves every encouragement . May good fortune preside over its destinies in the future ! w

Our Australasian contemporaries , the Victorian Freemason and the Australasian Keystone , have been amalgamated , and while the title of the letter journal will be retained , the interest of the two sections of

t subscribers will be impartially looked after and pro = moted . We trust the change will be beneficial to the Craft in the Australasian Colonies , and that it will be our good fortune to peruse the pages of our old friend the Keystone for many years .

* * * According to a return we have received from New Zealand there are onl y 3 6 lodges which have given in their adhesion to the so-called Grand Lodge of New Zealand , while 29 lodges are as yet undecided as to

whether they shall cast in their lot with the unrecognised body or remain true to their old allegiance . The number of lodges which still work under the Grand

Lodges of . England , Ireland , and Scotland is 79 , or considerably more than half of the lodges in existence at the time the scheme for establishing a new Grand Lodge for the whole colony was launched .

We cannot , of course , hold ourselves responsible for the accuracy of these returns , but if we assume they are approximately true , it is clear that our estimate of the extent to which the secession movement had been

successful has been largely in excess of the reality . Our idea , based on the not particularl y impartial statements of the New Zealand Craftsman , has been hitherto that rather more than half the lodges supported the Grand Lodge movement , while rather less than one-half were

in favour of retaining the status quo . If the figures we have quoted above are trustworthy , it it , precisel y the other way about , and the desire lor a New Zealand

Grand Lodge has found even less support tiian we had supposed . It this is so , the case ul those who h , 4 ve knowingly thrown the whole of New Zealand freemasonry into disorder is by no means an enviable one .