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The Bible — Its Masonic Authority.
THE BIBLE — ITS MASONIC AUTHORITY .
( Continued from page 122 . ) While wc have no desire to see aught which tends to sectarianism admitted into the Craft , yet we do wish to see the ancient landmarks respected by thc leading members , and wc moot the matter that all mav investigate it with
candour , and be prepared to act wisely . Occasionally these matters have been brought up for the action of Masonic bodies , and they may come up again and again . Indeed , France is at this time cut off from communication with the grand Masonic jurisdictions of the world on account of her repudiation of God and the Bible , and vve are grieved lo say that wc have quite too many Masons of thc French
type in our midst . To show the action taken hy a few of our Sister Grand Bodies , and also to show how the matter has been viewed by leading members of the Craft , we give a few quotations as follows : " Resolved , That this Grand Lodge is clearly of tha opinion that a distinct avowal of a belief in the divine
authority of the Holy Scriptures should be required of every one who is admitted to the privileges of Masonry , and that a denial of the same is an offence at-ainst the Institution , calling for exemplary discipline . "—Ohio , 1 S 5 6 . " The only declaration of faith necessary on thc part of the candidate , before initiation , is the profession of belief and trust in God . But we also say , that a man who
declares his disbelief in the divine luthenticity of the Holy Bible , cannot be made a Mason . "—Bromn , C . F . C , Fla ., 1858 . " Resolved , that tha Grand Lodge of Texas declares that a belief in the divine authenticity of the Holy Scriptures is an indispensable pre-requisite for Masonic admission : and the Grand Lodge does not mean to exclude the
Israelite , whrm it does not regard as being disqualified for the mysteries of Freemasonry . "—Texas , 18 57 . " No Christian doubts the authority of the Bible , and in this country we need not trouble ourselves much about any other class of people . We place it upon our altars as the word of God—thc initiate is practically taught so to regard it—and wc take it , ancl enjoin others to take , as
the rule and guide of our conduct . This is enough . If any offer who are not willing so to recognize and take it , we are not bound to receive them . Every lodge is the judge of the fitness of its own candidates . Let this suffice , and ' remove not the ancient landmarks which our fathers have set . ' "—C . IV . Moore . " It is clearly settled that in the first degree of Masonry
relig ious tenets shall not be a barrier to the admission cr advancement of applicants provided they confess a belief in God and His Holy Word . "—ft .- ; ., Ohio , 1 S 20 . "By the usages and principles of our Order , he who does not believe in and acknowledge the Bible as the rul e and guide of his conduct , ought not to be received into our Order . "—Ilul-iard , Ohio , i 8 ; -j .
" Resolved , That Masonry , as we have received it from our fathers , teaches the divine authenticity of the Holy Scriptures , and that the views of candidates on this subject should be asceitained by the committee of inquiry , or otherwise , as well as their other qualifications and fitness to be received into the order . "—Res ., Iowa , 1 S 55 . " It is the sense of this Grancl Lodge that no man can
become a Mason unless he can avow a belief in the princip les contained in the Holy Bible , and that the demand for such belief does not conflict with the universality of Freemasonry . "—Res ., Neb ., 1 S 5 8 . It is understood , of course , that thc Grand Lodge of Michigan has decided that a candidate need not avow his belief in the divine authenticity of thc Holy Scriptures ,
yet the eminent author of that decision has also placed himself right on the record , by declaring , in no ambiguous terms that his decision was never designed to convey the impression that brethren of the Craft have a licence to treat the Bible wilh contempt . " Grand Lodge , in no shape nor manner , has ever sanctioned , and never will ( as I know from the culture , character , and
intelligence of its members ) give countenance to any brother who will speak contemptuously of the Bible . " " I say , most emphatically , that a brothcrjwho speaks contemptuously of the Bible is not a Mason . He may have passed through the forms and ceremonies , taken the obligations , and promised obedience , but with all this done , he is not a Mason ; anel a brother who knows of the
existence of such a moral leper , claiming to be a Mason , should prefer charges against him , and , if found guilty , the lodge should at once purge the Temple of his contaminating presence . " Good enough . Let us act upon this suggestion . A brother who has so little regard for himself and the fraternity as tojspeak contemptuously of the Great Light of
Masonry , our spiritual and Masonic trestle-board , anel before the brethren denounce it as a lie , let him be at once called to account , and dealt with as above . A few such examples would be wholesome . —Michigan Freemason . THE ALL SAINTS LODGE POPLAR . —We
shall call especial attention in our next , to the extraordinary refusal of the Poplar Board of Works to lend the Hall , for the meeting of thc All Saints' Lodge . Copies of the Christmas number of the Masonic Magazine are still on sale at the office , 198 , Fleet-street , E . C . Price is . Post Free , is . id . —ADVT .
11 OI . LO \ VAY ' S OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Rheumatism or Neuralgic AUcctitMifc . —No diseases are more freciucnt , painful , or diflicult to cur * : llian tliese . Fiom tbeirattacks no tissue of Ihe human iiorfy is exempt—noat-e , sex , or calling iccure . It is a blessing , however , to know lhat all these suflerings ' 'nay be completely and expeditiouMv subdued by Holloway's remedies . Tlie Pills must assist in banishing the tendency to rheumatism and similar painful disorders . whilst the Ointment cures the local ailments , the Pills -remove the ^ cemsViuitiona * . cnisviTbance ancl regulate the impaired lun ction of every organ throughout the human body . —A DVT .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
There are few persons who are unacquainted with the Royal Masonic Institutions for Boys anel Girls , which has been established by the energy of the great body of Freemasons in the metropolis . Valuable as such an institution is it has been frequently felt that the establishment of schools
more local 111 character is desirable . It by no means follows that such should be antagonistic to the central school—iu fact , they would relieve sonic of the pressure which must naturally bear upon it , seeing the large number of children of Freemasons left year by year totally unprovided for , a very small pere * cnta < . e of whom receive any assistance whatever . It is also a more
difficult matter to obtain entrance to a central than to a local charity , whether Masonic or uot , and this affords a reason why the members of our local lodges should imitate thc example set by the Leeds Freemasons . The committee of the Leeds Masonic Educational Institution , in their repoit just issued , state that their object is to provide assistance to children who would never he able to
cbtain admission to the Metropolitan Masonic Schools by seeing that their education is attended to at home , and in needful circumstances gifts arc given lo deserving boys , and girls , the sons ancl daughters of Freemasons , in order that they may start life with a fair prospect of success . The institution consists at this present time of twelve patrons and three perpetual governorships , who have
contributed £ 10 ios . each ; seven patronesses or Lewises , 52 life governors , who have contributed £ 5 5 s . each ; and 6 3 annual subscribers of sums varying from 5 s . to £ 1 is . lt should not take long to establish something of this kind in I lull , and from what we have been able to observe we believe it to be very much needed . —The Hull Packel ..
H. R. H. Prince Leopold.
H . R . H . PRINCE LEOPOLD .
It is staled with some degree of authority that Prince Leopold has determined to enter holy orders . The instances in which members of the Royal Family o [ England have entered the Church are very few . I lenry , brother of King Stephen and grandson of William thc Conqueror , was Bishop of Winchester . Henry de Beaufort , second son of
John of Gaunt by his second wife "Catherine , widow of Sir Hugh Swynford , was created by Pope Martin V . Cardinal of St . Eusebius , and became successively Bishop of Lincoln and Winchester . The celebrated Cardinal Reginald Pole was the youngest son of Margaret , Countess cf Salisbuiy , the "last eif Ihe Plantagencts" ( by her marriage with Sir Richard Pole ) , and grandson of thc ill-fated
Duke of Clarence ( brother of Edward IV . ) , whose tragical death is so well known to school-boys . Henry Benedict Stuart , familiarly known as Cardinal York , was the second son of the Chevalier St . George , Prince James , and grandson of James II . Thc father of George I ., Ernest Augustus , Duke of Hanover , was Bishop of Osnaburg ; as was also the younger brother of thc King , Ernest , who
was also created Duke of fork and Albany ancl Earl of Ulster . No member of thc Royal Family of Scotland , according to Sir Bernard Burke , entered the Church ; but two natural sons of James V . —namely , James , by Elizabeth Shaw , of the House of Sanchie , and John , by Elizabeth , daughter of Sir John Carmichael—were respectively Abbot of Kelso ancl Melrose and Prior of Coldinghame ,
A son of the Prior of Coldinghame , Francis , was created Earl of Bothwell , a name well known in Scotch history . Among the ladies of the Royal Family , Cicelie , eldest daughter of William the Conqueror , became Abbess ofthe famous Abbey of the Hol y Trinity at Caen . Queen Eleanor , widow of Henry III ., took the veil at Ambresbury , and died a nun therein 121 } 1 . Her grand-daughter Isabel , filth daughter of Henry , Earl of Lancaster , was
abbess of the same institution . Mary , fifth daughter of Edward I ., ancl Bridget , fourth daughter of Edward IV ., became nuns . The last instances recorded arc those of the Princess Elizabeth and Louisa , grand-daughters of James the First ( James VI . of Scotland ) , and aunts of George I ., who were respectively Abbess of Hervorden and Abbess of Maubisson . — [ This appears in the Glasgow News ot Marcli 4 . Wc believe it to be a " canard . "—ED . ]
" Recollections Of A Journey Round The World."
" RECOLLECTIONS OF A JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD . "
A lecture was delivered recently in the New-road School room , Bury , in aid of thc choir funds of the Newroad Chapel , by Bro . A . C . Wyljc , of the Gresham Lodge , No . 869 , on " Recollections of a journey round the world , and sixmonths' residence in japan . " There was a very fair
attendance , and the Rev . J . G . Deaville presided . The lecturer commenced by saying that what he was about to tell them was the result of his own personal observation when on a purel y business tour . In October , 18 7 6 , he was suddenly obliged to go to Japan on business , and he therefore sailed for New York in the Cunard steamer Scythia . He stayed in that city four days , and
then visited the Philadelphia Exhibition , the Falls of Niagara , Chicago , & c , and then started from Omaha on the Central Pacific Railroad to San Francisco , a distance of 3200 miles from New York . He arrived at San Francisco after a weeks railway travelling . After a prosperous voyage , Yokohama is reached .
He then visited Tokio , the capital of Japan , Shanghai , Hong-Kong , and Bombay . Thc lecturer gave a graphic description of thc various places visited , and concluded his interesting discourse b y giving a description of his journey from Bombay to Southampton , ancl the different places at which they touched , including Malta and Gibraltar ; and resumed his seat amid great applause .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
Bro . Messent , of St . Andrew ' s Lodge , ( No . 231 ) , was presented on Thursday evening with a valuable testimonial . A full report of the proceedings on the occasion will appear in our next . The testimonial was presented for long continued and varied services .
III . BRO . J UDGE TOWNSEND . —It is with extreme pleasure we announce a further honour conferred on our 111 . Bro . Major Townsend , of being appointed Representative from the Supreme Council of Bel gium to the Supreme Council of Ireland . THE AGE OF ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS . —A
contemporary mentions the Northampton Mercury , first published in 1720 ; the Nottingham Journal ( 1710 ); the Stamford Mercury ( 16 9 8 ) ; the Gloucester Journal ( 1722 ); among eight existing English newspapers more than a century old . According to the Dutch Landbouw Courant ,
the exports to the United Kingdom of two Dutch buttermaking firms represent a value of £ 25 , 000 weekly , natural and artificial butter both included . For the manufacturing of their artificial butter these two firms use daily 20 , 000 kilograms of margarine , 8000 litres of new milk , some casks of white American syrup , and other minor ingredients .
The Fifteen Sections will be worked in their entirety in the Panmure Lodge , No . 720 , meeting at the Balham Hotel , Balham , by Bro . Thomas Poore , P . M . 720 , on Wednesday evening next , at 6 for 7 p . m . precisely . Bro . James Stevens , P . M . 720 , 1216 , 1426 , Worshipful Master . Brethren are respectfully invited to attend in full Masonic clothing .
A telegram from Carmarthen states that Lord Beaconsfield has been pleased to recommend that the sum of £ 200 should be issued from her Majesty ' s Royal bounty for the benefit of the widow and orphans of the late Thomas Humphreys , who so heroically lost his own life in saving that of another in-Carmarthen Bay on Jan . 31 th inst .
Father Secchi , the celebrated Italian astronomer , died at Rome last week . At the meeting of the Legislature of the Isle of Man , held in Douglas on Tuesday , the following motion was unanimously passed : " I lis Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor having been requested to bring to thc notice of the Court a petition very numerously signed
by the people of this isle , that thc Court should renew the expression of their hope that their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales should visit the Isle of Man , and having laid the same before the Court , the Tynewald Court unanimously endorses the wish thus expressed , and resolves that his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor be
requested to convey the earnest expression of their loyalty to his Royal Highness thc Prince of Wales , and humbly to submit that if the arrangements of their Royal Highnesses admit thereof , that they may be graciously pleased to give a favourable consideration to the wishes of this ancient Legislature and those of the Manx people . " 0
Bro . George Lambert , ( 30 ) was on Tuesday last placed on thc Court of the Goldsmiths' Company . The South-Eastern Railway Company have sent over one of their Royal saloon carriages for the use of the Prince of Wales when travelling on the Northern ot France Railway between Paris and Boulogne . His Royal Highness ' s duties as President of the Commission at the International Exhibition will necessitate his presence at
Paris . The Morning Advertiser is informed that Parliament will probably adjourn for the Easter recess on or about the 12 th of April , and will not re-assemble until the Gth of May . This long interval will afford to members at once compensation for the early period at which the labours of thc session commenceel , and an opportunity of attending the opening of the Paris Exhibition .
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales paid a visit tj the office of the Paris Figaro on Wednesday evening , when the various members of the staff were severally introduced to his Royal Highness . Will the following gentlemen be good enough to forward their present address to the Publisher , ( 198 Fleet Street ) , to enable him to forward the copy of the
Cyclopaedia , for which they have paid . Baird , F . C , late of Gracechurch Street , London ; Bullock T „ Greek Street , Southport ; or Caiteret , Col . E . C . Mallet de , late of Victoria Club . A report of the Installation meeting of the Royal Standard Lodge No . 1298 , which took place on Tuesday last , will appear in our next .
MASONIC SONGS . —A selection of Masonic Songs , set to popular airs , written by Bro . E . Philpots , M . D ., F . R . G . S ., is now ready , forming a handsome volume , bound in cloth , with gilt edges , 3 s . Sent free from the office of this paper on recei pt of stamps or postoffice order value 3 s . 2 d . —ADVT . A contemporary is informed that the efforts
initiated by the National Provincial Bank of England to alter the time of opening the banks in London from nine to half-past nine , has been unsuccesslul . The Joint-Stock Banks were nearl y unanimous in favour of the change , but the leading private Banks opposed it , and so , for the present , the subject drops .
The total number of emigrants from the port of Liverpool during last month was 2 , 528 , an increase of 569 on the figures for January , and 60 + on those for February , last year . Kenning ' s Masonic Cyclopaedia is now ieady , and may be obtained at thc office of this paper ( 198 , Fleetstreet . ) Price ios . 6 d . — ADVT .
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The Bible — Its Masonic Authority.
THE BIBLE — ITS MASONIC AUTHORITY .
( Continued from page 122 . ) While wc have no desire to see aught which tends to sectarianism admitted into the Craft , yet we do wish to see the ancient landmarks respected by thc leading members , and wc moot the matter that all mav investigate it with
candour , and be prepared to act wisely . Occasionally these matters have been brought up for the action of Masonic bodies , and they may come up again and again . Indeed , France is at this time cut off from communication with the grand Masonic jurisdictions of the world on account of her repudiation of God and the Bible , and vve are grieved lo say that wc have quite too many Masons of thc French
type in our midst . To show the action taken hy a few of our Sister Grand Bodies , and also to show how the matter has been viewed by leading members of the Craft , we give a few quotations as follows : " Resolved , That this Grand Lodge is clearly of tha opinion that a distinct avowal of a belief in the divine
authority of the Holy Scriptures should be required of every one who is admitted to the privileges of Masonry , and that a denial of the same is an offence at-ainst the Institution , calling for exemplary discipline . "—Ohio , 1 S 5 6 . " The only declaration of faith necessary on thc part of the candidate , before initiation , is the profession of belief and trust in God . But we also say , that a man who
declares his disbelief in the divine luthenticity of the Holy Bible , cannot be made a Mason . "—Bromn , C . F . C , Fla ., 1858 . " Resolved , that tha Grand Lodge of Texas declares that a belief in the divine authenticity of the Holy Scriptures is an indispensable pre-requisite for Masonic admission : and the Grand Lodge does not mean to exclude the
Israelite , whrm it does not regard as being disqualified for the mysteries of Freemasonry . "—Texas , 18 57 . " No Christian doubts the authority of the Bible , and in this country we need not trouble ourselves much about any other class of people . We place it upon our altars as the word of God—thc initiate is practically taught so to regard it—and wc take it , ancl enjoin others to take , as
the rule and guide of our conduct . This is enough . If any offer who are not willing so to recognize and take it , we are not bound to receive them . Every lodge is the judge of the fitness of its own candidates . Let this suffice , and ' remove not the ancient landmarks which our fathers have set . ' "—C . IV . Moore . " It is clearly settled that in the first degree of Masonry
relig ious tenets shall not be a barrier to the admission cr advancement of applicants provided they confess a belief in God and His Holy Word . "—ft .- ; ., Ohio , 1 S 20 . "By the usages and principles of our Order , he who does not believe in and acknowledge the Bible as the rul e and guide of his conduct , ought not to be received into our Order . "—Ilul-iard , Ohio , i 8 ; -j .
" Resolved , That Masonry , as we have received it from our fathers , teaches the divine authenticity of the Holy Scriptures , and that the views of candidates on this subject should be asceitained by the committee of inquiry , or otherwise , as well as their other qualifications and fitness to be received into the order . "—Res ., Iowa , 1 S 55 . " It is the sense of this Grancl Lodge that no man can
become a Mason unless he can avow a belief in the princip les contained in the Holy Bible , and that the demand for such belief does not conflict with the universality of Freemasonry . "—Res ., Neb ., 1 S 5 8 . It is understood , of course , that thc Grand Lodge of Michigan has decided that a candidate need not avow his belief in the divine authenticity of thc Holy Scriptures ,
yet the eminent author of that decision has also placed himself right on the record , by declaring , in no ambiguous terms that his decision was never designed to convey the impression that brethren of the Craft have a licence to treat the Bible wilh contempt . " Grand Lodge , in no shape nor manner , has ever sanctioned , and never will ( as I know from the culture , character , and
intelligence of its members ) give countenance to any brother who will speak contemptuously of the Bible . " " I say , most emphatically , that a brothcrjwho speaks contemptuously of the Bible is not a Mason . He may have passed through the forms and ceremonies , taken the obligations , and promised obedience , but with all this done , he is not a Mason ; anel a brother who knows of the
existence of such a moral leper , claiming to be a Mason , should prefer charges against him , and , if found guilty , the lodge should at once purge the Temple of his contaminating presence . " Good enough . Let us act upon this suggestion . A brother who has so little regard for himself and the fraternity as tojspeak contemptuously of the Great Light of
Masonry , our spiritual and Masonic trestle-board , anel before the brethren denounce it as a lie , let him be at once called to account , and dealt with as above . A few such examples would be wholesome . —Michigan Freemason . THE ALL SAINTS LODGE POPLAR . —We
shall call especial attention in our next , to the extraordinary refusal of the Poplar Board of Works to lend the Hall , for the meeting of thc All Saints' Lodge . Copies of the Christmas number of the Masonic Magazine are still on sale at the office , 198 , Fleet-street , E . C . Price is . Post Free , is . id . —ADVT .
11 OI . LO \ VAY ' S OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Rheumatism or Neuralgic AUcctitMifc . —No diseases are more freciucnt , painful , or diflicult to cur * : llian tliese . Fiom tbeirattacks no tissue of Ihe human iiorfy is exempt—noat-e , sex , or calling iccure . It is a blessing , however , to know lhat all these suflerings ' 'nay be completely and expeditiouMv subdued by Holloway's remedies . Tlie Pills must assist in banishing the tendency to rheumatism and similar painful disorders . whilst the Ointment cures the local ailments , the Pills -remove the ^ cemsViuitiona * . cnisviTbance ancl regulate the impaired lun ction of every organ throughout the human body . —A DVT .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
There are few persons who are unacquainted with the Royal Masonic Institutions for Boys anel Girls , which has been established by the energy of the great body of Freemasons in the metropolis . Valuable as such an institution is it has been frequently felt that the establishment of schools
more local 111 character is desirable . It by no means follows that such should be antagonistic to the central school—iu fact , they would relieve sonic of the pressure which must naturally bear upon it , seeing the large number of children of Freemasons left year by year totally unprovided for , a very small pere * cnta < . e of whom receive any assistance whatever . It is also a more
difficult matter to obtain entrance to a central than to a local charity , whether Masonic or uot , and this affords a reason why the members of our local lodges should imitate thc example set by the Leeds Freemasons . The committee of the Leeds Masonic Educational Institution , in their repoit just issued , state that their object is to provide assistance to children who would never he able to
cbtain admission to the Metropolitan Masonic Schools by seeing that their education is attended to at home , and in needful circumstances gifts arc given lo deserving boys , and girls , the sons ancl daughters of Freemasons , in order that they may start life with a fair prospect of success . The institution consists at this present time of twelve patrons and three perpetual governorships , who have
contributed £ 10 ios . each ; seven patronesses or Lewises , 52 life governors , who have contributed £ 5 5 s . each ; and 6 3 annual subscribers of sums varying from 5 s . to £ 1 is . lt should not take long to establish something of this kind in I lull , and from what we have been able to observe we believe it to be very much needed . —The Hull Packel ..
H. R. H. Prince Leopold.
H . R . H . PRINCE LEOPOLD .
It is staled with some degree of authority that Prince Leopold has determined to enter holy orders . The instances in which members of the Royal Family o [ England have entered the Church are very few . I lenry , brother of King Stephen and grandson of William thc Conqueror , was Bishop of Winchester . Henry de Beaufort , second son of
John of Gaunt by his second wife "Catherine , widow of Sir Hugh Swynford , was created by Pope Martin V . Cardinal of St . Eusebius , and became successively Bishop of Lincoln and Winchester . The celebrated Cardinal Reginald Pole was the youngest son of Margaret , Countess cf Salisbuiy , the "last eif Ihe Plantagencts" ( by her marriage with Sir Richard Pole ) , and grandson of thc ill-fated
Duke of Clarence ( brother of Edward IV . ) , whose tragical death is so well known to school-boys . Henry Benedict Stuart , familiarly known as Cardinal York , was the second son of the Chevalier St . George , Prince James , and grandson of James II . Thc father of George I ., Ernest Augustus , Duke of Hanover , was Bishop of Osnaburg ; as was also the younger brother of thc King , Ernest , who
was also created Duke of fork and Albany ancl Earl of Ulster . No member of thc Royal Family of Scotland , according to Sir Bernard Burke , entered the Church ; but two natural sons of James V . —namely , James , by Elizabeth Shaw , of the House of Sanchie , and John , by Elizabeth , daughter of Sir John Carmichael—were respectively Abbot of Kelso ancl Melrose and Prior of Coldinghame ,
A son of the Prior of Coldinghame , Francis , was created Earl of Bothwell , a name well known in Scotch history . Among the ladies of the Royal Family , Cicelie , eldest daughter of William the Conqueror , became Abbess ofthe famous Abbey of the Hol y Trinity at Caen . Queen Eleanor , widow of Henry III ., took the veil at Ambresbury , and died a nun therein 121 } 1 . Her grand-daughter Isabel , filth daughter of Henry , Earl of Lancaster , was
abbess of the same institution . Mary , fifth daughter of Edward I ., ancl Bridget , fourth daughter of Edward IV ., became nuns . The last instances recorded arc those of the Princess Elizabeth and Louisa , grand-daughters of James the First ( James VI . of Scotland ) , and aunts of George I ., who were respectively Abbess of Hervorden and Abbess of Maubisson . — [ This appears in the Glasgow News ot Marcli 4 . Wc believe it to be a " canard . "—ED . ]
" Recollections Of A Journey Round The World."
" RECOLLECTIONS OF A JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD . "
A lecture was delivered recently in the New-road School room , Bury , in aid of thc choir funds of the Newroad Chapel , by Bro . A . C . Wyljc , of the Gresham Lodge , No . 869 , on " Recollections of a journey round the world , and sixmonths' residence in japan . " There was a very fair
attendance , and the Rev . J . G . Deaville presided . The lecturer commenced by saying that what he was about to tell them was the result of his own personal observation when on a purel y business tour . In October , 18 7 6 , he was suddenly obliged to go to Japan on business , and he therefore sailed for New York in the Cunard steamer Scythia . He stayed in that city four days , and
then visited the Philadelphia Exhibition , the Falls of Niagara , Chicago , & c , and then started from Omaha on the Central Pacific Railroad to San Francisco , a distance of 3200 miles from New York . He arrived at San Francisco after a weeks railway travelling . After a prosperous voyage , Yokohama is reached .
He then visited Tokio , the capital of Japan , Shanghai , Hong-Kong , and Bombay . Thc lecturer gave a graphic description of thc various places visited , and concluded his interesting discourse b y giving a description of his journey from Bombay to Southampton , ancl the different places at which they touched , including Malta and Gibraltar ; and resumed his seat amid great applause .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
Bro . Messent , of St . Andrew ' s Lodge , ( No . 231 ) , was presented on Thursday evening with a valuable testimonial . A full report of the proceedings on the occasion will appear in our next . The testimonial was presented for long continued and varied services .
III . BRO . J UDGE TOWNSEND . —It is with extreme pleasure we announce a further honour conferred on our 111 . Bro . Major Townsend , of being appointed Representative from the Supreme Council of Bel gium to the Supreme Council of Ireland . THE AGE OF ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS . —A
contemporary mentions the Northampton Mercury , first published in 1720 ; the Nottingham Journal ( 1710 ); the Stamford Mercury ( 16 9 8 ) ; the Gloucester Journal ( 1722 ); among eight existing English newspapers more than a century old . According to the Dutch Landbouw Courant ,
the exports to the United Kingdom of two Dutch buttermaking firms represent a value of £ 25 , 000 weekly , natural and artificial butter both included . For the manufacturing of their artificial butter these two firms use daily 20 , 000 kilograms of margarine , 8000 litres of new milk , some casks of white American syrup , and other minor ingredients .
The Fifteen Sections will be worked in their entirety in the Panmure Lodge , No . 720 , meeting at the Balham Hotel , Balham , by Bro . Thomas Poore , P . M . 720 , on Wednesday evening next , at 6 for 7 p . m . precisely . Bro . James Stevens , P . M . 720 , 1216 , 1426 , Worshipful Master . Brethren are respectfully invited to attend in full Masonic clothing .
A telegram from Carmarthen states that Lord Beaconsfield has been pleased to recommend that the sum of £ 200 should be issued from her Majesty ' s Royal bounty for the benefit of the widow and orphans of the late Thomas Humphreys , who so heroically lost his own life in saving that of another in-Carmarthen Bay on Jan . 31 th inst .
Father Secchi , the celebrated Italian astronomer , died at Rome last week . At the meeting of the Legislature of the Isle of Man , held in Douglas on Tuesday , the following motion was unanimously passed : " I lis Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor having been requested to bring to thc notice of the Court a petition very numerously signed
by the people of this isle , that thc Court should renew the expression of their hope that their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales should visit the Isle of Man , and having laid the same before the Court , the Tynewald Court unanimously endorses the wish thus expressed , and resolves that his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor be
requested to convey the earnest expression of their loyalty to his Royal Highness thc Prince of Wales , and humbly to submit that if the arrangements of their Royal Highnesses admit thereof , that they may be graciously pleased to give a favourable consideration to the wishes of this ancient Legislature and those of the Manx people . " 0
Bro . George Lambert , ( 30 ) was on Tuesday last placed on thc Court of the Goldsmiths' Company . The South-Eastern Railway Company have sent over one of their Royal saloon carriages for the use of the Prince of Wales when travelling on the Northern ot France Railway between Paris and Boulogne . His Royal Highness ' s duties as President of the Commission at the International Exhibition will necessitate his presence at
Paris . The Morning Advertiser is informed that Parliament will probably adjourn for the Easter recess on or about the 12 th of April , and will not re-assemble until the Gth of May . This long interval will afford to members at once compensation for the early period at which the labours of thc session commenceel , and an opportunity of attending the opening of the Paris Exhibition .
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales paid a visit tj the office of the Paris Figaro on Wednesday evening , when the various members of the staff were severally introduced to his Royal Highness . Will the following gentlemen be good enough to forward their present address to the Publisher , ( 198 Fleet Street ) , to enable him to forward the copy of the
Cyclopaedia , for which they have paid . Baird , F . C , late of Gracechurch Street , London ; Bullock T „ Greek Street , Southport ; or Caiteret , Col . E . C . Mallet de , late of Victoria Club . A report of the Installation meeting of the Royal Standard Lodge No . 1298 , which took place on Tuesday last , will appear in our next .
MASONIC SONGS . —A selection of Masonic Songs , set to popular airs , written by Bro . E . Philpots , M . D ., F . R . G . S ., is now ready , forming a handsome volume , bound in cloth , with gilt edges , 3 s . Sent free from the office of this paper on recei pt of stamps or postoffice order value 3 s . 2 d . —ADVT . A contemporary is informed that the efforts
initiated by the National Provincial Bank of England to alter the time of opening the banks in London from nine to half-past nine , has been unsuccesslul . The Joint-Stock Banks were nearl y unanimous in favour of the change , but the leading private Banks opposed it , and so , for the present , the subject drops .
The total number of emigrants from the port of Liverpool during last month was 2 , 528 , an increase of 569 on the figures for January , and 60 + on those for February , last year . Kenning ' s Masonic Cyclopaedia is now ieady , and may be obtained at thc office of this paper ( 198 , Fleetstreet . ) Price ios . 6 d . — ADVT .