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other day , and was received with " wreathed smiles , " and genuine hearty applause . "The Antiquary" is , as usual , most interesting , wellsustained , and full of active interest for all animate "Dryasdusts , " and for that numerous company of arch ; cologists who do not despise " things which arc old , because they are old , " as some half-educated witlings and sciolists affect to do to-day .
"All the Year Round . " C . Dickens . — 'We like this magazine much , but we are very angry with Miss Braddon . She has spoiled , to our mind completely , one of the prettiest and truest talcs she ever imagined or indited . No one can read " Asphodel" without a shudder , as it is a sad " Hecatomb" to thc vitiated taste and morbid temperament of the hour . Nothing can satisfy the cravings for the awful and
the fearful but dreadful crimes , or deplorable endings . The greater ruffian a man is , thc more ill-conducted a woman may be , the deeper seems to be the fascination for the " morbidity of to-day . " Here we have a "doublesuicide " as wicked , as meaningless , as forced , as unrealistic as well may be conceived . Ayounglady becauscshe cannot marry her sister ' s "youngman " talks calmly of "Seneca , " & c ,
and plunges herself into the Lake of Geneva . Can anything be more unsound in teaching , more unsafe in portraiture , more childish or weak per se ? Mr . Goring throws himself into a crevasse deliberately ( cutting the cord ) because he cannot marry his fiancee ' s sister , and leaves all his fortune to the young lady he "jilted . " And this is what people " rave about , " read , and admire . We deeply
regret such an " outcome " of " genius , " such a fatal developement of " great powers . " It is indeed a thousand pities that a story which began so well should end so evilly , soiunrighteously . We have known people with disappointments as great , ivith hcartsores as intense , with maimed wings , land wounded spirits , fighting manfully the great battle of life , fulfilling their " weird " uncomplainingly until
the end in God ' s good time came , looking on through mists and shadows , and lonely days and sorrowful nights , to that glad time when the clouds should "lift , " and sorrow and sighing should flee away . We must , however , be just , while we are severe . The description of scenery in Warwickshire and Switzerland is most vivid and true . The characters
are skilfully drawn , and we only wish the sterner judgment of "critical truth" permitted us to praise instead of denouncing an abominable moral "lesson forthe young . " We shall be told , we suppose , in magnificent words of the "Nemesis" skilfully drawn out for "Asphodel ' s" involuntary fault , but wc reject at once what appears to our homely imaginations but " sublimated Jesuitism . "
" Temple Bar" does not seem to us to be up to its level , though the " Freres " is well written . The only thing we do know is that history—as old Sir Robert Walpole liked to say—is full , well—of " taradiddles . " The " Good Haroun Al Raschid , " of Tennyson's famous lines , turns out to be a " gay deceiver , " a " mauvais sujet , " a ne ' er-do-well , a
cruel and bloodthirsty tyrant . Wc , who like to believe him to be a "special agent" going about secretly , not , indeed , taking away people's character , but aiding " suffering humanity , " must have our faith somewhat rudely shaken . As Mr . Balasso , however , says to Mrs . Balasso , " Soch , my Hangel , is life . "
MASONIC CALENDAR AND OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF THE PROVINCE OF WILTSHIRE . By Wm . NOTT , P . M ., Prov . G . Reg . This useful little " Vade " Mecum " for Wiltshire Freemasons has just come before us , and wc hasten to - acknowledge it and commend it . It is very clearly and carefully drawn up , and will serve as an excellent reminder of a very
distinguished province , and of that old and faithful Freemason , Lord Methuen . We greatly approve of all these provincial calendars , and we congratulate sincerely Bro . Nott on what , too , we believe to be his first essay on the very satisfactory and successful completion of his valuable "parvum opus , " and trust that his "Assay piece" will tempt him to further " peregrinations " in the kindly and pleasant fields of Masonic literature .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
RAMSAY AND 'HIE ROYAL ARCH . What is Dr . Oliver's authority for the following- statement in a foot note , at page 26 , in " Revelations of a Square ? "In 172 . 5 the Chevalier Ramsay introduced his Royal Arch and other manufactured Degrees into a lodge
under an English warrant , held in the Rue de Boucheries , at Paris , which was presided over by Lord Derwentwater , where they were practised as legitimate Masonry . Ramsay tried to introduce them into this country , and failed . " Is there any evidence in our Grand Lodge records of this attempt of Ramsay ? Is it not a myth ? DOUBLE TRIANGLE .
PLOT'S HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE . By the way , has any one ever seen the first edition of " Plot ' s History of Staffordshire , " which is said to have been published in 17 G 7 , and of which no copy exists in the British Museum ? Does the 17 O 7 edition contain the famous passages about the Freemasons ? MASONIC STUDENT .
BRO . DR . STUKF . LEY . In Volume II . of "Ancient Reliques , " ( page 94 in ' [ MS . " ) , unnumbered in print , is a statement that Bro . Sfukcloy was buried in March , 1765 , in a spot in the churchyard chosen by himself , after a visit to the then vicar , Mr . Sims , and lhat , at his own request , no " stone " was laid over hirn , lint only "green turf . " This , perhaps , may interest Bro . Lukis , if he does not , as he probably dots , know it already . MASONIC STUDENT .
LUDKWIG , 11 . K . —A German Freemason , born 1 S 10 , who migrated to America , and died fliere in 1 S 56 . lie seems to have been an energetic and zealous Freemason , but is not mentioned by . Mackey . We presume that this arose from thc question of Teutonic independence of the local Grand Lodge , which seems to find favour with some German Masons , whose ' arguments we have caveiully perused . Hut on this point we cannot concur with our good German brethren . There can be no " imperium in imperio " in
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Freemasonry . After the constitution of a Grand Lodge , a lodge may exist as under another jurisdiction , for the sake of "Auld Lang Syne , " immemorial usage , or a friendly concordat ; but the principle cannot be extended , and no other Masonic power can intrude within the legal jurisdiction of a National , State , or Grand Lodge . The
English Grand Lodge might just as well ISSUJ a warrant to English brethren to meet at Frankfort-on-the-Maine . But see LAW , MASONIC INTERNATIONAL , where the whole subject is gone into fully . The " Handbuch " gives us a Iongaccount of Bro . Ludewig . —Kenning ' s Masonic Cyclopaedia .
SCOTTS MASONS . In Bro . F . 11 . Goldney's excellent " History of Freemasonry in Wiltshire , " atpagc 101 , is given a very singular extract from the minutes of the oldest Salisbury Lodge , No . 109 on the engraved list for 1736 . " 1746 , Oct . 19 . —At this lodge ivcrc made Scotts Masons , five brethren of the lodge " ( including the W . M . Staples ) . R . F . GOULD .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
The General Committee of this Institution met on Saturday last at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . Raynham XV . Stewart , V . P ., in the chair . There were also present Bros . George J . Row , William Roebuck , Henry W . Hunt , Wm . Paas , F . W . Ramsay , S . Rosenthal , Alfred Williams , S . Rawson , Constable , R .
Morris , C . H . Webb , Richard Tyrrell , A . j . Duft Filer , W . Maple , G . P . Gillard , W . H . Saunders , F . Adlard , Don . M . Dewar , John Palmer , George Cooper , Thomas Meggy , F . Binckes ( Secretary ) , and H . Massey ( Freemason ) . After thc reading and confirmation of the minutes , two boys were placed on the list for the election in October .
The SECRETARY announced that there would be seventythree candidates , instead of seventy-six , at the election next Monday , three having been withdrawn from the list —Oswald Edward Lewis , Walter Harry Gosden , and Vernon Guest Legge . With regard to another candidate , a communication had been received that his parents , who were both living , were
not in circumstances which rendered him a fit object for the benefits of the Institution ; and the decision of the Committee on the subject was deferred till the Quarterly Court for further information . Bro . W . H . SAUNDERS thereupon again raised the question of ineligible candidates coming forward , and suggested that some stringent rules should be laid down .
Bro . BINCKES then intimated that a declaration as to the bad circumstances of the candidate's petitioner should be added to the petition . The Committee having expressed their- approval of thc suggestion , afterwards granted outfits of £ 5 each to two former pupils of the School . The following arc the corrected notices of motions for the
Quarterly Court : 1 . By _ Bro . THOMAS ENTWISTLE , Vice-President , per Bro . C . F . Matier— "To alter Law 55 , by inserting after the word ' livelihood ' ( at the end of Law ) the words ' in any of which cases , except that of sudden death , the father must have been a subscribing member to a lodge for three years . ' "
2 . By Bro . A . J . DUFF FILER , Vice-Patron— "In Law 72 ( authorising a grant of money by the General Committee to a boy having left the Institution ) to erase the words 'twenty pounds , ' in line 2 , and in lieu thereof , to insert the words ' forty pounds . ' "
3 . By resolution of the General Committee , on the recommendation of the House and Building Committee"That the House and Building Committee be authorised to expend a sum not exceeding £ 70 ° ' the enlargement of the gymnasium , Sic , rendered necessary by the increase
in thc number of boys from 100 to 215 . " These notices having been read , the Committee adjourned
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
The following- circular has been issued by Bro . Hedges : — Dear Sir and Brother , — You are requested to attend a preliminary meeting of thc . Board of Stewards , in the Board-room , No . 7 , Freemasons' Hall , on Tuesday , 12 th inst ., at four o ' clock
precisely , to elect thc Officers of the Board , and to make such arrangements for the dinner , & c , as may be considered most desirable . 1 am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfullv and fraternally , F . R . W . HEDGES , Secretary . Office : —5 , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , London , W . C . April , 1 SS 1 .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
In consequence of the late hour of the meeting of the General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , and the length ofthe following letter , we were obliged
to omit it from our report of the meeting which appeared in our issue of last week . lt is a letter from Bro . Massa referred to in thc minutes of the 1 louse Committee , and which was read at the General Committee at the request of a brother present : —
[ Coi'V . J 4 , Dowgate-hill , Cannon-street , E . C , ar . d Piaistow , Essex , 23 rd -March , 1 SS 1 . To the House Committee , Royal Masonic Institution foi Girls . Dear Sirs and Bros .,
—In acknowledgment of receipt of a copy of resolution of 17 th ult ., I beg most respectfully to submit , that the said resolntion is not in-accordance with the iacts , because I was appointed architect to the infirmary , and have never been removed from that position , and have also
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been employed by the Institution since the completion of all works connected with the "Royal Alexandra" win" ; therefore , my engagement cannot have " expired , " and I certainly have not called on the Committee in my letters "to state their reasons for employing another architect on entirely new work . " The Chairman , Bro . Col . Creaton , after the last General Committee , said my defending my position was
"frivolous , " and notices of motion appealing to thc General Courts of Governors must be put down . I hope no other member of the House Committee , even from thc Lodge of Antiquity , considers the eviction of a brother , after more than seven years' service , a "frivolous" matter . My reputation is more important to me than promotion to Grand Office to them , and it is rather peculiar that they should "fail to discover" justification for my protesting
against being supplanted in completing my own competition design . One member of the Lodge of Antiquity , Editor of the Freemason , comments in that publication on my notices of motion , but does not insert them ! another patronises Mr . Knowles!—a deceased member , the late Grand Treasurer , after taking no notice of several
letters irom me , superciliously sent what I asked by Bro . Colonel Creaton , to whom I remarked that Bro . Samuel Tomkins did not behave as a gentleman . Am I t- > be " put out of my work-, " and the client of the Lodge of Antiquity to be " solicited" to supplant me on such grounds ? It may be consistent for Lady Life Governors , wives or sisters of Masons , to be on the House Committee of a Freemason's Girls' School , but it cannot for a
nonr reemason to be architect . My design D , separate staircase , is probably stowed away with the other competitors' designs , ordered in the minutes of the Infirmary Committee to be deposited in the archives of the Institution , which the Secretary informs me are also missing ; the receipt may not now be recovered , but as I could not anticipate my impounded pioperty would be reported missing when required , the loss ought not to
prejudice me . Bro . Patten , i- . i a letter to me , says his memory does not seem to allow him to remember the plans , except that he believes he returned me designs A B and C , and that design D and the others were rcfained . I only quote his belief quantum valuit , and should not allude toit had he not been referred to in the body of your last letter . During the many years I have been architect at the Institution , 1 have superintended many important
unremunerative improvements , rendered many other professional services . gratuitously , and on the larger buildings acted as my own Clerk of Works . This last item alone has saved ICJ OO or £ 400 to the Institution , and every individual member of the Committee has commended my works as economically and efficiently carried out . I have the honour to remain , dear Sir and Bros ., yours faithfullv and fraternally , ( Signed ) THOS . MASSA .
Cryptic Masonry.
Cryptic Masonry .
GRAND MASTERS' COUNCIL ( No . 1 ) . —An excellent meeting in connection with this flourishing council was held on the 24 th ult ., at the Masonic Rooms , Red Lion Square . Among those present were Bros . T . C . Walls R . I . P . C . W ., D . M . ; T . Poore , P . C . of W . ; D . M . Dewar , Recorder ; Rev . W . S . Moses , Chap . ; H . C . Levander , C . of C . ; A . Williams Alarshall , T . Meggy , Marshall . R .
Roy , Marshall , J . E . Anderson , Steward , H . J . Lardner , H . Hacker , F . Hedges , XV . C . Hale . S . Rawson , and T . Benham . 1 he council was favoured wilh a visit from Bros . A . M . Broadley , P . G . M . Tunis and Alalia , and H . Mackinnon . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and coniirmed , Bros . G . Powell , G . Micklcy ) Major Penrose Dunbar , C . E . Peek , the Rev . JF .
Raven-. shaw , F . Crockford , W . J . Nicholls , and E . Howard were duly admitted and received into the Degrees of M . E . M . R . M ., S . M ., and S . E . M ., the four ceremonies being performed and the attendant lectures delivered bv the Deputy Master , assisted hy his officers . The election of W . M . and Treasurer for the year ensuing resulted unanimousl y in favour of the Rev . R . Portal and Davison .
The council having been closed in due form , thebrethren adjourned to the Albany Hotel , Theobold ' s-road , where an excellent repast awaited them . The customary preliminary toasts having received full justice , "The Health of the Deputy Master " was proposed in fluent and flattering terms by Bro . IL C Levander . Bro . Walls having replied then gave "The Newly-received Brethren . " This toast
having been warmly drank , Bros . Howard , Dunbar , Peek , Crockford , and others acknowledged the compliment . In giving "The Visitors" the D . M . congratulated the Grand Masters' Council that evening upon being honoured with a visit from the Provincial Grand Master of Tunis and Malta , who , he trusted , had been satisfied with what he had seen and heard . This toast having been warmly received , Bro .
Broadley in the course of an admirable speech took occasion to refer to the fact that he had been admitted into Cryptic Alasonry by the D . M . then presiding . Upon his return co Tunis and Malta he had established the Degrees there , and he was pleased to say that they had become firmly rooted in those countries , and he believed that at
no distant date the province over which he had the distinguished honour to preside would equal the best of the provinces of England and Wales and thc Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown . In concluding his remarks upon behalf of his co-visitor and himself , he congratulated the Grand Masters' Council upon its prosperity an excellent working . " The Ofiicers , " coupled with the name of Bro . Dewar , terminated the proceedings .
II 111 . 1 . 0 WAV s OINTMENT AXD I'n . i . s . —Coughs , Influenza . —The soothing properties of these medicaments render them well worthy of trial in all diseases of tlie respiratory organs . In common colds and influenza tlie Pills , taken internally , and tlie Ointment nrh ' K'd over the chest and tlrro . it , are exceedingly cllicaciotls . When Influenza is epidemic , tlris treatment is easiest , safest , and surest .
Hoiloway ' s Tills purify lire blood . ' removeall obstacles to its free circulation through tire lungs , relieve tire over-gorged air tubes , and render respiration free , without reducing tire strength , irritating the nerves , or depressing the spirits , such are tlic ready means of saving suffering when any one is afflicted with cold , coughs , bronchitis , anil other chest complaints , by which so many persona are seriously and permanently afilicted in most countries . — IADVT . 1
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other day , and was received with " wreathed smiles , " and genuine hearty applause . "The Antiquary" is , as usual , most interesting , wellsustained , and full of active interest for all animate "Dryasdusts , " and for that numerous company of arch ; cologists who do not despise " things which arc old , because they are old , " as some half-educated witlings and sciolists affect to do to-day .
"All the Year Round . " C . Dickens . — 'We like this magazine much , but we are very angry with Miss Braddon . She has spoiled , to our mind completely , one of the prettiest and truest talcs she ever imagined or indited . No one can read " Asphodel" without a shudder , as it is a sad " Hecatomb" to thc vitiated taste and morbid temperament of the hour . Nothing can satisfy the cravings for the awful and
the fearful but dreadful crimes , or deplorable endings . The greater ruffian a man is , thc more ill-conducted a woman may be , the deeper seems to be the fascination for the " morbidity of to-day . " Here we have a "doublesuicide " as wicked , as meaningless , as forced , as unrealistic as well may be conceived . Ayounglady becauscshe cannot marry her sister ' s "youngman " talks calmly of "Seneca , " & c ,
and plunges herself into the Lake of Geneva . Can anything be more unsound in teaching , more unsafe in portraiture , more childish or weak per se ? Mr . Goring throws himself into a crevasse deliberately ( cutting the cord ) because he cannot marry his fiancee ' s sister , and leaves all his fortune to the young lady he "jilted . " And this is what people " rave about , " read , and admire . We deeply
regret such an " outcome " of " genius , " such a fatal developement of " great powers . " It is indeed a thousand pities that a story which began so well should end so evilly , soiunrighteously . We have known people with disappointments as great , ivith hcartsores as intense , with maimed wings , land wounded spirits , fighting manfully the great battle of life , fulfilling their " weird " uncomplainingly until
the end in God ' s good time came , looking on through mists and shadows , and lonely days and sorrowful nights , to that glad time when the clouds should "lift , " and sorrow and sighing should flee away . We must , however , be just , while we are severe . The description of scenery in Warwickshire and Switzerland is most vivid and true . The characters
are skilfully drawn , and we only wish the sterner judgment of "critical truth" permitted us to praise instead of denouncing an abominable moral "lesson forthe young . " We shall be told , we suppose , in magnificent words of the "Nemesis" skilfully drawn out for "Asphodel ' s" involuntary fault , but wc reject at once what appears to our homely imaginations but " sublimated Jesuitism . "
" Temple Bar" does not seem to us to be up to its level , though the " Freres " is well written . The only thing we do know is that history—as old Sir Robert Walpole liked to say—is full , well—of " taradiddles . " The " Good Haroun Al Raschid , " of Tennyson's famous lines , turns out to be a " gay deceiver , " a " mauvais sujet , " a ne ' er-do-well , a
cruel and bloodthirsty tyrant . Wc , who like to believe him to be a "special agent" going about secretly , not , indeed , taking away people's character , but aiding " suffering humanity , " must have our faith somewhat rudely shaken . As Mr . Balasso , however , says to Mrs . Balasso , " Soch , my Hangel , is life . "
MASONIC CALENDAR AND OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF THE PROVINCE OF WILTSHIRE . By Wm . NOTT , P . M ., Prov . G . Reg . This useful little " Vade " Mecum " for Wiltshire Freemasons has just come before us , and wc hasten to - acknowledge it and commend it . It is very clearly and carefully drawn up , and will serve as an excellent reminder of a very
distinguished province , and of that old and faithful Freemason , Lord Methuen . We greatly approve of all these provincial calendars , and we congratulate sincerely Bro . Nott on what , too , we believe to be his first essay on the very satisfactory and successful completion of his valuable "parvum opus , " and trust that his "Assay piece" will tempt him to further " peregrinations " in the kindly and pleasant fields of Masonic literature .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
RAMSAY AND 'HIE ROYAL ARCH . What is Dr . Oliver's authority for the following- statement in a foot note , at page 26 , in " Revelations of a Square ? "In 172 . 5 the Chevalier Ramsay introduced his Royal Arch and other manufactured Degrees into a lodge
under an English warrant , held in the Rue de Boucheries , at Paris , which was presided over by Lord Derwentwater , where they were practised as legitimate Masonry . Ramsay tried to introduce them into this country , and failed . " Is there any evidence in our Grand Lodge records of this attempt of Ramsay ? Is it not a myth ? DOUBLE TRIANGLE .
PLOT'S HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE . By the way , has any one ever seen the first edition of " Plot ' s History of Staffordshire , " which is said to have been published in 17 G 7 , and of which no copy exists in the British Museum ? Does the 17 O 7 edition contain the famous passages about the Freemasons ? MASONIC STUDENT .
BRO . DR . STUKF . LEY . In Volume II . of "Ancient Reliques , " ( page 94 in ' [ MS . " ) , unnumbered in print , is a statement that Bro . Sfukcloy was buried in March , 1765 , in a spot in the churchyard chosen by himself , after a visit to the then vicar , Mr . Sims , and lhat , at his own request , no " stone " was laid over hirn , lint only "green turf . " This , perhaps , may interest Bro . Lukis , if he does not , as he probably dots , know it already . MASONIC STUDENT .
LUDKWIG , 11 . K . —A German Freemason , born 1 S 10 , who migrated to America , and died fliere in 1 S 56 . lie seems to have been an energetic and zealous Freemason , but is not mentioned by . Mackey . We presume that this arose from thc question of Teutonic independence of the local Grand Lodge , which seems to find favour with some German Masons , whose ' arguments we have caveiully perused . Hut on this point we cannot concur with our good German brethren . There can be no " imperium in imperio " in
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Freemasonry . After the constitution of a Grand Lodge , a lodge may exist as under another jurisdiction , for the sake of "Auld Lang Syne , " immemorial usage , or a friendly concordat ; but the principle cannot be extended , and no other Masonic power can intrude within the legal jurisdiction of a National , State , or Grand Lodge . The
English Grand Lodge might just as well ISSUJ a warrant to English brethren to meet at Frankfort-on-the-Maine . But see LAW , MASONIC INTERNATIONAL , where the whole subject is gone into fully . The " Handbuch " gives us a Iongaccount of Bro . Ludewig . —Kenning ' s Masonic Cyclopaedia .
SCOTTS MASONS . In Bro . F . 11 . Goldney's excellent " History of Freemasonry in Wiltshire , " atpagc 101 , is given a very singular extract from the minutes of the oldest Salisbury Lodge , No . 109 on the engraved list for 1736 . " 1746 , Oct . 19 . —At this lodge ivcrc made Scotts Masons , five brethren of the lodge " ( including the W . M . Staples ) . R . F . GOULD .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
The General Committee of this Institution met on Saturday last at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . Raynham XV . Stewart , V . P ., in the chair . There were also present Bros . George J . Row , William Roebuck , Henry W . Hunt , Wm . Paas , F . W . Ramsay , S . Rosenthal , Alfred Williams , S . Rawson , Constable , R .
Morris , C . H . Webb , Richard Tyrrell , A . j . Duft Filer , W . Maple , G . P . Gillard , W . H . Saunders , F . Adlard , Don . M . Dewar , John Palmer , George Cooper , Thomas Meggy , F . Binckes ( Secretary ) , and H . Massey ( Freemason ) . After thc reading and confirmation of the minutes , two boys were placed on the list for the election in October .
The SECRETARY announced that there would be seventythree candidates , instead of seventy-six , at the election next Monday , three having been withdrawn from the list —Oswald Edward Lewis , Walter Harry Gosden , and Vernon Guest Legge . With regard to another candidate , a communication had been received that his parents , who were both living , were
not in circumstances which rendered him a fit object for the benefits of the Institution ; and the decision of the Committee on the subject was deferred till the Quarterly Court for further information . Bro . W . H . SAUNDERS thereupon again raised the question of ineligible candidates coming forward , and suggested that some stringent rules should be laid down .
Bro . BINCKES then intimated that a declaration as to the bad circumstances of the candidate's petitioner should be added to the petition . The Committee having expressed their- approval of thc suggestion , afterwards granted outfits of £ 5 each to two former pupils of the School . The following arc the corrected notices of motions for the
Quarterly Court : 1 . By _ Bro . THOMAS ENTWISTLE , Vice-President , per Bro . C . F . Matier— "To alter Law 55 , by inserting after the word ' livelihood ' ( at the end of Law ) the words ' in any of which cases , except that of sudden death , the father must have been a subscribing member to a lodge for three years . ' "
2 . By Bro . A . J . DUFF FILER , Vice-Patron— "In Law 72 ( authorising a grant of money by the General Committee to a boy having left the Institution ) to erase the words 'twenty pounds , ' in line 2 , and in lieu thereof , to insert the words ' forty pounds . ' "
3 . By resolution of the General Committee , on the recommendation of the House and Building Committee"That the House and Building Committee be authorised to expend a sum not exceeding £ 70 ° ' the enlargement of the gymnasium , Sic , rendered necessary by the increase
in thc number of boys from 100 to 215 . " These notices having been read , the Committee adjourned
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
The following- circular has been issued by Bro . Hedges : — Dear Sir and Brother , — You are requested to attend a preliminary meeting of thc . Board of Stewards , in the Board-room , No . 7 , Freemasons' Hall , on Tuesday , 12 th inst ., at four o ' clock
precisely , to elect thc Officers of the Board , and to make such arrangements for the dinner , & c , as may be considered most desirable . 1 am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfullv and fraternally , F . R . W . HEDGES , Secretary . Office : —5 , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , London , W . C . April , 1 SS 1 .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
In consequence of the late hour of the meeting of the General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , and the length ofthe following letter , we were obliged
to omit it from our report of the meeting which appeared in our issue of last week . lt is a letter from Bro . Massa referred to in thc minutes of the 1 louse Committee , and which was read at the General Committee at the request of a brother present : —
[ Coi'V . J 4 , Dowgate-hill , Cannon-street , E . C , ar . d Piaistow , Essex , 23 rd -March , 1 SS 1 . To the House Committee , Royal Masonic Institution foi Girls . Dear Sirs and Bros .,
—In acknowledgment of receipt of a copy of resolution of 17 th ult ., I beg most respectfully to submit , that the said resolntion is not in-accordance with the iacts , because I was appointed architect to the infirmary , and have never been removed from that position , and have also
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been employed by the Institution since the completion of all works connected with the "Royal Alexandra" win" ; therefore , my engagement cannot have " expired , " and I certainly have not called on the Committee in my letters "to state their reasons for employing another architect on entirely new work . " The Chairman , Bro . Col . Creaton , after the last General Committee , said my defending my position was
"frivolous , " and notices of motion appealing to thc General Courts of Governors must be put down . I hope no other member of the House Committee , even from thc Lodge of Antiquity , considers the eviction of a brother , after more than seven years' service , a "frivolous" matter . My reputation is more important to me than promotion to Grand Office to them , and it is rather peculiar that they should "fail to discover" justification for my protesting
against being supplanted in completing my own competition design . One member of the Lodge of Antiquity , Editor of the Freemason , comments in that publication on my notices of motion , but does not insert them ! another patronises Mr . Knowles!—a deceased member , the late Grand Treasurer , after taking no notice of several
letters irom me , superciliously sent what I asked by Bro . Colonel Creaton , to whom I remarked that Bro . Samuel Tomkins did not behave as a gentleman . Am I t- > be " put out of my work-, " and the client of the Lodge of Antiquity to be " solicited" to supplant me on such grounds ? It may be consistent for Lady Life Governors , wives or sisters of Masons , to be on the House Committee of a Freemason's Girls' School , but it cannot for a
nonr reemason to be architect . My design D , separate staircase , is probably stowed away with the other competitors' designs , ordered in the minutes of the Infirmary Committee to be deposited in the archives of the Institution , which the Secretary informs me are also missing ; the receipt may not now be recovered , but as I could not anticipate my impounded pioperty would be reported missing when required , the loss ought not to
prejudice me . Bro . Patten , i- . i a letter to me , says his memory does not seem to allow him to remember the plans , except that he believes he returned me designs A B and C , and that design D and the others were rcfained . I only quote his belief quantum valuit , and should not allude toit had he not been referred to in the body of your last letter . During the many years I have been architect at the Institution , 1 have superintended many important
unremunerative improvements , rendered many other professional services . gratuitously , and on the larger buildings acted as my own Clerk of Works . This last item alone has saved ICJ OO or £ 400 to the Institution , and every individual member of the Committee has commended my works as economically and efficiently carried out . I have the honour to remain , dear Sir and Bros ., yours faithfullv and fraternally , ( Signed ) THOS . MASSA .
Cryptic Masonry.
Cryptic Masonry .
GRAND MASTERS' COUNCIL ( No . 1 ) . —An excellent meeting in connection with this flourishing council was held on the 24 th ult ., at the Masonic Rooms , Red Lion Square . Among those present were Bros . T . C . Walls R . I . P . C . W ., D . M . ; T . Poore , P . C . of W . ; D . M . Dewar , Recorder ; Rev . W . S . Moses , Chap . ; H . C . Levander , C . of C . ; A . Williams Alarshall , T . Meggy , Marshall . R .
Roy , Marshall , J . E . Anderson , Steward , H . J . Lardner , H . Hacker , F . Hedges , XV . C . Hale . S . Rawson , and T . Benham . 1 he council was favoured wilh a visit from Bros . A . M . Broadley , P . G . M . Tunis and Alalia , and H . Mackinnon . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and coniirmed , Bros . G . Powell , G . Micklcy ) Major Penrose Dunbar , C . E . Peek , the Rev . JF .
Raven-. shaw , F . Crockford , W . J . Nicholls , and E . Howard were duly admitted and received into the Degrees of M . E . M . R . M ., S . M ., and S . E . M ., the four ceremonies being performed and the attendant lectures delivered bv the Deputy Master , assisted hy his officers . The election of W . M . and Treasurer for the year ensuing resulted unanimousl y in favour of the Rev . R . Portal and Davison .
The council having been closed in due form , thebrethren adjourned to the Albany Hotel , Theobold ' s-road , where an excellent repast awaited them . The customary preliminary toasts having received full justice , "The Health of the Deputy Master " was proposed in fluent and flattering terms by Bro . IL C Levander . Bro . Walls having replied then gave "The Newly-received Brethren . " This toast
having been warmly drank , Bros . Howard , Dunbar , Peek , Crockford , and others acknowledged the compliment . In giving "The Visitors" the D . M . congratulated the Grand Masters' Council that evening upon being honoured with a visit from the Provincial Grand Master of Tunis and Malta , who , he trusted , had been satisfied with what he had seen and heard . This toast having been warmly received , Bro .
Broadley in the course of an admirable speech took occasion to refer to the fact that he had been admitted into Cryptic Alasonry by the D . M . then presiding . Upon his return co Tunis and Malta he had established the Degrees there , and he was pleased to say that they had become firmly rooted in those countries , and he believed that at
no distant date the province over which he had the distinguished honour to preside would equal the best of the provinces of England and Wales and thc Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown . In concluding his remarks upon behalf of his co-visitor and himself , he congratulated the Grand Masters' Council upon its prosperity an excellent working . " The Ofiicers , " coupled with the name of Bro . Dewar , terminated the proceedings .
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Hoiloway ' s Tills purify lire blood . ' removeall obstacles to its free circulation through tire lungs , relieve tire over-gorged air tubes , and render respiration free , without reducing tire strength , irritating the nerves , or depressing the spirits , such are tlic ready means of saving suffering when any one is afflicted with cold , coughs , bronchitis , anil other chest complaints , by which so many persona are seriously and permanently afilicted in most countries . — IADVT . 1