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Now ready , with Index and i ' refacc , in Twelve Imperial Folio Pans , 5 s . each , or bound in one handsome volume , £ 3 . THK FREEMASONS' LIBER MUSICUS , Dedicated by cxptess permission to II . !! . II . TI IE I'lilNCE OK WALES , Past Ginnd Master of Iincr ' and nnd Wales . Edited b y Dn . WILLIAM SI-AHK , " P . P . G . O ., W . V . —29 B . This Work contains 215 pp . and 118 Musical Compositions suitable for all the Ceiemonics of Ihe Masonic Order ; First , Second , and Thiid Degrees ; Consecration and Dedication of I lalls and Lodges ; Programmes , Toasts , Songs , TIKIS , Choruses , eve , for l ' aiii ] U ( . t _ and other Festive Gatherings ; Laying Foiinilalion or Corner Stones ; Installation ; Mark Masomy ; Uoyal Aid" ; Masonic Fur . cials ; Voluntaries ; Mai . lies , Sc , & e . Notice from the Ki-riihifz Mail . " Our Masonic leaders .-tic no strangers to the name of Bro . William Spark , the talented musician aud Organist of the Town Hall , Leeds . In this really great work , now completed , Dr . . Spark , has shown his ureal tact and judgmen : by completing and compiling for the Masonic biethren a complete hhvary ct musical , compositions of the choicest I ' nglish and foreign works , ancient , traditional , modern , vocal , and instrumental , hy tlie best composers , tt comprises Masonic anthems , installation odes , dedication music , responses , opening , closing , and intermediate music for all decrees , Thanksgivings , funeral odes , mnrches , songs , duets , bantmct music , programmes , voluntaries , aud general musical direclions , arranged lor voices and organ , pianolortc , or harmonium . "'Ihe Freemasons' Liber Musicns " is issued with the concurrence of many iitlluential Masonic Lodges , and under the distinguished patronage ami support ofthe Most Worshipful the Grand Masters of I . ng ' land , Wales , Scotland , and Ireland . It forms a complete library of the choicest and rarest Masonic music , in a word , it is indispensable to all Masonic lodges . The worthy brother editor , moreover , lias had the valuable co-opeinlion anil assistance of the most distinguished nnd experienced composers and organists , members ot the Cratt . it is brought out in the highest style of art , is piinted from large engraved music plates , and forms a very handsome folio volume of " nearly two hundred and twenty pages ! " It deserves the patronage of every Masonic Lodge , hoih at home and abroad , and for its niciits alone it ought to be zealously prized by every brother . As a present to a lodge , nothing could be more uscl ' ul / vahiable , aud appropriate . HANDSOME CLOTH COVERS , ivith gilt lines , and lettered , for Binding ( similar to those used for the Graphic and Illustrated Neus ) , price 5 s . each . LONDON : GEORGE KENNING , ¦<• _ , llcet-strcct .

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Second Edition , Now Heady , 1 / 6 . A MASONIC MUSICAL SERVICE . In the key of C . for A ., T ., T ., U . Opening and Closing Odes . Ciaft Ceremonies . Hoyal Arch Ceremony . Consecration Ceremony . Grace before and after Meat . COMPOSED BY' DR . , J . C . BAKER , NO . 241 . LONDON . —Geo . Kenning , iy 8 , Fleet-street ; and 2 , 3 , and 4 , Little Britain . „ H . Spencer , 26 , Great Queen-street . LiVBiii"ix ) i ..--Geo . Kenning , 2 , Monument-place . MANCHESTER . —E . Ifciny A : Co ., 59 , Deansgate . DUBLIN . —C . Hedgeiong , . 6 , Gialtuii-stiect GLASGOW . —Geo . Kenning , 145 , Argjlc-sticet .

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The Freemason , SATURDAY , MAY " 9 , 1874 .

The Initiation Of H.R.H. Prince Leopold.

THE INITIATION OF H . R . H . PRINCE LEOPOLD .

We beg to congratulate the Order on the reception amongst our ancient Brotherhood of another member of our Royal Family .

H . R . H . Prince Leopold was initiated on May ist at an emergency meeting of the Apollo University Lodge , Oxford , by the W . M ., F . Morrell .

Following so close on the initiation of H . R . H . Prince Arthur , the fact cannot fail to be most gratifying to the Craft . Mr . Collins , private secretary to our Royal

brother , was initiated on the same occasion , and the meeting of that famous lodge was one long to be remembered by all present at the interesting ceremony .

The New Grand Officers.

THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS .

I he annual appointment of Grand Ofiicers is always a matter of much interest to the Craft . Applicants are many , the offices are few , and naturally there are always a good many excellent

brethren , who think , that , they might have been elevated to grand honours . Of course , there are always a great many brethren whom nobody thinks at nil suitable for

such high office , but themselves , and though that class abounds amongst us , it is not with those who compose it , that , the real difficulty of selection lies .

But it is when , amid a great many of equal claims , and equal merit , the preference has to be decided , and the choice has to be made between two given brethren .

Now under the present happy government of our Order , and the well-known impartiality and equable rule of our very excellent Grand Master , we are all well aware , that , the greatest

attention is paid to the claims of all , and the selection of Grand Officers is made on grounds of approved Masonic merit . It ought to be a matter of rejoicing to us all ,

that , never was our executive more admirably filled than now , or greater readiness evinced to afford information , or greater courtesy exhibited , as we can personally testify , to either applicants

for advice , or as the French say " renseignements macconniques . " We congratulate the Craft for more than one reason on the appointment of the Grand Officers for the present year .

The first is , that , the great majority of the appointments are good hard-working Masons ; another is , that , the provinces are so largely represented ; and the third is , the number of

new Grand Officers , who have rendered much and effective aid to our charities . The Senior Grand Warden , Lord Henry Thymic , M . I ' ., was initiated in No . 973 , Royal

Somerset , in 106 3 , and is the present W . M ., of Lodge 1478 , Warminster . Bro . Okeover , of Okeover , Ashbourne , was

initiated in Lodge 852 , St . Oswald , in i 860 , and is now D . P . G . M . for Derbyshire . Wc do not find the name of our noble brother ,

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the Grand Senior AVarden in any of the lists of the charities , but we have no doubt , that , before his year of office has expired , he will have duly qualified himself .

Bro . Okeover is a Life Governor of the Boys School . Bro . J . Simpson , D . C . L ., the Grand Chaplain , has Ions' been well-known as an active and

energetic Mason of the province of Cumberland and Westmoreland , and is also a Life Governor of the Boys' School . He was initiated in No . 129 , Union Kendal , in 186 . 5 , anc ' filled various

Craft and Provincial offices . The two Senior Grand Deacons are both wellknown and active Masons , and have equally served the Craft in high positions , Bro . Rucker

as V . P . of the Board of General Purposes , and Bro . Leith as , D . D . G . M . of Bombay . Bio . Rucker was initiated in No . 66 , Grenadiers , in 186 5 , and having fulfilled his lodge offices , was

subsequently Grand Steward . He is a Vice-President of the three Masonic Charities . Bro . J . Percy Leith was initiated in the Antiquity , No . 2 , in 1 S 65 , and is a P . M . ofthe same ,-

and of 549 , 1118 , and 1359 , has been a G . S ., and is A ice-President of the Girls' School , and is Life Governor of the Boys' School . He has served each as Steward three times .

The two Junior Grand Deacons are equally well-known in the Masonic world . Bro . J . C . Parkinson was initiated into Freemasonry in 1858 , in the Universal Lodge , No .

18 r , Freemasons' Hall , London , of which lodge he is now the Senior Past Master and "Father , " having passed the chair in 1862-3 , after uniting in the years i 860 and 1861 respectively , offices

rarely held m conjunction , namely Junior and Senior AVarden and Secretary . Thc centenary jewel was granted to the Universal Lodge on its

one hundredth anniversary in 1868 , and it is now a Vice-Patron of the Boys' and Girls ' Schools .

Bro . Parkinson is a Past Master of the Bard of Avon Lodge , he being the first W . M of that lodge after its transfer from Stratford

upon-Avon to Middlesex , on its resuscitation , after the Stratford brethren had passed a resolution to resign their warrant into the hands of the Grand Secretary .

Bro . Parkinson is a member of the Prince of AVales Lodge , No . 259 , and W . M . of the St . David ' s Lodge , Aberdare , Glamorganshire , besides being Deputy Provincial Grand Master for

Middlesex , a Member of the Board of General Purposes , and a Vice-Patron of the three Masonic Charities . The office of Vice-Patron owes its origin to Bro . Parkinson , who ,

observing that the positijn of Vice-President attracted many brethren , and that no further rank awaited donors of more than $ 0 guineas , brought forward and carried an independent

motion , in 1871 , creating Vice-Patrons of the Charities , and entitling every donor of 100 guineas to that rank . The result has been a large pecuniary gain to all three Institutions . On the

protracted illness of Bro . Patten necessitating his retirement from the office of Secretary to the Freemasons' Girls' School , Bro . Parkinson , in bringing forward the motion for declaring the office vacant , paid a handsome tribute to Bro .