Births, Marriages, And Deaths.

Births , Marriages , and Deaths .

[ Announcements of Births , Marriages , and Deaths relating to the Craft , or their families , will be inserted , free of charge , if properly authenticated . ]

BIRTH . WAND . —On March 31 st , at Clifton , Bristol , tin wile of Bro . Captain S . B . Wand , of a son . DEATH .

EGLESE . —On the 4 th instant , Mr . Joseph Henry Eglese . of Sandringham-road , West Hackney , eldest son of Brother Joseph Eglese , at his father ' s residence , 3 , Buckinghamterrace , Ladbrookc road , Kensington-park , in bis 25 th year . SOMEBVILLE . —On the 5 th inst ., ia Dublin , aged 05 years , Brother James Richard Somerville , only brother of the Senior Rig ht Hon . the Lord Atlilumney , Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Ireland .

Answer To Correspondents.

Answer to Correspondents .

? [ AU communications for THE FKKEM ASON should be written legibly , on one side of the paper only , and , if intended for insertion hi the current number must be receive ! not Liter than 10 o'clock a . m . on Thursdays , unless in very special cases . The name and address of every writer must be sent to us in conlidence . 1 ¦

MENTOR—Your letter on the "Zetland Commemoration Committee" is rather too severe , although it is true enough that there has been gross blundering . BRISTOL . —We have received your letter , and gladly welcome so able a Mason as one of our correspondents . It is not our intention to insert in THE FREEMASON communications of the nature to which you allude , as we quite agree with vou that no good purpose can be served by

the use of such intemperate and unlratemal language . L . F . —1 . No . Members of English lodges comprise men of all nationalities aud every cieed . 2 . Twenty one years , unless a dispensation be obtained 3 . The amount varies indiflercntlodges—in London , nothing under five guineas . 4 . The Book of Constitutions , price Is . Od ., lo bo had al Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street . —If you write again , and wo find on inquiry that your statements are correct , wo mav bo able to forward your views .

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The Church Of Home And Free Masonry.

THE CHURCH OF HOME AND FREE MASONRY .

" Cardinal Cullen , in a pastoral issued this morning , declared that all Catholics attending . Masonic balls are excommunicated , the Church condemning all secret societies . ' —Standard , Saturday , April 3 . TIM 1 E -lasonic Order takes no cognizance of - * - sect or creed—it closes its gates against no

man provided ho bo not an atheist , an imbecile or a slave , becausos it cherishes tho broad principles of toleration , and acknowledges the right of thc creature to worship his Creator in thc manner most pleasing to his own conscience .

But these principles find no favour in the si ght of sacerdotalists—these laws which aro founded upon the true rights of man , aro not reconcilable with thc pretensions of mitred priests and pontiffs . llcnco the warfare which thoy havo waged , and ever will wage , with Freemasonry—hence

The Church Of Home And Free Masonry.

the manifestoes — the allocutions — the anathemas , which Rome has hurled against our beloved Order—fulminations of wrath which , in the present day , are as terrorless to Freemasons as the rough mutterings of a March wind .

Nevertheless , these utterances from the Vatican , which are re-echoed by the satraps of the Papacy in every land , are worthy of attention inasmuch

as they reveal the undying hatred of the Romish priesthood to TRUTH in whatever shape it manifests itself . The spirit which dragged Ridley and Latimer to the stake—which immolated Jerome

of Prague , and Savonarola—is still abroad , though happily its vengeance is now confined to vain denunciations and inconsequential threats . Of this we require no Stronger proof than the announcement that in one of his recent pastorals , Cardinal

Cullen pronou nces the penalty of excommunication upon all Roman Catholics attending Masonicballs . TotheCardinal ' sniorbidanddistempered imagination it is evident that danger to the church is

mysteriously connected with thc mazes of a waltz or the seductive influences of a quiet quadrille . The fact is that Rome views with uneasiness and alarm tho communion of man

with his fellows—she dreads an association in which the members can shake off the trammels of every day life , and kneel together at the common altar of Charity and Fraternity . She detests an Order whose ceremonies , beautiful as

they may be , are shrouded from her view , and unsubordinated to the objects of the Church . She abhors a system which works silently and secretly , yet , aided by discipline , most effectually , in extending the empire of reason , and curbing

the sway of passion and prejudice . livery effort , therefore , which her cmiplex but wonderfully perfect organization can put forth , will be unscrupulously made by the Church of Home to overthrow Freemasonry .

For this we ought to lie prepared , and we say it in no spirit of sectarianism , but from the fullest conviction that Papal domination is not merely a question of religion and faith , with which , us Freemasons , we are not called upon to

deal . It is a subject which concerns us ns citizens of a free country , because the foes of our Order aro the enemies of liberty and civilization * nnd we may rest assured tint the diffusion of

Masonic principles , and the cultivation of Masonic virtues , will bo our most effective weapons in this warfare of Light against Darkness , of Truth against Error—of Freedom against Despotism .

Masonic Jurisprudence.

Masonic Jurisprudence .

[ Under this head , iu future , we purpose answering correspondents ou Masonic law . ] W . M The law to which you refer , Art . C , page 43 of the Constitution , applies sulihj to Grand Stewards , as you will perceive by the heading . A Foiiv . icis Bucm ** •There is no law against

brethren of foreign lo ' ' icing exalted in English chapter .- * , but proof of l . ' .. ¦ having been M . M . ' s for 12 months is required . SKCI * I : TAI : Y ( Sreat care should be exercised in the examination of visitors . There are shoals of "Philadelphes" and other impostors prowling about the

country and levelling black-mail on the credulous and unwary . Stud y the Book of Constitutions , page 89 . When a member of a lodge makes a protest as well as a complaint against the ruling of a W . M ., and makes an entry in the Secretary ' s books to refer to tho G . L ., the said member demands copies of said minutes ,

is it m the power ol the said \\ . M . to refuse to give copies , although frequentl y written to do so by the aggrieved brother?—P . M . [ If the brother requires the copies in order to shape his complaint to superior authority , it is the W . Master ' s bounden duty to

permit him to copy so much ol tho minutes as may relate to the point at issue , and his not allowing this right of the appellant is in itself a breach of duty , to which the attention of his Provincial Crawl Master or other competent officer should at once be called . ]—Ei > . F .

Masonic Anfiquifies, Records, And Bibliograpby.

Masonic Anfiquifies , Records , and Bibliograpby .

SPECIMENS FROM A MASONIC QUARRY . Br WM . JAMBS HUGHAN , P . M ., No . 131 Tituito , Author of "History of Freemasonry in Cornwall . " "Sparkt from a Mason ' s A mil , " , bc . ; Masonic Correspondent of " The Voice of Freemasonry , " for England ; Corresjmiiding Member of "German Masonic Union , " $ c . SPECIMEN NO . 1 . —OPERATIVE MASONIC LODGES .

ST . JOHN'S , BANFF . SCOTLAND . ( Continued . ) "The Ofiice Bearers Re-Electcd for the year 1777 : — John Rhind , Master ; Andrew Wilson , Deput Master ; James Robertson , Sr . Warden ; Alex . Grant , Jr . AVarden ; George Smith , Treasurer ; Robert Wilson , Chaplain ; aud William

Matheson , Officer . " Resolutions of the Annual Evening meeting , one Thousand seven hundred and seventy seven . " 1 st . That all Members belonging to the Operative Lodge of Banff , Geometricals as weel as those that has served a Master belonging to tho Lodge shall only pav for tlie future

Five Shillings Ster . at Passing Fellow Craft , and tbat those who have Passed since the first of December last , and paid Ten shillings Stcr . Shall upon their Aplication to be Raised Master only pay Five Shillings Ster . " 2 d . Resolved , That James Hepburn shall be Master at Aberdeen for this year as Deput from thc Operative Lodge ot

Banff . James Smith , Deput Master at Turreff for thc Operative Lodge George Ogston to bo Deput Master at what ever place providence orders for , the Operative Lodge . " 3 d . That John Symon , Andrew Wilson , William Milne , and Alex . James be Stewarts for the ensuing year , nnd is Voted as such at the Evening Meeting .

" 1 th . Resolved , I hat George htrachan s widow shall have out of this fund for this year one Pound sterling , John Stewart continued at four Pound ster ., James Brodie to havo for this year three Pound ster ., Widow Hutcheon in Turreff Ten Shillings ster ., Widow Hutcheon in Aberdeen Fifteen Shillings sterling , Peter Cnub ' s son in Aberdeen Ten Shillings sterling . JOHN RJII . NI > , Mr . "

"Att a Meeting held in the Operative Lodge of Banff , the 11 J any , 1777 , It was unanimously agreed by the Meeting that the Office-Bearers should Borrow the sum of Thirty pound ster . towards finishing the Front House . Att same Meeting agreed that John I aylor , mason nt Boyndie , shall posses the Front House for one year for thc sum of Five

pound ten shillings ster ., to lie paid al two dificrciit Terms , viz ., Martinmas aud vYIiitcsimdivy . The Apartments that he is topocess arc the lower lint , entire south Room and Closet iu the .-ccund stone , the Gavel above Do ., with a shadd in the oack doss nine feet wide and not less than Ei ghteen feet lung , with the halfo of the yard after a pass is taken oft ' which the Meeting agrees to be seven feet wide . The said

Join ) Taylor is to find sullicient security for the Rent to the Satisfaction of the Ollicc-Bcarcrs . Likewise agreed that Mr . Morgan shall have live shillings ster . deduced oil' his rent for loss oil' the Yard , & c , and that thc Office Bearers are impourcil to coinim with him ancnt the same ar . d to get a sullicient C-autiuiK . 'i * for his rent to be paid at two dint-rent Terms , viz ., Martinmas anil Whitcsunday , at three pound live shillings ster . of Vtarlv Rent . JOHN RIJIND , Mr . "

"Att Banff , and within thc Operative Lodge of Banff , at an Amiall Evening meeting the seventh of January , 1778 years . Tim Meeting appoint the Treasurer to pay to John Stewart , a Decayed Brother , the sum of Four pound sterling for this Year The Widow of the deceased William Murray to be paid Ten Shillings sterling ill order to help the

defraying his funeral Charges . And I ' ecomcnds to James Smith , Deput Master at Tunefl ' . to make particular Emmery ancnt William Murray ' s being lawfully marred to the Woman who takes on her the title of his Widow , and to Report the samo at next Anniiall Meeting .

"Appoint the Treasurer to pay to the wife of Alex James , in Haul )' , for supporting his family , himselfc being present Iv in Prison for debt , the sum of Ten Shillings sterling , to be repaid into the Lodge by the said Alex . James when his circumstances will admit thereof .

"And appoint the treasurer to take proper Receipts for the forsaid Donations , and takecredite therefor in his accounts . " Thereafter a 1 'itUiim was put iu for Alex . Robertson , mason in lianlf . for Joining the Lodge . The vote being put , it was carried by a majority not t : > admit the said Alex . Robertson ; and recommends it to the Meeting that none of

the members thereof may never in time coining make any further application for admiting the said Alex . Robertson . "The Meeting having taken under their consideration the State and Constitution of thc Lodge , and that those members who incline to raise themselves to the degree of Mark Mason and Mark Master Mason , and that in time past no benelilc

has accrued to the Lodge , therefore resolve— ' That in timo coming all members that shall hereafter raise to the degree of Mark Mason shall pay One Mcrk Scots , but not to obtain the degree of Mark Mason before they are passed Fellow Craft . And tlnse that shall take the degree of Mark

Master Mason shall pay One Shilling and Six Pence sterling in to the Treasurer for behoofe of the Lodge . None to attain the degree of Mark Master Mason untill they are raised Master . ' ( Signed ) " JOHN lliiixn , Mr . " ( To be continued . )