Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS .

PAGE REVIEWSBengal Freemasons' Almanack and Diary for 1871 147 The Rainbow Stories ... 147 A Centennial Memorial of the Lodge of St . Andrew

... ... ... 147 FREEMASONRY IN IRELAND 147 UNVEILING THE BUILDING COMMITTEE ' S MEMORIAL AT FREEMASONS' HALL ... 148 & 149 TRIENNIAL ASSEMBLY OF THE GENERAL GRAND RED CROSS CONCLAVE 149 & 150

THE FREEMASONS LIFE BOAT 150 ANSWERS TO THE MEMORIAL OF THE LODGE OF GLASGOW ST . J , No . 3 bis 151 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 152 THE MASONIC PRESS AND ITS PRIVILEGES ... 152 MULTUM IN PARVO 153 ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION ... 153

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS ... 153 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE — A Renowned Masonic Author ... 153 In re "Bald Statements " 153 Ancient MSS . Once More 153 & 154 FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS ... ., 154 , 155 , & 156 THE

CRAFTMetropolitan 156 & 157 Provincial ... ... ... ... ... 157 ROYAL ARCHProvincial ... ... ... ... ... 157 MARK

MASONRYMetropolitan 157 & 158 Provincial 15 S ORDERS OF CHIVALRYRed Cross of Constantine 15 S Inauguration of the St . George ' s Conclave at

Bolton ... .. 158 INSTRUCTION 158 THE ROBERT WENTWORTH LITTLE TESTIMONIAL — List of Subscriptions 158 MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NF . XT Wr . r . K . ... 158 & 159 ADVERTISEMENTS . „ ... 145 , 146 , 159 , & 160

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• Bengal Freemasons'' Almanac and Diary for 1871 . We are indebted to Bro . W . O . Allender , W . M . 67 , D . A . G . D . C , for a copy of this

very interesting work , the compilation of which reflects great credit upon Bro . H . Hover Locke , then D . G . Secretary , and now Dep . D . G . M . It not only gives complete lists of the several Masonic bodies in

Bengal , but copious information of general interest . There arc nine Craft Lodges in Calcutta , and a total of twenty-one in the district , working under the Grand Lodge of England , there being also four Scotch

lodges in Calcutta . Mark lodges in Bengal number five , R . A . chapters seven , and K . T . encampments and priories three . Bro . Allender also informs us that two Red

Cross conclaves have been recently established . The various branches of Freemasonry thus appear to have taken firm root in Bengal , and we hope will ever be found to work harmoniously together .

I he Rainbow Stories ; 1 . "Phil Thorndyke ' s Adventures ; " by FRANCES WILHRAUAM . 2 . "The Rift in the Rock ; " by Mrs . S . C . HALL . These stories arc the commencement of

a series written for young people , and , judging from the examples before us , there can be little doubt that Messrs . Groombridge and Sons will be well supported in

their endeavour to provide instructive and amusing reading for the young . Many writers of eminence will lend their aid , and the price of each number ( fourpence ) is such as to place it within the reach of all .

A Centennial Memorial of the Lodge of St Andrciv . Boston , U . S . A . We have received from Bro . Ezra Palmer , the W . M ., a copy of this splendid and interesting work , which is embellished with

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illustrations in the highest style of art . The memorial is compiled in honour of the fact that more than one hundred years ago ( 1769 ) the W . Master of the Lodge of St . Andrew , General Joseph Warren , was made

Grand Master of Ancient Freemasons in Massachusetts , and the members deemed it a fitting occasion to present in a permanent form a narrative of the leading Masonic events of the last century and a

quarternot only those connected with the lodge , but such as tended to illustrate the history of the Craft in general . The result is a large quarto volume of nearly 300 pagescommencing with a copy of the charter of

the lodge , and ending with a list of Grand Masters in Massachusetts from 1733 to to 1870 . An exhaustive address by R . W . Bro . 0 . W . Moore , G . Sec , on Freemasonry in Massachusetts , especially exemplifying

the progress of the " Ancient Grand Lodge is extremely valuable and instructive . The proceedings at the centennial

celebration of the Lodge of St . Andrew in 1856 are given at length , including a fine oration by Bro . Hamilton Willis , Past Master . ( To be continued )

Freemasonry In Ireland.

Freemasonry in IRELAND .

BY BRO WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAJJ .

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SECTION the 4 th . OF PARTICULAR LODGES .

1 . The Grand Master's Lodge shall be entered on the front of the Grand Lodge Register Book before all numbered regular Lodges , and all or any of the Members thereof , who may at any time think proper to visit the Grand Lodge , shall take place of every other Lodge on the Registry of

lrc-,, land , and each and every of them M . b . 1010 shallbe as f u ] iy entitled to all and every of the privileges and freedoms thereof as any other Member or Members that the Grand Lodge is composed of ; but the precedency of aH other Lodges shall be according to the numbers of their

Warrants . 2 . Every Warrant issued by the Grand Lodge must be regularly registered , and the Lodge using it must have conformed to the Laws as they are laid down in the pieccding Sections before its Officers can be recognised as Jfembers of the Grand Lodge . —

No Officers of Lodges are exempted from attendance in the Grand Lodge , but those belonging to country Lodges . — The Lodge will be considered irregular and suspended whose Officers ( with the foregoing exception ) do not take their places in the Grand Lodge .

3 . No Lodge can be assembled without a Warrant from the Grand Lodge , nor any individual acknowledged or received as a Free Mason who has not been admitted and initiated in a Regular Lodge so constituted ; Any Lodge admitting a person to be present at its Meetings who is not

properly qualified by initiation in a regular Lodge , violates the Principles of Free Masonry , and shall have its Warrant suspended or cancelled at the p leasure of the Grand Lodge ; And any person present or assisting at a Meeting of the nature alluded to , or any other irregular Meetings , shall be

subject to Suspension or Exclusion . 4 . Any regular Mason aiding or assisting at the works of a Lodge not authorised or warranted by _ o . o , the Grand Lodge , or whose Warrant 1 7 3 P ° - jlas i , ecn suspended or cancelled , acts

contrary to the fundamental principles of Free Masonry , and shall be excluded or suspended during the pleasure of the Grand Lodge . 5 . Every Memorial to the Grand Lodge for a new Warrant shall have the recommendation of

three regular Lodges , besides that of the Lodge or Lodges the applicants belonged to , if within a reasonable distance , and shall also have the approbation of the Provincial Grand Master , if there should be such an Officer efficient within the Province from which the Memorial may be sent . 6 . The expenses of a Warrant is £ 7 13 s . $ } i < l . of

which the General Fund of Charity is to receive ,. ~ £ ¦ $ 8 s . 3 d . ; the Deputy Grand Secre-,, 1 ,. tary £ 2 5 s . 6 d . ; the Orphan School Rcgulatmns £ > £ > . t , ; e Gl . a | u [ 1 > ulsuivant 6 s . 8 d . ; the Grand Tiler 2 s . 2 d . ; and for the registry of its three Officers , Ss i' / id . 7 . When it is well authenticated that a Warrant

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has been destroyed by accident , or fatality , a duplicaH thereof shall be granted without any charge , except such as is usually paid to the Deputy Grand o o < - Secretary when a new one is granted ; " but no Warrant cancelled by Order of

the Grand Lodge shall be restored for a sum less than that charged for granting a new sue , which sum is to be appropriated as in the foregoing Regulation . 8 . In the absence of a Master of a particular Lodge , a Past Master fills the chair , but if none

such be present , the Senior Warden may act as Master , pro tempore . 9 . In every Lodge a Brother shall be appointed Secretary , who shall keep a book containing the bye-laws , the names of the Members , and also all the transactions of the Lodge which are proper to be written .

10 . Particular Lodges for their better Government may form their own bye-laws and regulations , provided the same be not contrary to the ancient Land Marks and general constitutions of the Order . 11 . All particular Iodgesareto observe the usages as strictly as possible , in order to which and also

for cultivating a good understanding among Freemasons , some Members of every Lodge shall be deputed to visit other lodges as often as shall be thought convenient . 12 . No Lodge ai ' its regular andstated Meetings has a right to refuse admission to a visitor who

comes properly certified and recommended from his Lodge , provided lie is able to prove to the satisfaction of the lodge he wishes to visit that he is qualified by his knowledge in M-isonry to be admissible to the degree the Lodge is then occupied upon , for the regular meetings of Lodges should be appropriated

to the cultivation of Masonry , and all private business of the Lodge should be transacted at a Lodge of emergency , to which visitors cannot claim admission as a matter of right . 13 . No Lodge shall be removed from one house to another without the Master ' s knowledge , nor

shall any motion be put for that purpose during his absence ; but if the measure is regularly proposed , he shall order the whole Lodge to be summoned , specifying the business , and appointing a day for hearing and determining the affair , giving at least 10 days' notice , and the determination shall be

made by the majority , unless the Master be of the minority against moving the Lodge , in which case it shall not be removed unless the majority consists of full % of the Members present ; but if the Master refuscto direct such summon to be issued , the Wardensmay do it , andifthe Master neglecttoattend on

the clay fixed , a Past Master or the Senior Warden may preside in the determination , but they shall not , in the Master ' s absence , enter upon any other subject but what is particularly mentioned in the said summons , and if the Lodge is thus regularly ordered to be removed , the Master or Warden shall

send notice to the Grand Secretary for the publishing the same at the next Grand Lodge . 14 . No person shall be admitted a Member of , or made a Mason in a particular Lodge without all the Members thereof having been duly summoned for that purpose , besides a previous notice of at least

one week , given in open Lodge at a former meeting , in order to make inquiry into the reputation and capacity of the candidate , and then the candidate must have the consent and approbation of the Members present , according to the by-laws of that particular Lodire , provided that it shall not be lawful for

any Lodge to admit any person a member thereof if there be three voices or ballots against him , and no person already a Mason shall be received as a Member of any Lodge until he produces a Grand Lodge Certificate , and any L ^ od ge violating the provisions of this Regulation shall be suspended during the pleasure of the Grand Lodge . ( To be continued . )

Theatrical.

THEATRICAL .

STRAND . —A good farce "In Three Volumes" hns been produced at this charming theatre with great success . The plot is easily perceived , and the incidents sufficiently humorous to attract the attention of the audience . It is supported by Messrs . Walter Joyce , II .

Crouch , E . Cr . ambcrlm , kinghouse , and the Misses Jenny Lee and II . Lennox . The lliree-act comedy , "Up in the World , " follows , and the programme closes with " CVeui-de-I . ion . " The house was well filled on the night ofouv visit . This theatre is sure to give satisfaction to all who wish to have an agreeable cheerful evening .

ST . JAMES S . — This fashionable theatre is extremely well attended every evening . The programme commences with the farce , "An Unhappy Pair , " followed by lliu new comedy , "Two Thorns , " by Mr . J . Albery , mid concludes with the grand c ! a * ssical burlesque , "Vesta . " Mrs . II . V ' ezin and Mr . II . MarMon appear in the new

comedy in addition to the old members of the company . "To Oblige Itcnsnn " has been withdrawn , after completing a run of 112 consecutive nights , with Mr . Harry Cox as Trotter Southdown . Mrs . John Wood appears every evening , and continues to delight all who witness h . 'ipcrfonnanecs .