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CONTENTS .
I . r . cDF . RS M Social Grand l . odj . c 14 = Roval Masonic Institution for lim s 142 Roval Masonic Hcncvolent Institution 142 Consecration of lhc Hardmau l . odc ; e , No . iq 4 S , at Rawtcnstall 142 Onr t . reat Fducational Institutions— 1 . The CirN' School 14 . I
Lambert IX ' l . intot IJJ ComiF . SI'IIXIlEXrEAnother Attack on Freemasonry 144 French Freemasonry 144 ( irand l . ( d _ . c and the Roval Masonic
Hencvolcnt Institution 144 Flias Ashmole 144 Auollo I ' imcrsitv l . od . _ c 14 ? The I hic-cn ' s Kngli-h 14 ; Reiiens 145 Masonic Notes and Oucries 145
I West I . auca-hirc Masonic l \ ducational In-! stitution 145 j Testimonial to liro . Robert Hudson , Frnv . ! ( J . D . C . Durham , at Sunderland 14 ? j An Octaj . etiariau Freemason 1411 I The " Australian Freemason" 14 O j KF . I' -IRTS IIK Mvsnxlc : MEETIXCSI Craft Masonry 146 Instruction .. ' . 14 ^ Roval Arch 14 )
I Mark Masonry 14 ' ) j Kniiihts Templar 14 ' ) Red Cross of Constantine 140 ; Scotland 141 ) ' Masonic llall in l . i \ e-nool 150
Ohituarv I .- ' " The Theatres IJI Music I-I Science and Art 1 = 1 , Masonic and iJc'licral Tidini ; s , 1 , 12 I . CKICJC Mcctin . ; s for Next VxVcfc » '
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WE beg t < : call ntlcntion to tlic notice elsewhere of a Special Grand Lodge in reference lo the late atrocious attempt on the life of onr beloved QUEKX . Wc believe lhat H . R . H . the ( imxn . M \ STKR will move the resolution in person . Xo doubt Grand Lodge will he fully attended . *
Tun dastardly attempt of assassination by that wretched miscreant , RODERICK MXCI . EW , as Her Majesty the OrKKX was leaving the Windsor Station , Thursday week , has aroused through our happil y still loyal land one indignant feeling of horror and reprobation . It is , indeed , a lillie too hard , that , after her lo . ig r . nd constitutional reign , her noble life , and
her mmirnful trials , the Oi'irr . x should have to endure the violence of the revolutionist , or the outrage of the maniac . In the good providence of the G . A . O . T . I . ' ., this frosh attempt at regicide has happily failed , and we trust lhat the sound and outspoken loyalty of all classes alike of ihe people of Great Britain will afford some little consolation lo Her MAJESTY under
circumstances so trying to herself , so painful to her family , so distressing to her personal attendants . This atrocious and insane attack on thc Sox r . Kiri (;\ is deeply and earnestly resented by millions of loyal subjects ; while the whole of Europe , the inhabitants of the I ' niic-d States and Canada , teeming India and the distant Antipodes , all feel and avow the same one honest thrill of heartfelt abhorrence of such an act of iniquity , and of intense rejoicing at
the overruling protection of the Almighty Disposer of all Events again so graciously accorded to the best of Queens . We could fain hope that the act itself , —horrible as it is lo contemplate , —is an isolated act , thc outcome of morbid monomania , the overt act of a willing , or a positive lunatic . Still there arc circumstances which icquirc careful investigation ; xvcre it lo be realized or ascertained distinctly that this cowardly act was thc dcvclopcnienl of connivances or allotted part of the programme of a secret
society or disloyal deslruclionists , no punishment would be too severe lo be meted out to such an act of debased rulli inism . Her MAJESTY displayed , as usual , that wonderful serenity and courage which has ' maiked her noteworthy and gracious career ; and we need hardly add thai the deep , sustained , and heartfelt sympathy and dex'otion of our loyal Graft , accompanies in fullest measure ( he universal gratitude and love of a great and loyal people towards the Oi'irirx and the Roval Family .
* * * SURELY some serious reflections must arise in some of our minds as to the very hurtful tendencies and perverting influences of many writings and lectures just now , which are prevalent and patronized in some quarters , and which tend lo hold up Royalty to ridicule , the institutions of our country to contempt , to sow discord between class and class , as well as to preach the
theories and adx-ocate thc propagation of disloyal socialism and of unbridled Communism . Attacks on the I louse of Brunswick , to which great family thc liberties of thc I'jiglish people owe so much , and under whose , august regis , tutelary dynasty , and fostering care , our laws and education , peace and civilization , progress and prosperity , have made such great strides during the asl ( n'l but ) 20 i ) years , are greatly lo be blamed and gravely lo be censured .
I hey do but pave the way for social anarchy , discord , revolution , plunder , the overthrow of the ri ghts of property , the confiscation of lhc rewards of industry . If such be the fruits of a so-called new philosophy , wc feci pretty sure that our honest and educated linglish people will have none of such things ; and all such teachers cannot be too carefully shunned or repudiated ,
who for their own selfish aims , or baser gains , or coarse self-indulgence , endeavour to uproot the ancient and constitutional liberties of all classes , high nnd loW , rich and poor . It is not too much to say that much of the wickedness of RODERICK MACLEAN , and the hopeless follies of destructive Iconoc asts , at homr : and abroad , may be fairly traced to the active promulgation 0 hateful accusations , unhallowed aspersions , and the bitter developement
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of opposition to lawful authority , as well as the encouragement of class hatreds , and the ignorant and vindictive utterances of mendacious charges and criminal libels . * * ' * XVK arc not sorry to note the careful reticence of Grand f . odge as to proposals for change , and suggestions of improvement in the normal constitution
and work of our Craft . 1 here are , as we all know , " reforms and reforms , " as well as "improvements and improvements . " Hut Grand Lodge is a x'ery camions body , and peculiarly susceptible of hasty propositions or ill-digested schemes of alteration and amelioration . On the whole , xve doubt not that Grand Lodge came lo a very wise decision as to most of the notices on the
agenda paper ; indeed , on the whole , xve may say all . And therefore we venture to express ihe opinion and the hope , in order to prex'ent fruitless discussion and save the time of Grand Lodge that some worthy brethren xvii ! think twice before they gix-o notices of alterations and amendments of our laws and customs , which run counter to the general sense of the Graft , and are most unlikely a priori to find acceptance < v approval in Grand Lodge .
* * WE . should havethought that it might hax-e occurred to our esteemed confrere , 11 CHERT , of Paris , lhat his correspondent was neither a very wise critic or trustworthy commentator on linglish Freemasonry . We also , we think , might have expected that our able friend might havc deemed it only lilting lo
himself , and fair to linglish Freemasonry , to call attention to the charitable xx-ork of us poor stupid linglish . Masons . True it is xve do not discuss politics , or treat social questions , but xve dodo a great deal for Chari' . y . And which is lust xve ask Hro . I luiurur , —acliv . ' , living practical charity , or inane questions and discordant theories , for Masons and Masonry in general and in particular ' . ' While on this side of the Channel ihe abstinence from burning controversies and personal feuds has enabled the linglish Freemasons to raise more than a million of francs for our Metropolitan Charities alone , and we say nothing of countless other acts of living and veritable beneficence , the prevalence ol these discussions and hurtful changes has induced the French I'reeniaxons to clTcct—well , positively nothing for charily worth mentioning . What they arc doing is positively a burlesque on tlu word charity ; a baneful parody on any profession of Masonic " bienfaisance . " vV e say this in all kindness and goodwill , but wc are bound to speak tin truth , and point out to our friend Bro . III ' IIERT , and all French Freemasons , the inevitable result of the downxvard course which French Free masonry has now taken . „
¦ : * Wr . note that an attempt lias been made to unite all French Freemasonry under two great heads , thc Craft , and a Supreme Council . There is a good deal of indistinctness on the propositions , and we are not quite sure that the proposals for an union were quite sincere . But if they were etc ., and we understand them right , they were these . All the grades above ihe Third Degree xvcre to be under one hca d , thc Kit licossais , Mizraim , and the Council of thc Grand Orient to be merged into one Supreme Grand Council for France , while the lodges of the Grand Orient , the Kit licossais , and tlieso-ealled Grand Lodge Symbolique were like under one 1 ' iiited Grand Orient or Grand
Lodge for France . J o this proposition , if an honest one , in the abstract , there cannot be any objection j but we are not on the spot , and wc do not quite understand what is the real tone and temper of the project . The
A . and A . Scottish Rile and the Rite of the Mi / r . iim have declined to concur , so that at present the only possibility of union seems to be between the Grand Orient and the Grand Lodge Symbohque , of whose legality however , there arc thc gravest doubts , constitutionally and Masonically .
* * IT xvas stated sometime back that xve were incorrect in saying there xvcre any dissidents lo thc present proceedings cf French Freemasonry . The last Bulletin du Grand Orient , however , gives us the best proof of the entire correctness of our assertions , which were based , we need hardly assure our
readers , on competent knowledge of persons and things . It seems that in a certain lodge several of the older members have ceased to attend . Why ? Only because ihey disapprox'cd entirely of the recent changes in French Frecemn . so . iry . Wc suspect that this feeling in France is rather wider and deeper than some good friends of ours like either to admit or recognise .
Ix the last Chnine d' Union an extract is given from El Mnllete ( the Mallet ) a Spanish Masonic review at Barcelona in Spain , which deals with a nonsensical Ultramontane attack on Freemasonry . We call attention lo a letter on the subject escwherc . . ,.
* ' * WE think it xvell to allude to the announcements elsewhere as to the manner in which the distressful nexvs ot the wicked and atrocious act at Windsor
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
I . r . cDF . RS M Social Grand l . odj . c 14 = Roval Masonic Institution for lim s 142 Roval Masonic Hcncvolent Institution 142 Consecration of lhc Hardmau l . odc ; e , No . iq 4 S , at Rawtcnstall 142 Onr t . reat Fducational Institutions— 1 . The CirN' School 14 . I
Lambert IX ' l . intot IJJ ComiF . SI'IIXIlEXrEAnother Attack on Freemasonry 144 French Freemasonry 144 ( irand l . ( d _ . c and the Roval Masonic
Hencvolcnt Institution 144 Flias Ashmole 144 Auollo I ' imcrsitv l . od . _ c 14 ? The I hic-cn ' s Kngli-h 14 ; Reiiens 145 Masonic Notes and Oucries 145
I West I . auca-hirc Masonic l \ ducational In-! stitution 145 j Testimonial to liro . Robert Hudson , Frnv . ! ( J . D . C . Durham , at Sunderland 14 ? j An Octaj . etiariau Freemason 1411 I The " Australian Freemason" 14 O j KF . I' -IRTS IIK Mvsnxlc : MEETIXCSI Craft Masonry 146 Instruction .. ' . 14 ^ Roval Arch 14 )
I Mark Masonry 14 ' ) j Kniiihts Templar 14 ' ) Red Cross of Constantine 140 ; Scotland 141 ) ' Masonic llall in l . i \ e-nool 150
Ohituarv I .- ' " The Theatres IJI Music I-I Science and Art 1 = 1 , Masonic and iJc'licral Tidini ; s , 1 , 12 I . CKICJC Mcctin . ; s for Next VxVcfc » '
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WE beg t < : call ntlcntion to tlic notice elsewhere of a Special Grand Lodge in reference lo the late atrocious attempt on the life of onr beloved QUEKX . Wc believe lhat H . R . H . the ( imxn . M \ STKR will move the resolution in person . Xo doubt Grand Lodge will he fully attended . *
Tun dastardly attempt of assassination by that wretched miscreant , RODERICK MXCI . EW , as Her Majesty the OrKKX was leaving the Windsor Station , Thursday week , has aroused through our happil y still loyal land one indignant feeling of horror and reprobation . It is , indeed , a lillie too hard , that , after her lo . ig r . nd constitutional reign , her noble life , and
her mmirnful trials , the Oi'irr . x should have to endure the violence of the revolutionist , or the outrage of the maniac . In the good providence of the G . A . O . T . I . ' ., this frosh attempt at regicide has happily failed , and we trust lhat the sound and outspoken loyalty of all classes alike of ihe people of Great Britain will afford some little consolation lo Her MAJESTY under
circumstances so trying to herself , so painful to her family , so distressing to her personal attendants . This atrocious and insane attack on thc Sox r . Kiri (;\ is deeply and earnestly resented by millions of loyal subjects ; while the whole of Europe , the inhabitants of the I ' niic-d States and Canada , teeming India and the distant Antipodes , all feel and avow the same one honest thrill of heartfelt abhorrence of such an act of iniquity , and of intense rejoicing at
the overruling protection of the Almighty Disposer of all Events again so graciously accorded to the best of Queens . We could fain hope that the act itself , —horrible as it is lo contemplate , —is an isolated act , thc outcome of morbid monomania , the overt act of a willing , or a positive lunatic . Still there arc circumstances which icquirc careful investigation ; xvcre it lo be realized or ascertained distinctly that this cowardly act was thc dcvclopcnienl of connivances or allotted part of the programme of a secret
society or disloyal deslruclionists , no punishment would be too severe lo be meted out to such an act of debased rulli inism . Her MAJESTY displayed , as usual , that wonderful serenity and courage which has ' maiked her noteworthy and gracious career ; and we need hardly add thai the deep , sustained , and heartfelt sympathy and dex'otion of our loyal Graft , accompanies in fullest measure ( he universal gratitude and love of a great and loyal people towards the Oi'irirx and the Roval Family .
* * * SURELY some serious reflections must arise in some of our minds as to the very hurtful tendencies and perverting influences of many writings and lectures just now , which are prevalent and patronized in some quarters , and which tend lo hold up Royalty to ridicule , the institutions of our country to contempt , to sow discord between class and class , as well as to preach the
theories and adx-ocate thc propagation of disloyal socialism and of unbridled Communism . Attacks on the I louse of Brunswick , to which great family thc liberties of thc I'jiglish people owe so much , and under whose , august regis , tutelary dynasty , and fostering care , our laws and education , peace and civilization , progress and prosperity , have made such great strides during the asl ( n'l but ) 20 i ) years , are greatly lo be blamed and gravely lo be censured .
I hey do but pave the way for social anarchy , discord , revolution , plunder , the overthrow of the ri ghts of property , the confiscation of lhc rewards of industry . If such be the fruits of a so-called new philosophy , wc feci pretty sure that our honest and educated linglish people will have none of such things ; and all such teachers cannot be too carefully shunned or repudiated ,
who for their own selfish aims , or baser gains , or coarse self-indulgence , endeavour to uproot the ancient and constitutional liberties of all classes , high nnd loW , rich and poor . It is not too much to say that much of the wickedness of RODERICK MACLEAN , and the hopeless follies of destructive Iconoc asts , at homr : and abroad , may be fairly traced to the active promulgation 0 hateful accusations , unhallowed aspersions , and the bitter developement
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of opposition to lawful authority , as well as the encouragement of class hatreds , and the ignorant and vindictive utterances of mendacious charges and criminal libels . * * ' * XVK arc not sorry to note the careful reticence of Grand f . odge as to proposals for change , and suggestions of improvement in the normal constitution
and work of our Craft . 1 here are , as we all know , " reforms and reforms , " as well as "improvements and improvements . " Hut Grand Lodge is a x'ery camions body , and peculiarly susceptible of hasty propositions or ill-digested schemes of alteration and amelioration . On the whole , xve doubt not that Grand Lodge came lo a very wise decision as to most of the notices on the
agenda paper ; indeed , on the whole , xve may say all . And therefore we venture to express ihe opinion and the hope , in order to prex'ent fruitless discussion and save the time of Grand Lodge that some worthy brethren xvii ! think twice before they gix-o notices of alterations and amendments of our laws and customs , which run counter to the general sense of the Graft , and are most unlikely a priori to find acceptance < v approval in Grand Lodge .
* * WE . should havethought that it might hax-e occurred to our esteemed confrere , 11 CHERT , of Paris , lhat his correspondent was neither a very wise critic or trustworthy commentator on linglish Freemasonry . We also , we think , might have expected that our able friend might havc deemed it only lilting lo
himself , and fair to linglish Freemasonry , to call attention to the charitable xx-ork of us poor stupid linglish . Masons . True it is xve do not discuss politics , or treat social questions , but xve dodo a great deal for Chari' . y . And which is lust xve ask Hro . I luiurur , —acliv . ' , living practical charity , or inane questions and discordant theories , for Masons and Masonry in general and in particular ' . ' While on this side of the Channel ihe abstinence from burning controversies and personal feuds has enabled the linglish Freemasons to raise more than a million of francs for our Metropolitan Charities alone , and we say nothing of countless other acts of living and veritable beneficence , the prevalence ol these discussions and hurtful changes has induced the French I'reeniaxons to clTcct—well , positively nothing for charily worth mentioning . What they arc doing is positively a burlesque on tlu word charity ; a baneful parody on any profession of Masonic " bienfaisance . " vV e say this in all kindness and goodwill , but wc are bound to speak tin truth , and point out to our friend Bro . III ' IIERT , and all French Freemasons , the inevitable result of the downxvard course which French Free masonry has now taken . „
¦ : * Wr . note that an attempt lias been made to unite all French Freemasonry under two great heads , thc Craft , and a Supreme Council . There is a good deal of indistinctness on the propositions , and we are not quite sure that the proposals for an union were quite sincere . But if they were etc ., and we understand them right , they were these . All the grades above ihe Third Degree xvcre to be under one hca d , thc Kit licossais , Mizraim , and the Council of thc Grand Orient to be merged into one Supreme Grand Council for France , while the lodges of the Grand Orient , the Kit licossais , and tlieso-ealled Grand Lodge Symbolique were like under one 1 ' iiited Grand Orient or Grand
Lodge for France . J o this proposition , if an honest one , in the abstract , there cannot be any objection j but we are not on the spot , and wc do not quite understand what is the real tone and temper of the project . The
A . and A . Scottish Rile and the Rite of the Mi / r . iim have declined to concur , so that at present the only possibility of union seems to be between the Grand Orient and the Grand Lodge Symbohque , of whose legality however , there arc thc gravest doubts , constitutionally and Masonically .
* * IT xvas stated sometime back that xve were incorrect in saying there xvcre any dissidents lo thc present proceedings cf French Freemasonry . The last Bulletin du Grand Orient , however , gives us the best proof of the entire correctness of our assertions , which were based , we need hardly assure our
readers , on competent knowledge of persons and things . It seems that in a certain lodge several of the older members have ceased to attend . Why ? Only because ihey disapprox'cd entirely of the recent changes in French Frecemn . so . iry . Wc suspect that this feeling in France is rather wider and deeper than some good friends of ours like either to admit or recognise .
Ix the last Chnine d' Union an extract is given from El Mnllete ( the Mallet ) a Spanish Masonic review at Barcelona in Spain , which deals with a nonsensical Ultramontane attack on Freemasonry . We call attention lo a letter on the subject escwherc . . ,.
* ' * WE think it xvell to allude to the announcements elsewhere as to the manner in which the distressful nexvs ot the wicked and atrocious act at Windsor