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EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT , UNDER THE SANCTION OF THE LODGE OF UNIONS , No . 256 " . STEWARDS , Bro . J . E . Anderson , S . D . iS , Pro . A . Marvin , W . M . 176 S . and 2 < J . „ | . H . Matthews , P . l ) is . „ W . Bcattie , P . M . 142 . ' C ,. \ 1 . HengrJ . „ W . A . Blackmorc , 14 S , - . „ K . M . Money , S . D . 28 . „ H . Buc , S . D . 1 S 20 , J . W . „ * C . A . Murton , P . C . I ) . ig 6 i ; , * ., | . Muzio , P . M . 1 Ko . „ G . Brown , W . M . 140 . „ i . W . Ockcmteii , P . M . „ Col . Shadwell H . Gierke , 1512 . Grand Secretary . ,, G . C . Pulsford , Sec . Uq . v „ R . R . Davis , P . M . 2 < t > . „ •A . A . Richards , P . G . t ,., „ * W . A . Dawson , P . M . i ; 6 S P . M . S and S 65 , P . Prov . „ G . Drvsdale , W . M . 222 . C . ) . W . Middlesex . „ H . J . P . Dumas , P . G . I ) . „ . | . A . Ruckcr , P . G . I ) . „ A . W . Durct , P . M . 176 S , „ Sir Bruce M . Seton , Bart . and 1223 . P . G . S . „ A . Escott , P . M . K 93 . „ S . W . Shaw , S . D . 70 c ) . „ * T . I- ' cnn , P . G . I ) . Treas . „ *\ V . Smallpeicc . P . M . „ A . Fvson , i ; 6 S . 139 S , S . W . qfxj . Sec . „ G . Gardiner , P . M . 749 . „ A . C . Spaull , P . P . G . Keg . „ R . Grey , P . G . D . N . Wales and Salop . „ W . H . lohnson , I . G . iyus . „ K . K . Spaull , P . M . 1768 , „ J . W . jcmes . S . D . 5 . W . M . 1124 . „ C . Lowthcr Kemp , " 3 and „ R . Clay Sudlow , W . M . J . W . 1924 . ujos . „ W . G . Kentish , W . M . „ T . Truman Tain | iieray , 1293 . S . D . 196 ? . „ T . W . Lambert , P . M . 142 „ T . Thomas , I . G . 1420 . ' and 141 J . „ S . B . Wilson , P . M . 59 . „ J . Gordon Laugton , I . G . „ R . A . Zeederberg , Good 96 . " Mope . „ r . deL . Long , P . G . D . * Members of the Committee . THE A N NU A L F K S T I VA L Of thcLodgcwilltakcplaceat FREEMASONS' HALL , On Friday Evening , November 24 th , 1 SS 2 , On which occasion BRO . THE REVEREND AMBROSE WILLIAM HALL , Past Grand Chaplin , has kindly consented to preside . The Lodge will be opened in the Grand Hall , at Six o'clock precisely . The Work will be the First Lecture , viz .: — I . Section by Bro . ] . Gordon Langlnn , I . G . < j ( j . II . „ „ H . Buc-, S . D 1 S 20 . III . „ „ A . I ' yson , 17 GS . IV . „ ., T . Truman Tanqucray , S . D . 19 G 5 . V . „ „ W . G . Kentish , W . M . 1203 . VI . ,, ,, R . A . Zeederberg , Good Hope . VII . ,, „ R . Clay Sudlow , ' W . M . IU . G 5 . Tickets for the Banquet , price 4 s . each , may be had of the Stewards , or of Bro . \ V . SMALLPEICE , Secretary , 3 S , Lamb's Conduit Street , W . C . N . B . —The Emulation Lodge of Improvement meets at Freemasons' Hall every Friday evening throughout the year at Seven o'clock .

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CAN a Brother assist Advertiser , who has been ill through accident for nearly two years , to a SITUATION as House or Office Keeper , or any place of trust . —Address , W . K ., 19 , Windmill-street , Finsbuvy Square , E . C .

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STANLEY BUCHANAN , Surgeon . WANTED to find his MASONIC CERTIFICATE , or Number of Lodge to which he belonged . Has been on ships between Liverpool and New York since the year 1 S 57 ; before that belonged to Dublin . Any information thankfully received by his widow , Selina Buchanan , New Ferry , Cheshire .

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DREADNOUGHT SEAMENS ' HOSPITAL , Greenwich , S . E ., and DISPENSARY , Well-street , London Docks , E ., for Sailors of all Nations . No admission ticket or voting papers of any sort required , but both are entirely free to the whole maritime world , irrespective of race , creed , or nationality . Since establishment upwards of 225 , 000 have been relieved from no less than forty-two different countries , and the number of patients during 1 SS 1 , was 7132 , as compared with 4245 , the average of the preceding ten years . Qualification of a governor one guinea annually , or a donation of ten guineas . New annual subscriptions or contributions will be thankfull y received b y the bankers , Messrs . Williams , Deacon and Co ., 20 , Birchin-lane , E . C , or by the Secretary at the Hospital . Funds are urgently needed for this truly Cosmopolitan Charity , which is supported by voluntary contributions . W . T . EVANS , Secretary .

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TO Builders and Contractors . —Brethren as above are kindly appealed to by Advertiser for EMPLOYMENT . Owing to great reverses in business , he is very much in need of occupation to maintain family . Would be thankful for a Foreman Bricklayer's situation , or Journeyman only . Well up in some of the office duties . Thirty-two years of age . Very active , and of very sober and steady habits . —C . P ., Office of this Paper , 11 C , Great Queen-street , W . C .

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ROYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY , MARGATE . ESTABLISHED 1701 . THE ONLY ONE EXCLUSIVELY FOR SCROFULOUS POOR . COL . CREATON , TKEASUKEK . . JOHN M . CLABON , Eso ., HON . SECKUTAUY . This Hospital requires aid . An extra liberal diet table is of necessity required on account of the exhausting nature of this terrible disease . Donors of £ 10 10 s ., Annual Subscribers of £ 1 is ., can recommend patients . 250 beds . Average number of Inpatients per year , 750 , and of applicants over 1000 . Bankers , the Bank of England ; Courts and Co . ; and Cobb and Co ., Margate . Offices : No . 30 , Charing Cross , W . JOHN THOMAS WALKER , Secretary .

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A BROTHER ( twenty-years ) and Companion is desirous of being appointed as Tyler and Janitor . Highest references . Address—VV . Burton Ford , 61 , Brushfield-street , Bishopsgate , E . C .

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© o CorrcspoittiEiits . ESPRIT UE CORPS . —We think it is unnecessary to continue the discussion , as the reference in the leader had nothing to do with any special designs . BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "The Broad Arrow , " "The Court Circular , " "The Citizen , " "EI Taller . " "Address of the Grand Secretary of Manitoba , " "The Liberal Freemason , " "The Pianoforte Dealers'Guide , " "The Hull Packet , " "The Jewish Chronicle . " _^___

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SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 11 . 1 S 82 .

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[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . !

GRAND LODGE OF MANITOBA . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I am directed by the M . W . Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Manitoba to forward you for publication enclosed copy of a letter to Bro . R . S . Patterson , which speaks for itself . Yours fraternally , II . D . P . LE GAPPELLAIN , 14 . Winnipeg , October iCth . Grand Secretary .

"To Bro . R . S . Patterson . " Windmill Hill , Gibraltar , July , 14 th , iSS 2 . " Dear Sir and Brother , — " Yourscveral communications lately received have been laid before the M . W . Grand Master , and after consultation with the Deputy Grand Master and Board of General Purposes , who concur with him in his views of the

matter , he directs me to state that he can not approve of your action in calling an ' Occasional Grand Lodge , ' as our Constitution gives no power to the Special Deputy to do so , and the matter of forming a so-called ' Territorial Grand Lodge ' he strongly condemns as being entirely unconstitutional , and not in accordance with Masonic custom as practised by any Grand Lodge on this continent , and the Grand

Lodge of Manitoba cannot recognise any such Grand Body , as it is clearly illegal . Our Constitution , of which you , I presume , have . 1 copy , as one was sent you , provides lor the particular manner of constituting new lodges and installation of their officers . From the records received , it is clearly mamtcst that you have not fulfilled those requirements , while the Grand Master and Grand I vodgc hold ( as

determined at the last annual communication ) ' that Gibraltar is Masonically unoccupied territory , for though several Grand bodies are there represented , there is no Sovereign Grand Lodge at Gibraltar ; they were nevertheless willing , on the ground of expediency , to concede to the point , and therefore ordered the warrant of l ^ odgc' Al Moghreb ' al Aksa returned , unless constituted in Morocco in

accordance with the expressed intentions of the petitioners for said warrant . " Morocco is acknowledged by all Masonic authorities to be unoccupied territory , and the Freemason of London of the 13 th of May acknowledged that this Grand Lodge had every right to grant a warrant for a lodge at Tangiers , and if deemed advsiable at other points ; and that when three or

more lodges were properly organised in Morocco , then , and then only , could they form themselves into a Grand Lodge . " From the records received it appears that you : " First : Convened an occasional Grand Lodge of the Grand Lodge of Manitoba , " Secondly : That you formed a Territorial Grand Lodge . " Thirdly : That you then constituted the Lodge Al

Moghreb al Aksa and installed the officers . "The Grand Master holding your course to have been illegal and contrary to our Grand Lodge Constitutions , therefore orders : " First : That the warrant granted Al Moghreb al Aksa Lodge , together with all papers emanating from this Grand Lodge , be immediately returned , said warrant having been

so improperly used that we cannot recognise the body of Masons supposed to be working under it ; and , " Secondly : That your commission as Special Deputy be revoked , and that you return the same to this Grand Lodge . " He further desires me to state that he regrets very much that such action is necessary on his part , as he would bo extremely glad to see Masonry prospering , not only in

Morocco , but all over the globe ; but while such is the case he cannot countenance what he deems to be a violation of Masonic law and usage , even to further so desirable an end as the spreading of Masonic light . " Believing that you will immediately carry out the M . W . Grand Master ' s orders , 1 remain , yours fraternally , "H . D . P . Le C . U'PELI . AIN , 14 " , " Grand Secretary . "

THE WORD "COWAN . " To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir , — I see that you complain , and I have no doubt very justly , about the bad writing of some of your

correspondents . I know that mine is villainous . At the same time , please let me point out to you that the whole sense and meaning of the letter on the above subject that you have been good enough to insert in to-day ' s Freemason is entirely lost , because your printer has insisted upon giving the plural only of the Greek word fur " dog . "

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What I wrote was , " I have always believed that the word ' cowan ' is simply an English rendering of the Greek noun ' kuon , ' a dog ;'" my point of course being that phonetically , as well as naturally , the word " cowan " is so derived . Now there is no possible phonetic resemblance between " cowan " and "kuncs , " though there is between

cowan " and " kuon ; " so that I shall feel extremel y obliged if you will kindly insert this letter in your next issue , not only to explain my theory , but also to free me from the charge of having forgotten the little Greek I even possessed .

Yours fraternally , T . WARD CHALMERS . Market-street , Stafford , November 4 th . [ The mistake , for which we apologize , occurred through a little misunderstanding by the printer of the two Greek words . —ED . F . M . ] " "

SYMBOLIC TEACHING . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Without attempting to enter into the vexed question as to the comparative Masonic merits of the right line

and the square , as set forth in the paper on "Symbolic Teaching , " contributed "to the P . G . M . Lodge by Bro . N . S . Marks , W . M . Washington Lodge , 36 S , I . C ., Melbourne , " on nth April last , and read for him by Bro . Angell Ellis , I shall be glad of a little space to point out that , in one part of his paper , and that a very important

part , Bro . Marks has fallen into a somewhpt grave error . He says : " The j ' , or double square , by its diagonal right line , is bisected into two triangles , and as the three angles of a triangle arc together equal to two right angles , so must the right line forming the hypotheneuse of a rightangled triangle I \ be of a value double to either of the

other two lines . " The well-known 47 th proposition of the First Book of Euclid , so familiar to all brethren from being included in the jewel of a Past Master , demonstrates that in every right-angled triangle the square on the side subtending , or opposite to , the right angle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the sides containing the right angle .

Thus if 1 ^ . be a right-angled triangle , the angle ..— c at B being the right angle , then the square described on A C equals the sum of the squares described on A B , and B C , or , in other words , A C- = A B ^ + B C- This will be still more apparent if wc take the figures 3 , 4 , and 5 as

representing the values of A B , B C , and A C respectively , namely A B = 3 , B C = 4 , and A C = s . Then for A C- — A B- + B C- we have 5- = 3 ' - + •} - '•or 25 = 0 + iC , which is the fact . It is also a fact that 5 is not the double of either 3 or 4 . Fraternally yours , RIGHT ANGLE .

THE LATE BRO . CRITCHETT . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Many of your readers are not aware that the above universally-lamented gentleman , one of the brightest luminaries of the medical profession , was likewise a member of

our Craft . Bro . George Critchett was initiated into our Order over thirty years ago , and although he seldom visited a lodge , the tenets of our Order were practised by him in the truest sense of the word—a truer and better Mason never lived . The qualities and virtues which should belong to every

Mason he practised . Not only did he excel in his particular and most important branch of the healing art , but he was likewise a man of very high attainments , of great culture , and a thorough gentleman—a beau ideal of the old school . Graceful in appearance , his manner had that peculiar charm which fascinates and endears ; but , above all , his

sweet disposition and gentleness of heart , his generosity , which knew no bounds , his extreme unselfishness . The whole aim of his life seemed to be to do good , to aleviate suffering , and befriend the friendless ; thousands have been the recipients of his bounty . To the great fundamental principles of our

Ordercharity—he was a true disciple , and its most enthusiastic votary . In the exercise of that great virtue lay his peculiar charm . With him it was but too true , that " One hand knew not what the other gave . " How many poor and needlywill mourn their kind friend and generous benefactor . ' How many will miss , not only his bounty , but his wise

counsel ? The indigent patient found not only relief to his suffering but likewise pecuniary assistance ; to the impecunious sufferer he would hold out one hand to grasp that of the grateful patient , while with the other he would pour balm to another wound—poverty . How many tears flowing from grateful and mourning hearts will follow him

to the grave ? Indeed , I may say , without exaggeration , that but few shake off the mortal coil lamented and regretted so universally . Amongst the multitude surrounding his grave , mute with heartfelt grief , there were many who , like myself , > " " voluntarily ejaculated , "May the Great Architect of the

Universe receive his gentle spirit into that Grand Lodge above , where well-merited reward will be meted out to him . " He has left a worthy successor , his son . Mr . Anderson Critchett has already given ample proof that not only will the great skill and attainments of the father survive in him >