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The Grand Orient Of France And The Grand Orient Of Italy.
THE GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE AND THE GRAND ORIENT OF ITALY .
Notwithstanding the bold statement of the energetic Bro . Desmons , ( more zealous than discreet ) , we have always felt assured that oar distinguished Bro . J . C . Parkinson was perfectly correct when lie said that the Grand Orient of Italy had not followed in the wake of the Grand
Orient of France . Had it done so it would have undoubtedly lost all Britannic and American and Canadian sympathies . That Bro . Parkinson is absolutely correct in his welcome statement in the Freemason , is proved by the last Bulletin du Grand Orient , which though it publishes
the " affectionate sympathies" of the Grand Orient of Italy " envers le Grand Orient de France . . " dans les circonstances difticiles qu ' elle traverse" does not deem it wise evidently , as it says , ta print the document" in extenso . " To use a somewhat slang expression thi Grand
Orient of Italy refuses to go the " entire animal . " Where then is the Grand Orient of France ? We fear that the answer must be , as before Cosmopolitan Masonry , in complete isolation . The letter we publish abov ? from the Grand Secretary of the St . John ' s Grand
Lodge of Hungary proves how unwise and unfounded have been those rhapsodists and sectarians , who have backed up the insane act of the Grand Orient of France , and what a fearful amount of injury is accruing to Cosmopolitan Freemasonry by the ill-directed agitation of the intolerant and revolutionary .
Kenning's Masonic Cyclopaedia.
KENNING ' S MASONIC CYCLOPAEDIA .
Dear Bro . Kenning , — I rejoice to tell you that the whole of the Cyclopaedia is in print , and that the list of subscribers is printing . Under these circumstances I think that with the aid of our good
friends , Messrs . Hazell , Watson , and Viney , we may undertake to deliver the book to our subscribers quite early in February , at latest . We have to make allowance for binding , & c , but I
do not anticipate that we need now hesitate to look forward to this early delivery of the long expected work . I am Sir , Yours fraternally , THE EDITOR .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
t \ Ve do nathold ourselves responsible for , or even as approving of thc opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish , in a spirit of lair play to all , to permit—wi-. hin certain necessary invits—( tee discussion . —ED . 1
GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE . To the Editor of thc " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Yours of the 5 th inst . contains a report of the annual meeting of the Lodge Mother Killvvinning , on 21 st December , at which it was agreed to call the attention of the Grand Lodge of Scotland to the "
unfortunate step taken by the Granel Orient of trance . " & c . In order to guarel against the impression that in such an important matter the Grand Lodge of Scotland requires to be urged in its duty by a lodge in Ayrshire acting upon the suggestion of a brother living in Banffshire , I beg through you to intimate that the Grand Master Mason of Scotland , Sir Michael K .
Shaw-Stcvvart , Bart ., anil his Committee sitting at Edinburgh , had taken action in the matter three weeks prior to the date at which the Kilwinning Lodge resolved to address Grand Lodge on the subject . This will be seen from the following excerpt e . { minute of the Grand Committee of the Grand Lodge of Scotland of 27 th November last , a copy of which is in possession of the Grand Orient of France .
Thc same excerpt minute was published in the " Scottish Freemason " of 7 II 1 December : — " The Granel Secretary directed the attention of Grand Committee to the recent change in the Constitution of thc Grand Orient of France , whereby belief in God is not now essential to admission as Freemasons . Bro . Dr . Loth , representative from the Grand Orient , who had been asked
to be present , having satisfied the Committee upon certain points in con ; eclicvt with the subject upon which they desired information , the fallowing resolution was adopted e > n the motion of lira . William Mann , P . M ., No . 65 , seconded by lira . R . S . Brown , I ' . M ., No . 124 : —" Having had their attention directed by the Grand Secretary to the recent change in the Constitution of the Grand Orient of God
France , whereby a profession of belief in Almighty , the Great Architect et the Universe , and the immortality of the soul , is not now exacted of candidates for admis-ion as Freemasons , and having maturely conside-reel the same , instruct the Grand Secretary to intimate to the Grand Orient of France that , should it be the case that such a radical change in the fundamental principles of Ar . cient Freemasonry has indeed been con-
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firmed by the Grand Orient of France , Grand Committee will be under the necessity of recommending to Grand Lodge to sever the fraternal relations that b . avc for so long a period subsisted between it and the Grand Orient of France . ' " As regards the sending . 1 copy of the Kilwinning resolution to the Grand Orient of France , I may state that it was an instruction by Grand Committee at their meeting
on thc 24 th December , that 1 snould intimate " that it is beyond the province of Mother Kilwinning' or any other lodge holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland to communicate direct with any foreign Grand Lodge onthesubj ; ct of Freemasonry . " I am , yours etc ., D . Men HAY LYON , Secretary to ilie Grand Lodge . Freemasons' Hali , Edinburgh , ; th January , 1 S 7 S .
THE ORDER OF ST . JOHN . [ We give the two following letters from the Times in oreler to keep our readers " au couraut " of the progress of the late controversy , and we shall continue to do so . We may adil that the Marquis of Carabas , who began it , states that he lias as much right to call himself K . G . Practically , the gist of his second letter , as of the first , is that the English Order of St . John is a pseudonym . — ED ]
To the Editor of the Times . Sir , —The Order of St . John or of Malta being a military boely , I cannot enter into a public controversy about it . But when so distinguished an officer as Colonel Porter denies the existence of the Grand Master , I feel justified in replying . The present chief is John Baptist
Ceschi di Santa Crocc . His title is " Pro Magistcr , " or Lieutcnant of the Magislcrium . This title has been used since 1805 , because the Grand Master having the rank of a Sovereign Prince , with the style of "Most Eminent 1 Highness , " ew " Serene Highness , " would have to keep up I a state which vvoulei be inconvenient under present
circumstances . I have before me thc official roll of the Order , containing thc names of all the members—a book of 157 pages . The succession of chiefs from Hompscii is ? . s follows : — Paul I , Emperor of Russia , 179 8-1800 ; John Tommasi , 1802-1805 ; lniiieo Maria Guevara , 1 S 05-1 S 14 ; Andrea i ! i Giovanni , 1814-1821 ; Antonio Busca , 1 S 21-1834 ;
Carlo Candida , 1834-18 45 ; . Filippo di Colioredo , 1845-1 S 64 ; Alcxanelcr Borgia , 1 SO 5-1872 ; John Baptist Ccsctii ell Santa Croce , elected the 14 th of February , 1872 , in accordance with the statutes of the Crder . Colonel Porter will find him duly recorded in the Almanack of Gotha , and his election < vas notified to all the Continental Courts . The Older has a resilient Minister Plenipotentiary at
Vienna . His Imperial Highness the Ccsarevitch a few months ago asked for the Cross of the Order , and it was granted by Count Ceschi di Santa Croce as Lieutenant or Pro Grand Master . I am aware of the facts regarding the supposed revival of the Langue and Priory of England and the story of Sir Robert Peat , which was fully explained to me by the late Gaiter King at-Arms , Sir Charles
1 oung . ] regret that Col . Porter has sought to bring in religious prejudice by saying that we are " under the patronage of the Pope . " The Oreler has resided for some years in its own palace at Rome , and has enjoyed the status of a Sovereign Prince . I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , GEORGE BOWYER .
To the Editor of thc Times . Sir , —If Colonel Whitwoith Potter will refer to the " Almanach de Gotha" ( p . 810 of the edition of 1877 ) he will find the information he requires as to the present organisation and gov crnment of the Order of St . John set forthwith all the accuracy of that valuable publication . If he should require more detailed information , he may refer
to the " Ruolo Generate del Sovrano S . M . Ordine Gerosolimitano , " of which a new edition was published at Rome by the Fratelli Pallotta a few months since . The Order of St . John is , as every student of history knows , a relig ious Order of the Roman Catholic Church , just as much as the Benedictines or the Jesuits . It has , as other Catholic Orders have , lay brothers and honorary
members , who take 110 vows and are not monks . It has also honorary members , who are not even Roman Catholics . They are very few in number , and of very eminent rank . Thc Prince Consort was a Knight of St . John . His brother , the Duke of Saxe-Ceiburg Gotha , Duke Charles of Schleswig-Holstcin , Duke Augustus of Saxe-Coburg , and the present Cesaievitch li 3 ve , as Prince Albert had , the
honorary Grand Cross of the Oreler . The German Princes f have named are ranked on the "Ruolo" under the Grand Priory of Bohemia . The Cesarevitch is classed among the members of the Oreler who are uneler the immediate jurisdiction of what Colonel Porter playfully calls " the fragment
of the Order resident at Rome under the patronage of the Pope . " Of course , there is no reference in the - 'Ruolo " or the "Almanach de Gotha" to " the philantropic association presided over by the Duke of Manchester , " as it was quite correctly described in the Times , on the occasion of its adding an august lady to its list of members last
autumn . 1 am , Sir , your obedient servant , January 4 . C . H .
THE APOLLO UNIVERSITY LODGE . To the Editor if thc " Freemason . " Deat Sit renel Brother , — Wc think that Bro . Riach , in the letter which , appeared in the Freemason of the 29 th of December , showed a little too much confidence in his powers of memory . We do not wish to parade the names of those who have been elected members of the Apollo University Lodge , though they were neither present nor past mem-
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bers of the University of Oxford , nor among the founders f the loelge ; but we could refer him to pages 76 , 79 , 84 , 90 , 106 , 11 O , and 118 of the last edition of the bye-laws . On each of these pages he will find the name of one whose name appears in the list of the ordinary members of
the loelge , and not in the university calendar among thc members of the university . He is quite right as to the existing bye-laws . We are , dear Sir anil Brother , yours fraternally , THE EDITORS OF THE LAST EDITION- or THE
BYELAWS OF THE APOLLO UNIVERSITY LODGE . MASONIC SLANDER . To the Editor of thc " Freemason . " Dear Sir anel Brother , — On the evening of the last day of the year 18 77 ( not three hundred miles from the " Great City " ' ) I heard thc character of a very 111 . Brother traduced in a railway
carnage , by a person professing to be a . Mason . Wi . hout entering into all thc particulars of the affair , permit me through your valuable paper , to protest publicly , as then I did in the railway carriage , against such conduct , the traducing thc character of a brother , whether high or low in rank , and that in his absence . Any novice in Masonry must know that such conduct
is whohy un-masomc , anel entirely opposed to the spirit and teaching of Masonry . Many may think , and perhaps some may ask , " Play , what is Masonry ? " Well , to my mind , and to my way of thinking about . Masonry—if I am wrong , 1 hope some kind brother will put me right on this yi -iut — Masonry is not merely a profession ; Masonry is not ritual , ceremonv , exc . ; Masonry is not
self-love and self-seeking ; Masonry is not cant and hypocrisy ; Masomy is not a wind-bag ; but true Masonry throughout the world is , I think , the daily endeavour to put into practice thc noble and sublime principles which she teaches to her pupils , so that they may show to the outer world , that in all dimes , and amongst all rations , her teachings when practised elevate the mind
and ennoble the character of the man who is her true disciple . A Mason ! For to be a Mason in fact and in eleed should be , to bc a man whom all could trust , love , and honour , both as a man and a citizen . Masonry . I think , teaches that Masons shall in the cveryelav walks of life endeavour to practise cvcrytliim > that is
tine , noble-, high-minded , and God-inspiiuig . The keystones are Faith , Hope , and Charity , and so long as the brotherhood shall continue to build in their daily work oil the imperishable foundation-stones of Masonry , so will the world at large , fvovwE . to \ V ., a . vu . 1 Cram . N . to S ., rejoice to see that Masonry is not a fashionable toy , a commercial
adventure , a dramatic bauble , or an evening entertainment for young men , but that its actual workings are productive of good , both to the Mason and to the world in general . I am , elear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , ( Signed ) "BILLY D— , ' - ' as requested by the Brother .
NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE HEART AND PARALYSIS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — The violent storms of the last few weeks have so
seriously injured this hospital as to have necessitated all thc back walls and the roof being propped up with heavy beams of timber . To enable thc entire outer walls to be rebuilt , at an estimate of £ 1400 , funds are most earnestly needed .
Many serious cases of heart disease have been sent to their homes , and very bad cases are awaiting the restoration of the building before they can b'' admitted . Diseases of the heart have greatly increased eluring the last 10 years , and it is melancholy to see so many young
persons and even little children suffering from this terrible malady , and most serious to reflect in some of the cases as to the s ? . d future which is in store for them , many having inherited the disease . It is however , most encouraging to find how subservient cettain heart affections are to prompt and proper medical
treatment . Rheumatic fever is a great generator of heart disease , but the very large number of cases annually relieved and cured at the above institution is most satisfactory , as numerous and most grateful letters from patients testify .
The Treasurer of the chanty is the Right Hon . the Earl of Glasgow , who would most gratefully receive and acknowledge donations . I am elear Sir anel Brother , ycurs fraternally , VINCENT AMULEU , One ot the Physicians to the Hospital .
Consecration Of The Temple Bar Lodge, No. 1728.
CONSECRATION OF THE TEMPLE BAR LODGE , No . 1728 .
On Friday evening , the 4 H 1 inst ., while the olel structure of Temple Bar , by some considered anomameiit , by others an eyesore , ; inel by all an oostruciion , was in the course of being demolished , a lodge of Freemasons ,
bearing the title of " Ihe Temple Bar Lodge" ( No . 1728 ) , was consecrated in the spacious and commodious rooms of " The Lonelon , " Fleet street , a few yards only from the edifice which was being removed . Venerable and ancient as Temple Bar was , the heartiest wishes were expressed at the consecration of the lodge that it might be
still more venerable and ancient than the structure from which it took its name . Starling under most favourable auspices , there is no reason for doubting that these wishes will be realised , and when those brethren who took part in the ceremony are crumbled into dust and are as much forgotten as the head that a century ago figured on Temple Bar and defaced
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The Grand Orient Of France And The Grand Orient Of Italy.
THE GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE AND THE GRAND ORIENT OF ITALY .
Notwithstanding the bold statement of the energetic Bro . Desmons , ( more zealous than discreet ) , we have always felt assured that oar distinguished Bro . J . C . Parkinson was perfectly correct when lie said that the Grand Orient of Italy had not followed in the wake of the Grand
Orient of France . Had it done so it would have undoubtedly lost all Britannic and American and Canadian sympathies . That Bro . Parkinson is absolutely correct in his welcome statement in the Freemason , is proved by the last Bulletin du Grand Orient , which though it publishes
the " affectionate sympathies" of the Grand Orient of Italy " envers le Grand Orient de France . . " dans les circonstances difticiles qu ' elle traverse" does not deem it wise evidently , as it says , ta print the document" in extenso . " To use a somewhat slang expression thi Grand
Orient of Italy refuses to go the " entire animal . " Where then is the Grand Orient of France ? We fear that the answer must be , as before Cosmopolitan Masonry , in complete isolation . The letter we publish abov ? from the Grand Secretary of the St . John ' s Grand
Lodge of Hungary proves how unwise and unfounded have been those rhapsodists and sectarians , who have backed up the insane act of the Grand Orient of France , and what a fearful amount of injury is accruing to Cosmopolitan Freemasonry by the ill-directed agitation of the intolerant and revolutionary .
Kenning's Masonic Cyclopaedia.
KENNING ' S MASONIC CYCLOPAEDIA .
Dear Bro . Kenning , — I rejoice to tell you that the whole of the Cyclopaedia is in print , and that the list of subscribers is printing . Under these circumstances I think that with the aid of our good
friends , Messrs . Hazell , Watson , and Viney , we may undertake to deliver the book to our subscribers quite early in February , at latest . We have to make allowance for binding , & c , but I
do not anticipate that we need now hesitate to look forward to this early delivery of the long expected work . I am Sir , Yours fraternally , THE EDITOR .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
t \ Ve do nathold ourselves responsible for , or even as approving of thc opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish , in a spirit of lair play to all , to permit—wi-. hin certain necessary invits—( tee discussion . —ED . 1
GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE . To the Editor of thc " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Yours of the 5 th inst . contains a report of the annual meeting of the Lodge Mother Killvvinning , on 21 st December , at which it was agreed to call the attention of the Grand Lodge of Scotland to the "
unfortunate step taken by the Granel Orient of trance . " & c . In order to guarel against the impression that in such an important matter the Grand Lodge of Scotland requires to be urged in its duty by a lodge in Ayrshire acting upon the suggestion of a brother living in Banffshire , I beg through you to intimate that the Grand Master Mason of Scotland , Sir Michael K .
Shaw-Stcvvart , Bart ., anil his Committee sitting at Edinburgh , had taken action in the matter three weeks prior to the date at which the Kilwinning Lodge resolved to address Grand Lodge on the subject . This will be seen from the following excerpt e . { minute of the Grand Committee of the Grand Lodge of Scotland of 27 th November last , a copy of which is in possession of the Grand Orient of France .
Thc same excerpt minute was published in the " Scottish Freemason " of 7 II 1 December : — " The Granel Secretary directed the attention of Grand Committee to the recent change in the Constitution of thc Grand Orient of France , whereby belief in God is not now essential to admission as Freemasons . Bro . Dr . Loth , representative from the Grand Orient , who had been asked
to be present , having satisfied the Committee upon certain points in con ; eclicvt with the subject upon which they desired information , the fallowing resolution was adopted e > n the motion of lira . William Mann , P . M ., No . 65 , seconded by lira . R . S . Brown , I ' . M ., No . 124 : —" Having had their attention directed by the Grand Secretary to the recent change in the Constitution of the Grand Orient of God
France , whereby a profession of belief in Almighty , the Great Architect et the Universe , and the immortality of the soul , is not now exacted of candidates for admis-ion as Freemasons , and having maturely conside-reel the same , instruct the Grand Secretary to intimate to the Grand Orient of France that , should it be the case that such a radical change in the fundamental principles of Ar . cient Freemasonry has indeed been con-
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firmed by the Grand Orient of France , Grand Committee will be under the necessity of recommending to Grand Lodge to sever the fraternal relations that b . avc for so long a period subsisted between it and the Grand Orient of France . ' " As regards the sending . 1 copy of the Kilwinning resolution to the Grand Orient of France , I may state that it was an instruction by Grand Committee at their meeting
on thc 24 th December , that 1 snould intimate " that it is beyond the province of Mother Kilwinning' or any other lodge holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland to communicate direct with any foreign Grand Lodge onthesubj ; ct of Freemasonry . " I am , yours etc ., D . Men HAY LYON , Secretary to ilie Grand Lodge . Freemasons' Hali , Edinburgh , ; th January , 1 S 7 S .
THE ORDER OF ST . JOHN . [ We give the two following letters from the Times in oreler to keep our readers " au couraut " of the progress of the late controversy , and we shall continue to do so . We may adil that the Marquis of Carabas , who began it , states that he lias as much right to call himself K . G . Practically , the gist of his second letter , as of the first , is that the English Order of St . John is a pseudonym . — ED ]
To the Editor of the Times . Sir , —The Order of St . John or of Malta being a military boely , I cannot enter into a public controversy about it . But when so distinguished an officer as Colonel Porter denies the existence of the Grand Master , I feel justified in replying . The present chief is John Baptist
Ceschi di Santa Crocc . His title is " Pro Magistcr , " or Lieutcnant of the Magislcrium . This title has been used since 1805 , because the Grand Master having the rank of a Sovereign Prince , with the style of "Most Eminent 1 Highness , " ew " Serene Highness , " would have to keep up I a state which vvoulei be inconvenient under present
circumstances . I have before me thc official roll of the Order , containing thc names of all the members—a book of 157 pages . The succession of chiefs from Hompscii is ? . s follows : — Paul I , Emperor of Russia , 179 8-1800 ; John Tommasi , 1802-1805 ; lniiieo Maria Guevara , 1 S 05-1 S 14 ; Andrea i ! i Giovanni , 1814-1821 ; Antonio Busca , 1 S 21-1834 ;
Carlo Candida , 1834-18 45 ; . Filippo di Colioredo , 1845-1 S 64 ; Alcxanelcr Borgia , 1 SO 5-1872 ; John Baptist Ccsctii ell Santa Croce , elected the 14 th of February , 1872 , in accordance with the statutes of the Crder . Colonel Porter will find him duly recorded in the Almanack of Gotha , and his election < vas notified to all the Continental Courts . The Older has a resilient Minister Plenipotentiary at
Vienna . His Imperial Highness the Ccsarevitch a few months ago asked for the Cross of the Order , and it was granted by Count Ceschi di Santa Croce as Lieutenant or Pro Grand Master . I am aware of the facts regarding the supposed revival of the Langue and Priory of England and the story of Sir Robert Peat , which was fully explained to me by the late Gaiter King at-Arms , Sir Charles
1 oung . ] regret that Col . Porter has sought to bring in religious prejudice by saying that we are " under the patronage of the Pope . " The Oreler has resided for some years in its own palace at Rome , and has enjoyed the status of a Sovereign Prince . I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , GEORGE BOWYER .
To the Editor of thc Times . Sir , —If Colonel Whitwoith Potter will refer to the " Almanach de Gotha" ( p . 810 of the edition of 1877 ) he will find the information he requires as to the present organisation and gov crnment of the Order of St . John set forthwith all the accuracy of that valuable publication . If he should require more detailed information , he may refer
to the " Ruolo Generate del Sovrano S . M . Ordine Gerosolimitano , " of which a new edition was published at Rome by the Fratelli Pallotta a few months since . The Order of St . John is , as every student of history knows , a relig ious Order of the Roman Catholic Church , just as much as the Benedictines or the Jesuits . It has , as other Catholic Orders have , lay brothers and honorary
members , who take 110 vows and are not monks . It has also honorary members , who are not even Roman Catholics . They are very few in number , and of very eminent rank . Thc Prince Consort was a Knight of St . John . His brother , the Duke of Saxe-Ceiburg Gotha , Duke Charles of Schleswig-Holstcin , Duke Augustus of Saxe-Coburg , and the present Cesaievitch li 3 ve , as Prince Albert had , the
honorary Grand Cross of the Oreler . The German Princes f have named are ranked on the "Ruolo" under the Grand Priory of Bohemia . The Cesarevitch is classed among the members of the Oreler who are uneler the immediate jurisdiction of what Colonel Porter playfully calls " the fragment
of the Order resident at Rome under the patronage of the Pope . " Of course , there is no reference in the - 'Ruolo " or the "Almanach de Gotha" to " the philantropic association presided over by the Duke of Manchester , " as it was quite correctly described in the Times , on the occasion of its adding an august lady to its list of members last
autumn . 1 am , Sir , your obedient servant , January 4 . C . H .
THE APOLLO UNIVERSITY LODGE . To the Editor if thc " Freemason . " Deat Sit renel Brother , — Wc think that Bro . Riach , in the letter which , appeared in the Freemason of the 29 th of December , showed a little too much confidence in his powers of memory . We do not wish to parade the names of those who have been elected members of the Apollo University Lodge , though they were neither present nor past mem-
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bers of the University of Oxford , nor among the founders f the loelge ; but we could refer him to pages 76 , 79 , 84 , 90 , 106 , 11 O , and 118 of the last edition of the bye-laws . On each of these pages he will find the name of one whose name appears in the list of the ordinary members of
the loelge , and not in the university calendar among thc members of the university . He is quite right as to the existing bye-laws . We are , dear Sir anil Brother , yours fraternally , THE EDITORS OF THE LAST EDITION- or THE
BYELAWS OF THE APOLLO UNIVERSITY LODGE . MASONIC SLANDER . To the Editor of thc " Freemason . " Dear Sir anel Brother , — On the evening of the last day of the year 18 77 ( not three hundred miles from the " Great City " ' ) I heard thc character of a very 111 . Brother traduced in a railway
carnage , by a person professing to be a . Mason . Wi . hout entering into all thc particulars of the affair , permit me through your valuable paper , to protest publicly , as then I did in the railway carriage , against such conduct , the traducing thc character of a brother , whether high or low in rank , and that in his absence . Any novice in Masonry must know that such conduct
is whohy un-masomc , anel entirely opposed to the spirit and teaching of Masonry . Many may think , and perhaps some may ask , " Play , what is Masonry ? " Well , to my mind , and to my way of thinking about . Masonry—if I am wrong , 1 hope some kind brother will put me right on this yi -iut — Masonry is not merely a profession ; Masonry is not ritual , ceremonv , exc . ; Masonry is not
self-love and self-seeking ; Masonry is not cant and hypocrisy ; Masomy is not a wind-bag ; but true Masonry throughout the world is , I think , the daily endeavour to put into practice thc noble and sublime principles which she teaches to her pupils , so that they may show to the outer world , that in all dimes , and amongst all rations , her teachings when practised elevate the mind
and ennoble the character of the man who is her true disciple . A Mason ! For to be a Mason in fact and in eleed should be , to bc a man whom all could trust , love , and honour , both as a man and a citizen . Masonry . I think , teaches that Masons shall in the cveryelav walks of life endeavour to practise cvcrytliim > that is
tine , noble-, high-minded , and God-inspiiuig . The keystones are Faith , Hope , and Charity , and so long as the brotherhood shall continue to build in their daily work oil the imperishable foundation-stones of Masonry , so will the world at large , fvovwE . to \ V ., a . vu . 1 Cram . N . to S ., rejoice to see that Masonry is not a fashionable toy , a commercial
adventure , a dramatic bauble , or an evening entertainment for young men , but that its actual workings are productive of good , both to the Mason and to the world in general . I am , elear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , ( Signed ) "BILLY D— , ' - ' as requested by the Brother .
NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE HEART AND PARALYSIS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — The violent storms of the last few weeks have so
seriously injured this hospital as to have necessitated all thc back walls and the roof being propped up with heavy beams of timber . To enable thc entire outer walls to be rebuilt , at an estimate of £ 1400 , funds are most earnestly needed .
Many serious cases of heart disease have been sent to their homes , and very bad cases are awaiting the restoration of the building before they can b'' admitted . Diseases of the heart have greatly increased eluring the last 10 years , and it is melancholy to see so many young
persons and even little children suffering from this terrible malady , and most serious to reflect in some of the cases as to the s ? . d future which is in store for them , many having inherited the disease . It is however , most encouraging to find how subservient cettain heart affections are to prompt and proper medical
treatment . Rheumatic fever is a great generator of heart disease , but the very large number of cases annually relieved and cured at the above institution is most satisfactory , as numerous and most grateful letters from patients testify .
The Treasurer of the chanty is the Right Hon . the Earl of Glasgow , who would most gratefully receive and acknowledge donations . I am elear Sir anel Brother , ycurs fraternally , VINCENT AMULEU , One ot the Physicians to the Hospital .
Consecration Of The Temple Bar Lodge, No. 1728.
CONSECRATION OF THE TEMPLE BAR LODGE , No . 1728 .
On Friday evening , the 4 H 1 inst ., while the olel structure of Temple Bar , by some considered anomameiit , by others an eyesore , ; inel by all an oostruciion , was in the course of being demolished , a lodge of Freemasons ,
bearing the title of " Ihe Temple Bar Lodge" ( No . 1728 ) , was consecrated in the spacious and commodious rooms of " The Lonelon , " Fleet street , a few yards only from the edifice which was being removed . Venerable and ancient as Temple Bar was , the heartiest wishes were expressed at the consecration of the lodge that it might be
still more venerable and ancient than the structure from which it took its name . Starling under most favourable auspices , there is no reason for doubting that these wishes will be realised , and when those brethren who took part in the ceremony are crumbled into dust and are as much forgotten as the head that a century ago figured on Temple Bar and defaced