Contents.

CONTENTS .

rrjrdtodge ' oTscoVianr .::::::::::: ; :::::: ' . 278 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cornwall 279 Lan ( i Lodge Seals of the "Ancients" ... 279 Masonic ' Offences and Masonic Punish- ments— ( Continued ) 280 The History of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls from its Origin , 1788 ,. to its Centenary , 1888—( Continued ) 281 ronrarts 303

Grand Officers , IBSORoval Masonic Institution for Boys . ' . 28 3 The Coming Boys' School Festival 28 3 Masonic Presentation at Rochdale 283 Mark Masonry 283 Kninhts Templar , 283 Ancient and Accepted Rite 283 Craft Abroad 283

CORRES ' PONDENCI!—Odd or Spare Summonses 28 $ Great Priory 28 $ Reviews 286 Notes and Queries 286 REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 286 instruction 288

Roval Arch 289 Instruction 289 The One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Peace and Harmony Lodge , No . 60 289 Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution 291 Obituary . * . 291 Masonic and General Tidings 292 ' Lodge Meetings for Next Week iv .

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The General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for School General Boys held their regular meeting , as usual , on Saturday last , Committee . j 0 ur readers will be able to judge of the character of a part at all events of the proceedings when we state that the Chairman summarily closed the Committee , as the brethren , after a brief experience of

the remarks of the mover of one of the obnoxious resolutions , declined to hear him further , while the second resolution was declared on competent authority to be libellous . Thus the attempt to molest certain officers of the Institution in whom the Governors have the most implicit confidence has been stopped for the present . Unfortunately , however , there is nothing in

the shape of a guarantee against its being again and again repeated . Hardly a meeting has been held during the present year at which something objectionable has not occurred , and people are beginning to ask themselves , and very naturally , How much longer will the members permit their patience to be thus sorely tried ? Or , as we are justified in submitting the question

more plainly and directly , How much longer are they prepared to allow these attacks on their officers to be continued , and the interests of the Institution to be thereby imperilled ? We suggested last week that steps should

be taken to deprive those brethren of the privilege of attending the meetings ot the General Courts and Committees and taking part in their proceedings , who appear to have no other object in attending them than to obstruct the business or insult some of the members or officers . We leave it to those who

possess the requisite knowledge to decide whether such deprivation would be legally just and proper , but taking a common-sense view of the question , it strikes us that the power which confers a privilege can also , in the event of such privilege being abused , retract it ; or , if that be not at present possible , that the power vvhich by law enacts that certain rights and

privileges shall be bestowed on those who contribute certain amounts towards the support of the Institution , possesses also the inherent right to alter or modify by subsequent enactments the character and extent of the rights and privileges so conferred . While the law remains as it is , there may be nothing to prevent a brother who does not consider himself amenable to the

ordinary courtesies of civilised life from attending successive meetings , and so conducting himself at each of them as to make his presence intolerable . But we see no reason why a law should not be passed giving the ' -ourt and Committee power to expel a member—by which , we mean , deprive him of the orivilee-e of attending its meeting's—who is euiltv of

agrant misconduct during the transaction of business . We fully recognise at the mere suggestion that some such law has become necessary involves a certain sense of degradation ; the business of our various Institutions aying been almost invariably conducted in that seemly and orderly fashion nich is characteristic of Masonic meetings . Unfortunately , there is , in our 1

agment , no alternative between adopting some such course as this , and Permitting the repetition to infinity of the discreditable scenes which have c J lrre ^ the later meetings of the Boys' School General Committee , and know these scenes , if not checked , must entail the mo . t serious consciences to the welfare of the School .

* The Girls' * surprising how the list of Stewards for this great event CentenaJ . g 0 es on ' ncreas ' j ? - Last week we reported the number as bahl u being over 1200 , now it is within a dozen of 1300 , and will proy have exceeded that limit before the week is ended . But what is ,

Ken a ^ u tlle most grat ' y ' ng feature of all is that the Stewards are so thi d re presentative of the whole body of English Masons . Quite twoev b t ** lodges in the London district have sent up Stewards , while w - Y ° ° * tlle 42 Provinces into which the country is mapped out , together Alice 1 Province ° f the Isle of Manthe District of Maltaand many

- . , , ver a aSmn an ( * ^ ^ ^' lodges , are well and , in the majority of cases , s choo " r nerOUSl y re P resented - There is indeed little doubt the Girls - am , „ . ntena ry will be a magnificent triumph for all who have had ativ n y magn-ncenr . inumpn ior an wno nave naa

stin J ! '" Organ ' - o * ts arrangements . But in order to make this result ap ] | certa 'n > we must impress upon Stewards the importance of re < ] uire f at tlle - ear ' * P ossit > 'e opportunity for the tickets they may the 7 th T ° - rnit tadies and non-Stewards to witness the celebration on June , and the distribution of prizes on the 4 th June . If they do

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this , it will materially lessen the labours of the Executive Committee 01 the Board , who will issue the tickets in the order in which they are applied for . Consequently , those who defer their application till the very last must not be surprised , if the Committee , having exhausted their store of tickets , are unable to satisfy their requirements .

# THE annual meeting of the Prov . G . Lodge of West Yorkshire Lodge of West in the Town Hall , Wakefield , in the course of last month , was Yorkshire . a yery great success . There was a large muster of between

300 and 400 brethren present , to all of whom the members of the three Wakefield Lodges extended a hearty welcome , while Bro . Alderman HENRY LEE , Mayor of the town , also afforded the visitors an excellent idea of Wakefield municipal hospitality . The business that was transacted ,

including the report for the past year of Bro . W . F . S » IITHSON , Chairman of the Provincial Charity Committee , was highly gratifying , the chief feature of Bro . SMITHSON ' S report being the notification of the purchase by the Province for the sum of £ 2100 of the right of two Perpetual Presentations to the Widows' Fund of the Benevolent Institution in commemoration

of the Q UEEN ' S Jubilee . Equally satisfactory in its way was the announcement that the brethren of Wakefield had determined upon establishing a Masonic Library and Museum , and the members of the three lodges must have been pleased when , on the motion of Bro . the Rev . Dr . SMYTH , P . G . Chap , of England , Provincial Grand Lodge voted the sum of ^ 50 towards

the purchase of books , furniture , and fittings for the library . But the chief interest of the day was centred in the able address delivered by Bro . TEW , Prov . G . M-., who eloquently sketched out the fortunes of the three local lodges , the senior of which—Unanimity , No . 154—has done some admirable service and is entitled to sundry well-won distinctions . It is also noticeable

that the brethren fully recognised the cordiality of their reception by unanimously electing Bro . OXLEY , P . M . Wakefield Lodge , No . 495 , to be the Prov . Grand Treasurer . In short , everything passed off . splendidly . The visitors were delighted and the efforts of the Wakefield Lodges were

appreciated , while the cordiality vvhich has always marked the relations between Bro . TEW and the lodges and brethren he presides over so well , was—if that be possible , at least—even more pronounced than ever . May the same kindly feelings exist always to the furtherance of Masonic interests everywhere , but especially in West Yorkshire !

WE congratulate this distinguished lodge on the success with Harmony Lodge , which the celebration on the 3 rd inst . of the 150 th Anniversary No . 00 . 0 £ j | . Constitution passed off . There was , as will be seen from our report , a full attendance of members , and quite a strong muster of

visitors . The " peace and harmony " that prevailed on all sides showed that the influence of this early lodge had been exercised in the right direction and in strict accordance with the designation it has borne since 1789 , There are not many lodges on the roll of United Grand Lodge vvhich can point to so long and honourable a career , and it is to be regretted that its

records should have gone the way of so many other Masonic archives of almost priceless value . However , the original warrant is still preserved , ar . d it is something for the lodge to be in possession of a document , vvhich

apart from its age , is , we understand , unique in its character . We sincerely wish the lodge a long continuance of the prosperity it has heretofore enjoyed , and that the name it bears may always be as richly deserved as it is at the present time .

Curious Certificates.

CURIOUS CERTIFICATES .

Bro . Captain Reed , R . N ., ( P . M . 75 , Falmouth ) has kindly sent us a batch of 7 parchment Certificates for examination and report . They are all Irish , and belonged to a Bro . John Toulson , who took the several Degrees at the dates mentioned . For convenience of reference we have arranged them in their presumed order of conferment , and numbered them accordingly .

1 . Grand Lodge Certificate , issued on April Sth , 1823 , but at foot it is noted " Registered 12 th day of March , 1821 . " The document is from a plate ** Brother I . R . Holbrooke , Delt . et Sculpt ., 15 , Anglesea-street , Dublin , " and is signed by " William Hort , G . Sec , Willm . J . Graham , D . G . Sec . " At the left is an Ionic Column , in the centre ( farther back ) is one of the Corinthian order , and at the right a Doric Column , these having at

the pedestals , Figures representing Faith , Hope , and Charity . Around are various tools , 8 cc , in Masonic style . Above these columns are , the Seal on the left , the Compasses ( vvith the Brother's name s i gned in a place duly prepared ) on the right , and the sacred word enclosed within an irradiated triangle , surmounted by the title " Grand Lodge of Ireland . " The Arms of the Seal are those popularly known as the " Ancients , " the legend

around being " Grand Lodge of Ireland . I cannot make out the motto , but anticipate it is the usual one with the Harp in centre ; thus agreeing substantially with an earlier one given by Bro . Sadler in his " Masonic Facts and Fictions . " This seal was the work of W . S . Mossop , whose name is familiar to those who delight in the study of Masonic Medals . On the

Ionic column is John Toulson's autograph , and outside to the left are the words " Lodge No . 87 , Ballycastlel * ' The Certificate proper is in English on the left , and in Latin on the right , as usual vvith those of that Grand Lodge , and begins "We Chiefs of the Enlightened Men of the most Ancient and Right Worshipful Lodge of St . John , do hereby Certify , " & c .