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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
meeting of the 7 th June were read and confirmed , and the other minutes were also read . Sixteen petitions to place candidates on the list for the October election were read and examined . One was accepted conditionally and two for admission . by purchase . One petition was rejected as being ineligible . Outfits of £ 5 each were granted to
three ex-pupils of the Institution . The total number of candidates for . the election in October was declared to be 58 , and this number was recommended to the Quarterly Court . The Secretary , Bro . Binckes , reported the completion of the purchase of 2 , 3 , and 4 , Linden-villas , Wood Green , and notices of . motion for the next Quarterly Court were then given .
It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that at the Quarterly Court , next Monday , the business to be transacted will be to apprflve of a list of 58 candidates for the October election , from which from 27 boys will have to be chosen for admission , and to consider motions of Bro . Controller Bake for receiving voting papers which have been signed by subscribers who may have died after signing , but before the day of election . There are also some other motions to be considered .
West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution.
WEST LANCASHIRE MASONIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION .
A general meeting of the Court of Governors of this institution was held on Friday evening , the 4 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Bro . Dr . J . Kellett Smith , P . P . G . R ., one of the Vice-Presidents , occupying the chair . After the minutes of the Committee had been read ,
it was unanimously resolved to elect 19 children who had been recommended for the benefits of the Charity . It was further agreed to , without discussion , that four boys included amongst these candidates should be placed on the combined education , clothing , and maintenance fund , two of whom will be received , by purchase , into the Royal
Masonic Institution for Boys , London . A cordial vote of thanks was given to Bro . R . Martin , one of the Honorary Secretaries of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution , for the great zeal and self-denying efforts he had displayed in connection with the arrangements for placing the boys in the London Institution . A vote of thanks to the chairman- brought the proceedings to a close .
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
The Committee of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution met on VVednesday at Freemasons' Hall . The minutes of the nth June were verified . The death of one annuitant was reported , and the Warden ' s report for the last month was read .
. A vote of thanks was passed to the Committee of the Boys' School for granting permission to the band of the Boys' School to attend at the Institution at Croydon on the occasion of the Stewards' visit . The report of the Finance Committee was read and ordered to be entered on the minutes . The Chairman was authorised to sign cheques . Two petitions of widows were read ; one was received and the other ordered to stand over .
Scottish Freemasonry In The Mediterranean.
SCOTTISH FREEMASONRY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN .
Gibraltar has just been constituted into a province , and the R . W . Bro . Thomas John Haynes , P . M ., P . Z ., P . E . P ., 30 , was duly installed as the first Provincial Grand Master at the Grand Lodge of Scotland , Freemasons' Hall , Edinburgh , on Friday , the 4 th inst ., under commission from the
Grand Master , the Earl of Mar and Kellie , to Bro . Sheriff Thorns , Provincial Grand Master of Caithness , Orkney , and Zetland . There were present Bros . James Crichton , Master of No . i . Acting Senior Grand Warden ; Allan Mackenzie , Master No . 2 , Acting Junior G . Warden ; D . Murray" Lyon , Grand Secretary ; David Kinnear , Grand Cashier ; Rev . C
J . Ridgeway and Rev . T N . Wannop , Grand Chaplains ; James Turner and Dr . George Dickson , President and Vice-President of Grand Stewards respectively ; Alexander Hay , Proxy Provincial * Grand Master of Jamaica ; Cresswell D . * Haynes ; Albert Apthorpe , Acting Grand Director of Ceremonies : Dr . Cranstoun , and others .
Bro . Letchworth , G-. D ., was presented at the last levee on Tuesday , by Bro . Sir John Monckton . Bro . R . D . Albertson had a matinee on the 28 th ult ., which proved a great success . Notwithstanding the oppressive weather for theatre going , the popular and genial acting manager of the Comedy Theatre was well supported by his friends , and all the seats were
paid for and the house was well filled . Recently , by invitation , a number of ladies and gentlemen met at a house on the Adelphi to witness the deTiut of a young . Iady as a thought-reader . Mr . Thomas Swinburne was voted chairman for the occasion . Amongst those present were Mr . T . H . Bolton , Mr . Fred . Maccabe t" Beeone Dull Care" ) , Miss Everest , the soprano ; Miss
Dora TJoone , Mr . Dauphie , Mr . Thos . Mowbray , Mr . B . Chatterton , Mr . Melton Prior , Miss Jean Rivers ( a wellknown provincial actress ) , and Bro . Lieut . Henry Wright . The first medium chosen was Bro . Wright . On entering the room blindfolded , Mdlle . Estelle Romer took the medium ' s hand , and at once went to the table , took up a bell , and carried it to the mantel-piece , which was the subtrial to find
ject which had been fixed upon . The next was three coins , and deliver them to their proper owners , which she did under Bro . Chatterton as the medium . Bro . Bolton next took the young lady by the hand , and wrote down what he wished her to do ; but would not let any one know it . Here she failed ; thc paper was then opened , and it was found that she was to have found Lieut . Wright ' s cap , walked across the room , and placed it on her head . Miss
Jean Rivers then acted as the medium , and having chosen the same experiment , Mdlle * .-Estelle readily did it , amidst cheers , which clearly shows that the medium must have a strong will . Mr . Fred . Maccabe tried three experiments , in all of which Mdllc . Romer was successful . It is expected that she will visit the principal watering-places during the coming season , after having given a public sdance in London .
The Collegia Romana.
THE COLLEGIA ROMANA .
As a good deal is said day by day about the " Roman Collegia , " and references are often made to them on no authority at all , it seems advisable to premise that a good deal we hear about them rests solely on the commentaries and imaginations of later writers . Classical writers say little about them , and we practically only know that the Colleges existed ; but of their formation , habits , and rules
we hear distinctly but very little indeed in early times . Much has been educed , no doubt not improperly , from " inscriptions , " as preserved for us by Orelli , Gruter , Spon , and others ; but the inscriptions are often imperfect , very terse , and much that Massmann , for instance , has laid down is clearly , as far as we can see , obtained , to some extent at any rate , from his own "inner consciousness . " As an exemplification of this we would remark that the
constant references to the XII Tables are unsound and deceiving . The XII Tables themselves are notoriously in a fragmentary condition , and too often present nothing but a corrupt text or the glosses of later writers . Many attempts in past times have been made to edit them , but fragments only they still remain . The only allusion extant
in the XII Tables to the Collegia , ( though others probably existed if we had all the Tables correct and perfect ) , is to be found in No . VIII , where the "Collegium Arvorum " or " Sodales Arvales " are permitted to make private laws for themselves if they do not conflict with the public laws . " Sodales legem quam Volent , dum ne quid
. Ex publico corrumpant Sibi ferunto . " The gloss on this , or the marginal note of the Commentator in a later " codex , " states that all Sodales or Collegiati , of which there were certain bodies or corporations , could do the same . But what these bodies were , and which were legal or illegal , "licita , " "illicita , " is our difficulty to-day . In the
Imperial times it would almost seem as if either a "Senatus Consultum " or a Decree of the Emperor was necessary to make a college lawful , and in Trajan's time the number was limited , and certain bodies were forbidden . Heineccins mentions certain decrees of the Senate , which seem to make a distinction between legal and illegal bodies and which gave to the lawful bodies certain privileges of self-government and self-legislation . But as constant
references are seen in essays and books of reference to the Colleges in the Laws of the XII Tables , we have thought it right to * , point out that such references cannot now be substantiated as regards the XII . Tables themselves . There is another law in the IXth Table against nightly meetings , " coetibus nocturnis , " * and which no doubt accounts for some of the hostility to and persecution of the early Christians and
. the Jews at Rome and in the Roman provinces . Hence our knowledge of the Roman Collegia rests upon Inscriptions , Commentators , Imperial Edicts , and the like , and what their exact position in the State or internal reconomy before Augustus must remain matter of doubt . We seem to gather this , that nearly all trades and professions had a " Collegium , " some more important than others , that they had powers of self-government and
perpetuation , in fact were " Corporations " if legal bodies , and of their officers and even meetings , & c , we gather many evidences in the "Inscriptions . " The Masons seem for some reason to have taken the general name of " Collegium Fabrorum , " as has been often alleged , as in a law concerning the " Pmfectus Fabrorum " attached to the army camps he is clearly the head of the " artifices and opifices , artificers and workmen who had to do the Mason work . The carpenters and smiths are separately mentioned . There
are we believe one or two inscriptions of the ' . ' Fabrorum Cementariorum , " but such are few and far between . We call attention to the " Collegia , " because a portipn of the Roman Catholic condemnation of Freemasons rests upon the Pontifical assertion of Benedict XIV ., that the Freemasons are the successors or imitators of the " Roman Collegia , " and therefore illegal by the old Imperial Laws .
There is no doubt a good deal of haze and doubt upon the whole question , but we think Mr . Hope was right when he made the early building Guilds emerge from Lombardy after the fall of the Roman Empire , penetrate Germany , Gaul , | EngIand , and Byzantium , ' and , no longer heathen but Christian , preserve an outer organization , and an inner bond of secret union , customs , and teaching .
A meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Mark Masters of Middlesex and Surrey was held at the Masonic Hall , 8 A , Red Lion-square , yesterday ( Thursday ) . A banquet afterwards took place at the Holborn Restaurant . A report will appear next week . Sir Knt . Dr . George Mickley was installed Eminent Commander of the Stuart Encampment , at Watford ,
Herts , on the 7 th inst ., by Sir Knt . Capt . A . Nicols , P . E . P . of the Kemeys Tynte Preceptory , in the presence of a numerous assembly of members and guests . The following dinners , "tec , havebeen held at the Freemasons' Tavern during the present week : —Monday , 7 th—Regularity Chapter . Wednesday , gth—Installation Banquet of the Unjjied Lodge . Friday , nth—Dinner of the Sette of Odd Volumes .
Tbe / Eolus Walersprayand General Ventilating Company have received instructions from Messrs . Arding , Bond and Buzzard , to apply their system of ventilation to the composing rooms , the largest in London , of the Daily Telegraph , and from Mr . Chatfield Clarke-, to the new offices , foundry , and composing room of the Daily A ews .
A delicious cooling drink is supplied in Rose ' s Lime Juice Cordial , with water or blended with spirits . It is highly medicinal , assisting digestion . Recommended by the Lancet . It is entirely free of alcohol . ' Purchasers should order Rose ' s Cordial . Wholesale Stores , n , Curtain-road , London , and Leith , N . B . —[ ADVT . ] Ilo-. unvAv ' . s I ' . S . —Teachings of Experience . —The united tcstirnony of thousands , cxtemling over more than . joyears , most strongly recommends these l'iils as the best purifiers , thc mildest aperients ,
anil thesnrest restoratives . They ncverprove delusive , or give merely temporary relief , but attack all ailments of the stomach , lungs , heart , head , and bowels iu the only safe and legitimate wav , by depurating the blood , and so eradicating those impurities which are the source and constituent of almost every disease . Their medicinal etficacy is wonderful in renovating c \ ife ; i > led constitutions . Their aclion embraces all that is desirable in a household medicine . They cvpel even- noxious and dl ' ctc matter ,- and thus the strength is nurtured and the energies stimulated . —[ AI > VT , *|
Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
A " Flower Sermon" was preached by the Rev . Arthur Veysey at St . Olave ' s ( Mercer ' s Chapel service ) on Friday evening . Bro . George Shaw , Master , presided at the Court Dinner of the Plumbers' Company at the Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court , on Monday last . Bro . G . Fort ' s first monograph on mediaeval
builders has appeared , and promises to afford much matter for thought to the student and archa ; ologist . Bro . George Lambert presided at the Festival of the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution , at the Albion , Aldersgate-street , on the 2 nd inst . A new Mark Lodge , called the Willliam Kell y Lodge , No . 339 , was consecrated a ' t Winshell , Derbyshire , last
on Friday . A report will appear in our next . The Fishmongers' Company have sent a donation of £ 50 towards the East-End Emigration Fund , - of which Mr . F . N . Charrington is the Hon . Treasurer . Alderman Sir R . XV . Garden has sent a contribution of £ 50 towards the Nine Elms House Prison Mission , Wandsworth-road , Miss Garden , a donation of £ 5 .
Ihe Queen has accepted from the Mayor of Winchester a medal which has been struck as a memento of the recent celebration of the 700 th anniversary of the Mayoralty of the city . The new building now being erected for the Rational Hospital for tlie Paralysed and Epileptic , Ou ' eenstreet , Bloomsbury , is to be dedicated as a memoriaUo the late Duke of Albany . . ' .
The Dukeof Cambrid ge presided on Wednesday evening at a dinner given at the Langham Hotel in aid of the funds of the Soho Club and Home for Working Girls . The subscription amounted to £ 750 . Bro . AlfreS Tisley presided on Friday last , at the summer dinner of the City of London Tradesman's Club , held at the Crystal Palace , on which occasion he was supported by Bro . Alderman De Keyser and many members of the Common Council and other members and visitors .
The VVilson Isles Lodge ,. No . 2054 , is to be consecrated at the Four Swans Hotel , Waltham Cross , on the 23 rd inst . Bro . Richard Bird , F . R . G . S ., is the W . M . designate , the other officers are Bros . VV . M . Mackie , S . VV . S . H . Moore , M . R . C . S ., J . W . ; and J . Gait Fisher , P . M . ' , Secretary .
We have been favoured with a private view of the portrait of the late Duke of Albany , painted by Bro . Beaufort , 40 , Piccadilly-circus , on porcelaine . This is the largest portrait we have seen on china ; it is a striking likeness , and has been manipulated with great care . It is now on view at the Clarendon Galleries , Bond-street , VV .
We are asked to announce that the Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction , hitherto held at the Cranbourne Hotel , will , in future , be removed to the Bedford Head Hotel , Maiden-lane , Govent Garden , W . C The first meeting was held yesterday ( Thursday ) evening , and the lodge will continue to be held weekl y throughout the year .
. A new chapter in connection with the Royal Naval Lodge , No . 59 , and bearing the same name , will be consecrated at Freemasons' Hall to-day ( Friday ) by Col . Shadwell H . Clerke ,. G . Scribe E . Comps . Stephen Barton Wilson , Charles Belton , and Fredk . Binckes are the First , Second , and Third Principals designate . A report will appear in our next .
Ihe late Lady Peek , it is known , took a very great interest in the Surrey County School at Cranleigh , to which Sir H . Peek has been a munificent benefactor . The head master ( Dr . Merriman ) has recently informed Sir Henry that the largest window in the chapel is to be filled with stained glass to Lady Peek ' s . memory , and that the entire cost , subscribed by the scholars and staff , is in his hands .
The Princess Louise on Wednesday laid' the foundation-stone of an orphanage larger than . that at present in the parish of St . Stephen , Lewisham , and for which £ 6 , 900 has been raised , and not quite £ 2 , 000 more is needed . The streets through which her Royal Highness drove from London were profusely decorated with flags , and for more than a mile she drove through crowds of
people who lined both sides of the thoroughfares , and cheered enthusiastically . At . Scarborough , on Tuesday , Charles Arthur Courbet , of the ripe age of 04 , and described as an artist and well educated , was sentenced at the borouuh sessions tr >
nine months , imprisonment for having obtained various sums of money from different persons by falsely representing that he was a Freemason , a : professor of languages at Durham University , and in distressed circumstances . The prisoner had been twice previously convicted of felony , and accordingly pleaded guilty , probably finding the evidence too strong for him .
By the will of the late Bro . Sir Michael Costa thc whole of his property goes to his brother for life , and on that gentleman's death , the proceeds are to be devoted to the foundation of scholarships in connection with the Royal Academy of Music . There is to be a travelling scholarship of £ 120 per annum for composition , and twoof £ 40 for English-born students of the academy . Such
balance as may remain is to be allowed to accumulate , and other scholarships of £ 40 are then t © be established . Wc inserted a correction last week , sent us by the brother interested , relating to an appointment at the Grand Lodge of Surrey , but are now informed that it was correct in thc first instance , and that Bro .
Catterson was really invested as P . G . Std . Br . ; Bro A . J . Dickenson P . M ., was , it seems , appointed Asst . G . S . Br . If it is not right this time we can hardly see our way clear to another correction and must leave the worthy brothers in question to settle their respective rank between themselves .
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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
meeting of the 7 th June were read and confirmed , and the other minutes were also read . Sixteen petitions to place candidates on the list for the October election were read and examined . One was accepted conditionally and two for admission . by purchase . One petition was rejected as being ineligible . Outfits of £ 5 each were granted to
three ex-pupils of the Institution . The total number of candidates for . the election in October was declared to be 58 , and this number was recommended to the Quarterly Court . The Secretary , Bro . Binckes , reported the completion of the purchase of 2 , 3 , and 4 , Linden-villas , Wood Green , and notices of . motion for the next Quarterly Court were then given .
It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that at the Quarterly Court , next Monday , the business to be transacted will be to apprflve of a list of 58 candidates for the October election , from which from 27 boys will have to be chosen for admission , and to consider motions of Bro . Controller Bake for receiving voting papers which have been signed by subscribers who may have died after signing , but before the day of election . There are also some other motions to be considered .
West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution.
WEST LANCASHIRE MASONIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION .
A general meeting of the Court of Governors of this institution was held on Friday evening , the 4 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Bro . Dr . J . Kellett Smith , P . P . G . R ., one of the Vice-Presidents , occupying the chair . After the minutes of the Committee had been read ,
it was unanimously resolved to elect 19 children who had been recommended for the benefits of the Charity . It was further agreed to , without discussion , that four boys included amongst these candidates should be placed on the combined education , clothing , and maintenance fund , two of whom will be received , by purchase , into the Royal
Masonic Institution for Boys , London . A cordial vote of thanks was given to Bro . R . Martin , one of the Honorary Secretaries of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution , for the great zeal and self-denying efforts he had displayed in connection with the arrangements for placing the boys in the London Institution . A vote of thanks to the chairman- brought the proceedings to a close .
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
The Committee of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution met on VVednesday at Freemasons' Hall . The minutes of the nth June were verified . The death of one annuitant was reported , and the Warden ' s report for the last month was read .
. A vote of thanks was passed to the Committee of the Boys' School for granting permission to the band of the Boys' School to attend at the Institution at Croydon on the occasion of the Stewards' visit . The report of the Finance Committee was read and ordered to be entered on the minutes . The Chairman was authorised to sign cheques . Two petitions of widows were read ; one was received and the other ordered to stand over .
Scottish Freemasonry In The Mediterranean.
SCOTTISH FREEMASONRY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN .
Gibraltar has just been constituted into a province , and the R . W . Bro . Thomas John Haynes , P . M ., P . Z ., P . E . P ., 30 , was duly installed as the first Provincial Grand Master at the Grand Lodge of Scotland , Freemasons' Hall , Edinburgh , on Friday , the 4 th inst ., under commission from the
Grand Master , the Earl of Mar and Kellie , to Bro . Sheriff Thorns , Provincial Grand Master of Caithness , Orkney , and Zetland . There were present Bros . James Crichton , Master of No . i . Acting Senior Grand Warden ; Allan Mackenzie , Master No . 2 , Acting Junior G . Warden ; D . Murray" Lyon , Grand Secretary ; David Kinnear , Grand Cashier ; Rev . C
J . Ridgeway and Rev . T N . Wannop , Grand Chaplains ; James Turner and Dr . George Dickson , President and Vice-President of Grand Stewards respectively ; Alexander Hay , Proxy Provincial * Grand Master of Jamaica ; Cresswell D . * Haynes ; Albert Apthorpe , Acting Grand Director of Ceremonies : Dr . Cranstoun , and others .
Bro . Letchworth , G-. D ., was presented at the last levee on Tuesday , by Bro . Sir John Monckton . Bro . R . D . Albertson had a matinee on the 28 th ult ., which proved a great success . Notwithstanding the oppressive weather for theatre going , the popular and genial acting manager of the Comedy Theatre was well supported by his friends , and all the seats were
paid for and the house was well filled . Recently , by invitation , a number of ladies and gentlemen met at a house on the Adelphi to witness the deTiut of a young . Iady as a thought-reader . Mr . Thomas Swinburne was voted chairman for the occasion . Amongst those present were Mr . T . H . Bolton , Mr . Fred . Maccabe t" Beeone Dull Care" ) , Miss Everest , the soprano ; Miss
Dora TJoone , Mr . Dauphie , Mr . Thos . Mowbray , Mr . B . Chatterton , Mr . Melton Prior , Miss Jean Rivers ( a wellknown provincial actress ) , and Bro . Lieut . Henry Wright . The first medium chosen was Bro . Wright . On entering the room blindfolded , Mdlle . Estelle Romer took the medium ' s hand , and at once went to the table , took up a bell , and carried it to the mantel-piece , which was the subtrial to find
ject which had been fixed upon . The next was three coins , and deliver them to their proper owners , which she did under Bro . Chatterton as the medium . Bro . Bolton next took the young lady by the hand , and wrote down what he wished her to do ; but would not let any one know it . Here she failed ; thc paper was then opened , and it was found that she was to have found Lieut . Wright ' s cap , walked across the room , and placed it on her head . Miss
Jean Rivers then acted as the medium , and having chosen the same experiment , Mdlle * .-Estelle readily did it , amidst cheers , which clearly shows that the medium must have a strong will . Mr . Fred . Maccabe tried three experiments , in all of which Mdllc . Romer was successful . It is expected that she will visit the principal watering-places during the coming season , after having given a public sdance in London .
The Collegia Romana.
THE COLLEGIA ROMANA .
As a good deal is said day by day about the " Roman Collegia , " and references are often made to them on no authority at all , it seems advisable to premise that a good deal we hear about them rests solely on the commentaries and imaginations of later writers . Classical writers say little about them , and we practically only know that the Colleges existed ; but of their formation , habits , and rules
we hear distinctly but very little indeed in early times . Much has been educed , no doubt not improperly , from " inscriptions , " as preserved for us by Orelli , Gruter , Spon , and others ; but the inscriptions are often imperfect , very terse , and much that Massmann , for instance , has laid down is clearly , as far as we can see , obtained , to some extent at any rate , from his own "inner consciousness . " As an exemplification of this we would remark that the
constant references to the XII Tables are unsound and deceiving . The XII Tables themselves are notoriously in a fragmentary condition , and too often present nothing but a corrupt text or the glosses of later writers . Many attempts in past times have been made to edit them , but fragments only they still remain . The only allusion extant
in the XII Tables to the Collegia , ( though others probably existed if we had all the Tables correct and perfect ) , is to be found in No . VIII , where the "Collegium Arvorum " or " Sodales Arvales " are permitted to make private laws for themselves if they do not conflict with the public laws . " Sodales legem quam Volent , dum ne quid
. Ex publico corrumpant Sibi ferunto . " The gloss on this , or the marginal note of the Commentator in a later " codex , " states that all Sodales or Collegiati , of which there were certain bodies or corporations , could do the same . But what these bodies were , and which were legal or illegal , "licita , " "illicita , " is our difficulty to-day . In the
Imperial times it would almost seem as if either a "Senatus Consultum " or a Decree of the Emperor was necessary to make a college lawful , and in Trajan's time the number was limited , and certain bodies were forbidden . Heineccins mentions certain decrees of the Senate , which seem to make a distinction between legal and illegal bodies and which gave to the lawful bodies certain privileges of self-government and self-legislation . But as constant
references are seen in essays and books of reference to the Colleges in the Laws of the XII Tables , we have thought it right to * , point out that such references cannot now be substantiated as regards the XII . Tables themselves . There is another law in the IXth Table against nightly meetings , " coetibus nocturnis , " * and which no doubt accounts for some of the hostility to and persecution of the early Christians and
. the Jews at Rome and in the Roman provinces . Hence our knowledge of the Roman Collegia rests upon Inscriptions , Commentators , Imperial Edicts , and the like , and what their exact position in the State or internal reconomy before Augustus must remain matter of doubt . We seem to gather this , that nearly all trades and professions had a " Collegium , " some more important than others , that they had powers of self-government and
perpetuation , in fact were " Corporations " if legal bodies , and of their officers and even meetings , & c , we gather many evidences in the "Inscriptions . " The Masons seem for some reason to have taken the general name of " Collegium Fabrorum , " as has been often alleged , as in a law concerning the " Pmfectus Fabrorum " attached to the army camps he is clearly the head of the " artifices and opifices , artificers and workmen who had to do the Mason work . The carpenters and smiths are separately mentioned . There
are we believe one or two inscriptions of the ' . ' Fabrorum Cementariorum , " but such are few and far between . We call attention to the " Collegia , " because a portipn of the Roman Catholic condemnation of Freemasons rests upon the Pontifical assertion of Benedict XIV ., that the Freemasons are the successors or imitators of the " Roman Collegia , " and therefore illegal by the old Imperial Laws .
There is no doubt a good deal of haze and doubt upon the whole question , but we think Mr . Hope was right when he made the early building Guilds emerge from Lombardy after the fall of the Roman Empire , penetrate Germany , Gaul , | EngIand , and Byzantium , ' and , no longer heathen but Christian , preserve an outer organization , and an inner bond of secret union , customs , and teaching .
A meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Mark Masters of Middlesex and Surrey was held at the Masonic Hall , 8 A , Red Lion-square , yesterday ( Thursday ) . A banquet afterwards took place at the Holborn Restaurant . A report will appear next week . Sir Knt . Dr . George Mickley was installed Eminent Commander of the Stuart Encampment , at Watford ,
Herts , on the 7 th inst ., by Sir Knt . Capt . A . Nicols , P . E . P . of the Kemeys Tynte Preceptory , in the presence of a numerous assembly of members and guests . The following dinners , "tec , havebeen held at the Freemasons' Tavern during the present week : —Monday , 7 th—Regularity Chapter . Wednesday , gth—Installation Banquet of the Unjjied Lodge . Friday , nth—Dinner of the Sette of Odd Volumes .
Tbe / Eolus Walersprayand General Ventilating Company have received instructions from Messrs . Arding , Bond and Buzzard , to apply their system of ventilation to the composing rooms , the largest in London , of the Daily Telegraph , and from Mr . Chatfield Clarke-, to the new offices , foundry , and composing room of the Daily A ews .
A delicious cooling drink is supplied in Rose ' s Lime Juice Cordial , with water or blended with spirits . It is highly medicinal , assisting digestion . Recommended by the Lancet . It is entirely free of alcohol . ' Purchasers should order Rose ' s Cordial . Wholesale Stores , n , Curtain-road , London , and Leith , N . B . —[ ADVT . ] Ilo-. unvAv ' . s I ' . S . —Teachings of Experience . —The united tcstirnony of thousands , cxtemling over more than . joyears , most strongly recommends these l'iils as the best purifiers , thc mildest aperients ,
anil thesnrest restoratives . They ncverprove delusive , or give merely temporary relief , but attack all ailments of the stomach , lungs , heart , head , and bowels iu the only safe and legitimate wav , by depurating the blood , and so eradicating those impurities which are the source and constituent of almost every disease . Their medicinal etficacy is wonderful in renovating c \ ife ; i > led constitutions . Their aclion embraces all that is desirable in a household medicine . They cvpel even- noxious and dl ' ctc matter ,- and thus the strength is nurtured and the energies stimulated . —[ AI > VT , *|
Masonic And General Tidings
MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS
A " Flower Sermon" was preached by the Rev . Arthur Veysey at St . Olave ' s ( Mercer ' s Chapel service ) on Friday evening . Bro . George Shaw , Master , presided at the Court Dinner of the Plumbers' Company at the Mitre Hotel , Hampton Court , on Monday last . Bro . G . Fort ' s first monograph on mediaeval
builders has appeared , and promises to afford much matter for thought to the student and archa ; ologist . Bro . George Lambert presided at the Festival of the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution , at the Albion , Aldersgate-street , on the 2 nd inst . A new Mark Lodge , called the Willliam Kell y Lodge , No . 339 , was consecrated a ' t Winshell , Derbyshire , last
on Friday . A report will appear in our next . The Fishmongers' Company have sent a donation of £ 50 towards the East-End Emigration Fund , - of which Mr . F . N . Charrington is the Hon . Treasurer . Alderman Sir R . XV . Garden has sent a contribution of £ 50 towards the Nine Elms House Prison Mission , Wandsworth-road , Miss Garden , a donation of £ 5 .
Ihe Queen has accepted from the Mayor of Winchester a medal which has been struck as a memento of the recent celebration of the 700 th anniversary of the Mayoralty of the city . The new building now being erected for the Rational Hospital for tlie Paralysed and Epileptic , Ou ' eenstreet , Bloomsbury , is to be dedicated as a memoriaUo the late Duke of Albany . . ' .
The Dukeof Cambrid ge presided on Wednesday evening at a dinner given at the Langham Hotel in aid of the funds of the Soho Club and Home for Working Girls . The subscription amounted to £ 750 . Bro . AlfreS Tisley presided on Friday last , at the summer dinner of the City of London Tradesman's Club , held at the Crystal Palace , on which occasion he was supported by Bro . Alderman De Keyser and many members of the Common Council and other members and visitors .
The VVilson Isles Lodge ,. No . 2054 , is to be consecrated at the Four Swans Hotel , Waltham Cross , on the 23 rd inst . Bro . Richard Bird , F . R . G . S ., is the W . M . designate , the other officers are Bros . VV . M . Mackie , S . VV . S . H . Moore , M . R . C . S ., J . W . ; and J . Gait Fisher , P . M . ' , Secretary .
We have been favoured with a private view of the portrait of the late Duke of Albany , painted by Bro . Beaufort , 40 , Piccadilly-circus , on porcelaine . This is the largest portrait we have seen on china ; it is a striking likeness , and has been manipulated with great care . It is now on view at the Clarendon Galleries , Bond-street , VV .
We are asked to announce that the Covent Garden Lodge of Instruction , hitherto held at the Cranbourne Hotel , will , in future , be removed to the Bedford Head Hotel , Maiden-lane , Govent Garden , W . C The first meeting was held yesterday ( Thursday ) evening , and the lodge will continue to be held weekl y throughout the year .
. A new chapter in connection with the Royal Naval Lodge , No . 59 , and bearing the same name , will be consecrated at Freemasons' Hall to-day ( Friday ) by Col . Shadwell H . Clerke ,. G . Scribe E . Comps . Stephen Barton Wilson , Charles Belton , and Fredk . Binckes are the First , Second , and Third Principals designate . A report will appear in our next .
Ihe late Lady Peek , it is known , took a very great interest in the Surrey County School at Cranleigh , to which Sir H . Peek has been a munificent benefactor . The head master ( Dr . Merriman ) has recently informed Sir Henry that the largest window in the chapel is to be filled with stained glass to Lady Peek ' s . memory , and that the entire cost , subscribed by the scholars and staff , is in his hands .
The Princess Louise on Wednesday laid' the foundation-stone of an orphanage larger than . that at present in the parish of St . Stephen , Lewisham , and for which £ 6 , 900 has been raised , and not quite £ 2 , 000 more is needed . The streets through which her Royal Highness drove from London were profusely decorated with flags , and for more than a mile she drove through crowds of
people who lined both sides of the thoroughfares , and cheered enthusiastically . At . Scarborough , on Tuesday , Charles Arthur Courbet , of the ripe age of 04 , and described as an artist and well educated , was sentenced at the borouuh sessions tr >
nine months , imprisonment for having obtained various sums of money from different persons by falsely representing that he was a Freemason , a : professor of languages at Durham University , and in distressed circumstances . The prisoner had been twice previously convicted of felony , and accordingly pleaded guilty , probably finding the evidence too strong for him .
By the will of the late Bro . Sir Michael Costa thc whole of his property goes to his brother for life , and on that gentleman's death , the proceeds are to be devoted to the foundation of scholarships in connection with the Royal Academy of Music . There is to be a travelling scholarship of £ 120 per annum for composition , and twoof £ 40 for English-born students of the academy . Such
balance as may remain is to be allowed to accumulate , and other scholarships of £ 40 are then t © be established . Wc inserted a correction last week , sent us by the brother interested , relating to an appointment at the Grand Lodge of Surrey , but are now informed that it was correct in thc first instance , and that Bro .
Catterson was really invested as P . G . Std . Br . ; Bro A . J . Dickenson P . M ., was , it seems , appointed Asst . G . S . Br . If it is not right this time we can hardly see our way clear to another correction and must leave the worthy brothers in question to settle their respective rank between themselves .