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Masonic Address To The Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland.
MASONIC ADDRESS TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND .
On Friday , 4 th inst ., at seven p . m ., His Grace the Duke of Abercorn graciously honoured the Provincial Grand Lodge of Munster with his presence at the Masonic HaU , Tuckey-street , to receive an address from the brethren of the province . Lodge not having been opened , Laely
Georgiana Hamilton accompanied His Grace , an innovation which was acknowledged with lively satisfactiem by the brethren present , who numbered over 200 . We may mention that a much larger assembly would gladly have attended to honour the noble Grand Master of Ireland , but that the arrangements were necessarily very much hurried —it being not known until noon yesterday that His Grace
would honour the Craft by his presence in 1 uckey-streetand consequently many members of the Order had left town . The brethren assembled about 6 . 30 , and at 7 p . m . His Grac , with his well-known punctuality , was announced by the familiar strains of the National Anthem from the antique organ , at vvhich Dr . Marks presided . When His Grace had taken the chair , the following
address was read by Lord Viscount Bernard , P . G . M .: — Most Worshipful Sir , —Wc , the Freemasons of the Masonic Province of Munster—the most ancient seat of Masonry in Ireland—avail ourselves of your Grace ' s visit to Cork to give a fraternal welcome to our Grand Master , and to express our high appreciation of the many eminent anilities vvhich distinguish vour Grace in the exercise of
the functions of your high office . We heartily recognise the fact that your Grace is preeminently fitted to fill the highest position in Masonry in Ireland , and we regard your acceptance of the Grand Master ' s office as an evidence of the interest which your Grace feels in the welfare of the Craft . We hailed your acceptance of this office with the sreatest satisfaction , anel
felt assured it would dispel many outsiele prejudices , and tend to promote the noble principles and moral teachings of our ancient Order . As a Freemason , your Giace is aware that one of the first principles ofthe Order is loyalty ; and as representative of Her Most Gracious the Queen in Ireland , we doubt not your Grace will rejoice to hear that the Freemasons of Munster . in common with their
brethren throughout the length and breadth of thc land , aie embued with feelings of the irrnst ardent and devoted loyalty to Her Majesty ' s person and throne . In conclusion , permit us to express our earnest prayer that y- ur Grace may be long spared to preside over and govetn our Order ; and that underryour fostering care you may enjoy the ratification of seeinsr the principles of brotherly 1 . ve
relief , and truth ever advancing , and beeoming more and more disseminated . Signed on behalf of the members of thc brethren of the Masonic Province of Munster , BKHNAIII ) , P . G . M . ANDERSON - Cooi'Eii , D . P . G . M . FIIANCIS GUY , P . G . W .
RomriiT WALKER , P . J . W . HiiN'liY S . Nolll . KTT , P . G . S . His Grace the Lonl Lieutenant then rcael the following reply : — Right Worshipful Sir , anil Brethren , —I thank you most heartily for the fraternal anel ceirdial welcome with whicli vou have received mc on the occasion of my first visit to
this ancient seat of Freemasonry 111 Munster . As the representative in Ireland of our Most Gracious Sovereign , it affords me the most lively satisfaction to receive the assurance of that ardent and elevoted loyalty to her Majesty ' s person anel throne vvhich has ever been one of the distinguishing badges of our Craft . Your kinet expressions toware ' s myself personally are
also very gratifying , and in carrying out the duties of Ihe Grand Mastership of Ireland , it will ever give me the g reatest confielence to know that my acceptance of that high office met with your hearty approval . I neeel scarcely assure you that I feel a deep interest in the welfare of our Order , an . i se > long as I have the honour to preside over it in this country I shall view with the
most sincere pleasure the development of its principles , and the more wide-spread exercise of those virtues of charity anel brotherly love vvhich form so striking a characteristic of Freemasons , and which tend so materially to benefit and improve mankind . Bro . Anderson Cooper , D . P . G . M ., then submitted to the inspection of his Grace the ancient minute book of the
lodge , from which he rcael a few interesting items . From one of them it appeared that on St . John ' s-day , 1726 , a meeting of thc Grand Lodge of Munster was held in Cork , at which the Hon . James O'Brien was unanimously elected Grand Master and appointed Springett Penn as his Deputy . Also , that in 1730 , applications vvere made from Waterford and Clonmel for warrants to hold loelges . Also , that on thc oth of Aucust . 17 ^ 1 . the minutes vvere sisrned
by a former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , the well-known James , Lord Baron Kingstown , as Grand Master , who then appointed Adam Newman as his Deputy , and Jonas Morris and William Newenham as Grand Wardens , with the unanimous approbation of the brethren . A very interesting fact for the Craft was biought to light by the perusal of these minutes . A printed copy of the " Entered Apprentice" song was produced elated 1723 , in which the following familiar stanza is omitteel :
" We ' re true and sincere , And just to the fair , Who may trust us on any occasion : No mortal can more The Ladies aelore
Than a free and an accepted Mason . " The reading of these lines was received with loud cheers , rendered all the more hearty by the presence of one of those to whom these lines bear so simple yet warm a tribute of respect . This verse of the song , as we have said , doe * not appear in the printed copy ; but it is interpolate !!
Masonic Address To The Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland.
in manuscript , .-mil attributed to Springett Penn , mentioned before , who is saiel to have been a nephew of the great William Perm , the founder of Pennsylvania . He was , at all events , the ancestor of Peter Penn Gaskell , of Shanagaty , near Cloyne . His Grace evinced a warm interest in these illustrations of the past history of the Craft in the South of Ireland .
Bro . Cooper then showeel Lady Georgiana Hamilton the portrait , autograph , and Masonic jewel of the Hon . Mrs . Aldworth , of Newmarket House , who , as is well-known , was the only lady ever admitted to the Order . And , as a souvenir of the fact , Bro . Thomas Ware presented His Grace with an interesting memoir of Mrs . Aldworth ' s
initiation , and a short sketch of her life . Repeated cheers were then given for his Grace the Duke of Abercorn and Laely Georgiana Hamilton , terminating the proceedings , which though bri-rf were most enthusiastic , and will , we doubt not , afford the Lord Lieutenant one of the most agreeable memories of his visit to the South of Ireland .
Abuse Of The Ballot.
ABUSE OF THE BALLOT .
The following remarks , by M . W . John P . Allmond , of Delaware , Jtouch upon a subject on vvhich many of us have had unpleasant experience ; his treatment of it is worthy of study : — Eyery member of the lodge exercises his right to vote , and by the conditions no member ' s vote can be calltel in
question . We do not certainly know that any one abuses his principles at the ballot-box , but we do know that times come in the history of some loelges , when for months , or even years , a clear ballot is unknown . This proves either that the lodge is surrounded altogether by bad material , or that somebody inside of it has determined not to be satisfied with any applicant who may present himself . In
either case it is hard for the loelge to bear its situation patiently , and resist the impulse to surrender its charter . Some plain words on what may be termed " the abuses of the secret ballot" are needed . No Mason of any ex . perience will deny that that these abuses exist ; scarcely any one but has known some palpable instance of wrong
perpetrated through the ballot-box . A sacred right to the many has apparently givern a feiv the right to do wrong , which admits of no redress . To remove the wriug woulel bj in nn t up the right . In our immutable cernstilutions , the Great Charter of Freemasonry itself was locked u ^ for safety , and the key purposely thrown away and lost . Conceived and brought forth in truth , it admits of no chantre but irrowth and the natural develoument of its
vital organism , and it was entrusteel to pure hands . These conelitions preserved , it is perfect ; but , in its contact and struggles with human passions , its very perfections are sometimes distorter ! into blemishes , and made the means of injustice . It is to be deeply regretted that there are those iu the Order who are .-, o far from being Masons as to seize on the ballot-box as an instrument etf vengeance .
Humiliating as this admission is , it is , nevertheless , an honest confession , safer to make than to withhold , for it may le th ; beginning of r . pciitanec and ref'im . Tlie evil is not vvieicsprciut , nor is it contagious , but it toots itself like a carreer in the body of a lodge where it exists , and slowly but surely wastes it away . Some « 'f our lodges are now suffering from it , and fn m the highest enjoyment ol
health , peace , and prosperity , they have been plunged into the depths of weakness anel despondency ; tneir energy and activity are lost , and they lie torpid and languishing , as it were pulseless , on the heel of death . All this simply because one member , perhaps , has been disappointed in his aspiration for office -, annoyed bv the rejection of the petition of a personal friend
or relative ; or because some accused brother was nr . t expelled . Forgetful of the high power he wields for good or evil ; oblivious of his duties as a Mason , and even forswearing his honour as a man , he resorts to the revenge of thc ballot-box , and hides himself behind its unquestionable right and inviolable secrecy . He s trikes at the vitals of Masonic fellowship , and from
t hat moment the lodge is dead . Instances have occurred in which this destroying spirit assume 1 a bolder attitude , and proclaimed , in the lodge and out of it , in private and public , on the streets and highways , that no more work should be done in ——Lodge , as every application would be black-balled—the HUs . itisfied Mason himself annnnnemor t-hnlr lie wnnlH t \ n
the deeel . In such cases there is speedy redress in charges of " gross unmasonic conduct , " and expulsion from the sanctuary so wantonly profaned . There is some spiiit of hardihood , or even braveiy , in the latter exhibition of rage , for it discloses an enemy who lays himself open to attack , and challenges combat . It is the covert foe from which the lodee suffers most . He
is truly a serpent in a doves' nest , and , as he enjoys his revenge in secrecy , wherever he is , or whoever he may be , he is not likely to charge that the epithet above applies personally and particularly to him . He will know it himself , and keep it among his other Masonic secrets . Let him keep the secret , and let him resolve henceforth to be a man and a Mason . Let him realize , as he never did before , the essential puritv of the thine he has soiled .
and the solemnity of the privileges with which _ hehas been trifling , and he will not have read these words in vain . He will thereafter use the secret ballot as contemplated in the design and structure of Freemasonry—the guard of purity , the keynote of harmony , and the soul of honour . He will teel himself free from the tyranny of petty spite , and once more a reasonable , responsible , independent man . He will reali ze with a keen sensibility the truth of those
words : " 'Tis pleasant to have a giant ' s strength , But tyrannous to use it like a giant . "
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales was , on Mondav last , unanimously elected a member of the Royal Vie ,,. / Yacht Club . _ ° On Wednesday a private match took pj ace round the Isle of Wight between * two schooners , the Hiltf . garde ( H . R . H . the Prince of Wales ) , and the Aline ( y , " Rt . Hon . the Earl of Hardvvicke , P . G . M . Cambridseshir . \
for a prize of 100 guineas , the first in to win the pri ^' The start took place at ten o'clock from Cowes , and they got off well together , but before they had got out of Cowes roads the Aline took the lead ; they then made one board towards the island , and the wind afterwards going round to the southward a little , it served to lay their heads ont towards the Nab Light . They came abreast off Ryde as follows : —
H . M . S . II . M . s . Aline 11 19 o | Hildegarde 1122 30 The Aline appeared to increase her lead in making her way to the Nab Light , passing round Bembridge Point at about 1 . 30 ., and the Hildegarde about 7 mm . afterwards . Having rounded the Warren it was a fine run for the cutters , and the first round was finished , with no very ma . terial change , the Aline enmirrer in the winner .
The Duchess of Abercorn has returned to town from visiting the Earl uf Mount Edgcumbe , R . W , P . ov . Granil Master Cornwall , and family at Mount Edg . cumbe , Devon . Bros , the Right Hon . Lord Lei gh , R . "VV . Prov . Grand Master Warwickshire , Sir E . A . H . Lechmett Bait ., M . P ., and R . Woof , F . S . A ., are on the Provisional Committee of the Eastern War Sick and Wounded Relief Fund .
The next meeting of the Frederick Lodge of Unity No . 452 will be held on Tuesday next , the 15 th instant , at 3 p . m ., at the Greyhound Hotel , Croydon , a report of which will appear in our next . A petition for a Mark Lodge to be called the Simon de Montfort , and held at Leicester , has been sent to
the Grand Lodgeof Mark Masters . The Mayor of Leicester is VV . M . designate , Bro . H . T . Bobart , S . VV ., and Bro . John Thorpe , one of the most active and zealous Masons in the Province , of Leicestershire and Rutland , J . W . A movable meeting of the Mark Grand Lodge will be held in Leicester in the autumn , when it is expected the new lodge will be corstituted .
RED CROSS OP CONSTANTINE . —The Grand Council of Scotland will be inaugurated at Freemasons ' Hall , Edinburgh , at 5 p . m ., on the 21 st instant , by the officers of the Grand Council of England . Col . Francis Burdett will be the first G . Sovereign and Major Hamilton Ramsay of Garion ( S . G . W . Grand Lodge of Scotland ) the first G . Viceroy . The banquet will take place at tht Windsor Hotel , and many visitors are expected to attend .
RE-OPENING OV CHESTER CATHEDRAL . — Dean Howson , in a letter , says that he is much gratified and encouraged by the warm inteiest generally taken in the re-opening services of the cathedral on the completion of the restoration of the choir . The dean believes that it would be found en the 8 th , the day fixed for the re-opening service , that all parts of the restorative and decorative work in the choir were pai I for , except such as can
without doubt be met by special funds or by the offertories ol the year . He adds that £ 3000 has recently been subscribed by Ihe Chapter of Chester to the general restoration fund , in addition to thc £ 2000 which they subscribed in 186 S . It will be remembered that the Freemasons ' ol the Province contributed a handsome sedilia , and that the Masonic brethren in West Lancashire arc following their example bv another eift .
Professor Mommsen has concluded an archaeological tour in Italy . The " Daily News" hears that " He has been everywhere welcomed heartily . The Mayors of the towns met him at the gates , as the Duich Burgomasters met Erasmus . Professor Mommsen Has made important researches on the Neapolitan territory and in the Marches . At Jesi he was entertained at a public banouet . A toast to the alliance of Italy and Germany
against Theocracy was rapturously honoured . " The " Whitehall Review " has reason to believe that so good has been the administration of the Parliamentary grant for the Prince of Wales ' s tour in India , that a small balance will be paid back to the Exchequer . This satisfactory result have been obtained , althoug h the presents of the Pi ince have been equal in value to those <» the native nrinees .
In consideration of the special and valuable services rendered by Lieutenant Cameron to the cause <* science in his recent successful journey of exp loration l » Africa he has been promoted to the rank of comrpandeT u > Her Majesty ' s fleet , auch promotion being special and in excess of the authorised numbers , The Earl of Dartmouth has offered to the
Commissioners of West Bromwich , near Birmingna '"' fifty acres of land for a public park , on a lease for ninetynine years , at the nominal rent of £ 1 per annum . COLLEGE FOR NAVAL CADETS . —The committee appointed by the Admiralty to considerthe question of a site for a college for naval cadets are prepared to r ' „„ :.... „ rr „ . „ „ r -:... r „ . . u _ _ .. _™„„ c ; i , le hv sea <"
•¦ W » » J > H . J * W 1 UUI | *»«»»*•— » * hf * tidal waters . Communications to be addressed to 1 Secretary , Navel Cadet College Committee ,. Admiral ?' Whitehall , S . W . ,, , ONE YEAR ' "CONSCIENCE M ONEY . 7- ^ official document has been issued showing that in ^ year ended the 31 st March last the sums remi " the Chancellor of the Exchequer amounted to £ tdoi 1 id .
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Masonic Address To The Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland.
MASONIC ADDRESS TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND .
On Friday , 4 th inst ., at seven p . m ., His Grace the Duke of Abercorn graciously honoured the Provincial Grand Lodge of Munster with his presence at the Masonic HaU , Tuckey-street , to receive an address from the brethren of the province . Lodge not having been opened , Laely
Georgiana Hamilton accompanied His Grace , an innovation which was acknowledged with lively satisfactiem by the brethren present , who numbered over 200 . We may mention that a much larger assembly would gladly have attended to honour the noble Grand Master of Ireland , but that the arrangements were necessarily very much hurried —it being not known until noon yesterday that His Grace
would honour the Craft by his presence in 1 uckey-streetand consequently many members of the Order had left town . The brethren assembled about 6 . 30 , and at 7 p . m . His Grac , with his well-known punctuality , was announced by the familiar strains of the National Anthem from the antique organ , at vvhich Dr . Marks presided . When His Grace had taken the chair , the following
address was read by Lord Viscount Bernard , P . G . M .: — Most Worshipful Sir , —Wc , the Freemasons of the Masonic Province of Munster—the most ancient seat of Masonry in Ireland—avail ourselves of your Grace ' s visit to Cork to give a fraternal welcome to our Grand Master , and to express our high appreciation of the many eminent anilities vvhich distinguish vour Grace in the exercise of
the functions of your high office . We heartily recognise the fact that your Grace is preeminently fitted to fill the highest position in Masonry in Ireland , and we regard your acceptance of the Grand Master ' s office as an evidence of the interest which your Grace feels in the welfare of the Craft . We hailed your acceptance of this office with the sreatest satisfaction , anel
felt assured it would dispel many outsiele prejudices , and tend to promote the noble principles and moral teachings of our ancient Order . As a Freemason , your Giace is aware that one of the first principles ofthe Order is loyalty ; and as representative of Her Most Gracious the Queen in Ireland , we doubt not your Grace will rejoice to hear that the Freemasons of Munster . in common with their
brethren throughout the length and breadth of thc land , aie embued with feelings of the irrnst ardent and devoted loyalty to Her Majesty ' s person and throne . In conclusion , permit us to express our earnest prayer that y- ur Grace may be long spared to preside over and govetn our Order ; and that underryour fostering care you may enjoy the ratification of seeinsr the principles of brotherly 1 . ve
relief , and truth ever advancing , and beeoming more and more disseminated . Signed on behalf of the members of thc brethren of the Masonic Province of Munster , BKHNAIII ) , P . G . M . ANDERSON - Cooi'Eii , D . P . G . M . FIIANCIS GUY , P . G . W .
RomriiT WALKER , P . J . W . HiiN'liY S . Nolll . KTT , P . G . S . His Grace the Lonl Lieutenant then rcael the following reply : — Right Worshipful Sir , anil Brethren , —I thank you most heartily for the fraternal anel ceirdial welcome with whicli vou have received mc on the occasion of my first visit to
this ancient seat of Freemasonry 111 Munster . As the representative in Ireland of our Most Gracious Sovereign , it affords me the most lively satisfaction to receive the assurance of that ardent and elevoted loyalty to her Majesty ' s person anel throne vvhich has ever been one of the distinguishing badges of our Craft . Your kinet expressions toware ' s myself personally are
also very gratifying , and in carrying out the duties of Ihe Grand Mastership of Ireland , it will ever give me the g reatest confielence to know that my acceptance of that high office met with your hearty approval . I neeel scarcely assure you that I feel a deep interest in the welfare of our Order , an . i se > long as I have the honour to preside over it in this country I shall view with the
most sincere pleasure the development of its principles , and the more wide-spread exercise of those virtues of charity anel brotherly love vvhich form so striking a characteristic of Freemasons , and which tend so materially to benefit and improve mankind . Bro . Anderson Cooper , D . P . G . M ., then submitted to the inspection of his Grace the ancient minute book of the
lodge , from which he rcael a few interesting items . From one of them it appeared that on St . John ' s-day , 1726 , a meeting of thc Grand Lodge of Munster was held in Cork , at which the Hon . James O'Brien was unanimously elected Grand Master and appointed Springett Penn as his Deputy . Also , that in 1730 , applications vvere made from Waterford and Clonmel for warrants to hold loelges . Also , that on thc oth of Aucust . 17 ^ 1 . the minutes vvere sisrned
by a former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , the well-known James , Lord Baron Kingstown , as Grand Master , who then appointed Adam Newman as his Deputy , and Jonas Morris and William Newenham as Grand Wardens , with the unanimous approbation of the brethren . A very interesting fact for the Craft was biought to light by the perusal of these minutes . A printed copy of the " Entered Apprentice" song was produced elated 1723 , in which the following familiar stanza is omitteel :
" We ' re true and sincere , And just to the fair , Who may trust us on any occasion : No mortal can more The Ladies aelore
Than a free and an accepted Mason . " The reading of these lines was received with loud cheers , rendered all the more hearty by the presence of one of those to whom these lines bear so simple yet warm a tribute of respect . This verse of the song , as we have said , doe * not appear in the printed copy ; but it is interpolate !!
Masonic Address To The Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland.
in manuscript , .-mil attributed to Springett Penn , mentioned before , who is saiel to have been a nephew of the great William Perm , the founder of Pennsylvania . He was , at all events , the ancestor of Peter Penn Gaskell , of Shanagaty , near Cloyne . His Grace evinced a warm interest in these illustrations of the past history of the Craft in the South of Ireland .
Bro . Cooper then showeel Lady Georgiana Hamilton the portrait , autograph , and Masonic jewel of the Hon . Mrs . Aldworth , of Newmarket House , who , as is well-known , was the only lady ever admitted to the Order . And , as a souvenir of the fact , Bro . Thomas Ware presented His Grace with an interesting memoir of Mrs . Aldworth ' s
initiation , and a short sketch of her life . Repeated cheers were then given for his Grace the Duke of Abercorn and Laely Georgiana Hamilton , terminating the proceedings , which though bri-rf were most enthusiastic , and will , we doubt not , afford the Lord Lieutenant one of the most agreeable memories of his visit to the South of Ireland .
Abuse Of The Ballot.
ABUSE OF THE BALLOT .
The following remarks , by M . W . John P . Allmond , of Delaware , Jtouch upon a subject on vvhich many of us have had unpleasant experience ; his treatment of it is worthy of study : — Eyery member of the lodge exercises his right to vote , and by the conditions no member ' s vote can be calltel in
question . We do not certainly know that any one abuses his principles at the ballot-box , but we do know that times come in the history of some loelges , when for months , or even years , a clear ballot is unknown . This proves either that the lodge is surrounded altogether by bad material , or that somebody inside of it has determined not to be satisfied with any applicant who may present himself . In
either case it is hard for the loelge to bear its situation patiently , and resist the impulse to surrender its charter . Some plain words on what may be termed " the abuses of the secret ballot" are needed . No Mason of any ex . perience will deny that that these abuses exist ; scarcely any one but has known some palpable instance of wrong
perpetrated through the ballot-box . A sacred right to the many has apparently givern a feiv the right to do wrong , which admits of no redress . To remove the wriug woulel bj in nn t up the right . In our immutable cernstilutions , the Great Charter of Freemasonry itself was locked u ^ for safety , and the key purposely thrown away and lost . Conceived and brought forth in truth , it admits of no chantre but irrowth and the natural develoument of its
vital organism , and it was entrusteel to pure hands . These conelitions preserved , it is perfect ; but , in its contact and struggles with human passions , its very perfections are sometimes distorter ! into blemishes , and made the means of injustice . It is to be deeply regretted that there are those iu the Order who are .-, o far from being Masons as to seize on the ballot-box as an instrument etf vengeance .
Humiliating as this admission is , it is , nevertheless , an honest confession , safer to make than to withhold , for it may le th ; beginning of r . pciitanec and ref'im . Tlie evil is not vvieicsprciut , nor is it contagious , but it toots itself like a carreer in the body of a lodge where it exists , and slowly but surely wastes it away . Some « 'f our lodges are now suffering from it , and fn m the highest enjoyment ol
health , peace , and prosperity , they have been plunged into the depths of weakness anel despondency ; tneir energy and activity are lost , and they lie torpid and languishing , as it were pulseless , on the heel of death . All this simply because one member , perhaps , has been disappointed in his aspiration for office -, annoyed bv the rejection of the petition of a personal friend
or relative ; or because some accused brother was nr . t expelled . Forgetful of the high power he wields for good or evil ; oblivious of his duties as a Mason , and even forswearing his honour as a man , he resorts to the revenge of thc ballot-box , and hides himself behind its unquestionable right and inviolable secrecy . He s trikes at the vitals of Masonic fellowship , and from
t hat moment the lodge is dead . Instances have occurred in which this destroying spirit assume 1 a bolder attitude , and proclaimed , in the lodge and out of it , in private and public , on the streets and highways , that no more work should be done in ——Lodge , as every application would be black-balled—the HUs . itisfied Mason himself annnnnemor t-hnlr lie wnnlH t \ n
the deeel . In such cases there is speedy redress in charges of " gross unmasonic conduct , " and expulsion from the sanctuary so wantonly profaned . There is some spiiit of hardihood , or even braveiy , in the latter exhibition of rage , for it discloses an enemy who lays himself open to attack , and challenges combat . It is the covert foe from which the lodee suffers most . He
is truly a serpent in a doves' nest , and , as he enjoys his revenge in secrecy , wherever he is , or whoever he may be , he is not likely to charge that the epithet above applies personally and particularly to him . He will know it himself , and keep it among his other Masonic secrets . Let him keep the secret , and let him resolve henceforth to be a man and a Mason . Let him realize , as he never did before , the essential puritv of the thine he has soiled .
and the solemnity of the privileges with which _ hehas been trifling , and he will not have read these words in vain . He will thereafter use the secret ballot as contemplated in the design and structure of Freemasonry—the guard of purity , the keynote of harmony , and the soul of honour . He will teel himself free from the tyranny of petty spite , and once more a reasonable , responsible , independent man . He will reali ze with a keen sensibility the truth of those
words : " 'Tis pleasant to have a giant ' s strength , But tyrannous to use it like a giant . "
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales was , on Mondav last , unanimously elected a member of the Royal Vie ,,. / Yacht Club . _ ° On Wednesday a private match took pj ace round the Isle of Wight between * two schooners , the Hiltf . garde ( H . R . H . the Prince of Wales ) , and the Aline ( y , " Rt . Hon . the Earl of Hardvvicke , P . G . M . Cambridseshir . \
for a prize of 100 guineas , the first in to win the pri ^' The start took place at ten o'clock from Cowes , and they got off well together , but before they had got out of Cowes roads the Aline took the lead ; they then made one board towards the island , and the wind afterwards going round to the southward a little , it served to lay their heads ont towards the Nab Light . They came abreast off Ryde as follows : —
H . M . S . II . M . s . Aline 11 19 o | Hildegarde 1122 30 The Aline appeared to increase her lead in making her way to the Nab Light , passing round Bembridge Point at about 1 . 30 ., and the Hildegarde about 7 mm . afterwards . Having rounded the Warren it was a fine run for the cutters , and the first round was finished , with no very ma . terial change , the Aline enmirrer in the winner .
The Duchess of Abercorn has returned to town from visiting the Earl uf Mount Edgcumbe , R . W , P . ov . Granil Master Cornwall , and family at Mount Edg . cumbe , Devon . Bros , the Right Hon . Lord Lei gh , R . "VV . Prov . Grand Master Warwickshire , Sir E . A . H . Lechmett Bait ., M . P ., and R . Woof , F . S . A ., are on the Provisional Committee of the Eastern War Sick and Wounded Relief Fund .
The next meeting of the Frederick Lodge of Unity No . 452 will be held on Tuesday next , the 15 th instant , at 3 p . m ., at the Greyhound Hotel , Croydon , a report of which will appear in our next . A petition for a Mark Lodge to be called the Simon de Montfort , and held at Leicester , has been sent to
the Grand Lodgeof Mark Masters . The Mayor of Leicester is VV . M . designate , Bro . H . T . Bobart , S . VV ., and Bro . John Thorpe , one of the most active and zealous Masons in the Province , of Leicestershire and Rutland , J . W . A movable meeting of the Mark Grand Lodge will be held in Leicester in the autumn , when it is expected the new lodge will be corstituted .
RED CROSS OP CONSTANTINE . —The Grand Council of Scotland will be inaugurated at Freemasons ' Hall , Edinburgh , at 5 p . m ., on the 21 st instant , by the officers of the Grand Council of England . Col . Francis Burdett will be the first G . Sovereign and Major Hamilton Ramsay of Garion ( S . G . W . Grand Lodge of Scotland ) the first G . Viceroy . The banquet will take place at tht Windsor Hotel , and many visitors are expected to attend .
RE-OPENING OV CHESTER CATHEDRAL . — Dean Howson , in a letter , says that he is much gratified and encouraged by the warm inteiest generally taken in the re-opening services of the cathedral on the completion of the restoration of the choir . The dean believes that it would be found en the 8 th , the day fixed for the re-opening service , that all parts of the restorative and decorative work in the choir were pai I for , except such as can
without doubt be met by special funds or by the offertories ol the year . He adds that £ 3000 has recently been subscribed by Ihe Chapter of Chester to the general restoration fund , in addition to thc £ 2000 which they subscribed in 186 S . It will be remembered that the Freemasons ' ol the Province contributed a handsome sedilia , and that the Masonic brethren in West Lancashire arc following their example bv another eift .
Professor Mommsen has concluded an archaeological tour in Italy . The " Daily News" hears that " He has been everywhere welcomed heartily . The Mayors of the towns met him at the gates , as the Duich Burgomasters met Erasmus . Professor Mommsen Has made important researches on the Neapolitan territory and in the Marches . At Jesi he was entertained at a public banouet . A toast to the alliance of Italy and Germany
against Theocracy was rapturously honoured . " The " Whitehall Review " has reason to believe that so good has been the administration of the Parliamentary grant for the Prince of Wales ' s tour in India , that a small balance will be paid back to the Exchequer . This satisfactory result have been obtained , althoug h the presents of the Pi ince have been equal in value to those <» the native nrinees .
In consideration of the special and valuable services rendered by Lieutenant Cameron to the cause <* science in his recent successful journey of exp loration l » Africa he has been promoted to the rank of comrpandeT u > Her Majesty ' s fleet , auch promotion being special and in excess of the authorised numbers , The Earl of Dartmouth has offered to the
Commissioners of West Bromwich , near Birmingna '"' fifty acres of land for a public park , on a lease for ninetynine years , at the nominal rent of £ 1 per annum . COLLEGE FOR NAVAL CADETS . —The committee appointed by the Admiralty to considerthe question of a site for a college for naval cadets are prepared to r ' „„ :.... „ rr „ . „ „ r -:... r „ . . u _ _ .. _™„„ c ; i , le hv sea <"
•¦ W » » J > H . J * W 1 UUI | *»«»»*•— » * hf * tidal waters . Communications to be addressed to 1 Secretary , Navel Cadet College Committee ,. Admiral ?' Whitehall , S . W . ,, , ONE YEAR ' "CONSCIENCE M ONEY . 7- ^ official document has been issued showing that in ^ year ended the 31 st March last the sums remi " the Chancellor of the Exchequer amounted to £ tdoi 1 id .