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SOUTHEND-ON-SEA .-So Plots of Freehold Building Land , free from Tithe and Land Tax , ripe for immediate building , close to the stations , pier , and sea . MESSRS . PROTHEROE & MORRIS Will SELL BY AUCTION , In a Marquee on the Estate , on Thursday , August 17 th , at Two o'clock , the Fifth Portion of THE AVENUE BUILDING ESTATE . New roads will be kerbed and sewered . Free conveyances . Easy payments . —Particulars with plans of T . DURANT , Esq ., Solicitor , 5 , Guildhall Chambers , E . C . ; and ( with tickets for train and luncheon ) of R . VARTY , Esq ., go , Leadenhall-street , E . C . ; and of the Auctioneers , C 7 and OS , Cheapside , E . C .

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FOR SALE . —CROSSLE Y'S GAS ENGINE , 3 i H . P ., in good working order . To mak-room for larger one . —GEORGE KESNi ^ a . Freemason Office . 16 and 16 a Great Queen-street , W . C .

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RARE OLD MASONIC PUNCH BOWL AND JUG for SALE . May be seed at GEORGE KENNING ' S Masonic Depot , 16 & 16 A Great Queen-street , W . C .

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FREEMASON'S HYMN THE MYSTIC TIE . Words and Music composed by V . J . STEIN . Price is . fid . nett . l-nmlnn ; GROROP KKNNING , 16 & iflA . Gt . Queen-st .

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THE FOLLOWING HOTELS OF THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY will tie found complete in all . the arrangements , and the charges moderate . MIDLAND GRAND ( St . Pancras Station ) London , N . W . The new Venetian Rooms at this Hotel are available for Wedding Breakfasts , and Public and Private and Masonic Banquets . ADELPHI ( Near Central Station ) , LIVERPOOL . OUEEN'S , LEEDS . MIDLAND , BRADFORD . MIDLAND , DERBY . MIDLAND , MORECAMBE . Tariffs on application . Telegraphic Address— " MIDOTEL . " WILLIAM TOWLE , Hotels , Sic ., Manager .

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PARTRIDGE & COOPER , "THE" STATIONERS , 191 & 192 , FLEET STREET , LONDON , Would invite attention to their LARGE AND WELL-SELECTED STOCK OF GENERAL & FANCY STATIONERY , Suitable for presents , such as Inkstands , Stationery , Cabinets , Ladies' and Gentlemen ' s Dressing Bags , Travelling and Brief Bags , & c , all of which are enumerated in their New Illustrated Catalogue , sent free on application .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY OF WORSHIPFUL MASTERS . In future numbers of the Freemason we purpose giving a series of portraits of Worshipful Masters whe have been recently installed . Recognising the fact that no greater honour can be bestowed on a brother than to be elected the Master of his lodge , we

desire to do . our part towards creating a permanent record of such event in his Masonic history by placing his portrait before our readers . We shall be pleased to furnish Secretaries of lodges and others who may take an interest in . our project whatever information may be desired as to our proposed method of procedure .

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^ ES ^ ffi ^^' SATURDAY , AUGUST 12 , 1893 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

A Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge ol Scotland was held in Edinburgh on the 3 rd instant , when the vidimus submitted by the Grand Cashier showed that the income during thethree months ending 31 st ult . amounted to . £ 1112 , leaving a balance of £ 540 . There had been 1002 entrants to the Order

during that period . The Annuity Board reported that there wcre 112 annuitants on the roll receiving . £ 1175 . The Grand Secretary submitted a report on the visit of 'he Grand Master during the last week of June to the North of Scotland , and the report of the Grand Com"uttee on the proxy system was adopted .

Masonic Notes.

We have received a letter from Bro . H . F . Heisterman , G . Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia , in which he takes exception to the statements we made in an article we published some time ago on the condition of Freemasonry in that portion of the British Empire , and the' praiseworthy conduct of

certain prominent members of the British Columbia jurisdiction . We are unable to publish that letter because it contains reflections on the conduct of certain of those members to which it would be extremely improper on our part to give publicity . But we shall not fail to justify our own remarks , and that at the earliest available opportunity .

* VVe heartily thank Comp . Thos . R . Richards , Scribe E . of the Glasgow P oyal Arch Chapter , No . 50 , on the roll of the Supremi Grand Chapter of Scotland , for the copy he has beer so kind as to forward to us of the by-laws of that body , as well as of the lodge of Royal

Ark Mariners and the Council of Red Cross Knights established under its authority . Comp . Richards informs us that the chapter , which was constituted in 1824 , ar . d meets at St . Mark ' s Hall , Buchanan-street Glasgow , is the oldest and most historical in the Province . The by-laws appear to have been very carefull y framed .

The Report of the Committee of the Port Eliz \ beth Masonic Education Scheme , which was presented at the annual meeting of tho supporters of that Charity on the 1 st June last , is very satisfactory . The subscriptions and donations , though necessarily on a

modest scale , are declared to have been greater than in any previous year , owing to the greater interest taken by the brethren generally in the good work that is being done by the Association , and we trust this interest , and with it the increase in contributions ,

in future years will be fully maintained . The whole of the money raised appears to be devoted to the purposes for which the Charity was established , the only other outlay being for "Printing" in 18 91 and 1892 , and for " Books " for the period 1 S 89-91 . # •

As for the work done during the past year , the Report states that 11 children were borne on the books of the Charily , of whom two have now been removed in consequence of having completed their studies , while a third was unfortunately drowned . The amount

expended on the education of these children was £ 61 , while the whole number of beneficiaries is 26 . The Endowment Fund amounts to . & 300 , and the balance in hand at the close of the account fell not far short of £ 60 .

* * * The Masonic bodies which have taken part in the establishment of this scheme are the Lodges of Goodwill , No . 711 , and Good Hope , No . 863 , both located in Port Elizabeth ; the Port Elizabeth Royal Arch Chapter , No . 711 ; the St . Croin Rose Croix . Chapter , No . 81 ;

the Vasco do Garno Preceptory and Priory of the Holy Sepulchre , No . 151 , on the roll of Great : Priory of England and Wales ; the Spes Bona , No . 253 , Mark Lodge , all being located in the same place . The members of these various bodies must be exceedingly

delighted to hud their efforts in behalf of their poorer brethren have borne such good fruit , and we congratulate them on the services they are thus rendering to Freemasonry , and the loyal part they are taking in maintaining the prestige ol the Order .

According to Bro . the Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , who may claim to speak with plenty of experience in these matters , the lot of a Deputy Provincial Grand Master is not cast in the most pleasant of places . One part of his duty , he tells us , is " Jo act as one of the Provincial Grand Master ' s Privy Council , " and in that

capacity " to recommend brethren for Provincial Grand honours . " But he points out that in fulfilling this part of . their duties , Deputy Provincial Grand Masters are obliged to start on the assumption that " every brother deserved to be Provincial Grand Senior Warden , " and that every lodge which did not receive that honour would consider itself most grossly insulted .

Under such circumstances , we cannot say we envy D . P . G . Masters . However , they appear to thrive under the heavy weight of responsibility which is imposed upon them , nor do they seem to be too much cast down by the vast amount of odium they must incur in

advising as to the distribution of Provincial honours . So the brethren must be good fellows , and must realise that it is not an unpardonable sin to recommend one brother for appointment to oflice and not recommend the rest .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

1036 ] — MASONIC CERTIFICATES . Bro . J . Ramsden Riley , P . M ., & c , and member of the "Quatuor Coronati Lodge , " No . 2076 , London , has prepared , and only waiting for publication , " A Classification of Masonic Certificates ; with Notes and Illustrations descriptive of those engraved documents

of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of England , from the earliest to the present time . " I have long been familiar with this department of Bro . Riley ' s studies , and know how thoroughly he has worked up the matter , having spared neither time nor expense to make the subject his own from beginning to end . He

has determined not to begin printing until 300 subscribers are obtained . This 1 am very sorry for , but it will be so expensive in consequence of the numerous illustrations , that Bro . Riley considers the brethren interested in such a volume should send him their

names lirst of all , so as to ensure him against loss , which so often follows Masonic publications . I hope that many subscribers will be forwarded to Bro . J . Ramsden Riley , 49 , Grey-road , Walton , Liverpool , as soon as possible . The work will cost ios ., when ready .

XV . J . HUGHAN . 1037 J THE "OLD CHARGES . " By permission of the York Lodge , No . 236 , the Prov . Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire has resolved to reprint the ancient and valuable Constitutional Rolls in the possession of the York Lodge , with

photo-lithographic illustrations , uniformly with those lately published by the Prov . Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire , in order that the whole of such documents at present known to exist in the county may form one volume available for Masonic students . The York MSS . are five in number , and contain nuny curious

and interesting variations from those in other hands . These Rolls are exceedingly valuable as comprising the historical records bequeathed to the Craft by its ancient brethren before the era of Grand Lodges ; the history of Masonry as taught in the Operative lodges , with disciplinary charges and admonitions , and were

formerly lead at initiations . The work will be issued in one volume , with facsimiles of portions of . the manuscripts . Price to subscribers 5 s . per copy , well bound , post free . The names of subscribers will be inserted in the volume . As the number of copies will be regulated by the applications , it is requested . that names of subscribers be at once sent to M . C . PECK , Prov . Grand Secretary , 2 , West Park-terrace , Hull . ...

Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS .

Craft flDasonrp . METROPOLITAN MEETINGS . Corinthian Lodge ( No . 1382 ) . —At the last meeting of this lodge held at the George Hotel , Cubitt Town , Bro . J . S , Limn , W . M ., presided , supported by Bros . G . A . Saunders , P . M ., I . P . M . ; W . J . Millington , P . M . ; J . Morrison , P . M . ; and R . Perry , P . M . The officers were

Bros . VV . Blois , S . W . ; G . Bonner , J . VV . ; R . J . Pitt , P . M ., Treas . ; A . II . Oakley , Sec . ; F . Bassett , S . D . ; B . Bareham , J . D . ; E . Brindley , l . G . ; J . Greatorex , Stwd . ; and J . VVilliams , P . M ., Tyler . Among the members were Bros . W . C . Flint , C . Keogh , VV . S . Howell , E . Stoneham , J . Bunting , Geo . Pile , J . Salt , VV . Lea , C . Pike , J . II . Nighlscales , Lewis VV . Innocent , and G . VV .

Williams . V isitors : Bros . H . Boyle , 38 ; A . Straun , 14 ; R . C . Hinderwell , 1259 ; J . Mills , 17 ( 15 , and many others . The lodge being opened , Bros . Munro and Hawkins were passed and Bro . Keogh raised . The lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to refreshment .

The loyal toasts having been proposed and responded to , Bro . Limn , in response to the toast of " The W . M ., " thanked the brethren for their congratulations on his iccovery to good health . Bros . Pitt and Oakley responded as Treasurer and

Secretary respectively . For " The Officers " responses weie given by Bros . Blois , Bonner , Bassett , Bareham , Brindley , and Greatorex . Among the brethren contiibuting to the harmony were Bros . Greatorex , Bareham , and others , and Bro . Brindley delivered a telling recitation .

Provincial Meetings.

PROVINCIAL MEETINGS .

THORNE . St . Nicholas Lodge ( No . 2259 ) . —The usual monthly meeting was held in the Masonic Rooms , Peace Hall , on Wednesday , the 2 nd instant . Present : Bros . J . Constable , W . M . ; A . L . Peace , Treas ., acting S . W . : S . if . L . Ashlin , I . P . M .,- | . D . Bletcher , Almoner ; VV . Martin , J . W . ; Theo . Barber , S . D . ; B . Maskill , J . D . 5

F . T . Turner , l . G . ; W . P . Robotham , Sec . ; G . Eland , E . Hirst , W . T . Chambers , and F . Pine , Tyler . The lodge being duly opened , Bro . Chambers was passed to the Degree of Iv . by the W . M ., as-isted by Bros . Ashlin and Barber . Bro . A . Goodhind , S . D ., being about to leave Yorkshire for Dudley , it was unanimously resolved to invite him to a complimentary parting supper , to be held the evening of the next regular meeting .