Contents.

CONTENTS .

LEADER !; ( 105 Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire 605 Provincial Grand Chapter of Somerset ... 607 Old Warrants . —V 607 Centenarv Celebration Grand Lodge of Maryland—III 607 The "Modems" and Royal Arch Masonry 607

The History of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls from its Origin , 17 S 8 , to its Centenary , 1888 —( Continued ) 60 S Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 6 OQ The Old Masonians dog Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution 609

Masonic Presentation 6 og Grand Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees 609 Province of Berks and Bucks 609 CORRESPONDENCERoyal Masonic Institution for Girls O 10 Can a Warden Confer Degrees ? 611

CORRESPONDENCE ( Continued)—Browne ' s Master Key 611 Notes and Queries fin REPORTS \> r M ASONIC MKTINGSCraft Masonry 611 Instruction ¦ 613 Roval Arch 614

Instruction 614 Mark Masonry 614 Instruction 615 Consecration of the First Temperance Lodge of Mark Master Masons—the King Solomon , No . 383 615

The New Lord Mayor of London 6 ij " Laiiics' Night" at the Surrey Masonic Hall , No . 1 J 39 6 , s The Craft Abroad 615 Obituary 615 Masonic and General Tidings Oifi Lodge Meetings for Next Week iv .

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„ . „ THE news that the CROWN PRINCE of GERMANY has had a The Crown , , , , , . , r- »» » r Prince of relapse , and thai the growth which SIR MORELL MACKENZIE Germany . removef ] sorne months ago has made its appearance again lower down the throat , has been received everywhere throughout England

and Germany with a deep feeling of regret . His Imperial Highness has borne himself so admirably through life in the exalted sphere in which he moves as to have secured the affection of many , and the respect of all . In his domestic circle , in politics , and as a soldier , he has exhibited the best qualities of the man , and of the prince , or leader of men , and the sympathy

of all classes of society will be with him , his wife and children , and his sovereign and father , the illustrious and aged Emperor WILLIAM of Germany , in the present grave condition of his health . And this feeling will be especially fervent among the members of the Society of Freemasons , into which his Imperial Highness was introduced by his father , then Prince

of Prussia , just 34 years since—on the 5 th November , 1853 , and over which , in his capacity of Deputy Protector of the three Grand Lodges in Prussia , he has long exercised a most beneficial influence . May the G . A . O . T . U . look down with favour upon the efforts of his medical advisers , and enable them to overmaster speedily and completely the serious malady from which his Imperial Highness is suffering .

WE congratulate Bro . Alderman DE KEYSER on his accession Mayor of to the ancient and honourable office of Lord Mayor of London . Lon on . j t must neef j s be that those who attain to the highest position in such a city as ours—the wealthiest and most densely-populated , as

well one of the most ancient , among the capitals of the civilised world—are men of exceptional ability , and have proved themselves as such through a long course of years devoted wholly and solely to business . Fortune smiles upon such men because they start in life with a determination to deserve her favours . They seldom waver in this resolution , and they still more

seldom fail of ultimate success j indeed , failure in the case of men so constituted is almost an impossibility . Thus the Lord Mayoralty ot London is not an empty honour , which any one may aspire to , neither is it a well-paid sinecure , the duties of which any one may discharge with credit . Only the cream among our citizens can hope to win it , and , when won , its duties and

responsibilities are most arduous and exacting . However , with such a record as Bro . Lord Mayor DE KEYSER can point to already , we doubt not he will prove worthy of the position to which his fellow citizens have raised him , and that when he lays down his office he will stand as high in the world ' s esteem and respect as the best and most successful of his predecessors .

*«* Masonic jubilee WB galher from the printed proceedings of the meeting of Celebration the brethren held in Shanghai under the auspices of the at Shanghai . District Grand Lodge of Northern China on the 21 st June last , in celebration of the Queen ' s Jubilee , that there was a strong muster ,

not only of the D . G . Officers and members of the three English Lodges—Nos . 5 > 570 , and 1027—at Shanghai , but also of those of the Cosmopolitan Lodge , No . 428 ( Scottish Constitution ) , and of the Ancient Landmark Lodge , holding under the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts . Bro . J . I . MILLER , D . G . M . Northern China , presided , and among those who

supported him were Bro . CORNELIUS THORNE , Past District G . M ., and Bro C . H . DALLAS , Past District G . M . of Japan . The proceedings in D . G . Lod ge were merely formal , and the visiting lodges having been received in the accustomed manner , a procession was formed , and the brethren marched under their respective banners to the Cathedral , where divine service was

held in honour of the event . There is no doubt as to the strong feeling of loyalty to our gracious SOVEREIGN which prevails among our lodges whereever they may be distributed throughout the British Empire , but it is not

the less incumbent on us to congratulate the D . G . Lodge of Northern China , the Shanghai Lodges , and their visitors of the Scottish and Massachusetts Constitutions , on the success of their celebration of her MAJESTY ' S Jubilee .

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IT does not often happen that we are able to obtain glimpses Freemasonry . rr . , in into the proceedings ot the Craft in remote or unfrequented ayt " jurisdictions . Thanks , however , to a communication published in the current number of La Chaine a"Union , we are in a position to lay before our readers some brief particulars which shows that Freemasonry in

the Republic of Hayti must be in a tolerably flourishing condition , and that , as its rulers are animated apparently by a sincere love for , and appreciation of , the principles of our Society , there is every reason to hope that it will continue in this state for many , many years . We gather from this report in our worthy contemporary that , for reasons which seemed good to our

Haytian brethren , Bro . F . DOFLESSIS , recently Grand Master of this Grand Orient , not long since received his dismissal from office , and that , with the full approval of Bro . SALOMON , President of Hayti and Grand Protector of the Craft in that Republic , Bro . F . A . Bois had been chosen his successor On the 5 th October a grand meeting of the brethren was held at

Port-au-Prince , when Bro . Bois was solemnly installed as Grand Master by acting Grand Master AUBREY . The ceremony appears to have been well carried out . The address of the Installing Grand Master had about it the true Masonic ring , and Bro . Bois , alter being placed upon the tnrone , delivered a speech , which was characterised throughout by great good taste and

delicacy of feeling , and on which we take leave to offer him our hearty congratulations . Bro . Bois spoke modestly , yet firmly , of his desire and intention to see that the principles of Freemasonry were strictly observed , and its affairs duly and systematically administered , and he expressed his

belief that in his endeavours to promote the well-being of the Order , he should receive the loyal support of the lodges and brethren under his authority . From such a beginning we are justified in auguring well for the future of the Craft in this Republic .

* * * IT is to be regretted that our excellent contemporary , the 7 ' % a / t " man " Canadian Craftsman , whose monthly issues invariably contain much interesting and valuable reading , does not always see its wav to representing our arguments accurately . Our reference to the

existence of an English lodge in the Masonic jurisdiction ol the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia , was not made for the purpose of bolstering up our theory of the beauties of perpetual concurrent jurisdiction in the Colonies ot the British Empire but to support our argument that , assuming the conditions to be about the same in all cases , what is done in Nova Scotia and what was

done in Canada before 186 9 ought not to be impossible in the Province of Quebec . The existence of trie Iriendliest relations between the Nova Scotian lodges and the English lodge , No . 398 , in Nova Scotia is an indisputable fact , nor is it possible to deny that the same relations existed between the Canadian lodges and the English lodges in Canada before i 860 , when

Quebec separated Masoiucally from Canada , and exist still . Hence we asked , naturally enough , why what is possible in these cases should be impossible in the third case of Quebec ? and the only answer that is ever likely to be forthcoming we are leti to supply for ourselves , namely , that the Grand Lodge of Quebec will not sanction it . Bui in what we have said

there is no attempt on our part to support a " tottering constitution . " But says the Canadian Craftsman , "we have never heard of any objections being raised anywhere in the Empire on account of the existence of a transient military lodge , " and consequently , " the Halifax Military Lodge " is not a case in point . To this we reply that "the transiency" of a lodge

which has been stationary for many years—if not during the whole of its existence—is not very apparent , and that the Royal Standard , No . 39 s , which is the style and title of the English lodge at Halifax , is not a Military lodge , there being only six such lodges on the roll of our Grand Lodge and , No . 39 8 not being one of them . We advise our contemporary , should it again revert to this subject , to summon a little accuracy to its arguments .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of West Lancashire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF WEST LANCASHIRE .

The annual session of the above Provincial Grand Lodge was held on the 3 rd inst ., in the Town Hall , Eccles , near Manchester . The Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , R . W . P . G . M ., presided over a company numbering about 600 , a special train having conveyed by far the greater portion of that number from Liverpool . The proceedings were inaugurated under the banner of the Bridgewater Lodge , No . 1213 , and most of the brethren having assembled in the large hall by one o ' clock the Prov . Grand Officers were received as follows : —

Bros . Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , R . W . P . G . M . ; M . W . Pearce , P . J . G . W . ; VV Goodacre , P . G . S . B ., P . G . Sec ; S . Wallhead , P . J . G . D . ; T . Nevitt , P . G . S . of W . ; J . B . Andrew , P . G . D . C ; j . Lawrence , P . G . S . B . ; A . D . Hesketh , P . G . Std . Br . ; J . J . Greaves , P . G . O . : A . Hall , P . A . G . Sec : H . Callwood , P . A . G . S . ; C . P .

Roberts , P . G . S . j Rev . W . H . Marsden , P . G . C , ; J . Mossop , P . G . P . ; J . C . Mather , P . G . S . ; M . Hart , P . P . G . D . C . ; J . Beesley , P . P . J . G . D . ; H . Firth , P . P . J . G . D . ; VV . Longbottom , P . P . A . G . P . ; P . B . Gee , P . P . G . S . B . ; E . C . Cooper , P . P . G . S . B . ; J . Wells , P . P . G . D . C ; G . P . Brockbank , P . G . Std . Br . Eng . ; D . W . Finney , P . P . G . D . C . } R . Davies , P . P , G . S . B . ; T . Milligan , P . P . S . G . D .: M . Newsome , P . P . S .