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THE FREEMASONS' MANUAL AND OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF THE PROV . G . LODGE AND PROV . G . CHAPTER OF KENT , by Bro . THOMAS WARNE , Rochester Journal office . This is a vcry well compiled and useful little manual , not only of importance for our Kentish brethren but also for all English Masons . It gives us a list of the lodges

and chapters in the province with all the Officers and Past Masters , as well as of the chapters , and the Principals and past Principals and Officers , ft also supplies thc number of members . By this it seems that in the Province , under Lord Holmesdale ' s rule there are 43 lodges , and in round numbers 2230 brethren . We regret to note that three lodges have furnished thc worthy

compiler of this useful little manual no information . We must say this is an unfraternal neglect . There are also , it seems , thirteen chapters and the number of companions is 33 6 . We feci bound to add a most unsatisfactory , though we fear somewhat normal , proportion . This little work g ives us also the Prov . G . Lodge and Prov . G . Chapter Bye Laws ; they are few and simple and hardly

call for notice . The payment to the lodge which receives the Prov . G . Lotlge annually of £ 70 , is net only a very " strong Order , " but its policy may fairly be questioned . We shoultl like to see the balance sheet of the Province . Bro . Warne is to be commended for this very neat and useful little Masonic Handbook for the good Province of Kent .

LIGHT , No . r . —A Journal of Criticism and Belles Lettres . We have been favoured with a copy of this new periodical , antl take the opportunity of noticing it . It has a " fcuilkton , " a weekly supplement attached to ii , and among the writers we notice many well known names . We are pleased to meet Mr . Anthony

rrollope again , in "The Lady of Launay , " having but lately all but wished him good-bye with regret in , "Is he Popcnjoy ? " There is a lively sketch , termed " Rita , or a Night Ride with the Arricros in New Castile . " There is also a promising commencement of "The impulsive Lady of Crocme Castle , " by Thomas Harely . Let us hope that " Light" will continue to shine oa contemporary " Criticism and B lies L * tires . "

MAY'S BRITISH AND IRISH PRESS GUIDE , —1 G 0 , Piccadilly , London . This most useful work has reached its fifth annual issue , and wc recommend it to the notice of our readers , for thc book is in itself a most remarkable one , containing an accurate account of the whole of that important section of the community , the press of Great Britain and Ireland . All such information is of the greatest importance and

interest of us all alike . As the proprieteirs truly observe , the work contains descriptive particulars of 3000 newspapers , periodicals , magazines , and serial publications issued in the United Kingdom , and is confidently asserted to be the most comprehensive and reliable directory of the kind now issued . We may observe that there are 1885 newspapers published in Great Britain and Ireland , and which are tabulated as follows -.

—Metropolis ... ... 486 England ... ... ... 1003 Wales ... ... ... 59 Scotland ... ... ... 172 Ireland ... ... ... 145 British Isles ... ... 20

Of the 1399 provincial papers , 177 may le fairly described as localized editions of , or published in connection with , other journals . Of these the following synoptical table gives u » a clear and careful statement : —

«*! w Ji 1 c i - <¦ . •~ When Published . f 4 & - 1 « ~ £ £ 3 to -2 * * ™ is £ S W > w A M t-

Daily Morning ... 15 44 3 11 14 1 88 „ Evening ... 7 3 6 ... . 9 3 ... 55 Five times a week ... 1 12 ... . „ ... ... 13 Four times a week 1 / Three times a week ... 5 8 ... 2 7 4 26 Twice a week ... 13 74 5 8 22 4 126 Monday ... 11 3 1 re ,

Tuesday ... 10 46 1 6 1 1 6 5 Wednrstlay ... 29 1 * 4 3 20 2 2 110 Thursday ... 39 6 7 6 12 10 ... 134 Friday ... 111 222 23 26 11 1 394 Saturday ... 114 424 16 73 71 6 704 Sunday * ... 8 : .. 8

Twice a month ... 12 1 ... 13 Fortnightly ... 10 1 ... 1 12 Monthly ... 9 6 8 ... 3 3 ... no Quarterly ... 2 2 Irregular and Miscellaneous 3 311 ... 1 9

Total 486 1003 59 172 145 20 1885 * Although there are eight journals recognised as Sunday newspapers ( all published in the metropolis ) , as a fact there is hut one , the Observer , published on Sunday alone , the others issuing editions on preceding days also . Noticeable features in the above list are the favour with which the last two or three elays of the week are regarded as elays of publication , and the large number of monthly newspapers issued in London—the increasing number of

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trade journals accounting in a great thcashrefor the latter It may also be interesting to realise the following account of their publishing prices . w ) a , tn

Q . * - — Publishing Price , g . £ B « e *| -g S U ^ c / 3 i ffl H

Halfpenny 16 68 ... 20 3 3 no One Penny 129 662 34 118 43 7 993 Three-halfpence i .. 5 67 5 6 5 7 95 Twopence ... 68 116 15 13 3 6 2 250 Twopence-halfpenny .,, ... 2 3 ... 2 2 ... 9 Threepence ... Si 26 1 6 29 ... 107

Threcpcnce-hal fpenny 1 3 2 I 2 ... 9 Fourpence 39 5 ... ... 13 ... 57 Fivepence .., ... 17 ... ; .. ,.. 2 ... 19 Sixpence 96 3 ...1 3 ... 103 Sevenpence 4 ... ... 4

Eightpence 2 ... ... 2 Nineper . ce ... ... 4 i ... 5 One Shilling 18 I ... ,.. 19 One Shilling ci Sixpence 2 ... ... ... 2 Two Shillings 5 ... 5 Gratis 1 4 ... 2 4 1 12

Of the remaining newspapers , many are pub ished at an annual rate of subscription , varying from one shilling to six pounds ; some are issued at two separate prices , usually in consideration of the addition of supplementary pages , other are published upon different days at distinct prices , and in several cases the price varies according to

circumstances peculiar to the journals themselves . I hc marked predominance of the penny journals , the popularity of the prices twopence , threepence , antl sixpence , and the excess of hig h-priced newspapers in Ireland compared with Scotland or Wales , are worthy of remark . The following table gives us an approximate ielea or the period during which existing papers have been issued .

eo Kt eo """ n = 1-8 i , . ~ When Established , g Ji . 8 4 g . a - 3 •g " 15 o 4 2 J * . I- t > - ej Jj u , O rt w !> w « n H

Before the year 1700 ... 2 2 ... 1 ... ... 5 1700 to 1799 inclusive 11 49 ... 6 10 1 77 1800 to 1810 „ ... 3 17 3 5 4 ... 32 1811 to 1820 „ ... 2 14 ... 5 4 3 28 1821 to 1830 „ ... 9 20 1 4 12 2 48

1831 to 1840 „ ... 23 45 2 10 18 1 99 1841 to 1850 ,, ... 48 34 2 25 21 2 132 1851 to i 860 , ; ... 68 278 18 41 33 3 441 1861 to 1870 121 249 19 30 24 4 447 1871101876 „ ... 120 197 5 35 17 4 37 $ 1877 50 7 ° 8 5 2 ... 135

It may also be interesting to note , as a mere matter of curiosity , the political bearing of the press : — " ' . Ji * •*** > ~ ^ v ) - " * C I * . j * " *' Principles . ° 4 [ £ 4 g !§ ~ i S w S w J = pa H

Liberal 42 327 30 88 48 7 542 Liberal Conservative ... 9 35 6 7 10 4 71 Conservative ... 25 226 . 9 22 46 3 331 Independent or Neutral ... ... 410 4 'S ' 4 55 4 i 6 94 '

Total ... ... 4861003 59 172 145 20 1885 With regartl to the religious character of the newspaper world it is also well to remember that of the whole number of newspapers ( 1885 ) published in the United Kingdom , there are forty-eight whicii may be classed as Religious , and representing the Church of England , Roman Catholics , Jews , Baptists , Wesleyans , Presbyterians , and other

denomination . There arc eighty-two newspapers regularly illustrated , nine occasionally illustrated ; one contains coloured illustrations , antl one is illustrated by means of photography . Five newspapers appear in the French language , including four published in the Channel Islands , one in German , and one in English , French and Spanish ; eleven

are printed in Welsh , and one partly in Gaelic . There arc also , it seems , 818 periodicals , which are localized as follows : —Metropolis , 59 8 ; England . 131 ; Wales , 20 ; Scotland , 43 ; Ireland , 25 ; British Isles , I . Of these 514 are published monthly . Thc undermentioned periodicals , first established in the previous century , are still published : —

Gentlemen ' s Magazine , 1731 ; Gospel Magazine , 1766 ; Wesleyan Methodist Magazine , 1778 ; Curtis ' s Botanical Magazine , 1786 -, Evangelical Magazine , 1793 ; Methodist New Connexion Magazine , 1797 ; Philosophical Magazine , 1798 . There are issued several periodicals in the Welsh and French languages , one in Arabic and Hindustani , and others are partly printed in Gaelic anel the Lancashire

dialect . The number of illustrated publications , both newspapers and periodicals , increases in a marked tlegree each year , and the extending introduction of illustrations produced by photographic , chromo-lithographic , and other new processes affords gratif ying evidence alike of improving taste and corresponding progress in the methods of production . Out of 287 illustrated periodicals , twenty-three contain

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coloured plates , and eight are illustrated by photographyeig hteen are only occasionally illustrated ; No less than eighty-one periodicals are devoted ( o the juvenile portion of the community , nearly every one containing illustrations . The number of trade organs is continually increasing , there being now 104 publications issued in connection with

specific trades . Among the newly-issued examples may be mentioned the British arid Foreign Confectioner , Cabinet and Upholstery Advertiser , Country Brewers' Gazette , Illustrated Carpenter and Builder , Ironmongers' Review , Meat arid Provision Trades Review , and Pcrriiquief . Our readers will therefore see what interesting and carefully compiled information , for al ! who are interested in the subject , Mr . May ' s " Press Guide" contains .

Provincial Grand Chapter Of East Lancashire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF EAST LANCASHIRE .

Thc annual Provincial Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of East Lancashire was heltl at the Freemasons ' Hall , Cooper-s'rcet , Manchester , oh April 4 th , thc Most Excellent Prov . G . Superintendent ( Colonel Le Gendre N . Starkie ) presiding .

Thc Prov . G . Chapter was opened by Comp . Edmund Ashworth , Z . Social , 62 . The Prov . G . Superintendent and his officers , marshalled by the Prov . G . Director of Ceremonies entered the chapter at three o'clock . There were present Comps . J . L . Hine , Prov . G . Second Principal ; f . A . Birch , Prov . G . Third Principal ; J . Tunnah P . G . Scribe E . ; W . O . Walker , P . G . Scribe N . ; J . Gibb

Smith , Prov . G . Principal Sojourner ; James Hall , Past Prov . G . Principal Sojourner ; W . F . Towel , Past Prov . G . Principal Sojourner ; John Cass , ProV . G . First Assistant Sojourner ; John Jones , Prov . G . Second Assistant Sojouiiief ; T . J . Hooper , Prov . G . Treasurer ; Joseph Biooks , Prov . G . Sword Bearer ; John Heap , Prov " . G . Standard Bearer ; J Sillitoe , Prov . G . Director of Ceremonies ; and J . L .

Goodwin , Prov . G . Organist , and others , only one Chapter in the province being unrepresented . After the Usual business the Pfov . G . Superintendent reappointed and invested Comps . J . L . Iline , J . A . Birch , John Tunnah , and J . H . Sillitoe in the offices previously held by them ; and also appoirted and invested Comps . Edmund Ashworth , Prov . G . S . N . ; Dr . P . Royle , Prov . G . Principal Sojourner ; H . A . Bennett , Prov . G . First Assistant

Sojourner ; Ernst Linck , Prov . G . Second Assistant Sojourner "; T . S . Ainsworth , Prov . G . Registrar ; V . Heywood , Prov . G . Sword Bearer ; J . Bladori , Prov . G . Standard Bearer ; and James Varley , Prov . G . Organist . Comp . J . Wildgoose was unanimously appointed Treasurer and duly invested . The Prov . G . Superintendent and the Prov . G ; Officers retired , and the chapter was closed . The usual banquet followed ,- over which the Grand Superintendent presided .

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Obituary .

THE LATE BRO . J . B . FORSHAW . Many brethren in West Lancashire will hear with regret of the death of Bro . John Baldwin Forshaw , of the Bath Spring Brewery , Ormskirk , which took place at his residence in Derby-street , in that town , recently , at the early age of thirty-four years . Bro . Forshaw had been suffering for four months from a very severe bronchial affection ,

under which he succumbed , although his position during , the illness was sometimes encouraging , and promised to realise the fond hopes of his family and friends in a restoration to health . Bro . Forshaw was universally respected in the neighbourhood ; and in his death' the town of Ormskirk has lost one whose name and influence promised to have many useful and satisfactory associations . He was

a young man possessing a most amiable disposition- — kind , courteous , and large-hearted—and instances might be mentioned of the exercise of that unostentatious charity " which blesses him who gives as well as him who receives . " Like his brother , the late Bro . Philip Baldwin Forshaw , who died in June , 1876 , he was a great friend and supporter of Mas-mic Institutions , and took a lively

interest in the success and working of the local lodges , being at the time of his death the W . M . of the West Lancashire Lodge , No . 1403 ; and there is this remarkable incident in the Masonic career of the two brothers that Bro . P . B . Forshaw at the time of his death was W . M . of his mother lodge , 580 ( Harmony ) , having previously teen

W . M . of 1403 . Bro . Forshaw was a kind and affectionate husbandand parent , and leaves two sons and two daughters . He enjoyed the respect and esteem of his numerous workpeople , who by his death have lost a liberal and an indulgent master . His remains were interred in the new famil y vault , at Ormskirk Parish Church .

BRO . G . BUBB , P . M . 180 . It is with regret we have to announce the death of Bro . Geo . Bubb , P . M . and Treasurer of the St James ' s Union Lodge , 180 , in his fifty-fifth year , which took place on thc 3 rd inst . after a painful illness of three months . His death will throw a gloom over the several lodges of which he was a member ; his jovial and fraternal disposition made

him an universal favourite amongst the brethren , to whom he was ever ready to afford assistance and instruction when needed . The W . M . of his mother lodge issued the following letter , which was responded to by a considerable attendance of the brethren on the ground : — " Dear Sir and Brother ,

—It is my melancholy duty to inform you of the death of our esteemed Bro . Bubb , P . M ., which took place on the 3 rd inst . Thinking you might possibly like to pay a last mark of respect to him , I beg to inform' yeu the funeral will reach Finchley Cemetery on Monday , at eleven' o ' clock . I beg to state that those brethren attending will doso simply