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To Our Readers
TO OUR READERS
The Freemason is a sixteen-page weekly newspaper , price zd . It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Annual subscription in the United Kingdom , Post free , 10 / - P . O . O . ' s to be made payable at the chief office , London .
NEW POSTAL RATES . Owing to a reduction in the Postal Rates , the publisher is now enabled to send the " Freemason" to the following parts abroad for One Year for Twelve Shillings ( payable in advance ) : —Africa , Australia , Bombay , Canada , Cape of Good Hope , Ceylon , China , Constantinople , Demerara , France , Germany , Gibraltar , Jamaica , Malta , Newfoundland , New South Wales , New Zealand , Suez , Trinidad , L nited States of America , & c .
COLONIAL AND FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS are informed that acknowledgments of remittances received are published in the first number of every month . NOTICE . —It is very necessary for our friends to advise us of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America and India ,- otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them .
To Advertisers.
TO ADVERTISERS .
The Freemason has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an aelvertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . For terms , position , & c , apply to GitomjE KE . viaNG , 198 , Fleet-st .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
All Communications , Advertisements , & c , intended for insertion in the Number cf the fcr ' . owing Saturday , must reach the Office not later thar . 12 o ' clock on Weelnesday morning . J . V . —Your items will be very acceptable . The follo . ving stand over : —Consecration of Richard
Giddy Lodge , Nelson , Now Zealand ; Egyptian Loelge , 27 ; Priory Lodge-, 1000 , Southend ; St . Barnabas Loelge , 94 S , Lcighton-Buzzard ; Pomfret Lodge , 3 60 , Northampton ; Henley Loelge , 1472 , North Woolwich ; Thames Valley Lodge-, 1460 , Ilalliford ; St . Hilda ' s Lodge , 240 , South Shields ; Albert Edward Lodge , 1560 ,
Leicester ; Hartington Lodge , 1085 , Derby ; Royal Cumberland Lodge , 41 , Bath ; Lodgeof Truth , 1458 , Manchester ; Royal Kent Lodge of Instruction ; Faith Lodge of Instruction ; St . David's Lodge of Instruction , Manchester ; and the following Scotch lodges : Maryhill , 510 -,
Commercial , 3 G 0 ; Union , 332 ; St . John ' s , 3 I ; Clyde , 408 ; Shamrock and Thistle , 275 ; Mark Lodge Fortescue , 9 , South Molton ; Red Cross Conclave , Edinburgh ; " The Mark Degree Assailed . " Bro . W . Tebb's remarks in our next . "An Eye Witness" must seiiel his name in confiil ence to the Editor .
Notice To Our Many Correspondents And Readers.
NOTICE TO OUR MANY CORRESPONDENTS AND READERS .
A supplement to the " Freemason " will be published next week , containing an account of otir Royal Grand Master ' s reception in London , on his happy return from India . Orders should be sent at once , to ensure certainty of delivery , to Bro . George Kenning , 398 , Fleet-street , E . C .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
[ The charge is is . 6 d . for announcements , not exceeding four lines , under this heading . ] BIRTHS . Bno . iD . —On the gth inst ., at Lewisham , thc wife of Bro . Broad , 184 , of a daughter . CI . AKK . —On Feb . 26 last , at Hobart Town , Tasmania , the wife of J . K . Clark , of a son .
CHANE . —On the 6 th inst ., at Wood-lane , Shepberd ' sbush , the wife of W . Crane , Esq ., of a son . CirTiiDEiiT . —On the 5 th inst ., at Guernsey , thc wife of Major R . T . P . Cuthbert , of a son . MARRIAGES .
Fi-owi-rii—WHITE . —On ^ lhe 4 th inst ., at St . Thomas's , Orchard-street , Portman-si ( iiare , Henry Vincent Flower , Esq ., of Scarrington , Notts , to Christine Sophia , daughter of G . F . White . REED—ROPES . —On the fith inst ., at Avranchcs ,
Normandy , Charles lMlward Baines , son ot Sir L . Reed , ol F ^ arlsmead , Tottenham , to Ailie Elizabeth , daughter of W . H . Ropes , Esq . GHKEN-BREHEJON . —On April 27 th , at the Church of St . Mary , Bedford , by the father of tbe bride , Edmund Green ,
Esq ., J . P ., Captain B . V . R ., and W . M . of thc Stuart Lodge , 540 , to Mary , daughter of the Rev . Charles Brereton , B . C . L ., Rector of St . Mary ' s , Rural Dean , and Chaplain of the lodge . DEATHS .
JONES . —On ihe 6 th inst ., at Liverpool , aged 14 , Constance Charlton , daughter of J . C . Jones . HOOJT . JI . —On the 19 th March , at Yokohama , Henry John Hooper , aged 47 . C < 1 I . F . MAN . —On the 7 th inst ., at Surbiton , Kingston-on Thairies , Matthew Trollope Coleman , in his 65 th year . MA * NC—Onthe 6 th inst ., at Boulogne , John Maund . Esq ., late of Ty Maur , Breconshire . .
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TheFreemason, SATURDAY , MAY 13 , 18 / 6 .
Welcome Home Again.
WELCOME HOME AGAIN .
" Home , Sweet Home " are the words of an old strain much cherished a mong us , and midst " pleasures and palaces , " after all , we will add , " there is no place like home . " And so to day , the entire Craft welcomes back its Grand Master to his"ain fireside , " after many eventful scenes ,
many great dangers , and many long travels . His Royal progress has been a triumphant one . He has seen Athens and the Pyramids , he has visited the stout fortress of Aden , and the crumbling palaces of Goa . He has made a pilgrimage to all the most memorable of Indian localities , he
has sojourned at Malta , greeted old Gib , been refreshed b y Cadiz , wondered at Seville , loitered amid the silence of the Escurial , was pleased with Cordova , and feted at Madrid , and having been welcomed at Lisbon and Cintra , and charmed with the Tagus ( who is not ?)
he has safely traversed the Bay of Biscay , and has landed on the friendl y beach of Portsmouth . His wife and children have met him r-ffthe Isle of Wi ght , and now he is well and happy , and genial and frank as ever , surrounded by the loving hearts of a loyal people , and cheered
by the friendly sympathy of rejoicing millions . He has had an "' outing" as they say , and no mistake . He is now one of the greatest of travellers , as he is one of the coolest of sportsmen , the kindest of companions , and tbe most pleasant of guests . A correspondent of the
" J ournal des Debats " says , he is a " man of iron , " and tires every one else out , and is never tired himself , sees everything , notes everything . So much the better we say , and we rejoice to think that this voyage of the Prince of Wales has been one of great success , and of greater
happiness to all concerned , fro m first to last . That some anxieties may have been felt for him amid the perils of the jungle and the climate of distant Hindostan is probably true , that those nearest and dearest to him may have grudged ln ' s long absence , and eagerly counted the hours
of his return , is also undoubted , but still , through all and in all , a gracious Providence has protected his goodly progress , and we hail him once again with the proud loyalty of Englishmen . We trust that some arrangements may be made by which the Craft at large may be enabled
to welcome home again its Royal Grand Master , as we feel sure that nothing would conduce more to call forth in most marked measure the deep attachment of our great and united Order to its royal head than some such advisable and seasonable festivity . For that admirable lady the august
consort of the Prince of Wales , the feeling of the Craft has been , during the Prince of Wales ' s absence , as on his happy return , one of inexpressible sympathy . For her virtues , as well as for her graces , her kindness of disposition , and her admirable discharge of every duty connected with
her exalted position , as Freemasons we share with a grateful and gratified community , the one prevailing feeling of loyal appreciation and devotion . To the Queen the safe return of our Royal Grand Master will be a subject of heartfelt and affectionate gratification , for her
as well for all of the Royal family , The members of our Royal House 1 rive lately been much scattered , though soon now to be gathered together happily again , and for them , one and all , as patriotic Englishmen and true Freemasons , we all have and must have the thorough English
sentiments of attachment and affection ! Jt is most gratifying to every loyal Englishman to see and to know how in their several stations and hig h vocations our Royal Family are seeking so zealously to do their duty and be useful as members of the great body politic in their time
and generation . Feeling that in venturing to say what we have said , however feebly , we are but expressing the uppermost opinion of every English Freemason ; believing that we are , as it were , but re-echoing the hearty good wishes and
devoted aspirations of our goodly and rejoicing Craft , we beg most respectfully and yet most fraternally to tender to our Royal Grand Master , in the humble pages of the " Freemason , " a Masonic and heartfelt " Welcome Home" again .
Welcome Home Again.
We shall recur to our Royal Grand Master ' s reception at home in our next .
No Politics.
NO POLITICS .
W e published in our last impression a letter which appeared in our contemporary , the '' Dail y News , " with reference to a very foolish act , as regards our Masonic confraternity . Since then we have seen letters many and articles manv on the same subject , and we feel bound
not altogether to pass the matter ever silently , for fear of any possible misconstruction . It seems that a Conservative association has had the extreme bad taste , to say the least of it , to send a form of petition to some lodges in reference to a purely political measure , which is called
the Royd Titles Bill . We can only suppose that the secretaries , Messrs . Gorst and Neville , acted without consideration and somewhat hastily , and must we not say most indiscreetly ? That tbey deliberately intended to insult the Masonic brotherhood we do not for a moment
suppose , and we cannot believe ; and we would fain hope that this was on their part a hasty step , unadvisedly taken , and without giving much thought to the evident solecism in propriety and good taste the } ' were committing . We must all be struck with one fact which this rcgretable
incident evidences , viz ., the great ignorance which prevails as to the true position and real princip les of Freemasonry in this country . To suppose that because the Prince of Wales is at onr head we shoultl therefore depart one jot or tittle from our avowed neutralitv on ali political
questions is practically to exhibit a very low opinion alike of the professions and practice of Freemasons . For if there is one thing which distinguishes us as a body it is our absolute abstention from anything that savours of political feelings or political opinions . We have in our
Order members of various views on political questions , some perhaps as contrasted and as antagonistic as well may be outside of tho lodge ; but within the lodge , inside the pale of Masonry , we know nothing , absolutely nothing , of the divergent aspirations of statesmen or parties , we
close our ears to the war cries of faction , we ignore the " Shibboleths " of partizan hosts . We are patriot citizens of our great country , but nothing more , and in respect of politics , our feelings and our flags are alike colourless , and altogether of a neutral tint . Indeed , it is one of
the great boasts of Freemasonry , that in the lodge the cries of party are unheard , and the din of worldly pclitics never intrudes . It must , then , be a matter of mingled surprise and regret to us all , not only that such ignorance should prevail as to our real and distinct position in
such a matter , but that any such ill-timed and ill-advised circular should have been forwarded to any of our lodges . We do not wish to make too much of the matter , we somehow believe that the proceeding , properly complained of , has arisen from haste , inadvertence ,
and a culpable carelessness , as no one can doubt , knowing Freemasonry at all , what must be the response from any lodge in England , and in Great Britain , to this untoward circular . One more remark we will make . It is curious enough that such a step should have
been taken in the face of our Royal Grand Master ' s emphatic warning to the Craft not to meddle with politics , and , therefore , we feel sure that it is just one of those mistakes which will occur in the '' best regulated families , " and which we had better at once forget ,
and relegate to the " limbo " of all those little follies which men often commit , either through ignorance , through excitement , or through want of consideration , which in their calmer moments they regret , and which it is our duty , especially as Freemasons , kindly to condone and good humouredly to forget .
The Proposed Masonic Library At Sheffield.
THE PROPOSED MASONIC LIBRARY AT SHEFFIELD .
We set before our readers in our last impression , by the kind communication of our energetic Bro . S . B . Ellis , Sheffield , the proposal—a very promising one . by the way—of a Joint Masonic Library for the three Craft lodges at Sheffield . For the announcement of such an effort we were glad to afford room in our overcrowded pages
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To Our Readers
TO OUR READERS
The Freemason is a sixteen-page weekly newspaper , price zd . It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Annual subscription in the United Kingdom , Post free , 10 / - P . O . O . ' s to be made payable at the chief office , London .
NEW POSTAL RATES . Owing to a reduction in the Postal Rates , the publisher is now enabled to send the " Freemason" to the following parts abroad for One Year for Twelve Shillings ( payable in advance ) : —Africa , Australia , Bombay , Canada , Cape of Good Hope , Ceylon , China , Constantinople , Demerara , France , Germany , Gibraltar , Jamaica , Malta , Newfoundland , New South Wales , New Zealand , Suez , Trinidad , L nited States of America , & c .
COLONIAL AND FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS are informed that acknowledgments of remittances received are published in the first number of every month . NOTICE . —It is very necessary for our friends to advise us of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America and India ,- otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them .
To Advertisers.
TO ADVERTISERS .
The Freemason has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an aelvertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . For terms , position , & c , apply to GitomjE KE . viaNG , 198 , Fleet-st .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
All Communications , Advertisements , & c , intended for insertion in the Number cf the fcr ' . owing Saturday , must reach the Office not later thar . 12 o ' clock on Weelnesday morning . J . V . —Your items will be very acceptable . The follo . ving stand over : —Consecration of Richard
Giddy Lodge , Nelson , Now Zealand ; Egyptian Loelge , 27 ; Priory Lodge-, 1000 , Southend ; St . Barnabas Loelge , 94 S , Lcighton-Buzzard ; Pomfret Lodge , 3 60 , Northampton ; Henley Loelge , 1472 , North Woolwich ; Thames Valley Lodge-, 1460 , Ilalliford ; St . Hilda ' s Lodge , 240 , South Shields ; Albert Edward Lodge , 1560 ,
Leicester ; Hartington Lodge , 1085 , Derby ; Royal Cumberland Lodge , 41 , Bath ; Lodgeof Truth , 1458 , Manchester ; Royal Kent Lodge of Instruction ; Faith Lodge of Instruction ; St . David's Lodge of Instruction , Manchester ; and the following Scotch lodges : Maryhill , 510 -,
Commercial , 3 G 0 ; Union , 332 ; St . John ' s , 3 I ; Clyde , 408 ; Shamrock and Thistle , 275 ; Mark Lodge Fortescue , 9 , South Molton ; Red Cross Conclave , Edinburgh ; " The Mark Degree Assailed . " Bro . W . Tebb's remarks in our next . "An Eye Witness" must seiiel his name in confiil ence to the Editor .
Notice To Our Many Correspondents And Readers.
NOTICE TO OUR MANY CORRESPONDENTS AND READERS .
A supplement to the " Freemason " will be published next week , containing an account of otir Royal Grand Master ' s reception in London , on his happy return from India . Orders should be sent at once , to ensure certainty of delivery , to Bro . George Kenning , 398 , Fleet-street , E . C .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
[ The charge is is . 6 d . for announcements , not exceeding four lines , under this heading . ] BIRTHS . Bno . iD . —On the gth inst ., at Lewisham , thc wife of Bro . Broad , 184 , of a daughter . CI . AKK . —On Feb . 26 last , at Hobart Town , Tasmania , the wife of J . K . Clark , of a son .
CHANE . —On the 6 th inst ., at Wood-lane , Shepberd ' sbush , the wife of W . Crane , Esq ., of a son . CirTiiDEiiT . —On the 5 th inst ., at Guernsey , thc wife of Major R . T . P . Cuthbert , of a son . MARRIAGES .
Fi-owi-rii—WHITE . —On ^ lhe 4 th inst ., at St . Thomas's , Orchard-street , Portman-si ( iiare , Henry Vincent Flower , Esq ., of Scarrington , Notts , to Christine Sophia , daughter of G . F . White . REED—ROPES . —On the fith inst ., at Avranchcs ,
Normandy , Charles lMlward Baines , son ot Sir L . Reed , ol F ^ arlsmead , Tottenham , to Ailie Elizabeth , daughter of W . H . Ropes , Esq . GHKEN-BREHEJON . —On April 27 th , at the Church of St . Mary , Bedford , by the father of tbe bride , Edmund Green ,
Esq ., J . P ., Captain B . V . R ., and W . M . of thc Stuart Lodge , 540 , to Mary , daughter of the Rev . Charles Brereton , B . C . L ., Rector of St . Mary ' s , Rural Dean , and Chaplain of the lodge . DEATHS .
JONES . —On ihe 6 th inst ., at Liverpool , aged 14 , Constance Charlton , daughter of J . C . Jones . HOOJT . JI . —On the 19 th March , at Yokohama , Henry John Hooper , aged 47 . C < 1 I . F . MAN . —On the 7 th inst ., at Surbiton , Kingston-on Thairies , Matthew Trollope Coleman , in his 65 th year . MA * NC—Onthe 6 th inst ., at Boulogne , John Maund . Esq ., late of Ty Maur , Breconshire . .
Ar00805
TheFreemason, SATURDAY , MAY 13 , 18 / 6 .
Welcome Home Again.
WELCOME HOME AGAIN .
" Home , Sweet Home " are the words of an old strain much cherished a mong us , and midst " pleasures and palaces , " after all , we will add , " there is no place like home . " And so to day , the entire Craft welcomes back its Grand Master to his"ain fireside , " after many eventful scenes ,
many great dangers , and many long travels . His Royal progress has been a triumphant one . He has seen Athens and the Pyramids , he has visited the stout fortress of Aden , and the crumbling palaces of Goa . He has made a pilgrimage to all the most memorable of Indian localities , he
has sojourned at Malta , greeted old Gib , been refreshed b y Cadiz , wondered at Seville , loitered amid the silence of the Escurial , was pleased with Cordova , and feted at Madrid , and having been welcomed at Lisbon and Cintra , and charmed with the Tagus ( who is not ?)
he has safely traversed the Bay of Biscay , and has landed on the friendl y beach of Portsmouth . His wife and children have met him r-ffthe Isle of Wi ght , and now he is well and happy , and genial and frank as ever , surrounded by the loving hearts of a loyal people , and cheered
by the friendly sympathy of rejoicing millions . He has had an "' outing" as they say , and no mistake . He is now one of the greatest of travellers , as he is one of the coolest of sportsmen , the kindest of companions , and tbe most pleasant of guests . A correspondent of the
" J ournal des Debats " says , he is a " man of iron , " and tires every one else out , and is never tired himself , sees everything , notes everything . So much the better we say , and we rejoice to think that this voyage of the Prince of Wales has been one of great success , and of greater
happiness to all concerned , fro m first to last . That some anxieties may have been felt for him amid the perils of the jungle and the climate of distant Hindostan is probably true , that those nearest and dearest to him may have grudged ln ' s long absence , and eagerly counted the hours
of his return , is also undoubted , but still , through all and in all , a gracious Providence has protected his goodly progress , and we hail him once again with the proud loyalty of Englishmen . We trust that some arrangements may be made by which the Craft at large may be enabled
to welcome home again its Royal Grand Master , as we feel sure that nothing would conduce more to call forth in most marked measure the deep attachment of our great and united Order to its royal head than some such advisable and seasonable festivity . For that admirable lady the august
consort of the Prince of Wales , the feeling of the Craft has been , during the Prince of Wales ' s absence , as on his happy return , one of inexpressible sympathy . For her virtues , as well as for her graces , her kindness of disposition , and her admirable discharge of every duty connected with
her exalted position , as Freemasons we share with a grateful and gratified community , the one prevailing feeling of loyal appreciation and devotion . To the Queen the safe return of our Royal Grand Master will be a subject of heartfelt and affectionate gratification , for her
as well for all of the Royal family , The members of our Royal House 1 rive lately been much scattered , though soon now to be gathered together happily again , and for them , one and all , as patriotic Englishmen and true Freemasons , we all have and must have the thorough English
sentiments of attachment and affection ! Jt is most gratifying to every loyal Englishman to see and to know how in their several stations and hig h vocations our Royal Family are seeking so zealously to do their duty and be useful as members of the great body politic in their time
and generation . Feeling that in venturing to say what we have said , however feebly , we are but expressing the uppermost opinion of every English Freemason ; believing that we are , as it were , but re-echoing the hearty good wishes and
devoted aspirations of our goodly and rejoicing Craft , we beg most respectfully and yet most fraternally to tender to our Royal Grand Master , in the humble pages of the " Freemason , " a Masonic and heartfelt " Welcome Home" again .
Welcome Home Again.
We shall recur to our Royal Grand Master ' s reception at home in our next .
No Politics.
NO POLITICS .
W e published in our last impression a letter which appeared in our contemporary , the '' Dail y News , " with reference to a very foolish act , as regards our Masonic confraternity . Since then we have seen letters many and articles manv on the same subject , and we feel bound
not altogether to pass the matter ever silently , for fear of any possible misconstruction . It seems that a Conservative association has had the extreme bad taste , to say the least of it , to send a form of petition to some lodges in reference to a purely political measure , which is called
the Royd Titles Bill . We can only suppose that the secretaries , Messrs . Gorst and Neville , acted without consideration and somewhat hastily , and must we not say most indiscreetly ? That tbey deliberately intended to insult the Masonic brotherhood we do not for a moment
suppose , and we cannot believe ; and we would fain hope that this was on their part a hasty step , unadvisedly taken , and without giving much thought to the evident solecism in propriety and good taste the } ' were committing . We must all be struck with one fact which this rcgretable
incident evidences , viz ., the great ignorance which prevails as to the true position and real princip les of Freemasonry in this country . To suppose that because the Prince of Wales is at onr head we shoultl therefore depart one jot or tittle from our avowed neutralitv on ali political
questions is practically to exhibit a very low opinion alike of the professions and practice of Freemasons . For if there is one thing which distinguishes us as a body it is our absolute abstention from anything that savours of political feelings or political opinions . We have in our
Order members of various views on political questions , some perhaps as contrasted and as antagonistic as well may be outside of tho lodge ; but within the lodge , inside the pale of Masonry , we know nothing , absolutely nothing , of the divergent aspirations of statesmen or parties , we
close our ears to the war cries of faction , we ignore the " Shibboleths " of partizan hosts . We are patriot citizens of our great country , but nothing more , and in respect of politics , our feelings and our flags are alike colourless , and altogether of a neutral tint . Indeed , it is one of
the great boasts of Freemasonry , that in the lodge the cries of party are unheard , and the din of worldly pclitics never intrudes . It must , then , be a matter of mingled surprise and regret to us all , not only that such ignorance should prevail as to our real and distinct position in
such a matter , but that any such ill-timed and ill-advised circular should have been forwarded to any of our lodges . We do not wish to make too much of the matter , we somehow believe that the proceeding , properly complained of , has arisen from haste , inadvertence ,
and a culpable carelessness , as no one can doubt , knowing Freemasonry at all , what must be the response from any lodge in England , and in Great Britain , to this untoward circular . One more remark we will make . It is curious enough that such a step should have
been taken in the face of our Royal Grand Master ' s emphatic warning to the Craft not to meddle with politics , and , therefore , we feel sure that it is just one of those mistakes which will occur in the '' best regulated families , " and which we had better at once forget ,
and relegate to the " limbo " of all those little follies which men often commit , either through ignorance , through excitement , or through want of consideration , which in their calmer moments they regret , and which it is our duty , especially as Freemasons , kindly to condone and good humouredly to forget .
The Proposed Masonic Library At Sheffield.
THE PROPOSED MASONIC LIBRARY AT SHEFFIELD .
We set before our readers in our last impression , by the kind communication of our energetic Bro . S . B . Ellis , Sheffield , the proposal—a very promising one . by the way—of a Joint Masonic Library for the three Craft lodges at Sheffield . For the announcement of such an effort we were glad to afford room in our overcrowded pages