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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

NOTICE . A copy of the present issue of the Freemason has been posted to several thousands of Freemasons whose names and addresses have been kindly furnished by Secretaries of lodges and others , in the hope that many who have hitherto not subscribed to a Masonic paper

may , by a perusal of this number , be induced to do so , and thus keep in touch with all that is of importance in Freemasonry from week to week . An order form will be found on page i , which if filled in and returned to the office , 16 , Great Queen-street , London , W . C , will secure the delivery by post for one year .

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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

SATURDAY , OCTOBER 13 , 18 94 .

We have considerable satisfaction in announcing that the Deputy Grand Master of England , Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Prov . Grand Master of Cornwall , has consented to take the chair at the Festival in May next of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . Bro . Lord Mount Edgcumbe ' s

highly successful occupancy of a similar position on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will be gratefully remembered by the Craft , who will , without doubt , give his lordship a willing and warm support . * * *

The Quarterly Court of Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls was held in the great hall at Freemasons' Tavern on Thursday , the nth instant . The chair was taken at the hour of noon by Bro . Henry Smith , and , as soon as the ordinary

business of the Court was concluded , the poll was opened for the election of 21 out of a list of 42 approved candidates . The result , so far as regards the successful candidates , will be found recorded in our advertisement columns .

# # # The day following , at the same time and place , was held the Quarterly Court of the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Institution lor Boys . At the hour appointed the chair was taken by Bro

Richard Eve , the attendance , as _ in the case of the Girls' School Court , being exceptionally large . In the ordinary course , the poll was opened for the election of 18 from an approved list of 43 candidates , and lor the result we refer our readers to the announcement in our advertisement columns .

We entirely agree with the writer of the letter which appears in our correspondence column with reference to the evils of canvassing , but will he point out how it is possible to put a stop to the system he condemns . It is notorious that no brother , however eminent , has

much chance of being elected a member of the Board of General Purposes unless he allies himself with a caucus , which by a system of persistent canvass among the numerous lodges of instruction , succeeds in securing to a very great extent the votes of junior members of Grand Lodge , who are the most regular attendants at its meetings .

It is an open secret that the caucus to which we referred sometime since arranged among themselves the order in which they propose to impose on the Craft a succession of Grand Treasurers selected from their own body . It is only by persistent open canvassing that the tactics of this caucus can be met . The whole thing is unmasonic and productive of mischief , but we ask again what remedy can be suggested ' :

An important addition to our roll of lodges was made at Frascati's Restaurant , Oxford-street , on Wednesday evening , when the Grand Secretary consecrated the Lancastrian Lodge , No . 2528 , and afterwards installed Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Pro Grand Master and Prov . Grand Master of West Lancashire , as its first

W . Master . The Iodge has been established for the benefit of Lancashire Masons resident in London , and there is , in our opinion , little , if any , doubt as to the career that lies before it . One of the ablest , most influential , and most popular brethren ol the day will

preside over its destinies during the first and most critical j ear of its existence . And we may be sure that as the London Masonic home of Masons hailing originally from the lodges in the two most important Provinces in the country , there will be no lack of