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Answers To Correspondents.

Answers to Correspondents .

An important letter from Bro . Poynter on the Stamp duty will appear in our next . It arrived too late for insertion this week .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . Keystone ; New York Dispatch ; Proceedings of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Massachusetts from March 7 th to Dec . 27 th , 1876 ; Proceedings of the Commandery

of Knights Templar and the appendant orders of Massachusetts and Rhode Island for the year ending Oct . 27 , 1876 ; Boletin Officiale del Gran Oriente de Peru ; X . Y . Z . Railway Guide ; A Selection of Masonic Songs , by Bro . E . P . Philpotts j Glanvillc ' s Guide to South Africa .

Births ,Marriages And Deaths.

Births , Marriages and Deaths .

[ The charge is 2 s . 6 d . for announcements , not exceeding four lines , under this heading . ]

BIRTHS . BRIDGES . —On the 9 th inst ., at Court House , Overton , Hants , the wife of Lieut . Col . Bridges , of a son . GODDARI ) . —On the 10 th inst ., the wife of C . Goddard , of Aldbridge-road-villas , Wcstbourne Park , of a son .

ROPER . —On the 9 th inst ., at Granville Park , Blackheath , the wife of A . Roper , of a son . SMART . —On the 9 th inst ., at Mildmay Park , Stoke Newington , the wife of J . Smatt , of a son . TunNBUi . 1 .. —On the 7 th inst ., at Kelso , N . B ., the wife of G . H . Turnbull , M . D ., of a son .

DEATHS . BRADLEY . —On the 7 th inst ., at the Park , Nottingham , Bernard Bradley , aged 38 . GREEK . —On the 14 th inst ., at 58 , James-Street , Oxfordstreet , after a long and painful illness ; William Green , in his 63 rd year . Friends will please accept this

intimation . LECKENUY . —On the 7 th inst ., at Scarton , John Leckenby , Esq ., J . P ., aged 62 . PETTY . —On the 8 th inst ., at Sidcup Green , Kent , Walter Petty , aged 61 .

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The Freemason , SATURDAY , APRIL 14 , 1877 .

The Movements Of Our Royal Grand Master.

THE MOVEMENTS OF OUR ROYAL GRAND MASTER .

According to the Times and the Daily News H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , accompanied by Bro . Lord Suffield , R . W . Prov . Grand Master Norfolk , and Bro . Knollys , left the Charing-cross station of the South Eastern Railway on Wednesday evening by special train , at 8 . 30 , for Paris , via Folkestone

and Boulogne . Prince Christian , the Duke of Teck , Count Schouvaloff , M . Villebois . and other gentlemen were assembled on the platform to receive His Royal Hi ghness . The train was in charge of Mr . John Shaw , the manager and secretary , and Mr William Cockburn ,

superintendant of the line . The Prince of Wales arrived at Folkestone Harbour at 10 . 14 . Here he was received by Sir Edward Watkin , M . P ., Chairman of the Company , and immediately went on board the special steamer Victoria . The steamer left for Boulogne at 10 . 20 . The Prince

is expected to stay but a short time in Paris , and then to leave for the South of France , en route to Villa Franca , to meet the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh . Our Boulogne correspondent telegraphs that the steamer Victoria arrived at 12 . 20 this moraine , and that His Royal

Highness , after a brief rest , would proceed to Pans by special train . With reference to the health of his Royal Hig hness the Medical Examiner says : — " The progress of the Prince ' s case has been in all respects extremely satisfactory , and , in the opinion of Sir James Paget and

Mr . Oscar Clayton , his Royal Highness ' s health at the present time is excellent . " The Lancet has great satisfaction in recording the rapid and well-nigh complete recovery of the Prince of Wales . The malady indicated in its previous article has been relieved .

The Prince ' s condition has greatly improved , and it is hoped an early sojourn in a warmer clime may conduce to perfect restoration and renewed strength . Meanwhile , it is but a loyal hope to express , that His Royal Highness may recognize the need of rest , and such abstinence from

exertion , physical and mental , as may render the full benefits of change of scene and climate available . It was no mere passing interest which the people of England evinced in the welfare of the Prince of Wales when he lay on a bed of sickness , and it is no mere formal

solicitude which this suggestion is intended to convey . H . R . H . the Princess of Wales arrived at Brindisi on the 8 th inst . The civil authorities were in waiting at the railway station to receive her Royal Highness , who left at midnight for Athens on board the Royal yacht Osborne . The Osborne is expected to reach Corinth on

the 10 th inst . Her Royal Highness is in good health . The Princess of Wales arrived at Athens on the 10 th inst ., at 4 . 30 p . m ., and was greeted with an enthusiastic reception . She was met at Corinth by the King , who ac companied her across the Isthmus to Kalamaki , whence she proceeded in the Royal yacht to the Piraeus .

The Members Of The Royal Family And Freemasonry.

THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY AND FREEMASONRY .

At the approaching meeting of the Grand Lodge of England , Which will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday , the 25 th of the present month , the Prince of Wales will be formally proposed for re-election as Grand Master , and will , of course , be accepted by the

lodge . His Royal Highness will then nominate , either personally or through the Earl of Carnarvon ( Pro Grand Master ) , His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught as Senior Grand Warden , and His Royal Hig hness Prince Leopold as Junior Grand Warden . Their Royal Highnesses will , in that case , succeed the present Grand

Wardens , the Earl of Donoughmore and Colonel the Hon . William Vernon . The other Grand Officers will include the Rev . W . L . Onslow ( Chaplain in ordinary to the Prince of Wales ) , Grand Chaplain ; Bro . Samuel Tomkins , Grand Treasurer ; Bro . yEneas M'Intyre , Q . C ., Grand Registrar : Bro . John Hervoy , Grand Secretary ;

The Members Of The Royal Family And Freemasonry.

and Bro . Ernest Wendt , Grand Secretary f 0 r German Correspondence . Should the Prince of Wales be unable to attend , the Earl of

Carnarvon will preside at the ceremonial , which promises to be one of unusual interest and importance , as there is no precedent for three princes of the blood in Grand Lodge at the same time .

[ We take this from our paper in Scotland , the Scottish Freemason , but we have not , however , as yet heard any . confirmation of the statement ]

Suggested Increase Of The Boys' School.

SUGGESTED INCREASE OF THE BOYS' SCHOOL .

The report ofthe House Committee , presented at the last General Committee , which appears in another column , is we understand to be printed and circulated , so that practically no action can , we apprehend , be taken in the matter at present , or at the Quarterl y Court . At the meeting on Saturday

Bro . Snow made one or two statements , which require to be received with the greatest qualification , for they are , in fact , altogether erratic as to fact and reality , and very unjust to the school . Were it not that we strongly feel that they might lead to many misconceptions , we should have

left them to tell their own tale , as they bear with them their own answer . But experience shows that the most improbable statements are believed , and the most reckless assertions credited , even though the ratification and correction of them be close at hand . Bro . ' Snow stated that if

these alterations were persevered in—on the estimate—the boys would have cost jtjioo a head . It is quite clear that Bro . Snow has no statistical authority for such a statement , and the way he arrives at it appears to be equally simple , ingenuous and amusing . He takes the present number

of the boys , and divides the capital expended on the School by them and the 100 to be admitted , at least we presume that such isjthe basis of his wonderful calculation . But he forgets that such a "divisor" can by no means represent all who are benefitted by the outlay , neither can such a " quo

tient answer to those who will hereafter reap the advantages of our labours and sacrifices . We must add to the actual number of pupils , all who have been in the buildings since they were raised , and who are yet to inhabit them in fact , an " unknown quantity . " Nothing could be more

fallacious , more unfair , or " ad captandum , ' than to say , buildings and land have cost so much , we have so many boys to educate , therefore the cost per boy is so many hundreds per head . There is positively no eleemosynary society of late years which could stand such a test , especially in

London , where building sites are very dear . With all respect to our worthy Bro . Snow , we may therefore dismiss his florid remarks , as the ) ' do not affect the question at issue one way or the other . We shall , we fancy , be expressing the sentiments of all our brethren when we say that the best course of proceeding would be to call a

Special General Court of the Institution , when the specific report can be considered , and the architect ' s statement received . We quite endorse all that Bro . Jesse Turner said on the last occasion , the more so as we believe that the one wish of the Craft is to advance the interests and efficiency ofthe School .

A Masonic Love Of Law Courts.

A MASONIC LOVE OF LAW COURTS .

There seems to be increasing amongst us a tendency , on any pretence , or often on no pretence , to rush into the arena of a law court , quite contrary to the spirit , at any rate of our older regulations . We commented some time back , ( for which we were duly taken to task ) , on some

unwise proceedings , in our humble opinion , on the part of a distinguished lodge , because sor » initiation fees , which ought never to have been allowed to get into arrear , had to be sued for in a County Court ; and we described in the last Fn'tmason some proceedings at Plymouth , we believe ;

which certainly seem to suggest to us the need ° i a little more Masonic caution , consideration , and charity , in all similar matters and on a " similar occasions . Some remarks appeared in ou last about the solicitor who counselled one of tn ^ 1 litigants , but without knowing all the facts 0