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Reviews.
REVIEWS .
LA CHAINE D 1 UNI 0 N . Paris . This Masonic magazine for May and June is before us , It contains a good deal that is interesting for Frepch , verj little indeed , we regret to say , that is edifying for English Freemasons . By this remark we mean , that the tendencies
and ideas of French Freemasonry are so different fron : that of English just now , that we hardly ever seem to have anything in common . VVe wish it were otherwise heartily , but as so it is , we see no good in concealing the fact , in denying the present position of affairs .
THE GUIDE TO NICE . J AMES NASH , A . C . P . Kerby and Endean . Nice , so well-knowri by name to our readers as one of the most pleasant of places , whether for health or relaxation , surrounded . as it is by beautiful scenery and replete with moving associations of various kinds , has also a history of its own . - It is this history which Mr . Nash ,
Principal of the Anglo-American College at Nice , seeks to set forth in this convenient handbook , _ which also professes to be a descriptive and hygienic guide to Nice , and the information he gives us is both useful and appropriate , and we can confidently recommend the work to the ' noticeof all who have pleasant souvenirs of Nice , of are contemplating a sojourn in its health-restoring
locality . VVe think the idea of Mr . Nash s a good one , as it always seems to us to be-a great reproach to be - sojourning in places of -which we know nothing of its . past annals . . There are no doubt good folks in this world of ours to whom a " daisy is a daisy , and nothing more , " who saunter through life so unintercstedly and unimpassionedly that information becomes superfluous , and
knowledge even a bore . VVe , however , are grateful to all who , like Bir . Nash , weave for us out of the tangled skeins of bye-gone ages and forgotten episodes a consistent web of . lucid and agreeable narrative . Nice has a storied his-. ' tory of its own , rich in eventful scenes and striking-changes , . and well merits the perusal of all who linger gladly amid the scented gales of its fair shore , Or of those to whom
his-• tory brings always something new , welcome , and refreshing . So wc conclude as wc begun by commending the work to all . intending visitors to Nice , to all who still have gracious memories of happy hours and kindly friends under its blue skies , amid its pleasant society , and its reviving atmosphere . The book is admirably printed , and very compact for the bag or the pocket . ' ¦
THE MAGAZINES . The Magazines are here , with a vengeance . The cry is still they come . Indeed , as we have often taken occasion to remark , the amount of serial literature to-day is hard * mentally to digest , all but impossible to " take in . " " The Century "" looms out very large" indeed , " a big thing" in the distance or nearness . " A French
American Sea Port , " " Sailors' Snug Harbour , " " Commerce in thc Colonies , " "Americans—Wild Animals in Art , " are wonderfully illustrated articles . VVe are also much struck with " Dr . Sevier , " " The Red Silk Handkerchief , " "Diary of an American Girl in Cairo , . 1 SS 2 , " these are all most interesting and readable . " VVhat is a Liberal Education ? " merits thoughtful perusal . Thc
following verses in " Brie a Brae" seem to us to be exceedingly amusing , if suggestive of American idea and latent humour : " I wus mighty good-lookin' when I wus young , Peert an' black-eyed an' slim , With fellers a-courtin' me . Sunday nights , 'Spiicially Jim ! *
The likeliest one of em all was he , Chipper , an' han'som' , an' trim , But I tossed up my head an' made fun o' the crowd , 'Specially Jim ! 1 said 1 handn't no ' pinion o' men , An' I wouldn't take stock in him ! But they kep' up a-comin' in spite o' my talk , 'Spiicially lim !
I got so tired o havin' ' cm roun ' ( 'Spiicially Jim !) I made up my mind I'd settle down An' take up with him . So we was married one Sunday in church , 'Twas crowded full to the brim ; 'Twas thc only wayto get rid of ' em all ,
'Spiicially Jim ' . " "Thc English Illustrated Magazine " is this month full of artistic illustrations and interesting matter . It is undoubtedly rapidly improving . "Two * Centuries of Bath , " "Drawing Room Dances , " "An Unsentimental Journey through Cornwall , " are admirable articles , and still more
ably illustrated . lhe two special illustrations—Mrs . Siddons and "DerTodals Freund "—are good specimens of artistic performances . "The Author of Beltraflio , " " By Sea and Land to Kiyoto , " and "The . Armourer's 'Pren-• tices " will well repay perusal . We cannot profess to understand why the Ia . ttcr story , as we said before , is not-also ' illustrated , for * it lends itself so greatly to artistic
adornment . " Longman ' s Magazine " has one or two first - rate articles , notably "A Fush at Last , " "A Remarkable Irish Trial , " " Cricket Gossip , ' . ' and "An Ancient Lake Bottom . " "Jack ' s Courtship" i . s vivacious , "Shut Out " very hazy , and "Madame" very painful . "Temple Bar" contains a very striking assortment of
"Tcmplc-Barrian" articles . "Ilaywacd ' s Lssays , No . 7 G 39 , " "Mademoiselle Ninette , " "Lcs . Eaux Mortes , " ancl "In the Tunnel" nre all very lively and readable . "Mrs . Forrester ' s Secret ' . ' is the opening chapter of a sensational story , and " Peril " is proceeding " more suo . " "The Antiquary " and " Bibliographer " arc here before us , living Dryasdusts , readable by those amiable personages who like and indulge in the caviare of literature .
The costly and mass'ivc furniture and appointments manufactured by liro . George Kenning for thc new Masonic Hall , Sydney , New South Wales , are now on view at his show rooms , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , Little Britain , 195 , 19 C , and 107 , Aldersgate-street , City .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
354 ] ELIAS ASHMOLE . Where is Elias Ashmole ' s will ? WARRINGTON . 355 ] DUKE . OF RICHMOND . Can any onc tell me if there are any Masonic relics at Goodwood ? MASONIC STUDENT .
35 GJ SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN . Where is Sir Christopher Wren's will ? and that of his son Christopher ? I have never Seen either alluded to . If the locale be known where ' they still arc , they might be copied . ANTIQUITY .
357 ] SIR ROBERT MORAY . ¦ Is Sir Robert Moray , Sir Christopher Wren ' s great friend according to the " Parentalia , " the Moray initiated at thc emergency meeting of thc Mary Chapel Lodge at Newcastle ? If so , is there anything in the coincidence ? M . S .
The Present Position Of Masonic Archæology.
THE PRESENT POSITION OF MASONIC ARCH ? OLOGY .
BY MASONIC STUDENT . As it seems to me that hardly any of your readers have realized what must be the effect of accepting the results ot Bro . Gould ' s negative criticism unreservedly , I think it well , in the best interests as I still venture to think of
a sounder and safer outcome of . true Masonic history , to put before you where we now stand , —if we do endorse the " dicta" of Bro . Gould ' s fourth volume . Stripped of all superfluous verbiage , and as a simple distinct direct statement of fact , we arc left in the following condition . If Bro . Gould ' s premises are correct , if his conclusions are sound , our whole " textus ' receptus " of Masonic History
is ' a" fraud " and a " myth . " Anderson ' s and Preston's entire pre-1700 history and early eighteenth century up" to 1717 are swept away , and all claims to any Grand Master before Sayer are void of foundation and * reality . Hence we are placed between the two horns of a dilemma . For as curiously enough Bro . Gould accepts Anderson ' s history of the 1717 formation , and which , as he accuses Anderson
• of " deliberate falsification , is no more entitled to credit on Bro . Gould's own arguments than the pre-1700 history , critically we must also reject that ; or we must assume that . the person deliberately falsifying one portion of a statement for no conceivable " purpose is true in another . The more so 1 may observe as the unknown author of " Multa Paucis " disagrees with Anderson and says there
were six lodges , and not four , present in 1717 . In 1723 Anderson published those Regulations which he afterwards terms the " Old Regulations , " drawn up by Payne in 1720-21 , and which arc so inconsistent with Bro . Gould ' s theory and so confirmatory of Anderson , that I shall never be astonished if it is proposed eventually to give them up also . For this is clear , —if Anderson" is speaking
untruthfully , Payne in 1721 knew it , condoned it , ' approved of it before Anderson published his history in 173 S . For what does Payne say distinctly ? I do not venture to quote the " Old Charges , " lest I should be answered they emanated from Anderson's "inner consciousness . " But I confine myself to Payne ' s Regulations , though I am aware they may be even said to be "tainted" by
Anderson's digestion and explications . Payne mentions previous meetings of "Grand Lodge , " or an "Annual Communication , " as having been held of " late years . " He may mean from 1717 to 1720 , though it is more than , probable , if it is not even certain , that the words cover more than three years . In 1721 allusion is made to a Deputy Grand Master , but
no Deputy Grand Master was appointed until 1721 , and allusion is made to the office ( " now found as necessary as formerly " ); these words , unless a pure invention of Payne ' s , must apply to a period before 1717 ! The admission of fellow Crafts and members only at Quarterly Communication of Grand . Lodge not altered until 1725 , ( NOS . ) the age of reception fixed at 25 , the unanimity of voting required
for acceptance of a new brother , all bespeak the rules of an association longer than three years old , and of some standing . The language is not new language , and there is certainly no appearance of haste or novelty . Indeed , that in the Constitutions in 173 S is mentioned a law of 1 GO 3 allegedly of 21 being thc minimum of age , as altered in 1720-21 to 2 5 > appears to me to mark a truthful record , and a change
introduced for some purpose in 1720 or earlier . I therefore come to the conclusion that Payne in 1720 dwelt with old matter , not new , for if Bro . Gould ' s theory of the reconstruction of Masonic history be true , all these regulations must be new . In Bro . Gould ' s next volume he will tell us , no doubt , in his usual forcible way how he connects the movement in 1717 with the meetings in 164 G , and 1 OS 2 ,
and the bodies at Warrington , York , Chester , London , and in Staffordshire and elsewhere . There is indeed no limit to destructive aiid negative criticism , and some of us may remember that amusing' specimen of analysis -and logic and negative criticism early in this century , which proved satisfactorily that Napoleon Bonaparte never existed , and
that he was a mere myth . Objecting as I do unreservedly to the new Gouldian hypothesis , as pretty a little bit of Masonic dynamitp as can well be realized , 1 venture once again to urge the unfailing specific of a great Lord Chancellor , " I doubt . " Let us be contented , with our present history ; we shall not easily find a better .
Pope Leo has the same idea of Freemasonry that one of his predecessors . Pope Urban , had of the science of Galileo , neither of which could be confuted , except by a Papal decree . Galileo was cited before thc Inquisition , and at the age of 70 years subjected to imprisonment and torture * and Freemasons would now be treated by the Pope in precisely the same manner , if he were not shorn of his temporal power , and the enlightment of this age did not forbid \ t . —Ncvi sOork Sundav Times .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
A meeting of the General Committee was held on Saturday , the 7 th inst . " Present : Bros . J . L . Mather , Dr . Ramsey , A . F . Godson , Rayrtham Stewart , Jas . Moon , VV . Roebuck , B . Berridge , C . F . Hogard , H . XV . Hunt , T . Hastings Miller , Edgar Bowyer , Alfred Williams , Frank
Richardson , A . E . Gladwell , Clement Stretton , F . Adlard , C : F . Matier , Thomas Cubitt , S . H . Parkhouse , G . P . Gillard , H . Venn , W . Wood , H . VV . Hunt , and G . P . Festa . Thc minutes of the General Committee held 3 rd May , and of the House Committee 23 rd May , were read and confirmed . The House Committee arid Finance and Audit Committee nominated at the last meeting were declared duly elected .
Six petitions for admission to the school were received , ' one was ordered to stand over , fourwere accepted , and one was accepted subject tp the Grand Lodge certificate . Application for two grants were received and the sums of £ 5 and £ 10 were granted respectively . ' The following notice of motion by Bro . Controller BAKE , relative to the validity of the votes of a deceased Life
Governor was duly received : " In future it is understood that when voting papers have been signed by Subscribers and passed on . for the purpose of being used on polling days , that the vote shall stand good although the Subscriber may have died between the period of having signed the voting papers and the day of polling for which the voting papers issued in
was . Or case the proposition is rejected , that in the rules after stating what votes the several Subscribers were entitled to , there be added in red print— "That should a Subscriber die before the day of polling named in the voting papers the votes will be null and void , although * he or she may have duly received the voting papers , signed them , and passed them on prior to their decease . "
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
The monthly meeting of the General Committee was held * on Wednesday afternoon at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Col . Creaton , Past Grand Treasurer , occupied the chair . The list of members of thc Committee of Management for the ensuing year was read . A letter was read from the Right
Hon . Sir Michael E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., Past Grand Warden , Provincial Grand Master . for Gloucestershire , consenting to preside at the next Festival of the Institution on the 2 , 5 th February , 1 SS 5 . The death of one annuitant , elected on the 16 th ult ., was reported . The members of the Finance and House Committees were re-elected for the ensuing year . Arrangements for the summer
entertainment to the residents in the Institution at Croydon were left in the hands of the House Comlriittee . The following is the Committee of Management , in addition to the Patrons , Vice-Patrons , and Vice-Presidents : — Nominated hy the Grand Master—V . W . Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary : W . Bros . Jabez Hogg , P . G . Deacon . * John Sampson PeirceP . G . Deacon ;
, Griffiths Smith , Assf . G . Dir . of Cers . ; Robert T . Pigott , D . C . L ., P . Asst . G . Dir . Cers . ; William F . Nettleship , P . G . S . B . ; Chas . Greenwood , P . G . S . B . ; Alfred Richards , G . Std . Br . ; James Brett , P . G . Purst . , * Henry Garrod , Asst . G . Purst . Elected-b y Grand Lodge—XV . Bros . Thos . VV . C . Bush , Chas . A . Cottebrune , Chas . Dairy , VVm . IL
Goodall , Henry McPherson , Geo . L . Moore , William L Murlis , Robt . P . Tate , A . II . Tattershall , James Willing , jun . Elected , by the Subscribers—XV . Bros . Fred . Adlard , John Bulmer , Joseph Clever , Chas . G . Dilley , Wm . Hilton , Henry Moore , Louis Stean , J .. II . Sillitoe , Raynham W . Stewart , E . West .
Consecration Of The Anerley Chapter, No. 1397.
CONSECRATION OF THE ANERLEY CHAPTER , No . 1397 .
A new chapter , in connection with the Anerley Lodge , was consecrated on Saturday last at the Thicket Hotel , Anerley . Comp . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . S . E ., performed the ceremony , assisted b y Comps . Wm . Lake , as H . j Rev . R . J . Simpson , P . G . A . S ., as J . ; and Frank Richardson , P . G .
A . S ., as D . C . The musical part of the ceremony was conducted by Comp . Basley . There were present besides the * companions named above Comps . W . Bennett , P . M . 1397 , M . E . Z . designate ; W . Dommett , P . M . 1397 , H . designate ; R . VV . Inglis , | P . M . 1397 , J . designate ; H . Cristall , A . Moore , ¦ Dr . Cantrell , Birdseye , Thorpe , Ramsey , Dr . Basley , Muggeridge , and others . ¦ After the formal opening of the convocation Comp .
SHADWELX H . CLERKE addressed the companions and paid a high compliment to the Anerley Lodge , which during the 12 years it had existed had been very ably conducted and prosperous . He predicted an equally prosperous career for the chapter . Comp . Frank Richardson then read the petition , and the assent of the companions to the Principals named in the warrant having been given , an able
oration was delivered by Comp . the Rev . J . R . Simpson . After the address the consecrating officer proceeded with the remainder of the ceremony , and Comp . Shadwell H . * Clerke then installed Comps . VVm . Bonnett , as M . E . Z . ; W . Dommett , as H . ; and R . VV . Inglis , as J . The ballot was taken for the Treasurer and other officers and the following were duly elected : Comps . H . Cristall , Scribe
E . ; A . Moore , Treas . ; Dr . Cantrell , P . S . ; and Church , Janitor . The election and appointment of the other officers was postponed . The names of several brethren were proposed for membership and a Committee was formed , composed of the founders , to prepare the bye-laws . The companions then adjourned to an excellent banquet , after which the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were
proposed and duly honoured . Comp . S-ii . \ mviiLi .-H . CLERKE responded for "Thc Grand Officers , " and concluded by proposing "The Health of the M . E . Z ., Comp . Bennett , " to whom he offered his congratulations personally and best wishes for the success of the chapter . . Comp . BENNETT returned thanks , and proposed "Thc
Health of the Consecrating Oflicers , " expressing his thanks and that of the chapter to Col .-Shadwell II . Gierke and those who had assisted him . . Comp . the Rev . li . J . SIMPSON responded . The toast of " Thc Visitors" was next given , and replied to by Comp . MUGGERIDGE , of Mount . Zion Chapter . The toast of "The Oflicers" followed , and the Janitor ' s toast brought the evening ' s proceedings to a close ,
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Reviews.
REVIEWS .
LA CHAINE D 1 UNI 0 N . Paris . This Masonic magazine for May and June is before us , It contains a good deal that is interesting for Frepch , verj little indeed , we regret to say , that is edifying for English Freemasons . By this remark we mean , that the tendencies
and ideas of French Freemasonry are so different fron : that of English just now , that we hardly ever seem to have anything in common . VVe wish it were otherwise heartily , but as so it is , we see no good in concealing the fact , in denying the present position of affairs .
THE GUIDE TO NICE . J AMES NASH , A . C . P . Kerby and Endean . Nice , so well-knowri by name to our readers as one of the most pleasant of places , whether for health or relaxation , surrounded . as it is by beautiful scenery and replete with moving associations of various kinds , has also a history of its own . - It is this history which Mr . Nash ,
Principal of the Anglo-American College at Nice , seeks to set forth in this convenient handbook , _ which also professes to be a descriptive and hygienic guide to Nice , and the information he gives us is both useful and appropriate , and we can confidently recommend the work to the ' noticeof all who have pleasant souvenirs of Nice , of are contemplating a sojourn in its health-restoring
locality . VVe think the idea of Mr . Nash s a good one , as it always seems to us to be-a great reproach to be - sojourning in places of -which we know nothing of its . past annals . . There are no doubt good folks in this world of ours to whom a " daisy is a daisy , and nothing more , " who saunter through life so unintercstedly and unimpassionedly that information becomes superfluous , and
knowledge even a bore . VVe , however , are grateful to all who , like Bir . Nash , weave for us out of the tangled skeins of bye-gone ages and forgotten episodes a consistent web of . lucid and agreeable narrative . Nice has a storied his-. ' tory of its own , rich in eventful scenes and striking-changes , . and well merits the perusal of all who linger gladly amid the scented gales of its fair shore , Or of those to whom
his-• tory brings always something new , welcome , and refreshing . So wc conclude as wc begun by commending the work to all . intending visitors to Nice , to all who still have gracious memories of happy hours and kindly friends under its blue skies , amid its pleasant society , and its reviving atmosphere . The book is admirably printed , and very compact for the bag or the pocket . ' ¦
THE MAGAZINES . The Magazines are here , with a vengeance . The cry is still they come . Indeed , as we have often taken occasion to remark , the amount of serial literature to-day is hard * mentally to digest , all but impossible to " take in . " " The Century "" looms out very large" indeed , " a big thing" in the distance or nearness . " A French
American Sea Port , " " Sailors' Snug Harbour , " " Commerce in thc Colonies , " "Americans—Wild Animals in Art , " are wonderfully illustrated articles . VVe are also much struck with " Dr . Sevier , " " The Red Silk Handkerchief , " "Diary of an American Girl in Cairo , . 1 SS 2 , " these are all most interesting and readable . " VVhat is a Liberal Education ? " merits thoughtful perusal . Thc
following verses in " Brie a Brae" seem to us to be exceedingly amusing , if suggestive of American idea and latent humour : " I wus mighty good-lookin' when I wus young , Peert an' black-eyed an' slim , With fellers a-courtin' me . Sunday nights , 'Spiicially Jim ! *
The likeliest one of em all was he , Chipper , an' han'som' , an' trim , But I tossed up my head an' made fun o' the crowd , 'Specially Jim ! 1 said 1 handn't no ' pinion o' men , An' I wouldn't take stock in him ! But they kep' up a-comin' in spite o' my talk , 'Spiicially lim !
I got so tired o havin' ' cm roun ' ( 'Spiicially Jim !) I made up my mind I'd settle down An' take up with him . So we was married one Sunday in church , 'Twas crowded full to the brim ; 'Twas thc only wayto get rid of ' em all ,
'Spiicially Jim ' . " "Thc English Illustrated Magazine " is this month full of artistic illustrations and interesting matter . It is undoubtedly rapidly improving . "Two * Centuries of Bath , " "Drawing Room Dances , " "An Unsentimental Journey through Cornwall , " are admirable articles , and still more
ably illustrated . lhe two special illustrations—Mrs . Siddons and "DerTodals Freund "—are good specimens of artistic performances . "The Author of Beltraflio , " " By Sea and Land to Kiyoto , " and "The . Armourer's 'Pren-• tices " will well repay perusal . We cannot profess to understand why the Ia . ttcr story , as we said before , is not-also ' illustrated , for * it lends itself so greatly to artistic
adornment . " Longman ' s Magazine " has one or two first - rate articles , notably "A Fush at Last , " "A Remarkable Irish Trial , " " Cricket Gossip , ' . ' and "An Ancient Lake Bottom . " "Jack ' s Courtship" i . s vivacious , "Shut Out " very hazy , and "Madame" very painful . "Temple Bar" contains a very striking assortment of
"Tcmplc-Barrian" articles . "Ilaywacd ' s Lssays , No . 7 G 39 , " "Mademoiselle Ninette , " "Lcs . Eaux Mortes , " ancl "In the Tunnel" nre all very lively and readable . "Mrs . Forrester ' s Secret ' . ' is the opening chapter of a sensational story , and " Peril " is proceeding " more suo . " "The Antiquary " and " Bibliographer " arc here before us , living Dryasdusts , readable by those amiable personages who like and indulge in the caviare of literature .
The costly and mass'ivc furniture and appointments manufactured by liro . George Kenning for thc new Masonic Hall , Sydney , New South Wales , are now on view at his show rooms , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , Little Britain , 195 , 19 C , and 107 , Aldersgate-street , City .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
354 ] ELIAS ASHMOLE . Where is Elias Ashmole ' s will ? WARRINGTON . 355 ] DUKE . OF RICHMOND . Can any onc tell me if there are any Masonic relics at Goodwood ? MASONIC STUDENT .
35 GJ SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN . Where is Sir Christopher Wren's will ? and that of his son Christopher ? I have never Seen either alluded to . If the locale be known where ' they still arc , they might be copied . ANTIQUITY .
357 ] SIR ROBERT MORAY . ¦ Is Sir Robert Moray , Sir Christopher Wren ' s great friend according to the " Parentalia , " the Moray initiated at thc emergency meeting of thc Mary Chapel Lodge at Newcastle ? If so , is there anything in the coincidence ? M . S .
The Present Position Of Masonic Archæology.
THE PRESENT POSITION OF MASONIC ARCH ? OLOGY .
BY MASONIC STUDENT . As it seems to me that hardly any of your readers have realized what must be the effect of accepting the results ot Bro . Gould ' s negative criticism unreservedly , I think it well , in the best interests as I still venture to think of
a sounder and safer outcome of . true Masonic history , to put before you where we now stand , —if we do endorse the " dicta" of Bro . Gould ' s fourth volume . Stripped of all superfluous verbiage , and as a simple distinct direct statement of fact , we arc left in the following condition . If Bro . Gould ' s premises are correct , if his conclusions are sound , our whole " textus ' receptus " of Masonic History
is ' a" fraud " and a " myth . " Anderson ' s and Preston's entire pre-1700 history and early eighteenth century up" to 1717 are swept away , and all claims to any Grand Master before Sayer are void of foundation and * reality . Hence we are placed between the two horns of a dilemma . For as curiously enough Bro . Gould accepts Anderson ' s history of the 1717 formation , and which , as he accuses Anderson
• of " deliberate falsification , is no more entitled to credit on Bro . Gould's own arguments than the pre-1700 history , critically we must also reject that ; or we must assume that . the person deliberately falsifying one portion of a statement for no conceivable " purpose is true in another . The more so 1 may observe as the unknown author of " Multa Paucis " disagrees with Anderson and says there
were six lodges , and not four , present in 1717 . In 1723 Anderson published those Regulations which he afterwards terms the " Old Regulations , " drawn up by Payne in 1720-21 , and which arc so inconsistent with Bro . Gould ' s theory and so confirmatory of Anderson , that I shall never be astonished if it is proposed eventually to give them up also . For this is clear , —if Anderson" is speaking
untruthfully , Payne in 1721 knew it , condoned it , ' approved of it before Anderson published his history in 173 S . For what does Payne say distinctly ? I do not venture to quote the " Old Charges , " lest I should be answered they emanated from Anderson's "inner consciousness . " But I confine myself to Payne ' s Regulations , though I am aware they may be even said to be "tainted" by
Anderson's digestion and explications . Payne mentions previous meetings of "Grand Lodge , " or an "Annual Communication , " as having been held of " late years . " He may mean from 1717 to 1720 , though it is more than , probable , if it is not even certain , that the words cover more than three years . In 1721 allusion is made to a Deputy Grand Master , but
no Deputy Grand Master was appointed until 1721 , and allusion is made to the office ( " now found as necessary as formerly " ); these words , unless a pure invention of Payne ' s , must apply to a period before 1717 ! The admission of fellow Crafts and members only at Quarterly Communication of Grand . Lodge not altered until 1725 , ( NOS . ) the age of reception fixed at 25 , the unanimity of voting required
for acceptance of a new brother , all bespeak the rules of an association longer than three years old , and of some standing . The language is not new language , and there is certainly no appearance of haste or novelty . Indeed , that in the Constitutions in 173 S is mentioned a law of 1 GO 3 allegedly of 21 being thc minimum of age , as altered in 1720-21 to 2 5 > appears to me to mark a truthful record , and a change
introduced for some purpose in 1720 or earlier . I therefore come to the conclusion that Payne in 1720 dwelt with old matter , not new , for if Bro . Gould ' s theory of the reconstruction of Masonic history be true , all these regulations must be new . In Bro . Gould ' s next volume he will tell us , no doubt , in his usual forcible way how he connects the movement in 1717 with the meetings in 164 G , and 1 OS 2 ,
and the bodies at Warrington , York , Chester , London , and in Staffordshire and elsewhere . There is indeed no limit to destructive aiid negative criticism , and some of us may remember that amusing' specimen of analysis -and logic and negative criticism early in this century , which proved satisfactorily that Napoleon Bonaparte never existed , and
that he was a mere myth . Objecting as I do unreservedly to the new Gouldian hypothesis , as pretty a little bit of Masonic dynamitp as can well be realized , 1 venture once again to urge the unfailing specific of a great Lord Chancellor , " I doubt . " Let us be contented , with our present history ; we shall not easily find a better .
Pope Leo has the same idea of Freemasonry that one of his predecessors . Pope Urban , had of the science of Galileo , neither of which could be confuted , except by a Papal decree . Galileo was cited before thc Inquisition , and at the age of 70 years subjected to imprisonment and torture * and Freemasons would now be treated by the Pope in precisely the same manner , if he were not shorn of his temporal power , and the enlightment of this age did not forbid \ t . —Ncvi sOork Sundav Times .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
A meeting of the General Committee was held on Saturday , the 7 th inst . " Present : Bros . J . L . Mather , Dr . Ramsey , A . F . Godson , Rayrtham Stewart , Jas . Moon , VV . Roebuck , B . Berridge , C . F . Hogard , H . XV . Hunt , T . Hastings Miller , Edgar Bowyer , Alfred Williams , Frank
Richardson , A . E . Gladwell , Clement Stretton , F . Adlard , C : F . Matier , Thomas Cubitt , S . H . Parkhouse , G . P . Gillard , H . Venn , W . Wood , H . VV . Hunt , and G . P . Festa . Thc minutes of the General Committee held 3 rd May , and of the House Committee 23 rd May , were read and confirmed . The House Committee arid Finance and Audit Committee nominated at the last meeting were declared duly elected .
Six petitions for admission to the school were received , ' one was ordered to stand over , fourwere accepted , and one was accepted subject tp the Grand Lodge certificate . Application for two grants were received and the sums of £ 5 and £ 10 were granted respectively . ' The following notice of motion by Bro . Controller BAKE , relative to the validity of the votes of a deceased Life
Governor was duly received : " In future it is understood that when voting papers have been signed by Subscribers and passed on . for the purpose of being used on polling days , that the vote shall stand good although the Subscriber may have died between the period of having signed the voting papers and the day of polling for which the voting papers issued in
was . Or case the proposition is rejected , that in the rules after stating what votes the several Subscribers were entitled to , there be added in red print— "That should a Subscriber die before the day of polling named in the voting papers the votes will be null and void , although * he or she may have duly received the voting papers , signed them , and passed them on prior to their decease . "
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
The monthly meeting of the General Committee was held * on Wednesday afternoon at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Col . Creaton , Past Grand Treasurer , occupied the chair . The list of members of thc Committee of Management for the ensuing year was read . A letter was read from the Right
Hon . Sir Michael E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., Past Grand Warden , Provincial Grand Master . for Gloucestershire , consenting to preside at the next Festival of the Institution on the 2 , 5 th February , 1 SS 5 . The death of one annuitant , elected on the 16 th ult ., was reported . The members of the Finance and House Committees were re-elected for the ensuing year . Arrangements for the summer
entertainment to the residents in the Institution at Croydon were left in the hands of the House Comlriittee . The following is the Committee of Management , in addition to the Patrons , Vice-Patrons , and Vice-Presidents : — Nominated hy the Grand Master—V . W . Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary : W . Bros . Jabez Hogg , P . G . Deacon . * John Sampson PeirceP . G . Deacon ;
, Griffiths Smith , Assf . G . Dir . of Cers . ; Robert T . Pigott , D . C . L ., P . Asst . G . Dir . Cers . ; William F . Nettleship , P . G . S . B . ; Chas . Greenwood , P . G . S . B . ; Alfred Richards , G . Std . Br . ; James Brett , P . G . Purst . , * Henry Garrod , Asst . G . Purst . Elected-b y Grand Lodge—XV . Bros . Thos . VV . C . Bush , Chas . A . Cottebrune , Chas . Dairy , VVm . IL
Goodall , Henry McPherson , Geo . L . Moore , William L Murlis , Robt . P . Tate , A . II . Tattershall , James Willing , jun . Elected , by the Subscribers—XV . Bros . Fred . Adlard , John Bulmer , Joseph Clever , Chas . G . Dilley , Wm . Hilton , Henry Moore , Louis Stean , J .. II . Sillitoe , Raynham W . Stewart , E . West .
Consecration Of The Anerley Chapter, No. 1397.
CONSECRATION OF THE ANERLEY CHAPTER , No . 1397 .
A new chapter , in connection with the Anerley Lodge , was consecrated on Saturday last at the Thicket Hotel , Anerley . Comp . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . S . E ., performed the ceremony , assisted b y Comps . Wm . Lake , as H . j Rev . R . J . Simpson , P . G . A . S ., as J . ; and Frank Richardson , P . G .
A . S ., as D . C . The musical part of the ceremony was conducted by Comp . Basley . There were present besides the * companions named above Comps . W . Bennett , P . M . 1397 , M . E . Z . designate ; W . Dommett , P . M . 1397 , H . designate ; R . VV . Inglis , | P . M . 1397 , J . designate ; H . Cristall , A . Moore , ¦ Dr . Cantrell , Birdseye , Thorpe , Ramsey , Dr . Basley , Muggeridge , and others . ¦ After the formal opening of the convocation Comp .
SHADWELX H . CLERKE addressed the companions and paid a high compliment to the Anerley Lodge , which during the 12 years it had existed had been very ably conducted and prosperous . He predicted an equally prosperous career for the chapter . Comp . Frank Richardson then read the petition , and the assent of the companions to the Principals named in the warrant having been given , an able
oration was delivered by Comp . the Rev . J . R . Simpson . After the address the consecrating officer proceeded with the remainder of the ceremony , and Comp . Shadwell H . * Clerke then installed Comps . VVm . Bonnett , as M . E . Z . ; W . Dommett , as H . ; and R . VV . Inglis , as J . The ballot was taken for the Treasurer and other officers and the following were duly elected : Comps . H . Cristall , Scribe
E . ; A . Moore , Treas . ; Dr . Cantrell , P . S . ; and Church , Janitor . The election and appointment of the other officers was postponed . The names of several brethren were proposed for membership and a Committee was formed , composed of the founders , to prepare the bye-laws . The companions then adjourned to an excellent banquet , after which the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were
proposed and duly honoured . Comp . S-ii . \ mviiLi .-H . CLERKE responded for "Thc Grand Officers , " and concluded by proposing "The Health of the M . E . Z ., Comp . Bennett , " to whom he offered his congratulations personally and best wishes for the success of the chapter . . Comp . BENNETT returned thanks , and proposed "Thc
Health of the Consecrating Oflicers , " expressing his thanks and that of the chapter to Col .-Shadwell II . Gierke and those who had assisted him . . Comp . the Rev . li . J . SIMPSON responded . The toast of " Thc Visitors" was next given , and replied to by Comp . MUGGERIDGE , of Mount . Zion Chapter . The toast of "The Oflicers" followed , and the Janitor ' s toast brought the evening ' s proceedings to a close ,