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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

BOOKS . & c . RECEIVED . "Lancaster Daily Examiner" ( Lancaster , P . AJ , "The Emi yrant , " " Jewish Chronicle , " "Die Banhiittc , " "Piano , Organ " anil Music Trailes journal , " "English Illustrated Magazine , ' , * ' Citizen , " " Sunday Times '" " Hull and East Yorkshire Times , '" " Court Circular , " " List of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite , France , " " Freemasons' Repository , " " Daily Free Press " ( London , Ont . ) , " Masonic News " ( Montreal ) , " Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "Clerkenwell Chronicle , " "Masonic Advocate , " "La Acacia , " " Keystone , " " El Libre y Acep . Mason , " * ' Lc Monde Maconni'iue , " ' and " Cassell ' s National Library . "

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

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SATURDAY , AUGUST 14 , 1886 .

tWe Jo not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of the opinions expressed by ourcorrespondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discuBMon . l

UNIFORMITY OF DISCIPLINE AND CLOTHING . To ft , ' Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir an . ; Mretlicr , I , with others , have been much interested in the rnsny letters issued by your paper from the pens of " P . M ., " " Bro . E . T . Budden , " and * ' Lex Scripta , " on the right and privilege of P . M . ' s wearing their collars when Visiting other lodges than their own . Our worthy Bro . " P . M . " has been very clear in his

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argument , and is endorsed by most brethren . Will not something be done to restore this right to P . M . ' s , as requested ? Bro . Budden ' s letter in your issue of the iylh June is profound in the extreme . Many P . M . 's have had the erroneous idea they ranked as officers in a lodge , and have at times presumed a little too much .

There needs some teachers amongst us that can enlighten the dark minds of some of the brethren . vVhy was the office of Grand Orator dispensed with ' : Can any information be had on this point ? If so , many would be pleased to be enlightened . Many innovations have crept in by some means , how , no one appears to know , such as various kinds of designs in

pedestals , no rule or symmetry . This is not according to ancient custom , nor in accordance with the Articles of Union of 1 S 13 , when it was agreed—¦ r . There shall be , from and after the day of the Festival of Saiiit J 0 V 1 T 1 the Evangetist next ensuing , a full perfect , and perpetual Union of and between the two Fraternities of Free and Accepted Masons of England , so as that in all

time hereafter they shall form and constitute but one brotherhood ; and that the said community shall be represented in one Grand Lodge , to be solemnly formed , constituted , and held on the said day of the Festival of Saint John the Evangelist next ensuing , and from thenceforward for ever . 2 nd . The Book of Constitutions quotes this one ( which read ) .

3 rd . There shall be the most perfect unity of obligation , of discipline , of working the lodges , of making , passing , and raising , instructing , and clothing brothers ; so that but one pure unsullied system , according to the genuine landmarks , laws , and traditions of the Craft , shall be maintained , upheld , and practised throughout the Masonic world , from the day and date of the said Union until time shall be no more .

4 th . To prevent all controversy or dispute as to the genuine and pure obligations , forms , rules , and ancient traditions of Masonry , and further to unite and bind the whole Fraternity of Masonry in one indissoluble bond , it is agreed that the obligations and forms that have from time immemorial been established , used , and practised in the Crait shall be recognised , accepted , and taken by the

members of both Fraternities as the pure and genuine obligations and forms by which the incorporated Grand Lodge of England , and its dependant lodges in every part of the world , shall be bound ; and for the purpose of receiving and communicating due light , and settling this uniformity of regulation and instruction , it is further agreed that brotherly application be made to the Grand Lodge of Scotland and Ireland , to authorise , delegate , and appoint any two or

more of their enlightened members to be present at the Grand Assembly on the solemn occasion of uniting the said Fraternities ; and that the respective Grand Masters , Grand Officers , Masters , Past Masters , Wardens , and brothers , then and there present , shall solemnly engage to abide by the true forms and obligations , in the presence of the said members of the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland j that it may be declared , recognised , and known that they are all bound by the same pledge , and work under the

same law . Before proceeding any further , there are many very anxious to know how far these solemn vows have been kept by the Grand Lodge of England and the Craft in general . Will some brethren that are well versed in the ancient rules and landmarks of our Order help to shed some light on our enquiry ? August 11 . VIG 1 LANO .

THE LATE BRO . REV . GEO . OLIVER , D . D . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Can you , or any of your readers , inform me where our eminent Bro . the Rev . George Oliver obtained his degree of Doctor in Divinity ? In the new and revised edition of Mackey ' s Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry ( 1 SS 4 )

it is stated that " In the spring of 1 S 15 , Bishop Tomline collated him to the living of Lee , his name being at the time placed on the boards of Trinity College , Cambridge , as a ten year man ; " and that "he graduated as Doctor of Divinity in 1 S 36 . " I possess a complete series of Cambridge University calendars from 1 S 1 G to the present time , and find the name of * ' Oliver , " or " George Oliver , " as a

ten year man in six of these—from ) Si 6 to 1 S 21—when it ceases to appear . I have also a list of Cambridge graduates ( "Graduati Cantabrigienses" ) from 17 G 0 to 1 S 4 O , and another , dating from 1800 to 1 S 72 , published respectively by the Registrars of the University ( the Rev . J . Romilly and the Rev . Dr . Luard ); but in neither of these does the name

of George Oliver appear as a Bachelor or a Doctor of Divinity . —Yours fraternally , _ THOMAS C . SMYTH , D . D ., Provincial Grand Chaplain of West Yorkshire , and Past D . D . U . M . of the Eastern Archipelago . The Vicarage , Far Headingley , Leeds . August nth .

RECENT FESTIVAL RETURNS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I am glad this subject , ( o which you devoted some remark a few weeks since , has attracted the notice of some of our London brethren , for it is only they who can remedy theirown shortcoming , and undoubtedly it is a shortcoming ,

when a large number of their lodges regularly and deliberately withhold their support from our Institutions , and leave them to the benevolent consideration of the other lodges , which as regularly and deliberately give help . I admit that any attempt to regulate the donations and subscriptions of lodges and individuals will have the effect of altering their character entirely , from being gifts voluntarily given—which is of the very essence of true

Charity—into payments made under some kind of authority . But the point which you have raised , and your correspondent , "A London W . M ., " has followed up , is that the burden of supporting our Charities has for some time past devolved—as regards the London district—on certain lodges which make a rule of always contributing to one or more of our Festivals every year ; while certain other lodges , which have an equal interest in the maintenance of those Charities , are as consistent in

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shirking their portion of the same burden . The question which , in my mind , now arises is whether , having regard to the vast sums annually required for the maintenance of our Institutions , it will not be sooner or later necessary to take some steps towards distributing the responsibility of supporting them among the whole body of the lodges , on the very sound principle that it is the duty . of everybody to contribute towards the support of what everybody has

an interest in supporting . It was this principle , I should imagine , which actuated the Grand Lodge of the "Ancients " in 1 S 12 , when , finding that the voluntary contributions of the lodges and brethren were not sufficient for the maintenance of its Institution for clothing and educating the sons of indigent or deceased Freemasons , it passed a resolution that London lodges should pay five shillings , and country , foreign , and military lodges half a

crown for every newly-initiated member . 'I his course was continued by the United Grand Lodge till 183 S , or thereabouts , when the annual contribution made up of these small capital charges was commuted into a fixed payment of £ 150 to each of our Schools . The Craft , as a whole , has determined that our three Institutions shall be of a certain strength , and therefore that they shall require to be raised annually a certain and very

formidable amount of money , which is done , but not in equal proportions , by the component parts of the whole Craft . If this inequality is maintained , and some lodges go on contributing regularl y and as a matter of course , while others go on not contributing with equal regularity and pertinacity , then I think some steps should be taken for the removal of a large part of the necessary annual maintenance moneys out of the category of charitable

contributions , and convert them into a kind of rate or tax leviable in equal shares on all the lodges . Certainly something ought to be done in order to cause the discontinuance of what is undoubtedly an evil , namely , that the lodges which are willing to support our Charities should be compelled to bear the burden and responsibility , while the lodges which are not willing should be allowed to pursue their course without protest . —I remain , faithfully and fraternally yours , " O . "

Reviews

REVIEWS

FREEMASONS' MANUAL FOR KENT , 1 SS 6 . Bro . T . S . Warne has now been editor of this comprehensive and most useful Calendar , for the Province of Kent for nine years , and deserves the thanks of his brethren for his labours in that direction . The particulars are well arranged , and are so numerous that some 150 pages are occupied , and even then the editor has not stopped from any lack of material , but from a desire to preserve its

handy size . There are now 53 lodges in Kent , also iS Royal Arch Chapters , and 15 Mark Lodges ; the Prov . G . Master and Grand Superintendent being the Right Hon . the Earl of Amherst , who is a most popular ruler ; the respected D . Prov . G . M ., and Prov . G . H . ( Bro . J . S . Eastes ) being also most active and zealous on behalf of the Kentish Craft . The Prov . G . M . for the Mark Degree is our beloved veteran Bro . the Rev . Thomas Robinson

, M . A ., who has done much in aid of Mark Masonry in particular , and for Freemasonry in general . The senior lodge is held at Chatham , and was originally warranted on March 28 , 1732 , for London , arriving at Chatham about the middle of the last century . It is known by the suggestive name of the "Royal Kent Lodge of Antiquity , " and bears the number 20 , as it has from the " Union , " having had the tenth position on the " Modern " ro / J before

that period for many years . The next in point of precedence is the "United Industrious Lodge , No . 31 , Canterbury , from 1755 , but the " Lodge of Freedom , No . TJ " is the older of the two , having been warranted on June S , 1751 . There are five lodges with centenary warrants . The statistical account exhibits a slight increase of members for 1 SS 5 as compared with the previous year , being 2981 and 2 S 97 respectively . The

table ot votes tor the Masonic Chanties ( London ) to January , 1 SS 6 , simpl y deals with the number held by each lodge or other Masonic body , exclusive ai its members , the total being nearly 2500 . When the individual subscribers are added , the grand total must be considerably more , as we find that for the " Boys" alone there are over 1000 votes held by _ brethren , ladies , and Lewises in Kent . On the contra side is a Iistot the beneficariesthe total value of

, which sums amounted to some £ 1500 for 1 SS 5 . The table of the Charities has been compiled by Bro . J . D . Terson , P . M . 199 , & c . We presume he considers that a complete list of the voters would occupy too much space . We have just noted the total at the end ( page 145 ) , which in our copy has been misplaced by the binder . The figures are 2272 boys , 1343 girls , 3442 Benevolent ; grand total ,

7057 votes . The by-laws of the province are appended , the fees of honour being much lower than many others we know of , some being more than double . These may fairly be increased for Kent , and thus be a legitimate means of aiding the Charities , locally and generally . We hope that Bro . Warne ( Prov . G . S . W . ) will long be spared to edit this capital Calendar , known in Kent as the " Immortal , " and we trust that its sale is commensurate with its value .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

G 6 9 J A CURIOUS PARAGRAPH . I cannot make out the meaning of the paragraph referred to by Bro . F . H . Goldney , P . G . D . I never met with it before , and am quite at a loss to suggest any explanation . VVhy should the " explorers " be congratulated on escaping the Free Masons in Kent ? Now , brothers in Kent , let us

have your good officer to unravel the mystery ! What does Bro . the Rev . Thomas Robinson say to it , Bro . T . S . Warne , and others who know the province so well ? The paragraph is to be found in the "London Chronicle" for July 17 th , 17 OG , and is reproduced in the Freemason , July 31 st , 1886 . VV . J . HUGHAN .