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Report Of The Metropolitan Police For 1877.
year , and satisfactory awards paid to the drivers . Happily for society a wise supervision is now exercised , ( not a day too soon ) , over common lodging houses , and Sir E . Y . W . Henderson reminds us there are 1232 registered houses now open , accommodating 23 , 705 lodgers , showing
an increase of 30 registered houses on the previous year . Two thousand one hundred and twenty-five houses are under careful supervision to prevent tub letting within the meaning of the Act , at some of which nig ht visits are occasionally made with good results , as the following cases
will show . At a house at P ^ nge , in a room on the ground floor , were found two men and two women occupying one and the same bed , and in a corner of the same room two children were also found . Another case at Bermondsey , where three men were found in beds made up on the
landing , the height of the ceiling being 4 ft . 6 in ., . sloping to 1 ft . 6 in ., and in a room in the same house were found the keeper and his wile , and an adult female lodger . In both cases the keepers we : re summoned and convicted , and heavy fines inflicted . The following may be taken as an
illustration of the benefical results of supervision over common lodging-houses—viz ., at a house in Baden-place , Bermondsey , an entire family , consisting of four persons , was removed suffering from small-pox , while two registered common lodging-houses , one on either side , escaped
infection . Surely , this is a very striking report , convincing all who read it , what a large amount of important information underlies the otherwise dry and technical report of the Chief Commissioner of the Police . The single fact that 23 children and 153 adults were permanently
missing in 1877 , and that 39 unidentified bodies have been interred , shews us how that in this great Babel of ours , the ravages of disease , the juggernauts of sin , the mysteries of crime , all go on , so lo say , hand in hand , and side by side , and
should serve to remind us , how much we owe , humanl y speaking , as citi / . ans of this mighty mi'tmpulis , for our ease , comfort , and safety , to the : ceaseless energies and the watchful control of an efficient and well-disciplined police .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
I V . 'c dp n « 't hold ourselves responsible tor , tit eren as apj-ioi lug el , lhef pinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wieeti , in a Fpiiil i >( fair play to all , to permit—wit ' iin certain uccessar ) j i'nils—free discussion . — Eri . I
BltO . F 1 NDEI . ON FREEMASORNY . T 11 Ihe Ktlilnr nf lite " Frrim'isun . " Hear Sir awl Brother , — As 1 am very anxious eif not bring ir . isiiniltistm ' . il by my Knglish brethren , 1 lies ; leave to say a few words . 11 ymir last article , " The Bauhiitte . "
I inu : > t concede Hint I have nut a very high opinion of the high grades in Masonry , anil lint I differ from yoa on Mime questions nf importance , but all that has never hindered me from having truly fraternal f . clings towards yourself and English Freemasonry , the good features of which I have always in full measure ackn iwledgctl . If I am impelled by my Masonic convictions t criticise
this or that fact , book or teaching , I do it because I shnulel wish to lorward all that is good and useful for the Craft at large- , and to fi ^ ht against all tint I think not in accordance with our principle- * , r-r lor the true ben fit nf the Iratcmiiy . But be assured , my ilar brother , that 1 am always inclined to uphnlel Internal relations between all Grand Lodges , and to p-omote the spiritual union of the
Craft in all its branches . It is not at all a feeling of intolerance , if I criticise particular words , deeds , eir opinions , and 1 am entirely free from prejudice against English Masons . Notwithstanding my different opinions conc-rnng high degrees , or the vote against the Grand O ient of France , or other questions , I never forget that the Grand Lodge of England is the
r-ourcc of Masonry ; that I have louni ] fifty fraternal rccptions when 1 have been amongst English Masons , and that some of your highly venerated lodges have Humiliated me honorary member . As y m were obliged , from your-standpoint of viewing Masonic eifiu-crs , to write against me sometimes , it may seem that 1 am in some way hostile Inwards English Masonry , which is ml r . t all ' . he ra e .
1 find more intolerance : in th : vjte of tin : ( . and Lodge of England against the Grand Orient of France , ( which vote is a separating element , and like a permanent instituiion ) , than in same occasional critical remarks of the Ijauhiittv . 1 agree with you wdien you s iy , "Let us labour logilhcr in friendly sympathy for the spread eif true and am it nt and universal Craft Masonty in the world . " Bclirve rue , dear B other , ever your wrll-wUlrer , and niout tr . it . iiiallv vouis . I . <; . I IN'DEL .
Original Correspondence.
INVASION OF MASONIC JURISDICTION . Dear Brother Kenning . As 1 sec in tVre Canadian Craftsman , t > f August 15 th , a letter under this heading , signed Alexander Murray , I venture to call attention to it at once , feeling strongly where , in good truth , " the shoe really pinches . " In the discussion between the Gravid Lodge of Scotland
and the Grand Loelge of Quebec , he makes , first the following admission , and then he supplements it with a special statement . Mis admission is this ; let us note it carefully . — " There is , however , a question in the history of the Craft in this province , which presents an anomaly nowhere else known . The concurrent jurisdiction of three distinct Grand Lodges , viz ., England , Scotland , anil
Quebec . I he Grand Lodge of Quebec , while inheriting this anomalous state of matters from her mother , the Grand Lodge of Canada , has cons t antly from the first refused to acknowledge the assumed right of those grand lodge's lo retain authority over subordinate loelges in her territory . The impediments in the way of the amicable adjustment of the difficulty have been greatly enhanced by
the lnjustifiable concessiem of the Grand Lodge of Canada to the Grand Lodge of- England , Scotland , Ireland , whereby their several subordinate lodges ivcre permitted to continue their allegiance to suc ' a Grand Lodges . It was claimed by the Grand Lodge of England , and admitted by the Grand Master of Canada , that such was their inherent right , and the Grand Lodge of Canada never sought to
d'spute the correctness of the assumption . ' H aving made this admission , which he could not well avoid , as it is a simple historical fact , he then proceeds to make a most startling statement , to which I am anxious to call attention in the Freemason . He says : — " Masonic Jurists have tliffered on this all-important question , but where a free and unprejudiced judgment has
been brought to bear on a calm investigation of the whole subj ct , there has been but one conclusion arrived at , and that is , I think , that such assumption is wrong in principle and inexpedient in practice . Such is the universal testimony of Masonic jutisconsults on this Continent . " I have never in my li ' e read , ( begging Bro . Murray ' s pardon ) , inch an audacious and utterly incorrect
statement . If there is one thing Masoric jurisconsults are agreed on , it is the absolute and inherent right of the loelge to adhere toils warranting authori . y , as , indeed , such must be from the nature of the case . I know ol no American or Canadian jurisconsult , ( of any authority ) , who has laid down such " law . " All that ever lias bicn said is , that for the sake of harmony , p-ncc , uniformity , symmetry , Krc .,
it would he belter for such lodges , by a friendly concordat , to j > i a the new Grand Lodge . But in all the American State :.- , just as in < anada , the previous right of the original constituting Grand Loelge and the tepial privilege of the individual lodge to aelhere lo the source of its Masonic
li ' e have never been qeiest ' . oncd . 1 adhere to the views already expressed in the Freemason , that on this point the theory and action nf the Grand Loelge e >( Quebec are alike unmasonic and unsustainable . THE WRITER OK THE AKT 1 CLE ON THE TWO < , R \ ND LODGES IN THE FREEMASON .
LONDON MASONIC CHARITY ASSOCIATION . To the Kdilnr of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , The columns of your weekly publication have 1 ilely been reporting the proceedings of certain z alous brethren who have resolved , with laudable intent , no doubt , to rectify the often mooted defects eif our charitable system , and
Ihcy have also , to a certain extent , advocated the principles of their would-be ; "Association . " Those principles are prim . facie objectionable , and have already been criticized in your columns for correspondents , as , for instance , the" levelling down principle , " by which all subscribers , however largely they may have bene fitted the Institutions , and , therefore ,
whatever the number of their proxies , arc brought elown to the level nf 1 , 'fc Subscribers . This , by- 'he-bye , would render appropriate the . iksignaii 111 of " union , " so carefully avoiled leet it should suggest the notion of trades unionism . » But there are other obj ctions to which I would call attention , the more so that ' . bey arc not likely to be elicited by the brethren who are acting as the promoters of the
movement . We are teild to cons'der what a 1 irge share of the advantages of our In-titutions is taken by our provincial brethren who do nut suppjit them as powerfully as we do . Now , 1 will not for a moment stop to call attention to the very iinmasnnie , 11 at to say childish , character of this complaint , but will at once proceed to impugn the very basis
upon which it stands . 1 he numbers of provincial and town cases relieved by our chanties shoulef not necessarily be in proportion 1 . 1 the sums subs : ribed , but in proportion to the needs eif the several localities . That our provincial rethren shoilel have am jags ' , theaa a greater nu nber of cases of distress than we have , may be their misfortune or their fault ; in the one case we should not grudge them
our assistance ; in the other , we should devise means of preventing their shortcomings from becoming a burelen to us . An investigation into the cause of so many more candidates for our charities being sent up by the provinces than by London would , therefore , be more to the point than the formation of a league to shut them out until wc have secured all we wanted . And , further , how would this hard and fast line work ? If London is entitled to have ,
say 130 or 140 boys at Wood Green , and can only for the present supply IOD ; are so many vacancies to be left rather than fill them up with country cmdidates ? That there is a greater number ol reci pients of our several Masonic charities hailing from the provinc-s than from London is shown by llie reports , but that , therefore , the numbers as so repmteil give the propoition of country ti l . iinelon cases requires very great proofs indeed . How many nl thus' proiincial brethren , widaw-, , and children ,
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now enjoying comparative ease or acquiring the means of battling with the world , owe their present h appy position to votes which the L . M . C . A . would consider Londoa votes ? The majority of the brethren of note rcsidin g in the Metropolis are connected with provincial Masonry , and , in fact , hold , or have held , offices in Provincial Grand Lod ges ; are they to keep a separate account of the proxies they
have obtained by subscribing to the lists of country Stewards , so tha ' . they may employ them , and them only , in supporting country cases ? Surely brethren will not thus surrender their liberty of action . By their subscriptions they have acquired a certain influence in the election to our charities , which they are entitled to use as to them may seem best , without distinction as to what belongs to London
and what to the provinces , and they are most likely to give their support to cases arising in their province and within their knowledge , than to one quite unknown to them amidst the great maze of London . As to our lack of success at the elections , it is due less to want of organisation than to the want of a proper feeling with regard to the duty a brother imposes upon himself
when he places his name upon a canvassing card . Is it not a disgrace that brethren who have only two or Hire ; votes to dispose of should allow their names to be published by half a dozen candidates ? Let the supporters of each CJSC work more , and not advertise themselves so much , and they will shine less , it is true , but they will increase the proportion of London recipients of our bounties .
From the silence hitherto obsTved b ) the secretaries of our Institutions . I gather that they consider the movement as unlikely to sjeeed , otherwise it would be their eluty to oppose it in every way ; for nothing could more effectually put a stop to large subscriptions than the " levelling down principle " already referred t \ Without meaning in any way to disparage the sentiment *
of our charitable : brethren , 1 may repeat what has ofli 11 been said , that the proxies and the influence they confer arc a great encouragement lo the donor , which is withdrawn the moment he is allowed a personal vote only in exchange for his proxies however numerous . On that ground alone the secretaries should watch the formation
uf this association , which may perhaps benefit a few Lou . doners , but will suiely act detrimentally toall our Masonic Charitable Institutions . Yours truly and fraternally , D . D . [ It is quite clear to us that " D . D . " docs not realize tb ; exact aims of the L . M . C . A . —En . ]
TRURO CATHEDRAL . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In my letter to you under this heading , which you kinelly ins-rted in your last number , I , or jour c
-m-peisitor , h ive made a slig ht mistake . In the latter part ol my first paragraph I am made lo say , " believing this to he so , I have repeated litem to several candidates tor Initi 1-tion . " It should be , " I have repeated il . " Kiniily correct this in your next , and oblige , yours truly and fraternally , J . T . SIIAPL \ ND , P . M ., Z ., & c .
ORIGINAL RESEARCH . To the Editor 0 / Ihe " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In a feirmer letter I thanked you for your kind offer to receive the names and addresses e > f subscribers to " Prospectus of Contents lo Original Research " at your Masonic Depot , 198 , Fleet-street . Copy of same prospectus
lies at the business places of brethren and others at various cities of the United Kingdom . The " Search after Truth " is a Masonic obligation , ami is referred to in the Calendar of the Grand Orient ele France for 18 j- ; , as one of the principles eif its constitution in connection with the unity of the human race . Had the Grand Orient known the truth , they would not have
forsaken the name nf Gad . The object , then , ol oiigiual research is lo disseminate the truth , —" sanspcur it sans reserve . " Truth , it is slid , lies in a well ; at all events , one tiutb has been found concealed in the science of comparative anatomy , by Professor Darwin , showing that the human race is part of the animal creation , and so destroys the very
marvellous inscription by Moses of the formation of man and then women . But Moses , nevertheless , did not tell an untruth , for he only wroii in allegory , and left its interpretation to others by means of the keys of knowledge , mentioned in the Old and New Testament , and of which Royal Arch Masons were the custodians . Thus , both volumes became like a sealed book , which Isaiah saith
men delivered to one that is learned , saying : " Read tais , I pray thee ? " and he said , " I cannot , for it is sealed ;" then the Book is delivered to him that is not learned , saying , " Read this , " and he saith , " I am not learned , " otherwise not initiated . Professor D irwin persevered in his anotomica ! investigation for a period of five-and-twenty years , occasionally publishing the results , that were at firs ! denied ,
though the truths thereof were at length formally admitted by the University of Cambridge , and the Professor publicly thanked by that institution for the great services lie had rendered to science . Brethren will be interested to learn that the science of comparative anatomy is but an integral part of the rediscovered science of Speculative Masonry by Professor Mel villi' , afier nearly forty years research . As a brother he
carefully kept his MS : > . of the truths of the science secret , with a view to initiate his brethren therein , but the lite Grand M isti r , unlike the university , instead of awarding honour to Hro . Melville , rejected his MSS ., on the plea they were beyond the scope of ordinary Masonry , so that his MS i . were published about live years ago , and Bro . Melville , strange to say , died at the tine the publicitioii came from the press . Fully aware of the gie . at truths that vs ere disclosed in th
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Report Of The Metropolitan Police For 1877.
year , and satisfactory awards paid to the drivers . Happily for society a wise supervision is now exercised , ( not a day too soon ) , over common lodging houses , and Sir E . Y . W . Henderson reminds us there are 1232 registered houses now open , accommodating 23 , 705 lodgers , showing
an increase of 30 registered houses on the previous year . Two thousand one hundred and twenty-five houses are under careful supervision to prevent tub letting within the meaning of the Act , at some of which nig ht visits are occasionally made with good results , as the following cases
will show . At a house at P ^ nge , in a room on the ground floor , were found two men and two women occupying one and the same bed , and in a corner of the same room two children were also found . Another case at Bermondsey , where three men were found in beds made up on the
landing , the height of the ceiling being 4 ft . 6 in ., . sloping to 1 ft . 6 in ., and in a room in the same house were found the keeper and his wile , and an adult female lodger . In both cases the keepers we : re summoned and convicted , and heavy fines inflicted . The following may be taken as an
illustration of the benefical results of supervision over common lodging-houses—viz ., at a house in Baden-place , Bermondsey , an entire family , consisting of four persons , was removed suffering from small-pox , while two registered common lodging-houses , one on either side , escaped
infection . Surely , this is a very striking report , convincing all who read it , what a large amount of important information underlies the otherwise dry and technical report of the Chief Commissioner of the Police . The single fact that 23 children and 153 adults were permanently
missing in 1877 , and that 39 unidentified bodies have been interred , shews us how that in this great Babel of ours , the ravages of disease , the juggernauts of sin , the mysteries of crime , all go on , so lo say , hand in hand , and side by side , and
should serve to remind us , how much we owe , humanl y speaking , as citi / . ans of this mighty mi'tmpulis , for our ease , comfort , and safety , to the : ceaseless energies and the watchful control of an efficient and well-disciplined police .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
I V . 'c dp n « 't hold ourselves responsible tor , tit eren as apj-ioi lug el , lhef pinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wieeti , in a Fpiiil i >( fair play to all , to permit—wit ' iin certain uccessar ) j i'nils—free discussion . — Eri . I
BltO . F 1 NDEI . ON FREEMASORNY . T 11 Ihe Ktlilnr nf lite " Frrim'isun . " Hear Sir awl Brother , — As 1 am very anxious eif not bring ir . isiiniltistm ' . il by my Knglish brethren , 1 lies ; leave to say a few words . 11 ymir last article , " The Bauhiitte . "
I inu : > t concede Hint I have nut a very high opinion of the high grades in Masonry , anil lint I differ from yoa on Mime questions nf importance , but all that has never hindered me from having truly fraternal f . clings towards yourself and English Freemasonry , the good features of which I have always in full measure ackn iwledgctl . If I am impelled by my Masonic convictions t criticise
this or that fact , book or teaching , I do it because I shnulel wish to lorward all that is good and useful for the Craft at large- , and to fi ^ ht against all tint I think not in accordance with our principle- * , r-r lor the true ben fit nf the Iratcmiiy . But be assured , my ilar brother , that 1 am always inclined to uphnlel Internal relations between all Grand Lodges , and to p-omote the spiritual union of the
Craft in all its branches . It is not at all a feeling of intolerance , if I criticise particular words , deeds , eir opinions , and 1 am entirely free from prejudice against English Masons . Notwithstanding my different opinions conc-rnng high degrees , or the vote against the Grand O ient of France , or other questions , I never forget that the Grand Lodge of England is the
r-ourcc of Masonry ; that I have louni ] fifty fraternal rccptions when 1 have been amongst English Masons , and that some of your highly venerated lodges have Humiliated me honorary member . As y m were obliged , from your-standpoint of viewing Masonic eifiu-crs , to write against me sometimes , it may seem that 1 am in some way hostile Inwards English Masonry , which is ml r . t all ' . he ra e .
1 find more intolerance : in th : vjte of tin : ( . and Lodge of England against the Grand Orient of France , ( which vote is a separating element , and like a permanent instituiion ) , than in same occasional critical remarks of the Ijauhiittv . 1 agree with you wdien you s iy , "Let us labour logilhcr in friendly sympathy for the spread eif true and am it nt and universal Craft Masonty in the world . " Bclirve rue , dear B other , ever your wrll-wUlrer , and niout tr . it . iiiallv vouis . I . <; . I IN'DEL .
Original Correspondence.
INVASION OF MASONIC JURISDICTION . Dear Brother Kenning . As 1 sec in tVre Canadian Craftsman , t > f August 15 th , a letter under this heading , signed Alexander Murray , I venture to call attention to it at once , feeling strongly where , in good truth , " the shoe really pinches . " In the discussion between the Gravid Lodge of Scotland
and the Grand Loelge of Quebec , he makes , first the following admission , and then he supplements it with a special statement . Mis admission is this ; let us note it carefully . — " There is , however , a question in the history of the Craft in this province , which presents an anomaly nowhere else known . The concurrent jurisdiction of three distinct Grand Lodges , viz ., England , Scotland , anil
Quebec . I he Grand Lodge of Quebec , while inheriting this anomalous state of matters from her mother , the Grand Lodge of Canada , has cons t antly from the first refused to acknowledge the assumed right of those grand lodge's lo retain authority over subordinate loelges in her territory . The impediments in the way of the amicable adjustment of the difficulty have been greatly enhanced by
the lnjustifiable concessiem of the Grand Lodge of Canada to the Grand Lodge of- England , Scotland , Ireland , whereby their several subordinate lodges ivcre permitted to continue their allegiance to suc ' a Grand Lodges . It was claimed by the Grand Lodge of England , and admitted by the Grand Master of Canada , that such was their inherent right , and the Grand Lodge of Canada never sought to
d'spute the correctness of the assumption . ' H aving made this admission , which he could not well avoid , as it is a simple historical fact , he then proceeds to make a most startling statement , to which I am anxious to call attention in the Freemason . He says : — " Masonic Jurists have tliffered on this all-important question , but where a free and unprejudiced judgment has
been brought to bear on a calm investigation of the whole subj ct , there has been but one conclusion arrived at , and that is , I think , that such assumption is wrong in principle and inexpedient in practice . Such is the universal testimony of Masonic jutisconsults on this Continent . " I have never in my li ' e read , ( begging Bro . Murray ' s pardon ) , inch an audacious and utterly incorrect
statement . If there is one thing Masoric jurisconsults are agreed on , it is the absolute and inherent right of the loelge to adhere toils warranting authori . y , as , indeed , such must be from the nature of the case . I know ol no American or Canadian jurisconsult , ( of any authority ) , who has laid down such " law . " All that ever lias bicn said is , that for the sake of harmony , p-ncc , uniformity , symmetry , Krc .,
it would he belter for such lodges , by a friendly concordat , to j > i a the new Grand Lodge . But in all the American State :.- , just as in < anada , the previous right of the original constituting Grand Loelge and the tepial privilege of the individual lodge to aelhere lo the source of its Masonic
li ' e have never been qeiest ' . oncd . 1 adhere to the views already expressed in the Freemason , that on this point the theory and action nf the Grand Loelge e >( Quebec are alike unmasonic and unsustainable . THE WRITER OK THE AKT 1 CLE ON THE TWO < , R \ ND LODGES IN THE FREEMASON .
LONDON MASONIC CHARITY ASSOCIATION . To the Kdilnr of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , The columns of your weekly publication have 1 ilely been reporting the proceedings of certain z alous brethren who have resolved , with laudable intent , no doubt , to rectify the often mooted defects eif our charitable system , and
Ihcy have also , to a certain extent , advocated the principles of their would-be ; "Association . " Those principles are prim . facie objectionable , and have already been criticized in your columns for correspondents , as , for instance , the" levelling down principle , " by which all subscribers , however largely they may have bene fitted the Institutions , and , therefore ,
whatever the number of their proxies , arc brought elown to the level nf 1 , 'fc Subscribers . This , by- 'he-bye , would render appropriate the . iksignaii 111 of " union , " so carefully avoiled leet it should suggest the notion of trades unionism . » But there are other obj ctions to which I would call attention , the more so that ' . bey arc not likely to be elicited by the brethren who are acting as the promoters of the
movement . We are teild to cons'der what a 1 irge share of the advantages of our In-titutions is taken by our provincial brethren who do nut suppjit them as powerfully as we do . Now , 1 will not for a moment stop to call attention to the very iinmasnnie , 11 at to say childish , character of this complaint , but will at once proceed to impugn the very basis
upon which it stands . 1 he numbers of provincial and town cases relieved by our chanties shoulef not necessarily be in proportion 1 . 1 the sums subs : ribed , but in proportion to the needs eif the several localities . That our provincial rethren shoilel have am jags ' , theaa a greater nu nber of cases of distress than we have , may be their misfortune or their fault ; in the one case we should not grudge them
our assistance ; in the other , we should devise means of preventing their shortcomings from becoming a burelen to us . An investigation into the cause of so many more candidates for our charities being sent up by the provinces than by London would , therefore , be more to the point than the formation of a league to shut them out until wc have secured all we wanted . And , further , how would this hard and fast line work ? If London is entitled to have ,
say 130 or 140 boys at Wood Green , and can only for the present supply IOD ; are so many vacancies to be left rather than fill them up with country cmdidates ? That there is a greater number ol reci pients of our several Masonic charities hailing from the provinc-s than from London is shown by llie reports , but that , therefore , the numbers as so repmteil give the propoition of country ti l . iinelon cases requires very great proofs indeed . How many nl thus' proiincial brethren , widaw-, , and children ,
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now enjoying comparative ease or acquiring the means of battling with the world , owe their present h appy position to votes which the L . M . C . A . would consider Londoa votes ? The majority of the brethren of note rcsidin g in the Metropolis are connected with provincial Masonry , and , in fact , hold , or have held , offices in Provincial Grand Lod ges ; are they to keep a separate account of the proxies they
have obtained by subscribing to the lists of country Stewards , so tha ' . they may employ them , and them only , in supporting country cases ? Surely brethren will not thus surrender their liberty of action . By their subscriptions they have acquired a certain influence in the election to our charities , which they are entitled to use as to them may seem best , without distinction as to what belongs to London
and what to the provinces , and they are most likely to give their support to cases arising in their province and within their knowledge , than to one quite unknown to them amidst the great maze of London . As to our lack of success at the elections , it is due less to want of organisation than to the want of a proper feeling with regard to the duty a brother imposes upon himself
when he places his name upon a canvassing card . Is it not a disgrace that brethren who have only two or Hire ; votes to dispose of should allow their names to be published by half a dozen candidates ? Let the supporters of each CJSC work more , and not advertise themselves so much , and they will shine less , it is true , but they will increase the proportion of London recipients of our bounties .
From the silence hitherto obsTved b ) the secretaries of our Institutions . I gather that they consider the movement as unlikely to sjeeed , otherwise it would be their eluty to oppose it in every way ; for nothing could more effectually put a stop to large subscriptions than the " levelling down principle " already referred t \ Without meaning in any way to disparage the sentiment *
of our charitable : brethren , 1 may repeat what has ofli 11 been said , that the proxies and the influence they confer arc a great encouragement lo the donor , which is withdrawn the moment he is allowed a personal vote only in exchange for his proxies however numerous . On that ground alone the secretaries should watch the formation
uf this association , which may perhaps benefit a few Lou . doners , but will suiely act detrimentally toall our Masonic Charitable Institutions . Yours truly and fraternally , D . D . [ It is quite clear to us that " D . D . " docs not realize tb ; exact aims of the L . M . C . A . —En . ]
TRURO CATHEDRAL . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In my letter to you under this heading , which you kinelly ins-rted in your last number , I , or jour c
-m-peisitor , h ive made a slig ht mistake . In the latter part ol my first paragraph I am made lo say , " believing this to he so , I have repeated litem to several candidates tor Initi 1-tion . " It should be , " I have repeated il . " Kiniily correct this in your next , and oblige , yours truly and fraternally , J . T . SIIAPL \ ND , P . M ., Z ., & c .
ORIGINAL RESEARCH . To the Editor 0 / Ihe " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In a feirmer letter I thanked you for your kind offer to receive the names and addresses e > f subscribers to " Prospectus of Contents lo Original Research " at your Masonic Depot , 198 , Fleet-street . Copy of same prospectus
lies at the business places of brethren and others at various cities of the United Kingdom . The " Search after Truth " is a Masonic obligation , ami is referred to in the Calendar of the Grand Orient ele France for 18 j- ; , as one of the principles eif its constitution in connection with the unity of the human race . Had the Grand Orient known the truth , they would not have
forsaken the name nf Gad . The object , then , ol oiigiual research is lo disseminate the truth , —" sanspcur it sans reserve . " Truth , it is slid , lies in a well ; at all events , one tiutb has been found concealed in the science of comparative anatomy , by Professor Darwin , showing that the human race is part of the animal creation , and so destroys the very
marvellous inscription by Moses of the formation of man and then women . But Moses , nevertheless , did not tell an untruth , for he only wroii in allegory , and left its interpretation to others by means of the keys of knowledge , mentioned in the Old and New Testament , and of which Royal Arch Masons were the custodians . Thus , both volumes became like a sealed book , which Isaiah saith
men delivered to one that is learned , saying : " Read tais , I pray thee ? " and he said , " I cannot , for it is sealed ;" then the Book is delivered to him that is not learned , saying , " Read this , " and he saith , " I am not learned , " otherwise not initiated . Professor D irwin persevered in his anotomica ! investigation for a period of five-and-twenty years , occasionally publishing the results , that were at firs ! denied ,
though the truths thereof were at length formally admitted by the University of Cambridge , and the Professor publicly thanked by that institution for the great services lie had rendered to science . Brethren will be interested to learn that the science of comparative anatomy is but an integral part of the rediscovered science of Speculative Masonry by Professor Mel villi' , afier nearly forty years research . As a brother he
carefully kept his MS : > . of the truths of the science secret , with a view to initiate his brethren therein , but the lite Grand M isti r , unlike the university , instead of awarding honour to Hro . Melville , rejected his MSS ., on the plea they were beyond the scope of ordinary Masonry , so that his MS i . were published about live years ago , and Bro . Melville , strange to say , died at the tine the publicitioii came from the press . Fully aware of the gie . at truths that vs ere disclosed in th