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PARTRIDGE & COOPER , " THE " STA TIONERS , 191 & 192 , FLEET STREET , LONDON , Would invite attention to their LARGE AND WELL-SELECTED STOCK OF GENERAL & FANCY STATIONERY , Suitable for presents , such as Inkstands , Stationery , Cabinets , Ladies' and Gentlemen's Dressing Bags , Travelling and Brief Bags , Sic , all of which are enumerated in their New Illustrated Catalogue , sent free on application .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY OF WORSHIPFUL MASTERS . In future numbers of the Freemason we purpose g iving a series of portraits of Worshipful Masters who have been recently installed . Recognising the fact that no greater honour can be bestowed on a brother li < an to be elected the Master of his lodge , we

desire to do our part towards creating a permanent record of such event in his Masonic history by placing his portrait before our readers . We shall be pleased to furnish Secretaries of lodges and others who may take an interest in our project whatever information may be desired as to our proposed method of procedure .

ARTHUR BENTLEV . —A subscribing member of a lodge under the Grand Lodge of England can claim admission as a visitor to any other lodge under the same Constitution , provided there is no private business onward , and that his presence would not be objectionable to the members of such lodge , so long as he is otherwise eligible in accordance with the Book of Constitutions .

The following communications , amongst others , unavoidably stand over : CRAFT LODGES . —Scientifc , No . 88 ; St . Luke ' s , No . 144 ; Royal Philanthropic , No . agi ; Villiers , No . 1194 ; Tudor , No . 1838 ; Londonderry , No , 2039 ; and Warner , No . 3256 . MARK LODGES .- —St . Andrew ' s , No . 34 ; and Karl of Carnarvon , No . 311 .

LODGES AND CHAPTERS or lNsTHUc-ri : vN . —Egyptian , No . 27 ; St . Michael ' s , No . 2 . 1 ; Camden ( Mark ) , No . 418 ; and Crusaders , No . 16 ) 7 . ROYAL ANP SKi . r . t : r MASTKRS . —Graed Master ' s Council , No . 1 . Centenary of thc Combermerc Lodge , No . ac . < . Centenary of the Royal Hrunswick Lodge , No . 296 . Consecration of the liorder Lodge , No . 2475 .

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SATURDAY , OCTOBER 14 , 1893 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The Girls' School election took place at the Quarterly General Court of Governors and Subscribers , which was held in Freemasons' Tavern on Thursday . There were 37 candidates for the 15 available vacancies , and the result will be found—as far as the successful are concerned—in our advertisement columns . There was no other business to transact . # * *

The election for the admission of children into the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will take place today ( Friday ) at the Quarterly General Court of Governors and Subscribers , which is appointed to be

held in the Freemasons' Tavern . In this case the number of candidates is 46 , and the number of vacancies to be filled 25—or , in the event of Bro . Geo . Everett ' s motion being adopted—26 . The result will appear in our next week ' s issue .

* * * Notwithstanding that the office of Provincial Grand Master of Staffordshire , which was rendered vacant in the early spring of last year by the lamented death of Bro . Lieut .-Col . Foster Gough , is still unoccupied , our Staffordshire brethren appear to have been developing

of late a considerable amount of activity . Last week it was our privilege to chronicle the addition of two lod ges to its roll , the Hatherton Lodge , No . 2474 , which was consecrated at the Stork Hotel , Walsall , on Thursday , the aSth ult ., and the St . Michael ' s Lodge , No . 2487 , on the day following , which had been

appropriately selected from its being Micnaclmas D . iy . In both cases the ceremony was performed by the Grand Secretary , and at both gatherings theru wis a full attendance of brethren to witness the interesting ceremony . We most heartily congratulate our Stafford , shire brethren on these further evidences of their zeal ln the cause of Masonry , and we sincerely trust the

new lodges may have before them a long and prosperous career . * a * The self-styled Grand Lodge of New Zealand is distinguishing itself in a fashion which is , no doubt , Peculiar to itself . It has not yet quite made up its mind to approach the Grand Lodges of England , Ire-

Masonic Notes.

land , and Scotland with a request—which we dare say will be couched in such respectful (?) language as its scribes may have at their command—not to charter any more lodges in the territory which it has appropriated to its own use . In the meantime , however ,

and it may be with the idea of enhancing—if that be possible—the dignity of its request when formulated , its lodges have been invited to consider a scheme for the election or appointment of some 50 Grand Officers ; and , as it has already been settled that there shall be

25 Grand Stewards , we may look forward to all the members of this irregular body being , at no very distant date , described as Grands , or Deputy or Assistant

Grands . A body , thus constituted , will be , or ought to be , severely imposing , especially as it will cost quite a heap of money to provide the members , thus decorated honoris causa , with the necessary paraphernalia .

The proposed list of Grand Officers , taking Grands and Deputy or Assistant Grands together , comprises a Grand Master and Deputy Grand Master , the two Wardens , Treasurer , Registrar , and Secretary , the Presidents of Boards of General Purposes and

Benevolence , four Chaplains , eig ht Deacons—four Senior and four Junior—four Grand Superintendents of Works , four Directors of Ceremonies , four Bible

Bearers , four Sword Bearers , four Standard Bearers , four Organists , four Pursuivants , and four Ty lers . New Zealand ought to flourish under thc weight of all this Grandeur .

Bro . Oscar Philippe , who it will be remembered compiled the magnificent list of ^ 671 5 s . at the last Festival of the Boys' School , was on Wednesday evening installed for the second year in succession in the chair of the Montague Guest Lodge . Bro .

Philippe ' s popularity with the brethren of his own lodge is no less conspicuous than his generous contributions to the Institutions , and the honour conferred on him b y his re-election to the chair was the outcome of a spontaneous and sincere desire to mark the sense

of their obligations to him for all round Masonic work . The proceedings were of an exceptionally pleasant character , both in the lodge and at the banquet , carrying out to the letter the statement of the W . M . that they were a happy family . We hope to report . the proceedings in our next .

We shall be glad to know if any Masonic provincial calendars have been published for Cambridgeshire , Suffolk , Surrey , or Yorkshire for 1 S 93 . If so we shall be glad of a copy of each or either for review in our series of Masonic Directories . » * «

Bro . W . H . Bolt , W . M . City of Westminster Lodge , No . 1563 , was re-elected W . M . for the second year at the last meeting ; of the lodge on the 28 th ult . * * * We sympathise entirely with the sentiment that lias

prompted thc fellow townsmen of thc late Bro . Surgeon-Major Parke to promote a memorial to that heroic and distinguished brother , whose services both in the Egyptian and Soudan Campaigns and with Stanley in

" Darkest Africa " will long be remembered by his fellow countrymen . Beyond all this is the memory of a striking and sympathetic personality so lovable as to touch the hearts of all .

The memorial in question is to assume thc form of a Masonic Hall at Carrick-on-Shannon , the nearest town to the birth place of Bro . Parke , and where he was initiated into Masonry . Su--h a building is a

fitting monument , and we trust the Committee will succeed in its object . Bro . B . St . G . Harrison , of Carrick-on-Shannon , is one of the Hon . Sees ., and will gladl y receive contributions , which will be acknowledged in a printed list from time to time .

Correspondence.

Correspondence .

I We do 11 . 1 t nnltl ourselves responsible lor the opinions exprt .-s ; . ei ] by our correspondents , but we wist , 111 a spirit of lair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]

THE LATE BRO . DAVID JAMES . To thc Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I note that in your last issue you write of Mr David James as if he were not a member of our Era

ternity . He was , however , a P . M . of the Maybury Lodge , No . 969 , in which , I believe , he was initiated , in common with Henry Irving , John Clarke , Thome , and other distinguished members ot his profession . —Yours fraternall y , LENNOX BROWNE . Mansfield-street , W ., October loth .

Reviews.

Reviews .

BY-LAWS OF THE PROVINCIAL CRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS , PROVINCE OF DEVONSHIRE . 1 S 93 . The code of regulations for the government of the Mark Masons in Devon is well arranged and most suitable for the purpose . The Committee have done their part admirably , the result being a number of by-laws that it would be

difficult to improve in any one respect . Assuredly if the Masters and Secretaries attend to all that is provided for them , there should not be a better managed province in England . The last meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge proved how attentive most of the officers of lodges were to the demands of the courteous Prov . Grand Secretary . There are , however , unwritten laws that ought to be

embodied in all such works , such as sending prompt replies to the queries forwarded by the Prov . Grand Secretary , attending most scrupulously to all his requests , and treating him as one gentleman should another , especially when Freemasons . Few who have not served in such an office can adequately realise what is demanded from such an arduous and responsible position , but even a little reflection should

lead brethren to save Provincial Grand Secretaries all and every trouble in their power , and thus ease such brethren as much as possible . What is termed the appendix , but would have been better described as the historical introduction , and should have preceded the rules , is by Bro . Henry Stocker , P . G . D ., the Prov . G . Sec . It is exceedingly well done , and gives a

succinct account of the province from its inauguration at Exeter on 20 th October , 1 S 5 S . The minutes are in existence from then to now , and it is claimed that , though Devon was not the first patent that was issued , it is the first that was inaugurated . If any object to this , it will be for them to produce minutes of an earlier date . There have been but three Rulers appointed from 1 S 57 to now , viz ., the

Rev . John Huyshe , M . A ., Lieut .-Col . Tanner Davy , J . P ., and the Hon . Sir Stafford Northcote , Bart ., C . B ., M . P . The lists are most interesting of all the meetings from 1 S 5 S , all the oflicers appointed , and all the lodges warranted , besides a mass of valuable and important information . The roll of Past Grand Ollicers of England , and particulars of the Mark Benevolent Fund , as well as a register of all its Festivals , with the amounts obtained , complete this most

opportune , accurate , and ably compiled work , which reflects the greatest credit on Bro . Henry Stocker . The " list of monies voted by the Prov . Grand Lodge to Masonic Institutions , and the votes held in consequence , " and the number of candidates " advanced" in Devon to iS y ^ , must have entailed considerable labour , and are of great utility . The province is to be congratulated on having the best work of the kind extant .

THE CROSS AND SYMBOLISM OF THE FOUR QUARTERS . Bro . David R . Clarke , M . A ., has treated this interesting and complicated question in an able manner , and has fortified his conclusions with corroborative evidence of value , thus enabling the student to verify for himself . The paper was read to the Societas Rosicruciana in Scotia , and also

to the Newcastle College . It has already seen light in two places in the North , bro . Clark has a lirm and intelligent grasp of the subject , takes a comprehensive view , and steers clear of numerous pitfalls , so tempting to the ordinary student . The illustrations are useful aids , and the paper , as a whole , is one of the best we know of in relation to a confessedly difficult enquiry .

Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS .

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METROPOLITAN MEETINGS . Kennington Lodge ( No . 13 81 ) . —A meeting of this large and prosperous lodge was held at the Horns Tavern , Kennington Park , on the 3 rd inst ., when there were present , among olhers , Bro * . Alfred Lundie . W . M . j Hearne , S . W . j Dr . Alillsom , ) . W . ; George Everett , P . M ., P . G . Treas ., Treasurer ; W . Stuart , P . M . Sec .

, Colwell , S . D .,- Hopkins , Org . ; Henry Higgins , P . M . ; Capt . T . C . Walls , P . M ., G . Stwd ;; W . 'P . Webb , P . M . j CocUburn , P . M . j Lingley , P . M . ; R . La Feullade , P . M . j Foalc , P . M . j Westley , P . M . j Dennis , P . M . j and F . Keinardt , 'T yler . Amongst the visitors were Bros . Kedge , P . M . 7-jyj R . j . Brinkley , 1 SS 1 j and Chapman , 15 SS .

1 he minutes of thc previous meeting having been read and confirmed , Bros . Dickinson and Leese were raised to the Third Degree , Bro . K . W . Blading passed to the Second Degree , and Mr . Charles llrock duly initiated into Craft , mysteries , the three ceremonies being ably performed . The ' resignation of Bro . Burrows , J . D ., was received with regret . Some minor business having been transactedthe lodge

, was closed , and the brethren adjourned to refreshment . Upon the removal of the cloth , the customary toasts received full justice . Bro . George Everett , in responding to " The Health of the Grand Officers , " spoke in high terms of those brethren . He also gave some interesting details ut his recent visit to Leeds upon the occasion uf tbe installation of Bro . lackson .

M . P ., as P . G . M . ci : West Vorks , when the Pro Grand Master and a number of Present and Past Grand Officers attended . Bro . Everett said it was popularly supposed that so soon as a brother was rewarded with the purple of Grand Lodge , he grew indifferent to Freemasonry . It was not so , there were many who redoubled their efforts and expended a great deal of valuable time for the good of the Craft in general—the Executive Officers to wit .

"The Health of the W . M . " was proposed in flattering terms by the l . P . M ., who briefly re .-p-jnded . ' The Initiate " followed . Bro . Brook , in response , made an eloquent reply . In the course ol his remarks he said that , although he had been a Mason but a few minutes , he had gleaned sufficient of its principles to know that any one who carried them out