The Vote Of Thanks To Brother Li. Evans.

THE VOTE OF THANKS TO BROTHER LI . EVANS .

To the Editor of The Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , Permit me to make a slight correction in your report of my few remarks at Grand Lodge . I said that "few brethren , " and not

"some brethren , " were more competent than myself to speak of Bro . Evans ' s services , the fact being , as 1 stated , that I not onl y have served on tho Board of General Purposes with him for several years , but during the last three years of

Ins Presidency was his Vice-President , lo have assumed to second the resolution of thc Grand Registrar on any less ground than this would have been the reverse of complimentary to Bro .

Evans , and for this reason'I ask the favour of your inserting my note . I am , faithfull y yours , BRO . B ., MONCKTON , Senior Grand Deacon .

NOTES ON THE UNITED ORDERS OI THE TEMPLE AND HOSPITAL .

To the Editor of The Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — As Bro . Holmes would make it appear that he is still sceptical as to the accurracy of my statements anent the Grand Mark Lodge report , and states that he holds by Bro . Kerr ' s remarks

until be can judge witli his own eyes , perhaps you will kindl y oblige b y forwarding to Bro . Holmes for his inspection the enclosed rubbing which I have just taken of the Masonic emblems sli g htl y cut or scratched on the stone sill of one of the windows in Glaspow Cathedral . As this

rubbing will distinctly prove that I have been correct in certain particulars , I do not consider it necessary to take any special steps in the meantime to prove that I have also been correct in other particulars . I am , yours fraternally , W . P . BUCI . AN .

Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .

MASONIC SUMMONSES , NOTICKS , ie . One of my oldest and best Masonic friends , Bro . Capt . F . G . Irwin , Brisslingtou-crescent , Bristol , has been making a collection of everything interesting relating to Freemasonry—in

fact , I may say an indiscriminate collection of Masonic documents— -which has been increasing rapidl y of late , and is fast becoming a curious and valuable record of the Craft in a way not usually attempted . Bro . Irwin is anxious to add

still more to his store , and will be glad to receive any contributions of lodge circulars , certificates , & c , & c , from members of the society , and will reciprocate such kindness to the best of his ability . Of course the whole of his collection

will eventuall y become the property ol the Fraternity , so that the brethren who add to Bro . Irwin ' s Masonic Museum will , after all , be benefiting the Order . Any expenses attending the transit of packages will be most willingl y defrayed by our friend , or b y Bro . W . j . Hughan .

GK . tiVD LOJUMXIJEKY or M . I . SS . ICIILKSKTT . S AND RHODE ISLAND ( KNIGHTS TKMI ' UR ) , We commend the following to the notice of those who arc always exclaiming against the gustative propensities of Freemasonry , and who think we are only brethren for the sake of eating and drinking .

No doubt there is a deal too much of thc latter often at banquets , and we onl y wish that every lodge would pass a resolution to prohibit the funds being used for any purpose other than connected with the necessary expenses of the meetings and charitable bequests .

Ihe paragraph in question we extract from the " Proceedings of the Grand Commandery ol Minnesota , U . S . A . " ( our liro . G . D . B . Porter , being the Grand Recorder ) . Nov . 18 th , JSTC

Resolved : — " Whereas , Templarism is an institution founded upon the Christian reli g ion , and the practice of the Christian virtues : and

Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

" Whereas , Temperance is one of the chief Christian , virtues , and is enjoined upon us by the Christian religion : and " Whereas , The spreading indiscriminatel y before the companions who assemble at the banquets customary in our Order , wines and intoxicating liquors , may tempt to excess and intemperance ,

" Be it therefore Resolved , ' That henceforth no wines or intoxicating liquors shall be furnished , or permitted to be introduced , at our banquet , given by this Grand Body . ' " We say all honour to the framers and passers of such a law .

NOTES CX THE UNITED ORDERS OF THE Tr . Mi'LE AND HOSPITAL . In last week ' s paper you have it that Bro . Buchan asserts that " so'far , as the song ( Professor Aytoun ' s raisin . " ' of the Beauseant ) is concerned it

rather goes to show wore belief" & c , instead of mm belief , ore ., which is required to make sense of the context . Further I am made to say that I prefer my own uulliorit ' . j , instead of my own authorities ( a very different tiling ) to taking Bro Buchan ' s i / r-e dixit .

Masonic Tidings.

Masonic Tidings .

The Sup . erne Grand Council , , 5 , 5 ° A . and A . Rite , have issued instructions to the Recorders of the various Rose Croix Chapters to inform the E . and P . Princes that , in consequence of the

death of the Most Illustrious Brother , Dr . Henry Beaumont Leeson , ¦ ) 3 , F . R . S ., Past M . P . Sow vigil Grand . Commander of the Order , tie cambers are requested to appear in mournin ,, -i . a period of sixty days , as a mark of respect for thai illustrious brother .

W e understand that a grand Masonic ball is to be given at Bury St . Edmunds during the ensuing month , anil that Colonel Sir Shafto Adair , thc Provincial Grand Master of Suilolk , has granted a dispensation to appear in full Masonic

clothing . The ball is to be under the auspices of the Royal Si . Edmund ' s Lodge ( No . 100 S ) , and the Worshipful Masters ol ' the whole of the

lodges in the province are invited to act as Stewards . There is every promise , as the alfair is in good hands , to make this the county ball oi the season .

B y the death ot his half-brother , the Marquis of Londonderry , v . ilhoiii issue , Bro . Earl Vane , Past Grand Senior Warden of England , succeeds to the marquisiic . The deceased nobleman had been for a long lime in a precarious state ol health ..

Our enterprising and weh-inlormed contemporary , the Uii > ilhiii , announces that the Ear ] ol Zetland , our excellent and esteemed fast Grand Master , is to receive the Order of the Garter , but that he gives up his rank as Knig ht of the

Thistle . I'll is , the Cictli'tii says , is not intended to convey that the former v haiev ranks ' hi gher than the latter ( though , by the way , it undoubtedly does ) , but that the Order of tin Thistle is to he j " ., ; - . 'k-aJand what the Garter is

to England , and Her Maje : ly "'is . h-.-s it to be so understood . We presume by this it is intended that no one shall he a knl . rht oi Loth Orders at

one time , ihcugh it is something new in th < annals of chit air } ' to give up one kni g hthood t < take another . We await further lig ht , from otn antiquarian and heraldic brethren .

P . iNMi . nr . hiiiuii : 01 las 'ruce-riox ( AO / 2 o ) . _—The lil ' ieen section . ' will he worked byilu members of tins lodge , on ' ¦ . ' /¦ c : ruber o / . h , tit th . Balham II .. ¦ ..- ! . Balliam . V ,, \> . Poo re W .. " . ; ., am

Assistant i ' .. iV , dor , v . 1 ; : opeut . ie lo ^ ge o ' clock , and will be glad io reouhe the visit of brethren se . king in aruetioii . This lo-. Yv is held every Thursday i " . cuing at 7 o ' clock .

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William Preston Lodge (No. 766).

WILLIAM PRESTON LODGE ( No . 766 ) .

PERMANENT LOCATION- IN LONDON- . The above lodge met at the City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-st ,. on Thursday , thc 28 th ult ., under very interesting circumstances . This lodge , originall y held at Putney , was consecrated in 18-jy , b y the present G . Secretary , Bro .

John liervey , who installed its first W . M ., Owen Bowen , a great benefactor to the lodge and to the craft . Bro . Harvey ' s name has ever since been retained on the books as Hon . Member , and he occasionall y favours the lodge by attending . It was called the " Preston Lodge , " so named after

a great and well known masonic luminary . It being afterwards found that his surname without his Christian name , gave risei . ro son , e confusion , there being a well knnvn town of that name in Lancashire , the M . W . G . M gave his consent to the alteration of name . From a combination of

untoward circumstances the lodge gradually dwindled away until the autum of 1868 , when the onl y acting members left were Bro . John Newton , its then W . M ., Bro . Benjamin Abbott , the I .. PM . ; Bro . Dr . Whiteman , one of its earliest and most energetic W . M . ' s ; Bro . Kain ,

a Past G . Sec . of Warwickshire , who acted as W . M . in the halcyon days of thc lodge ; and Bro . George Cox , P . G . D ., who was for many years the 'Treasurer . Lhider these adverse circumstances a proposal was made by a number of energetic brethren , residing at Norwood and

Ancrley , to remove the lodge to the Clarendon Hotel , in that nei ghbourhood . Accordingly , the inflowing brethren joined the lodge ; viz ., Bros . Dr . Eachus Wilkinson , W . J . Miller , W . H . Harper , G . Jackson , G . Newman , Braun , and others . The lodge increased and multiplied in

its new locality , but unfortunately the proprietor of the hotel came to grief , and again the lodge had to seek fresh iields and pastures new , which was a matter of very great difficulty , there being no other house suitable . The M . W . G . M . then

gave permission to hold the lodge temporaril y at the City Terminus Hotel , where it gained a great accession of members from other parts of London , and lost some : of its old members . The local tie thus loosened , the members unanimously petitioned the M . W . G . M . to allow the

lodge to remain , winch petition was ultimatel y granted , under the very peculiar circumstances of the case , it being well known that tile [ lowers that be decline to permit urban lodges to remove to Loudon unless very strong reasons be shewn . 'Ihe mcv taig ., then lore , was held under jo , o S

eireunisianccs , the members feeling that at length ihey had a local hab ' lation , as well as a name , well worthy of the lodge . Three gentlemen were initiated , two of them were sons of that worth ' , ' Bro . Roberta , who is so well known as the successful caterer at the Crystal Palace ; the

other was Dr . Cutmoiv , of Norwood . 'Ihe Ceremony was most perfectl y and most impressively rendered by the well-beloved W . M ., Bro . G . Newman . Two brethren were passed , Bros . Ewins and Drake . A ; ir such labour , nearly forty hrethii 11 sat down to a much needed and

well served banquet , whieh did credit to the proprietor of the hotel , Bro . Sidney Spencer , who was one of the fifteen invited gui-sis of- the evening . Another of the visitors was the W . Bro . George Cox , P . G . Deacon , one of thc founders oi the lodsv before mentioned . The

lowng cups ( v . 'h ' . cn were presented by Bro . Owen iiov . vii , the first W . M . ) , were passed round . The usual toasts were eloquently given and responded to . 'f'lie charities were not forgotten , a libera ] collection have been made j and the W . M . consented lo become a Steward of the Boys '

Scln . oi at ihe approaching festival , on the 1 , 3 th March . Ahoy ; dfer a 'ye-d enjoyable evening at ) ' , ; gE : c . mi . ' to ; i happy eone ' iisi /; , ' ! . Happy did the i > : clhr . ii ineit , hap ; . v did th ; y pari , and ' nappy the . - ' , in .. ' . i to be in meeting' again . It should he add . d thai , the William Preston Lodge is one ( he / I -. ' . ' kana : r lod- ' e'i : each W . M . on

his install ; . Eon sitting under hi : ; own banner , on whieh is einbkiv . onc . l hi . ; arms , crest , and motto , and which learner lie pi ' - s .-nis to the lodge oil his retiring from oiiiee . ' 1 lie room was ablaze with 1 ; raidie d .-. nices i-f its Past Masters , ' amongst •. -. ¦ Inch were the banner of the Craft it , h , and Ihe banner of the before-named great illustrator 01 freemasonry , William Preston .