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MANCHESTER . —254 , Oxford Road . Eight Doors from Owens College . THE REV . ROBERT HAMMOND COTTON , M . A ., B . Sc , LONDON , RECEIVES STUDENTS FOR BOARD , RESIDENCE , AND TUITION .

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INSTALLATION BANQUETS . THE ROYAL CRITERION GLEE PARTY AND HAND-BELL RINGERS , Are prepared to supply Appropriate Music for Banquets on reasonable terms . Messrs . J AMES ( Tenor ) , WISE ( Bass ) , Bro . FLETCHER ( Bass and Piano ) . Apply to Bro . HARRY TIPPER , Conductor , 11 S , The Grove , Hammersmith .

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FRANK HATTON MEMORIAL PRIZE . Some friends and fellow-workers of the late FRANK HATTON propose to create , in honour of his memory , an Annual Prize , to be held by the Students of the Royal School of Mines and Normal College of Science , South Kensington , and to be called "The FRANK HATTON MEMORIAL PRIZE . " The Council have , in a special order , signified their approval of the project , and recommend that the Prize be given for Organic Chemistry , in which important branch of science the late Mr . FRANK HATTON more especially distinguished himself at South Kensington . The intention of the proposers of this Memorial is twofold . While perpetuating the memory of a student whose useful and brilliant career was cut short almost at its commencement , and during a notable scientific expedition in the interior of Borneo , it is hoped that the Prize will encourage others of the same College and School to special exertion in Chemical research . At the same time it is intended only that this application for Subscriptions shall be circulated amongst friends and acquaintances of thc late FRANK HATTON , and those who may take sufficient interest in the subject , for which the Prize will be given , to support it materially . Subscriptions already promised or received : — i £ s . 0 . Alfred Dent , Esq . ... ... ... 25 o o Henry Irving , Esq . ... ... ... 20 o o Lawrence Barrett , Esq . ... ... 10 o o I . L . Toole , Esq . ... ... ... 5 5 ° W . J . El . is , F . R . G . S . ... ... ... 5 °° Joseph Cowen , M . P . ... ... ... 5 <> ° E . Streeter , Esq . ... ... ... 5 5 ° F . Cousins , Esq . ... ••¦ ¦•• 5 5 ° A . Stirling , Esq . ... ... ... 1 1 0 Col . E . A . Buck ... ... ... 500 S . Fiske , Esq . ... ... 200 H . F . Gillig , Esq . ... ... ¦¦• 5 ° ° Wm . Bond , Esq . ... ... 5 ° ° H . Ward , Esq . ... ... - « ' ° W . W . ... ... •¦¦ o 10 6 A Student ... ... •¦• o 10 6 Joseph Hatton , Esq . ... ... 10 o o Mrs . Hatton ... ... ••• 10 o o The Misses Hatton ... ... ... 10 o o Subscriptions may be forwarded to DR . HODGKINSON , at the Royal School of Mines , South Kensington , or to "The FRANK HATTON PRIZE FUND , " London and Provincial Bank , Sussex-place , S . W .

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READY NOVEMBER ISTH . THE COSMOPOLITAN MASONIC CALENDAR , DIARY , AND POCKET BOOK FOR 1885 . Price 2 s . ; Post free , 2 s . id . This Masonic annual is now preparing for its 15 th issue , the publication of which will take place on or about the is . November next . Forms asking for particulars as to place and date of meeting of lodges and chapters have been despatched to the respective Secretaries and Scribes E ., and in the event of their not having reached their destination , a memo , advising the publisher of any alteration in date or place of meeting will be esteemed a favour . G . KENNING , 16 & 16 a , GT . QUEEN ST ., LONDON , W . C .

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To Correspondents .

The following reports , & c , stand over for want of space Until our next -. CRAFT LODGES—Watling Street , 1639 ; Clarendon , 1769 ; Hadrian , 1970 : Saville Lodge , 1231 . LODGES OE INSTRUCTION—Constitutional , 55 ; Lome , 1347 ; Wanderers , 1 C 04 . ROYAL ARCH CHAI'TER—Royal Gloucester , 130 . The Metropolitan Masonic Benevolent Association . Presentation to Bro . Edwin Barr , P . M ., Preceptor of the Guelph Lodge of Instruction . Opening of the Freemasons' Hall , Mountmellick . BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Hull Packet , " " Freemasons' Chronicle , " " El Ponvnir , " " I-a Revist . i Masonica del Peru , " "Citizen , " "Sunday Times , " "le Moniteur de la Chance Universelle , " " nrnad Arrow , " " Court Circular , " " Koiuili Ashlar , " " New York Dispatch , " " Orient , " " Canadian Craftsman , " " Societv , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " " El Xaller , " " l ' ricycling Journal . " '

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i ^ P ^ X ^^ Rf ^ lli gwejffiascw SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 15 , 1884 .

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£ \ Ve do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of thc opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—t ' n . e discussion ] .

TUSCARORA INDIANS AND MASONIC EMBLEMS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Allow me to bring before your readers a fact of some interest to Masonic antiquarians . During the past summer , while attending the meeting of the British Association at Montreal , i made the acquaintance of an American lady well known in Anthropological circles as an

authority on the language and customs of tbe Tuscarora tribe of red Indians . She had spent much time with this race , and had been received as an " adopted daughter of the tribe , " under the melodious name of Ca-che-che-staquart , in addition to which title she had been endowed with the distinctive dress of a Tuscarora . This I will not attempt to describe ( for what man is competent to do justice to the great subject 06 a lady ' s dress , especially

when it happens to be made chiefly of red Hannel , beads , and scalps ) ? But one distinctive feature must be mentioned . The upper part ( for there seemed to be no distinction between body and skirt ) was decorated with a large number of silver brooches of various sizes and designs , which the lady informed me were wade out ot silver coins worked up by the Indians into traditional patterns and used as mediums of exchange and standards of value . The

shapes were exceedingly pretty , most of them evidently copies of old European forms , such as the design of two hearts interlaced and crowned , which is often to be found in old French jewellery ; but what struck me particularly was the presence of a number of Masonic jewels . There were the ordinary square and compasses , about an inch and a half in length , and in every way identical with the jewel sometimes worn by Master Masons , but with this

exception , that , being evidently copies of copies , and made by a people ignorant of the use of the instruments represented , such distinctive marks as the rivet at the hinge , and the division between the legs of the compasses had in some cases dropped out of use . The owner of the dress told me that this was one of the usual forms , and that one of these jewels represented a value of , I think , half a dollar , but she could give no suggestion as to where the Indians got the

shape from . Masonic jewels are far from being common articles of traffic between the traders and the red men , and we cannot possibly assume that the I ndians had invented this peculiar design for themselves . Some time before I saw these jewels I had been told by an American brother that the rites of the Craft were fully known among some of the Aboriginal tribes , but , as he

brought no evidence to back his statement , 1 did not consider the fact fully proved . However , after seeing these remarkable Indian jewels , I could not but think that my informant might have some basis for his assertion , and that at some past date the light of Masonry might in some way have been shed even on the red men of the Western world . —Yours fraternally , B . P . LASCELLES . Oxford , Nov . oth , 1 SS 4 .

A MASONIC CHARITY SUNDAY . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Instead of the Sunday for our Charities , as suggested by one of your correspondents , 1 would propose that a concert be given once a year at the Albert Hall . We have many talented musicians , members of the Order , who would , no doubt , willingly assist in securing a good

orchestra , engaging the best talent , and use their utmost endeavours to make it successful . Let the necessary arrangements be made for it to take place during the season ; get H . R . H . theGrand Master to patronise ; obtain the services of the requisite number of Stewards to act as door-keepers and ticket-collectors ; and let all who attend

appear in evening dress and Masonic clothing , and I feel assured it will prove a success and benefit the Charities . I offer this suggestion for the consideration of the able Secretaries of our three Charitable Institutions . —Sincerely and fraternally yours , Bow Asylum , Chelsea , 13 . FLAT . Nov . Sth , 1 SS 4 . ——

MASONIC IMPOSTORS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Allow me , through the medium of your valuable paper , to inform its readers of what I know of the impostor so often mentioned of late . Tuesday , the 14 th ult ., I met the Almoner of my Iodge , who informed me he had relieved that day a brother , and , thinking it a very deserving case ,

had given him a letter of recommendation to the Lullingstone Lodge , which held its meeting that evening . He told me he had been in the Army and was nearly blind , and was a member of a lodge in William Town , Victoria , New South Wales . I at once recognised him as the impostor so often mentioned , and I went to the Lullingstone Lodge , and found he had already left the lctterlthere , and was coming

later in the evening to see what success he had . I need hardl y tell you he did not get either money or letter . The following morning I metand recognised him immediately as the person we had relieved at the Wanderers' Lodge of Instruction . In reference to his blindness , he was walking at least between three and four miles an hour on a very narrow pavement . Trusting I have not taken too much of your valuable space—Yours fraternally ,

CLIFFORD VVHITE , P . M . 290 Dartford , Kent , Nov . 10 th .

AN APPEAL . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I am desirous of enlisting the sympathies of some of your readers on behalf of the widow and son of a

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brother in the Craft . The boy , at present an inmate of our excellent School , where 1 am glad to say lie has done very well , will soon finish his career in that Institution , and will then leave to depend upon the knowledge that he has ihere gained for his success in life . His mother , who for many years past has been struggling unsuccessfully with the worid , has , unfortunately , no suitable home in which to receive tile boy when he leaves the School .

The circumstances leading to her present position are too long to narrate here , sullice ' it to say it is the old story of a lady reduced by the loss of her husband from a comfortable home to poverty , and , unfortunately in this instance , without relations able to help her . She is by education and business capacity lilted lor the management of some small

institution , or , failing that , to take charge of chambers or some such position where dwelling rooms would form a portion of the return for her services ; and 1 venture to hope that if you will kindly give publicity to this statement in your excellent paner some brother mav \ w : ihli » tn assist

the widow of a very worthy and zealous Mason in thc manner above indicated . Bro . Arthur li . Taylor , of Agar-street , Strand , is interested in this matter , and will be equally pleased with myself to give further information to any brethren who may see their way to help the case , which we can both

vouch for as being a very deserving one . —I am , dear sir and brother , yours faithfully and fraternally , HOWARD H . ROOM . Society of Arts , Adelphi , W . C , Nov . Gth , 1 SS 4 .

HUGHAN TESTIMONIAL FUND . To thc Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I hear that arrangements arc now being made for the presentation of a testimonial to the distinguished Masonic historian and arch . x-ologist , Bro . VV . J . Hughan , P . G . D ., to be made in London at the beginning of December . Though the matter has been belore the Craft for

more than a year , thc amount is so small that it cannot be considered as a fair indication of the admiration in which his long , earnest , and self-denying labours are held by many members of the Craft ; it is scarcely larger than that presented to him by his own Province of Cornwall on his recent compulsory removal thence to a more genial climate on sanitary considerations . It can only be considered as a mark of fraternal regard from a few Masonic friends .

Honours have been conferred upon him by the highest Masonic authorities in England , and especially in America , where he is well known ; but these , though complimentary , cost nothing , and are a cheap method of conveying a sense of obligation and of rewarding merit . Something more is due to a man who during a series of years devotes his time , talents , and even health in the pursuit of a special object for the benefit of others . Whence arises this

apathy and ingratitude to one who has laboured so long , and has made known the results of his researches in your columns , and also in a series of seven unremunerative " published works , which have been so highly appreciated that , with the exception of the important one recently issued , not a copy remains for sale ? Several reasons may be offered . First , Bro . Hughan ' s independent spirit , love of truth , and earnestness in search of it , in comparison with which he

holds in contempt titles , jewels , and the external finery of the Order ; next , the comparative rarity of any object among Masons than personal honours and some knowledge of the necessary rituals as means of obtaining them , to which may , to a great extent , be ascribed the numberof Stewards for the Charities , in order to obtain thc Charity adornments ; the limited knowled ge and pursuit of Masonic history and literature , for I fear it must be acknowledged that the class

of reading men among us is very limited ; the ignorance of Masonic doings outside of the lodge to which each brother belongs , as marked by the paucity of subscribers to , and readers of , the Freemason , of which the proprietor not unreasonably complains . Here it may be observed that its pages are too much occupied with lists of attendants at lodge banquets , complimentary speeches expressive of " much pleasure , " " proudest moment , " & c , to be followed

in too many cases by absence from lodge meetings when once the W . M . ' s chair has been passed and a jewel obtained . This is justified by the statement that brethren like to see their names in print , and therefore order special copies , and that otherwise the number sold would be so limited as to incur pecuniary loss . Let every Mason bear in mind that by giving up one banquet in a year he would save more than would purchase the Freemason for the "p

weeks , containing current Masonic intelligence , discussions on knotty points , correspondence , reports of meetings , & c . Again , it appears to me that London Masons know very little of the doings in the provinces , and , on the contrary , that provincial brethren feel that their chance of promotion to office in Grand Lodge is infinitesimal . At one time there was some ground for this , because London Masons could not gain provincial honours , but such ceased to be the case

when Middlesex was made a province . A singular instance of this has just come to my knowledge , which confirms my statement that Masonic literature is read by but few . A well known London brother , whoholds an important position in connection with Grand Lodge , recently said that he had never heard of Bro . Hughan , whose name , as a writer , a hard worker for many years , and an enlightened searcher , moreover , an oflicer of Grand Craft Lodge , Grand Chapter ,

and Grand Mark Lodge , appears in almost every number of our weekly periodical . If you deem this letter worthy of insertion , I shall probably forward a few more remarks next week . — Yours fraternally , II . H . P . S . —Even now it is not too late to send additional contributions to Bro . Hughan ' s testimonial , as subscriptions can be received by Bro . George Kenning , the Treasurer , till the end of November .

The scholarships and prizes gained during- the year by the . students of the City and Guilds of London Institute will be distributed at Fishmongers' Hall on Thursday , the 4 th December , by the Earl of Selborne , Lord High Chancellor of England .

'Ihe I'islimongcrs Company gave a banquet at their Hall on Tuesday , the nth inst ., when among the principal guests were Bros . Sir I * . Biassey , K . C . B ., M . P ., Alderman Fowler , M . P ., G . J . W . ; Sir P . Cunliffe Owen , & c . The reception accorded to the ex-Lord Mayor was very hearty in its character .