Contents.

CONTENTS .

L EADERS 1 S 3 ' Consecration of the Scarisbrick Lodge , i No . 2295 , at Southport 154 Provincial Grand Chapter of Cambridge- ! shire IJ 4 District Grand Lodge of the Punjab 154 The Fourth Annual Ball of the Selwyn Lodge , No . 1901 iJS Annual Supper of the Zetland Lodge of Instruction . No . Jii 155 Farewell Dinner to Bro . D . N . Henochs- berg at Liverpool 15 ^ The Poet Burns 155 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls 155 C ORRESPONDENCE— Grand Treasurership i ; 7 Reviews 157 Notes and Queries 1 J 7 R IPORTS i >? MASONIC M * ITINOB— Craft Masonry ijS Instruction 161 Royal Arch 162 Instruction 162

Mark Masonry if > 2 Knights Templar 162 | Ancient and Accepted Rite 1 O 2 Royal Order of Scotland 16 3 Queensland ... ! 16 3 ligypt 16 3 West Africa 163 India 163 Ladies' Night at Lodge La Tolerance , No . 53 8 16 4 Complimentary Banquet to Bro . Henry Lynn , M . L . S . B 16 4 Annual Festival of Wandsworth Lodge of Instruction , No . 1044 1 C 4 Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution 165 The Recent Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution 105 Presentation to Bro . Alfred Greenham 1 ( 1 $ The Craft Abroad 1 G 3 Roval Masonic Institution for Boys-Statistics 18 S 2-1 SS 8 Inclusive 163 Masonic and General Tidings 166 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iv .

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THE results of the Cambridge Middle-class Examinations in Further Girls" ¥ ^ , . , , . . . ,, School December last have ] ust been made Known , and it must be Successes . very grat ; f y j ng { 0 the Governors and Educational staff of our Girls' School to learn that 18 out of the 20 girls who submitted themselves

to the severe ordeal prescribed by the examiners were successful in passing , three of the number being also awarded honours . The result in the case of the College of Preceptors Examination is equally , or indeed even more , gratifying , as 29 passed out of the 30 who went up . Thus as the upper

school contains 204 girls , it follows that 50 , or nearly one-fourth of the whole number , were sent up for public examination , and only three of them were unable to satisfy the examiners . We congratulate the House Committee and Miss DAVIS and her staff on a result which testifies so conclusively to the excellence of their management and instruction .

VERY general regret will be felt at the news of the death on The late Bro . „ , , . . T A n L r J . . Birch , East Sunday last of bro . J . A . BIRCH , who for some years past Lancashire , j ^ k een one 0 f the most prominent figures in East Lancashire Masonry . The deceased had taken an active part in the work of the

lodge and chapter , and his services had been deservedly recognised , not only by his fellow members , but likewise by the GRAND MASTER and Grand Superintendent of the Province , Bro . Col . LE GENDRE N . STARKIE , who in his former capacity had appointed him to the position of a Prov . G . Warden , and in the latter had made him Third Principal in the

Provincial Grand Chapter . But the sphere of labour to which Bro . BIRCH had more particularly devoted his energies was in connection with the local and general Charities of our Society . As Chairman of the Committee of the East Lancashire Systematic Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution , he had the chief hand in directing the operations of that val u-

able provincial association , while as regards the central Charities of the Order lie had acted several times as Steward on their behalf , the last occasion on which he had undertaken these duties being at the Centenary Festival of the Girls' School . He was likewise a Vice-President of the East Lancashire Association and a Life Governor of both Schools and the

Benevolent Institution . He had also been for many years an active and influential member of the Manchester Town Council , while in his private capacity he was beloved and respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintanc es , who deeply deplore his loss , and to whom , as well as to the famil y of our late biother , we offer our most respectful sympathy .

* * ± The iat B THERE can be doubt that the Province of Wiltshire has Win . Nott , p . p . sustained a very severe loss through the death of Bro . ' - WILLIAM NOTT , who for many years had laboured most

enthusiaticall y and successfully to promote the welfare of the Craft in the county with which he was connected . Not only had Bro . NOTT filled the highest offices in lodge and chapter , but his services had been worthily recognised b y his Provincial Chief , who was greatly indebted to him for his assistance in the regular work of the Province ; but more particularly in

° nnection with its Charity Association , the Stewardships for the Festivals p , " } e great Central Masonic Charities , and the Western Counties ' ^ nantable Association , in which Wiltshire had adequately fulfilled the tu » ? . '? tted to it . Indeed , we are by no means exaggerating when we say at VViUs

will , for a time at all events , have some difficulty in finding a ^ j ^ to Bro . N who shall take up and continue the duties which mn ¦ " ' £ ' discharged by him ; and , for this reason , it is the breth lncurn ' Dent on us to express the sympathy we feel with our Wiltshire

Sl 'ankiin WHAT may be termed a fitting conclusion , or " wind up , " to ' xhlbulo t ' Shunklin Masonic Exhibition , occurred on Tuesday evening 0 r „ . ' last > when Bro . ALFRED GREENHAM , the promoter and " lo ri ' . ° ^ t ' successfu ' enterprise , attended the meeting of the tificat n & ' No . 1402 , Torquay , and was presented with a cerot the Honorary Membership , beautifully designed and executed ,

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by Bro . J CHAPMAN , the founder of that well-known lodge . A number of charming miniature water-colour drawings surrounded the certificate paper , illustrating the peculiar circumstances in relation to that lodge and

the others with which Bro . GREENHAM is connected , and making a charming souvenir . The presentation was made by Bro . HUGH AN , by desire of the W . M . and the donor , and Bro . GREENHAM made a most effective reply , particulars of which will appear in next week's issue .

Art Association OUR Pennsylvania brethren are determined that no effort of the Masonic s ] 1 a j [ be spared to honour Freemasonry as they consider it Temple , Plula- r . J J deiphia . deserves to be honoured . Their Masonic Hall in Philadelphia , we believe , is justly reputed to be one of the finest buildings of its kind in the world , and about a year since the idea occurred to certain members of

one of the lodges in the jurisdiction that , splendid as this edifice undoubtedly is , its interior appearance might and would be materially enhanced if the various rooms it contains were artistically decorated . The scheme at once commended itself to the then Grand Master of Pennsylvania , Bro . J OSEPH EICHBAUM , and other influential Masons , and an Art Association

was at once formed , which already consists of 779 members , while a sum of not far short of 4000 dollars (^ , ' Soo ) has been raised ; and from the first Annual Report , which has been kindly forwarded to us , we learn that the work of decoration has been most effectively begun in two of the principal

rooms , namely , the Ionic and the Egyptian Halls . We trust the process of decoration will be continued with equal success , so that , in time , the interior decorations of the grand Hall in Philadel phia may be worthy in all respects of its splendid exterior .

The D . G . Lodge IT is not a very long time since the District G . Lodge of the andMasoluc' J > at the instance of Bro . E . WOODALL PARKER , Literature . D . G . M ., and other eager inquirers after Masonic knowledge , determined on establishing a library at its Masonic Hall in Lahore . It was recognised that the principles and history of the Craft were not

sufficiently studied by the brethren generally , and the belief was expressed that those principles would stand a better chance of being loyally observed , and that greater interest would be taken in the work of our lodges , if a library , well furnished with the better class of Masonic literature , were accessibleto all members of the Fraternity . It is , no doubt , too early yet to speculate

as to the effect produced by this movement , but it is evident , from the fact of a special communication of Dist . G . Lodge having been held in December last for the purpose of hearing two lectures delivered by distinguished Punjab Masons , that Bro . PARKER , and those acting with him , are resolved on carrying this scheme into execution with as little delay as possible . ' One

of these papers , compiled by Bro . Dr . BRIJ LALL GHOSE , and entitled " Brahminism and Freemasonry , " very successfully illustrated the universality of Freemasonry ; while the other , by Bro . H . J . WHYMPER , on " Masonic Literature , " may be regarded as a very successful effort on the part of that brother to support the plans of his chiefs . Both

were listened to with attention by the members present , and it is to be hoped that other brethren will , take encouragement from the example thus set , and deliver other addresses on the same or similar subjects . We must not , however , be in too great a hurry , and imagine that in the future it will always be smooth sailing because the intencion to form a library

and encourage Masonic study has been taken in hand . There is probably no society in existence in which any attempt to obtain more than the merest superficial knowledge is viewed with so much indifference , and in some cases even with alarm , as in ours ; and Bro . PARKER , in the few remarks he made at the ciose of the second lecture , gave an illustration of this ,

which had recently come within his own knowled ge , and which well deserves to be repeated here . He had had occasion to refer to the mass of Masonic literature at the disposal of the brethren , and asked if it was " not wonderful to find that a very large number of Masons make no attempt to become acquainted with it , and that many are satisfied to remain in

ignorance of the true history , life , laws , and spirit of Masonry . " And having made this very pertinent observation , he proceeded to cite the case of a lodge in his own district—which he consideratel y forebore from namingwhich had forwarded him a resolution " condemning a circular of the District Grand Master , in which he 'invited' brethren to supply such information

as might properly be divulged' to the Masonic column of a newspaper , " the lodge in question considering it would be " opposed to the tradition " of Freemasonry to act in accordance with the suggestions of the D . G . M . This was not particularly complimentary to our distinguished brother , who appears to have been somewhat disconcerted b y so

unceremonious a reply to his modest invitation . Let us hope , however that a rebuff of this kind will not have the effect of deterring him from his purpose of endeavouring to spread as much enlightenment about Masonry as he can among the brethren in his District . There are still among us some of that class of Masons of whom PRESTON speaks in his " Illustrations "