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ADV ERTISEMENT SCALE OF "THE FREEMASON . " Per Insertion , S INGLE C OLUMN per inch £ 05 0 O PAGE 10 o 0 0 * * E C OLUMN 3 10 0 P UBLIC COMPANIES' & PARAGRAPH ADVERTISEMENTS , IS . PER LINE . W ANTS , & C , FOUR LINES , 2 s . 6 d , and 6 d . PER LINE additional TO OUR READERS . The FREE'IASO- *** is published every Friday morn '!!** -, price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relat ' inff to Freemasonry of every degree . Subscriptions , including- Postage : — United States , United Kingdom . Canada , the Continent , India , China , Ceylon the Colonies , & c . Arabia , &* c . 13 s . 6 d . 15 s . 6 d . 1 7 s . 6 d . Remittances maybe made in Stamps , but Post Oflice Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to GEORGE KENNINU , C * lie f Oflice . London , the latter rro ^ ced London Tnint Stock Rank .
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Price ** s . MASONIC ORATIONS , by Bro . L . P . METHAM , P . G . D . Eng ., P . D . Prov . G . M Devon , & c , delivered in Devon and Cornwall , from A . D . 1 S 66 , at the dedication of Masonic Halls , Consecration of Lodges and Chapters , Installations , & c . With an Introduction by Bro . WILLIAM [ AMES HUGHAN , P . G . D . Eng ., P . Prov . S . G . W . and G . Sec . Cornwall , & c , on Freemasonry in Devon and Cornwall , from A . D . 1732 to 1889 . Edited by Bro . J CHAPMAN , P . M . 1402 , & c , P . Prov . G . D . Devon , Author of "The Great Pyramid and Freemasonry . " London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 , GreatQueen-st ., W . C .
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pEORGE REES . "ENGRAVINGS by the Principal Artists . Eight ¦ ' ¦* ' Hundred Subjects in Stock . Liberal Discount . ¦ ETCHINGS , Large and Choice Variety on View " by Leading Artists . Liberal Cash Discount . SPORTING PICTURES , both Old and New . Hunting , Racing , Coaching , & c . Large Assortment . Liberal Discount for Cash . PICTURE FRAMES . Special Masonic Designs for Certificate Frames , & c , at Lowest Prices . A New Catalogue , with Prices , & c , post free , Id . Stamp . GEORGE REES , SAVOY HOUSE , 115 , STRAND . Established 30 Years .
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GILLIAM ( Successors to Makepeace and Walford ) , SILVERSMITHS , JEWELLERS , AND DIAMOND MOUNTERS , DEALERS IN ANTIQUE PLATE & JEWELLERY . 6 , SERLE STREET , LINCOLN ' S INN , 44 6 , OXFORD STREET , NEAR ORCHARD STREET . The Preemu » oii of May 1611 ) , 1891 , says— " Messrs . Gilliam Uros ., Gold and Silversmiths , of 8 , Serin Street , Lincoln ' s Inn , linio been voiy fortunate inseciirinjr BO lino a site fortboir now CKUihlUUment ns + 16 , Oxford Sweet ( near Orchard Street ) , and Be congratulate them on tbo beauty nnd artistic design displayed in thoir new promises ; tho slock is of the most niro nnd cLuice kind , and our brethren , who aro fond of old and ( rood things in precious motnls , would do woll lo pay tlmm a visit . "
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PARTRIDGE & COOPER , " THE" STA TIONERS , 192 & 191 , FLEET STREET , LONDON . SCIENTIFIC WHIST CARDS , is . 6 d . per pack ; free by post is . gd . Although only just published , some thousands have already been sold . PARTRIDGE & COOPER hold one of the largest stock of Playing Cards in London . lhe Club House Playing * Cards , is . per Pack , 1 is . per doz . -I Special Illustrated Catalogue forwarded post free on application .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
lac lulluwing L-uuimtinicatious amongst others unavoidably M . 'eal um . ( . * : •¦!* , —st . Marylel-unc Lodge , No . 1305 , and Lome Lodge , : s " * ' 3-11 .
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SATURDAY , APRIL 16 , 1 F 92 . *
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
" * election for members of the Board of Manage-. , " Roya' Masonic Institution fnr Boys reele •* ' re £ * ' London contingent , in the reiki ? ° 0 n ' y ' wo ou ' * ° ^ " ' * ve re '' ' 2 members , D- . "' ree successful candidates being new men .
vv * J" J * Thomas headed the poll with 159 votes , and Wj ' i ,. wcd b ) ' Bros . Edward Terry , P . G . Treas ., and Ml ^ sters i members of last year ' s Board , who ' 55 votes and 131 votes respectively ; Bro . J .
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D . Langton , with 9 S votes , and Bro . T . Hastings Miller , with 8 9 votes , obtaining the fourth and fifth places . The unsuccessful candidates were Bros . Sir Augustus
Harris , P . G . Treas ., 8 7 votes , W . Shurmur , 85 votes , and H . F . Nasb , 77 votes , retiring members , and Bro , R . P . Stevens , 73 votes . Bro . S . Cochrane withdrew before the poll was opened .
As regards the Provincial contingent , the five retiring members were re-elected by substantial majorities , Bro . Oliver Papworth ( Cambridgeshire ) heading the poll with 160 votes , Bro . Charles E . Keyser ( Herts , ) being second with 153 votes , and then in order as given : Bros .
Richard Clowes ( Sussex ) , G . Std . Br ., 146 votes ; George Corbie ( Essex ) , 113 votes ; and C . K . Benson , who was nominated by both North Wales and Cheshire ,
in votes . The highest unsuccessful candidates were Bro . C . Pulman ( Northumberland ) , who polled 7 6 votes , and W . H . Spaull ( Shropshire ) , P . A . G . D . C , with 53 votes .
* * * With reference to the suggestion thrown out by the Pro Grand Master at the Boys' School Festival in June of last year as to the desirability of changing the site of the Institution from Wood Green to some other and
more suitable neighbourhood , we consider the Quarterly Court acted wisely in giving the Board of Management authority to entertain negotiations for the realisation of the present property . A move is desirable from a locality which has a clayey soil and is being fast
overrun by small tenements ; but there is no immediate hurry , and the Institution will be likely to obtain better terms if it bides its time than if it exhibits an undue anxiety to be rid of a property which has cost so much and may by comparison realise so little . The outlay
from first to last cannot have bsen much less than about . £ 100 , 000 , while the value of the estate is estimated at about ^ 30 , 000 . Therefore , the Institution will have to exercise a considerable amount of patience in finding a purchaser for its property .
The Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution was held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , at 4 p . m . The Secretary reported the
deaths of four widow annuitants , and that one male annuitant had resigned his annuity in consequence of having inherited some property . The usual Committee was appointed to prepare the annual report .
* A short while since Bro . T . W . Tew , Prov . G . M , of West Yorkshire , who has been so seriousl y ill and for so long a time , addressed a letter to his worthy Deputy , Bro . Henry Smith , P . G . D ., in which he
requested the latter to be the medium for communicating to the brethren in the Province his grateful thanks for the many kind inquiries they had made at Irequent intervals during his protracted illness , and the honour they had done him b y raising the necessary funds for
the purchase of a Thomas William Tew Perpetual Presentation to the Male Fund of the Royal Masonic Benevolent I nstitution . The inquiries were too numerous for Bro . Tew to acknowledge each of them separately ,
asjie would have liked to do , but lie desires Bro . Smith to make it known that his ( Bro . 'few ' s ) appreciation of their kindness is to the full as sincere as if he had been able to address them individually .
VVe learn from the same source that with Bro . 'few ' s full consent and co-operation , Bro . Matthewman , Prov . A . G . Secretary West Yorkshire , and one of the Secretaries of the Wakefield Masonic Literary Society , will shortly bring out a volume of his ( Bro . Tew's ) Masonic
Addresses , to which will be added a brief sketch of his Masonic relations and visitations to the lodges in his Province . We shall look forward to the appearance of this volume , which we feel sure will be filled with matters of interest not only to our West Yorkshire brethren , but to the general body of the Craft .
VVe have been favoured b y Bro . J . Brindley James , P . M . 1441 , VV . M . 2410 , with a letter in which he advocates the sub-division of the London Masonic district into a number of Districts or Provinces , each with its District or Provincial Grand Lodge , so that more
London brethren than is possible under the present system may have the chance of winning the muchcoveted purple . Bro . James does not appear to be aware that the subject was brought to the notice of Grand Lodge some years ago , and that on the advice
of such distinguished brethren as the late Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master , and the late Bro . Mclntyre , at the time Grand Registrar , the motion for such a sub-division was , if we remember rightly , unanimously rejected . We do not know of anything which ha **
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occurred in Freemasonry in the interval which has since elapsed that would induce us to regard the proposal with greater favour than we did at the time it was brought forward . I * * *
We know of old that the Roman Catholic priest is not the only opponent of Freemasonry . Numbers of other sects have before now attacked us , and quite recently—that is , in the latter half of last month—an Anti-Masonic convention , composed of some 20 or 30
United Presbyterian ministers and laymen was held in Pittsburg , Pa ., when the usual style of denunciation of all secret societies , but especially of the Freemasons , was indulged in , with the usual result that no one seems to be any the wiser or any the worse . The
moving spirit of the convention appears to have been a Rev . J . P . Stoddart , but what he is reported to have said is neither new nor striking . The effect which the maledictions uttered at this convention are likely to exercise on the public mind in Pennsylvania will
probably be nil . Indeed , we may put these interesting Presbyterian creatures in the same class with the three tailors of Tooley-street and other self-opinionated people , whose utterances amuse the public but do no harm to anyone . # # #
We understand that the " Madras Masonic Review " has changed its title to " Indian Masonic Review , " and that in future it will open its columns to Masonic news from all parts of India ., Burmah , and Ceylon .
Only recently we alluded to the excellent Quarterly Reports published by the District Grand Lodge of Bengal , for which Bro . H . M . Rustomjee is the efficient District Grand Secretary . Another issue is now before us , giving a succinct account of the " Emergent
Communication " held at Freemasons' Hall , Calcutta , on January 26 th , 1892 , as a memorial of the late and lamented Prince Aloert Victor , Duke of Clarence and Avondale , P . G . W ., & c . The meeting was largely and influentiallv attended , the District Grand Master being
in the chair , and the R . W . Bro . the Maharaja of Kuch-Behar , G . C . I . E ., Past G . W . of . England , with other distinguished brethren , attending to exhibit their loyalty and sorrow . The addresses were duly agreed to , and suitably prepared .
The agenda of the Supreme Council , 33 ° , for Scotland , notices that they are looking forward to a visit from the Supreme Council of England on the 19 th inst ., when , among other work , the 32 is to be conferred upon 111 . Bros . Dr . James Middleton , P . G . M . ol
Roxburgh and Selkirkshires ; John M . Martin , P . G . M . of Dumbartonshire j and C . M . Pelham Burn ; and the 31 ° upon III . Bros , the Right Hon . the Earl of Haddington , Grand Master of Scotland ; Lieut ,-Col . John Campbell , Depute P . G . M . of Perthshire East ; and Sir James Buchanan . Bart ., Substitute P . G . M . of Dumbartonshire .
We learn that at least four or five out of the nine members of the Supreme Council of England intend to be present at the above meeting , and we feel confident that such interchanges of friendly visits cannot but be productive of great advantage to the general interests not only of the Ancient and Accepted Rite but of the Masonic Order in general .
An advance proof of the new work by Bro . James Stevens , " The Evolution 0 / Freemasonry , " has been forwarded to us . The dedication of the book has been
accepted by Bro . W . J . Hughan , and we learn that it has his decided approval as an epitome of Masonic history with which every member of the Craft should make himself acquainted . We shall take an early opportunity to review the work .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
981 J "THE NEW ATLANTIS . " I am much obliged to Bro . Yarker for the information . Bacon ' s works are rather too much for me I fear to buy simply to look at this , but if any brother could lend me the volume containing this paper for a few days I should be very grateful . Would the Quatuor Coronati note Bro . Yarker's suggestion for their next volume of reprints .
LEX SCRIPTA . 982 ] Your enquirer "Lex Scripta" will lind both "The Wisdom ot the Ancients " and " The New Atlantis , " by Bacon , in No . 15 of Cassell's National Library ,
published in 1886 , at sixpence . John Heydon , the famous mystic and geomancer of the seventeenth century , drew largely from this latter work , but without acknowledging his indebtedness . EDW . MACBEAN , S . D . 2076 .
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ADV ERTISEMENT SCALE OF "THE FREEMASON . " Per Insertion , S INGLE C OLUMN per inch £ 05 0 O PAGE 10 o 0 0 * * E C OLUMN 3 10 0 P UBLIC COMPANIES' & PARAGRAPH ADVERTISEMENTS , IS . PER LINE . W ANTS , & C , FOUR LINES , 2 s . 6 d , and 6 d . PER LINE additional TO OUR READERS . The FREE'IASO- *** is published every Friday morn '!!** -, price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relat ' inff to Freemasonry of every degree . Subscriptions , including- Postage : — United States , United Kingdom . Canada , the Continent , India , China , Ceylon the Colonies , & c . Arabia , &* c . 13 s . 6 d . 15 s . 6 d . 1 7 s . 6 d . Remittances maybe made in Stamps , but Post Oflice Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to GEORGE KENNINU , C * lie f Oflice . London , the latter rro ^ ced London Tnint Stock Rank .
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Price ** s . MASONIC ORATIONS , by Bro . L . P . METHAM , P . G . D . Eng ., P . D . Prov . G . M Devon , & c , delivered in Devon and Cornwall , from A . D . 1 S 66 , at the dedication of Masonic Halls , Consecration of Lodges and Chapters , Installations , & c . With an Introduction by Bro . WILLIAM [ AMES HUGHAN , P . G . D . Eng ., P . Prov . S . G . W . and G . Sec . Cornwall , & c , on Freemasonry in Devon and Cornwall , from A . D . 1732 to 1889 . Edited by Bro . J CHAPMAN , P . M . 1402 , & c , P . Prov . G . D . Devon , Author of "The Great Pyramid and Freemasonry . " London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 , GreatQueen-st ., W . C .
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pEORGE REES . "ENGRAVINGS by the Principal Artists . Eight ¦ ' ¦* ' Hundred Subjects in Stock . Liberal Discount . ¦ ETCHINGS , Large and Choice Variety on View " by Leading Artists . Liberal Cash Discount . SPORTING PICTURES , both Old and New . Hunting , Racing , Coaching , & c . Large Assortment . Liberal Discount for Cash . PICTURE FRAMES . Special Masonic Designs for Certificate Frames , & c , at Lowest Prices . A New Catalogue , with Prices , & c , post free , Id . Stamp . GEORGE REES , SAVOY HOUSE , 115 , STRAND . Established 30 Years .
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GILLIAM ( Successors to Makepeace and Walford ) , SILVERSMITHS , JEWELLERS , AND DIAMOND MOUNTERS , DEALERS IN ANTIQUE PLATE & JEWELLERY . 6 , SERLE STREET , LINCOLN ' S INN , 44 6 , OXFORD STREET , NEAR ORCHARD STREET . The Preemu » oii of May 1611 ) , 1891 , says— " Messrs . Gilliam Uros ., Gold and Silversmiths , of 8 , Serin Street , Lincoln ' s Inn , linio been voiy fortunate inseciirinjr BO lino a site fortboir now CKUihlUUment ns + 16 , Oxford Sweet ( near Orchard Street ) , and Be congratulate them on tbo beauty nnd artistic design displayed in thoir new promises ; tho slock is of the most niro nnd cLuice kind , and our brethren , who aro fond of old and ( rood things in precious motnls , would do woll lo pay tlmm a visit . "
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PARTRIDGE & COOPER , " THE" STA TIONERS , 192 & 191 , FLEET STREET , LONDON . SCIENTIFIC WHIST CARDS , is . 6 d . per pack ; free by post is . gd . Although only just published , some thousands have already been sold . PARTRIDGE & COOPER hold one of the largest stock of Playing Cards in London . lhe Club House Playing * Cards , is . per Pack , 1 is . per doz . -I Special Illustrated Catalogue forwarded post free on application .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
lac lulluwing L-uuimtinicatious amongst others unavoidably M . 'eal um . ( . * : •¦!* , —st . Marylel-unc Lodge , No . 1305 , and Lome Lodge , : s " * ' 3-11 .
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SATURDAY , APRIL 16 , 1 F 92 . *
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
" * election for members of the Board of Manage-. , " Roya' Masonic Institution fnr Boys reele •* ' re £ * ' London contingent , in the reiki ? ° 0 n ' y ' wo ou ' * ° ^ " ' * ve re '' ' 2 members , D- . "' ree successful candidates being new men .
vv * J" J * Thomas headed the poll with 159 votes , and Wj ' i ,. wcd b ) ' Bros . Edward Terry , P . G . Treas ., and Ml ^ sters i members of last year ' s Board , who ' 55 votes and 131 votes respectively ; Bro . J .
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D . Langton , with 9 S votes , and Bro . T . Hastings Miller , with 8 9 votes , obtaining the fourth and fifth places . The unsuccessful candidates were Bros . Sir Augustus
Harris , P . G . Treas ., 8 7 votes , W . Shurmur , 85 votes , and H . F . Nasb , 77 votes , retiring members , and Bro , R . P . Stevens , 73 votes . Bro . S . Cochrane withdrew before the poll was opened .
As regards the Provincial contingent , the five retiring members were re-elected by substantial majorities , Bro . Oliver Papworth ( Cambridgeshire ) heading the poll with 160 votes , Bro . Charles E . Keyser ( Herts , ) being second with 153 votes , and then in order as given : Bros .
Richard Clowes ( Sussex ) , G . Std . Br ., 146 votes ; George Corbie ( Essex ) , 113 votes ; and C . K . Benson , who was nominated by both North Wales and Cheshire ,
in votes . The highest unsuccessful candidates were Bro . C . Pulman ( Northumberland ) , who polled 7 6 votes , and W . H . Spaull ( Shropshire ) , P . A . G . D . C , with 53 votes .
* * * With reference to the suggestion thrown out by the Pro Grand Master at the Boys' School Festival in June of last year as to the desirability of changing the site of the Institution from Wood Green to some other and
more suitable neighbourhood , we consider the Quarterly Court acted wisely in giving the Board of Management authority to entertain negotiations for the realisation of the present property . A move is desirable from a locality which has a clayey soil and is being fast
overrun by small tenements ; but there is no immediate hurry , and the Institution will be likely to obtain better terms if it bides its time than if it exhibits an undue anxiety to be rid of a property which has cost so much and may by comparison realise so little . The outlay
from first to last cannot have bsen much less than about . £ 100 , 000 , while the value of the estate is estimated at about ^ 30 , 000 . Therefore , the Institution will have to exercise a considerable amount of patience in finding a purchaser for its property .
The Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution was held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , at 4 p . m . The Secretary reported the
deaths of four widow annuitants , and that one male annuitant had resigned his annuity in consequence of having inherited some property . The usual Committee was appointed to prepare the annual report .
* A short while since Bro . T . W . Tew , Prov . G . M , of West Yorkshire , who has been so seriousl y ill and for so long a time , addressed a letter to his worthy Deputy , Bro . Henry Smith , P . G . D ., in which he
requested the latter to be the medium for communicating to the brethren in the Province his grateful thanks for the many kind inquiries they had made at Irequent intervals during his protracted illness , and the honour they had done him b y raising the necessary funds for
the purchase of a Thomas William Tew Perpetual Presentation to the Male Fund of the Royal Masonic Benevolent I nstitution . The inquiries were too numerous for Bro . Tew to acknowledge each of them separately ,
asjie would have liked to do , but lie desires Bro . Smith to make it known that his ( Bro . 'few ' s ) appreciation of their kindness is to the full as sincere as if he had been able to address them individually .
VVe learn from the same source that with Bro . 'few ' s full consent and co-operation , Bro . Matthewman , Prov . A . G . Secretary West Yorkshire , and one of the Secretaries of the Wakefield Masonic Literary Society , will shortly bring out a volume of his ( Bro . Tew's ) Masonic
Addresses , to which will be added a brief sketch of his Masonic relations and visitations to the lodges in his Province . We shall look forward to the appearance of this volume , which we feel sure will be filled with matters of interest not only to our West Yorkshire brethren , but to the general body of the Craft .
VVe have been favoured b y Bro . J . Brindley James , P . M . 1441 , VV . M . 2410 , with a letter in which he advocates the sub-division of the London Masonic district into a number of Districts or Provinces , each with its District or Provincial Grand Lodge , so that more
London brethren than is possible under the present system may have the chance of winning the muchcoveted purple . Bro . James does not appear to be aware that the subject was brought to the notice of Grand Lodge some years ago , and that on the advice
of such distinguished brethren as the late Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master , and the late Bro . Mclntyre , at the time Grand Registrar , the motion for such a sub-division was , if we remember rightly , unanimously rejected . We do not know of anything which ha **
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occurred in Freemasonry in the interval which has since elapsed that would induce us to regard the proposal with greater favour than we did at the time it was brought forward . I * * *
We know of old that the Roman Catholic priest is not the only opponent of Freemasonry . Numbers of other sects have before now attacked us , and quite recently—that is , in the latter half of last month—an Anti-Masonic convention , composed of some 20 or 30
United Presbyterian ministers and laymen was held in Pittsburg , Pa ., when the usual style of denunciation of all secret societies , but especially of the Freemasons , was indulged in , with the usual result that no one seems to be any the wiser or any the worse . The
moving spirit of the convention appears to have been a Rev . J . P . Stoddart , but what he is reported to have said is neither new nor striking . The effect which the maledictions uttered at this convention are likely to exercise on the public mind in Pennsylvania will
probably be nil . Indeed , we may put these interesting Presbyterian creatures in the same class with the three tailors of Tooley-street and other self-opinionated people , whose utterances amuse the public but do no harm to anyone . # # #
We understand that the " Madras Masonic Review " has changed its title to " Indian Masonic Review , " and that in future it will open its columns to Masonic news from all parts of India ., Burmah , and Ceylon .
Only recently we alluded to the excellent Quarterly Reports published by the District Grand Lodge of Bengal , for which Bro . H . M . Rustomjee is the efficient District Grand Secretary . Another issue is now before us , giving a succinct account of the " Emergent
Communication " held at Freemasons' Hall , Calcutta , on January 26 th , 1892 , as a memorial of the late and lamented Prince Aloert Victor , Duke of Clarence and Avondale , P . G . W ., & c . The meeting was largely and influentiallv attended , the District Grand Master being
in the chair , and the R . W . Bro . the Maharaja of Kuch-Behar , G . C . I . E ., Past G . W . of . England , with other distinguished brethren , attending to exhibit their loyalty and sorrow . The addresses were duly agreed to , and suitably prepared .
The agenda of the Supreme Council , 33 ° , for Scotland , notices that they are looking forward to a visit from the Supreme Council of England on the 19 th inst ., when , among other work , the 32 is to be conferred upon 111 . Bros . Dr . James Middleton , P . G . M . ol
Roxburgh and Selkirkshires ; John M . Martin , P . G . M . of Dumbartonshire j and C . M . Pelham Burn ; and the 31 ° upon III . Bros , the Right Hon . the Earl of Haddington , Grand Master of Scotland ; Lieut ,-Col . John Campbell , Depute P . G . M . of Perthshire East ; and Sir James Buchanan . Bart ., Substitute P . G . M . of Dumbartonshire .
We learn that at least four or five out of the nine members of the Supreme Council of England intend to be present at the above meeting , and we feel confident that such interchanges of friendly visits cannot but be productive of great advantage to the general interests not only of the Ancient and Accepted Rite but of the Masonic Order in general .
An advance proof of the new work by Bro . James Stevens , " The Evolution 0 / Freemasonry , " has been forwarded to us . The dedication of the book has been
accepted by Bro . W . J . Hughan , and we learn that it has his decided approval as an epitome of Masonic history with which every member of the Craft should make himself acquainted . We shall take an early opportunity to review the work .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
981 J "THE NEW ATLANTIS . " I am much obliged to Bro . Yarker for the information . Bacon ' s works are rather too much for me I fear to buy simply to look at this , but if any brother could lend me the volume containing this paper for a few days I should be very grateful . Would the Quatuor Coronati note Bro . Yarker's suggestion for their next volume of reprints .
LEX SCRIPTA . 982 ] Your enquirer "Lex Scripta" will lind both "The Wisdom ot the Ancients " and " The New Atlantis , " by Bacon , in No . 15 of Cassell's National Library ,
published in 1886 , at sixpence . John Heydon , the famous mystic and geomancer of the seventeenth century , drew largely from this latter work , but without acknowledging his indebtedness . EDW . MACBEAN , S . D . 2076 .