Contents.

CONTENTS .

^•*se \ TatVon " of '' the '' AVgonTuts V" Lodge ! rvfnd " mperiaiConclave ' of the Masonic and Military Orders of Knights of Rome nndof the Red Cross of Constantine 163 Th * History of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls from its Origin , 1788 , to Us Centenary , iSSS- ( Contimied ) 164 ........ „ f Nn . 176 . Winchester i 6 <

rtlSLUi / "' ' ' fORRESPGNDENCBThe Masonic Boys' School and the Case j 0 £ William Gideon Motion 167 The Deputation to Lodge 119 1 C 8 I Our Masonic Charities—A Suggestion ... 16 S ¦ [ ate Meeting of Grand Lodge ifiS

Reviews ' ^ Notes and Queries K >« . R EPORTS OF MASONIC M EETINGStoft Masonry i <> 9 Instruction * 7 " Royal Arch

Annual Supper of the Rose Lodge of Instruction , No . 1623 173 Annual Banquet and Ball of the Ranelagh Lodge , No . S 34 174 " Ladies' Night" at the Kingsland Lodge , No . 16 93 174 Presentation to Bro . Geo . BroA'n , P . M ., Preceptor of St . George's Lodge of Instruction . No . T . IO Xh ±

Juvenile Fancy Dress Ball at Leicester ... 174 Annual Banquet of the Corinthian Lodge of Instruction , No . 13 S 2 174 The Freemasons and the Poor of Margate 174 The Old Masonians i ; j Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution 173 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls 17 ; Grand Presentation to the Princess

Lodge of Wales 17 J Percy Lodge of Instruction , No . 19 S—1887-88 ..: 175 Ancient and Accepted Rite 175 Obituary 173 Masonic and General Tidings 17 ( 1 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iy .

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OWING to the death on Friday , the 9 th inst ., of His Majesty T 1 | ... r the Emperor of GERMANY , the festivities in connection with the proposed celebration of the Silver Wedding of the Prince ind Princess of WALES were either postponed or curtailed . Almost

innumerable deputations waited upon their Royal Highnesses , on Saturday last , at Marlborough House , in order to offer their congratulations and the g ifts they were charged to present ; among them being one from the Grand Lodge of England , headed by Bro . the Earl of LATHOM , D . G . M ., who handed to the Princess of WALES the beautiful token

of affectionate respect which had been voted in December last . In the evening there was a grand dinner party at Marlborough House , at which there were present Her Majesty the QUEEN , the King of the BELGIANS , the Princes and Princesses of WALES , all the other members of the English Royal Family in England , and many illustrious visitors from

abroad . There was also a very fair display of illuminations at the West End of London , just enough to convey the idea of what it would have been throughout London generally but for the sorrow caused by the death of so illustrious a monarch and one so closely connected , through the marriage of his only son , with our Royal Family . But the loyalty of the whole nation

is as deep-seated as ever , though it was impossible , under the circumstances ofthe moment , that it should be expressed publicly , and the hope that their Royal Highnesses may long enjoy the happiness which has been theirs for the past quarter of a century is none the less sincere because the sorrow we all feel at the death of an illustrious sovereign compels us to titter it with bated breath . * #

The ^ remar ' is we made a fortnight since in reference to the Emperor of then proposed vote of sympathy with the Crown Prince of ¦ ermany . GKRMANY in his serious illness will apply with equal force to

the feeling which is experienced by all sections of the British community towards his Imperial Majesty the EMPEROR , in the loss he has sustained by the death of his illustrious lather , for the two-fold reason that the late Soverei gn of Germany and Prussia was . and his successor is , a member of

our ancient fraternity . The Sovereigns and peoples of Prussia and England are , and almost invariably have been , on terms of the most cordial friendship , and whenever a loss has befallen the one , the other has always manifested the most sincere sorrow . But as regards the Freemasons of England , we venture to say that this feeling is intensified by the knowledge that the

"lustrious ruler , whose recent decease not only Prussia , but all Germany , and indeed the whole civilised world , is lamenting , had been one of them for the greater part of half a century . As far back as 1 S 40 his late Majesty ( . then Prince of PRUSSIA ) expressed a desire to be initiated into our mysteries , nu the rite was performed on the 22 nd May of that yearin tlie presence

, the Grand Officers of the three Grand Lodges in Berlin , and with the sanction of his Majesty the then King of PRUSSIA , on condition that he should el ° ng , not to one G . Lodge only , but to all three , and that he should at once sume the protectorship over them all . Thenceforward till his death on a y last , all the varinnt ; SVHIPITI ? nf Frpemasnnrv which nrpvnil in Prussia

enjoyed his fraternal protection , both as Prince and Monarch , and gh the historian FINDEL does not appear to have been favourably imth u W ' ' ' arrangement . we are not aware that it has been otherwise . , ' ' ° ^ Craft in that Kingdom . Personally , he does not seem ¦ i en active part in the proceedings of the brethren—his life "auLivc 111 111 ccuiii ui LIIC U 1 CUUCU—nib 111 c

n „ . an was tn . •¦» ycii L c yiui- ^ a waa s y a one for that—the most noteworthy exception apparently being in init 6 n ° ^' ' ° duction , his only son , the present EMPEROR , was dev 1 G , i ^ tnou £ from the cares and multifarious duties which but r 1 u P h ' Prince , and afterwards as Sovereign , hc may have had but 1 " 1 as ^ nnce > and atterwards as Sovereign , hc may have had

will ¦ - ° ^ ° ***''* our Society , the Masons of Germany and England cond * eack ot ^ ' doing honour to his memory , and by such life it i 4 . u st S-10 w their respect and sympathy for his successor , whose Prespr , arden tprayer of all of us that the G . A . O . T . U . may bless and erve many years .

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. WE congratulate all who had part in the highly interesting Williamson , event in Durham Freemasonry which we had the privilege of ' •recording in these columns last week . Bro . Sir HEDWORTH WILLIAMSON is a Mason of long and high standing . He is a Past Grand

Warden of England , and has been a conspicuous figure in the Durham Craft for many years as Deputy , and since 1885 as Grand Master of that important province . As the successor of so respected and popular a ruler as the late Bro . the Marquis of LONDONDERRY , Bro . Sir HEDWORTH had a difficult part to play , but he has succeeded admirably , and that the lodges

under his obedience are not slow to appreciate his services was shown the other day when his worthy Deputy , Bro . the Rev . Canon TRISTRAM , on behalf of the Durham brethren , presented him with a beautifully illuminated address and a silver vase in commemoration of his silver wedding and as . 1 token

of the affectionate regard in which they hold him . We are confident lhat the Masons of England will endorse the kind wishes expressed by their Durham brethren for the continued happiness of Bro . Sir II . WILLIAMSON , and that they will regard this presentation as a graceful act towards one who is in all respects so estimable .

ALL interested in the history of Masonic Kni ghts Templar will and ' Knights be aware that Bro . ENOCH T . CARSON , of Cincinnati , Ohio , is templars . one 0 f the best authorities on the subject . In his Report on Correspondence for 1887 , now being circulated , he refers to " The action of Sir MACLEOD MOORE , of Canada , in granting a warrant for a preceptory in

Melbourne , and gives in full the resolutions agreed to b y the Great Priory of England and Wales , December ioth , 1886 , after which the following strong deliverance is printed , by which it will be seen that the Templars of Canada have " reckoned without their host " in anticipating the support of the American fratres . Bro . CARSON thus remarks : "In the face of this

overt act of . invasion on the part of the territory of its own mother Great Priory , the Sovereign Great Priory of Canada is crying out—Give us the American law , sovereign jurisdiction in Canada , and is making a great clamour because her Ameiican cousins don ' t espouse her cause in her effort to throttle those two preceptories in New Brunswick . The Sovereign

Great Priory of Canada has by her action 111 this matter set a bad example of insubordination , and she has added greatly to the original offence by stubbornly and , as it appears to us , offensively refusing to undo the wrong committed by her . It is our opinion that there is something radically wrong

in Templary in Canada . Certainly bad influences are for the time being ruling in her councils . " We need say no more . Bro . CARSON knows what he is speaking about , and belongs to a Knights Templar organisation numbering over 72 , 000 members , those of England and Canada being , comparatively speaking , insignificant beside such a vast bodv .

* # * Oiler of Media- MUCH indignation has been expressed in different quarters at tion by the G . L . the refusal of the Grand Lodge of England to accept the of Louisiana . prof £ ered meditalion of the Grand Lod ge of Louisiana in respect of the difficulty at present existing between the Grand Lodges of

Quebec and England . That the Grand Lod ge of Louisiana has been actuated by the best and most fraternal motives in making its proposal is recognised on all hands , and we feel confident we are rightly interpreting the feelings of our United Grand Lodge when we assert that it sincerely respects the motives which must have prompted the Grand Lod ge of

Louisiana to make its offer . But a very slight examination into the relations existing between the Grand Lodges of England and Quebec—if , indeed , any relations can be said to exist between two bodies which have no official intercourse with one another—will show that no other course was open to the Grand Lodge of England than to reject the proposal of Louisiana .

It must be close on 14 years ago that our Grand Lod ge agreed to recognise the Grand Lodge of Quebec on the same condition ' s as , years previously , it had recognised the Grand Lodge of Canada , but the conditions were not accepted by Quebec , and the offer was never fulfilled . Since then , however , the Grand Lodge of Quebec has had recourse to all kinds of expedients

in order to worry the English lodges of Montreal into accepting its jurisdiction in lieu of that of England , and at length , in 1885 , finding these had not the desired effect , it issued an edict of non-intercourse against the Grand Lodge of England and all its lodges . But the edict has been as ineffectual as the expedients in bringing about any change , and the case , therefore , now

stands thus . The G . Lodge of Quebec has worked itself into a state of extreme violence against our Grand Lodge and its subordinate lodges , but the latter have done nothing , and as in accordance with the old saying that it takes two to make a quarrel , it cannot be said there is anything like fratri '

cidal war between Masonic England and Masonic Quebec . The former has courteously acknowledged the letter in which the proposed issue of the aforesaid edict was announced , but has done nothing further . And why should it do more ; indeed , it may reasonably be asked , how is it possible for it to do more ? Even if it had a mind to do so . it cannot retaliate