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LONDON & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . —EASTER EXCURSIONS . —CHEAP EXCURSIONS are run from LONDON as under , on Thursday , April jjnd : — A - , ^ - B C a . m . ' . c a . m . a . m . Huston Station 12 1 h- ° n 5 n 30 p . m . I ^ * Broad-street 10 55 iI > , " 10 35 11 0 Kensington ( Addison-road ) 12 o r-vr ; 10 50 n 12 Victoria ( L . B . and S . C . R . ) — 9 27 9 7 Mansion House ( District Rail . ) ... 11 9 -a 10 9 10 30 WestminsterBridge ( DistrictRail . ) 11 19 •" 10 19 10 49 Hammersmith ( District Rail . ) 11 21 J •"* 10 20 10 59 A—For Lancaster , Morccambc , Carnforth , Carlisle , Windermere , Kendal , Shap , Penrith , Keswick , Cockermouth , Ulverston , Barrow , FurncssAbbey , Grange , Coniston Lake , Whitehaven , and Workington . For Six Days . B For Holyhead , Baniror , Blanau , Fcstiniog , Carnarvon , Conway , Llandudno , Llandudno Junction , Abergele and Pcnsarn , Corwen . Denbigh , Holywell , Rh yl , Ruthin , Birkenhead , Chester , Northwich , Blackburn , Blackpool ( Talbotroad ) , Bolton , Preston , Southport , Wigan , Crewe , Nantwich , Whitchurch , Craven Arms ,. Hereford , Leominster , Ludlow , Llanidloes , Llandridod ( Wells ) , Montgomery , Newtown , Minsterlcy , Oswestry , Welshpool , Newport ( Salop ) , -Shrewsbury , Wellington , Stafford , Macclesfield , Bollington , Marple ( Rose-hill ) , Longport , Stoke , Stone , Allerton , Ashton ( Oldham-road ) , Batley , Dewsbury , Ditton , Huddersfield , Bradford , Halifax , Leeds , Liverpool , Manchester , Oldham , Runcorn , Stalybridge , Stockport , Warrington , Widnes , Buxton , ' Chapcl-en-le-Frith , Burton , Derby , Lichfield , Tamworth , Leicester , Nuneaton , Rugby , Rugeley , Wansford , Seatonand Uppingham , and Rockingham . For Six Days , C—For Birmingham , Coventry , Leamington , Kenilworth , Dudley , Dudley Port , Walsall , Wcdnesbury , and Wolverhampton . For Five or Six Days . For Fares and Full Particulars as to times oi return , see bills , which can be obtained at any of the Railway Stations , the various Parcels Receiving Olliccs , and at Cafe ' s Tourist Ofiice , 142 Strand . G . F 1 NDLAY , General Manager . Eviston Station , April , iSSG .

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PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION . MASONIC RECORDS , 1717-1886 . COMPRISING a complete List of all the Lodges warranted by the Four Grand Lodges and the United Grand Lodgeof England , with their " Dates , Places of Meeting , Successive Numbers , & c , & c . By JOHN LANE , F . C . A ., P . M . 1402 , Torquay . The Work will contain a facsimile of Pine ' s Engraved List of 1725 , and an Introduction by Bro . W . ] . HUGHAN , P . G . S . D . England . It is dedicated , by permission , to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , K . G ., K . T ., & c , & c , M . W . Grand Master , and will be printed on good paper ( about 300 pages ) and be handsomely bound in blue cloth , bevelled boards , gilt edges . Price , to Subscribers only before Publication , ONE GUINEA . As the Edition will he necessarily limited , intending Sub scribcrs should forward their orders , without delay , either to Bro . HUGHAN , Grosvenor House , or to the AUTHOR , Bannercross , Torquay .

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NOTICE . In consequence of Friday next being Good Friday , the "Freemason" will be published on the morning of Thursday , 22 nd inst ., instead of Friday , as usual .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications stand over : — CRAFT : — John Hervey Lodge , No . 1260 . Mizpah Lodge , No . 1671 . MARK : —

Middlesborough Lodge , No . 276 . Fitzwilliam Lodge , No . 277 . Consecration of Lodge Dalhousie , No . 720 ( S . C ) , at Bonnyrigg . Early Organisation of the Ancient Masons , by G . B .

Abbott , No . 3 . BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Hull and East Yorkshire Times , " " Keystone , " ' * New Zealand Freemason , " " History ot the Lodge of Friendship , " " Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of South Australia , " "Allen's Indian Mail , " " Boston'Advertiser , " "Constitutiunea Massoneriei Italiane , " "Jqwish Chronicle , " "Newcastle Daily Journal ! , " " Citizen , " "Sunday Times "" -. ( . London ) , " Yorkshire Gazette , " "Snndav Times" ( New York ) , ' * New York Dispatch , " " El Ideal Masonico , " "Court Circular , " " Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales , " and " Masonic Advocate . "

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

SATURDAY , APRIL 17 , 1886 . ? ^^pre^^g^^

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of theopinion 6 expressedby our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free dincuBSion . ] ¦ CHARITY STEWARDS' BADGES AND FOUNDERS ' JEWELS AND PAST MASTERS .

To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , The subjects of the letters of " A Past Master , " "An Assistant Officer , " and " P . M ., " in your issues of the 13 th ult . and 3 rd and 10 th inst ., are so much alike that perhaps you will allow me to try to answer them together . As to the Charity Stewards' badges , I have been informed that they were permissible during the year of office , but

that it would certainly not be good form to attempt to wear them beyond that time . And this to my mind seems common sense , as during the time a brother is collecting . After the Festival it seems only right to mark his request for contributions as being authorised to a certain extent as official . As to " An Assistant Officer ' s " suggestion , to give the Charity jewel for one Stewardship , 1 cannot agree . 1 take

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it , that jewel is really intended as a recognition of real work , and to allow it to be awarded for one £ 10 ios . donation would be making it too cheap . If any alteration were made it should , 1 think , be in the direction of lowering the collecting qualification . As to "A Past Master ' s" statements that " neither of these classes of ornaments is recognised by the Book of Constitutions , " and that " a custom is permitted in direct

variance with that rule . " I confess I was a little astonished at his construction of the Constitutions . Had not Bro . variance with that rule . " I confess I was a little astonished at his construction of the Constitutions . Had not Bro . Spencer ( Oliver ' s Mas . Jurisprudence , Ed . 1 S 74 , p . 76 ) used the words , " There is some difficulty in understanding the question of honorary jewels . The Const , provide .... But this regulation is vaguely expressed , " I should have felt no difficulty in coming to a conclusion in my own mind . Articles 2 SS and 200 to 310 lay down what must be

worn . Art . 2 S 9 says what must not — " No honorary or other jewel , medal , device , or emblem , which shall not appertain to , or be consistent with , " the recognised Degrees . Does Bro . " Past Master" consider the decorations he mentions to be " not consistent" with the authorised Degrees ? For an example of what is forbidden I would refer Bro .

" Past Master " to the case of Bro . Tucker , for which see Oliver Mas . Jur ., p . 7 6 . For a very clearsummary of the law I would refer him to Kenning ' s Cyclopaedia , sub tit . "Jewels Official , " from which I cannot refrain from quoting : " There are , it seems , a . jewel , an emblem , a medal , a device , and an honorary jewel , recognized by the Grand Lodge so long as they are each and all consistent

with the three grades of Masonry and the Royal Arch ; for , as we have said before , the jewels of the Royal Arch can be worn in the lodge , but no jewel or decoration o £ any other body , or quasi-Masonic Order . " Thelctterof "P . M . " is a long one , and touches several points , but I think Bro . P . M . will agree with me that the gist of his letter is that Past Masters are not officers ,

and on that assumption all his arguments are based . I think , with all deference , that his assumption is incorrect . I think that a careful perusal of the Constitutions as a whole must lead us to conclude that Past Masters ( complying , of course , with Art . 9 ) are recognised by the Constitution as officers of private lodges—see , amongst others , Arts . 50 , 129 , 141 , and 227 , and more especially marginal

summary of 295 , Jewels of the Officers of Private Lodges , which there enumerates them as Masters , Past Masters , & c . Read by Art . 295 , Art . 307 prescribes the same collars for them as other officers . Art . 129 mentions the necessary and permissory officers . A Past Master , when there is one , is necessarily an officer of the lodge , but he is not absolutely a necessary officer ,

as the business of the lodge can be carried on without one , should the lodge be so young or so unfortunate as not to possess one . Grand Lodge recognises him as an officer of his lodge , and therefore calls upon him to wear the ordinary officer ' s collar . In Grand Lodge he does represent his lodge as a P . M . of it . If my argument is correct , I think it disposes of Bro .

"P . M's . " letter , except as to gauntlets . As to them the law is not so clearly worded as it might be , but , following the broad principle of the rule as to collars , I think it should be understood as if worded , "The officers of private lodges may wear , " the intention being to allow gauntlets , but not make them compulsory . Apologising for thus trespassing on your space , I am , yours faithfully and fraternally , LEX SCRIPTA .

ATHOL GRAND LODGE . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , The interesting details respecting the formation of the "Seceders" into a Grand Lodge , now being made known by Bro . G . B . Abbott in your columns , is worthy of the particular attention of all Masonic students , inasmuch

as it settles the moot question as to the exact date of formation of the " Athol Grand Lodge , " and to which , after a careful and minute research made by me in the library of Grand Lodge in October last , / drew the special attention of your readers in the Ireemason of October 24 th and November 2 SH 1 , 1 SS 5 , giving in the latter lengthy extracts from the minutes of 14 th September , 1752 , now reproduced

by Bro . Abbott . At the end of the volume , which is undoubtedly the book referred to as " Morgan's Register , " containing as it does hissignatureat the very commencement , I discovered several lists of lodges , with the dates of their constitution and their p laces of meeting , & c , all of which I then transcribed for insertion in my new work . In my letter of October 24 th I

stated that the details of these lists would appear in "Masonic Records , " and , as a matter of fact , these lists , with other portions of my MSS ., have been in the hands of the printers of my book for some weeks past , and they will consequently appear therein at full length . —Yours fraternally , JNO . LANE , P . M . 1403 . Torquay , April loth .

WAS GENERAL GORDON A FREEMASON ? To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , With reference to the question again mooted at the consecration of the Gordon Lodge in Australia , a report of

which appeared in your issue of 3 rd inst ., allow me to say that the matter can be satisfactorily cleared up . I have the authority of Sir Henry Gordon to state that his brother , the late General C . G . Gordon , was not a Mason . —Yours faithfully and fraternally ,

HENRY WRIGHT . National Liberal Club , Trafalgar-square , London , April 12 th .

Bros . Earl Granville , Earl Cowper , the Earl of Erne , Sir John Mowbray , Bart ., M . P ., the Right Hon . Hugh C . li . Childers , M . P ., J . H . Puleston , M . P ., G . J . Shaw-Lefevre , Story Maskelyne , M . P .,. Sir T . D . Acland , Bart ,, M . P ., Sir B . Samuelson , Bart ,, M . P ., Lord Monk-Bretton , the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., General Lord

Wolseley , and others were present in Westminster Abbey , on Friday , the 9 th inst ., at the funeral service held in memory of the late Right Hon . W . E . Forster , M . P ., the coffin being afterwards removed to King's-cross station , the burial taking place at Munstone , Burley-in-Wharfedale , the day following .