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Births ,Marriages And Deaths.

Births , Marriages and Deaths .

BIRTHS . DILLON . —On the 9 th inst ., at Mote Paik , Roscommon , the Hon . Mrs . Dillon , of a daughter . WORRELL . —On the Sth inst ., at O 7 , Knowle-road , Brixtongf road . S . W ., Madame Worrell-Duval , the wife of Bro . Wm . Worrell , of a son .

MARRIAGES . BRYOEN—CRICHTON . —On the Sth inst ., at Noitham parish church , North Devon , William Radford , son of W . A . Bryden , Esq ., of South Norwood Paik , Surrey , to Emily Semes , daughter of Major Gen . Crichton , C . B .

VVi-Lirrn-PoLEV—JOHNSON . —On the 81 I 1 inst , at the Cathedral Church of Chichester , Tin mas . younger son of the late J . G . Weller-Poley , Esq ., J . P . anil D . I .., e f Boxted H » ll , Suffolk , to Eleanor Mary , daughter of J . J . Johnson , Esq ., Q . C .

DEATH . BAOSIIAWH . —On the 14 II 1 ir . st ., at his town rcsdcncc , 42 , Gloucester-square , Bro . Robert Bagshaw , P . G . M . Essex . BECKETT . —Or . the 12 th inst ., at 114 , Qucin ' s-road , Brighton , Winifred May , infant daughter of Hotatio William Beckett and Charlotte Jane , his wife .

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THEFREEMASON, SATURDAY , AUGUST 17 , 1878 .

The Visit Of The Princess Of Wales To The Girls' School.

THE VISIT OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES TO THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .

Though this gracious act of patronage and personal interest in our useful Institution has not , owing to illness , taken place this summer , yet we are glad to be permitted to call attention to a most interesting "Communique" elsewhere , by which it will be seen that H . R . H . the Princess

of Wales , full of interest for the School , hopes to be able to pay a private visit on some future occasion to the School . The correspondence will be read with great satisfaction by our brethren , since for that gracious and charming Princess ,

who so adorns the Court and Royal Family of England , as loyal Freemasons , devoted to our Grand Master , and always glad to supj ) ort the Throne , we entertain , in common with our fellow-countrymen , the most heartfelt sentiments of admiration , attachment , and respect .

The Grand Lodge Of Scotland.

THE GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND .

The last Quarterly Communication of this important body was a very stormy one , and much confusion , unpleasantness , and personal feeling appear to have prevailed , things always blameable in Freemasonry , and which as order-loving , peace-preserving English Masons , we feel bound

heartily to deprecate and deplore . If the "East Anglian " newspaper be correct , not only did a great deal of disorder , personal allusion , and frequent interruptions occur , but at one period of the proceedings 100 brethren , mainly from the West of Scotland , and Glasgow , specially , left

Grand Lodge in a body , a very regrettable proceeding per se . And when we are told in addi tion that these 100 brethren met elsewhere , passed certain fiery resolutions , and advocated even the erection of a second Grand Lodge in Scotland , we fee ) bound at once to express our most

unfeigned regret at such an untoward state of affairs . We think it our duty to remind those of our Scottish brethren who form th : s"Centum" of " non-contents , " how very un-masonic as well as how unwise , is any such proposal of a scltisinatical Grand Lodge , and how all such persistent

opposition to the Grand Lodge of Scotland is in our opinion , neither marked by Masonic wisdom or Masonic feeling . Supposing for a moment that a " Western Grand Lodge " could be formed , it would not be recognised by the Grand Lodge of England , and the brethren hailing from it

would be ' * schismatical Masons , " and refused admission in English Lodges . We trust that calmer counsels may prevail and wiser views come back with " morning light , " and above all we hope sincerely , and we feel bound to express openly our earnest anxiety in this respect , that none

will fan the flames of discord , but that all efforts will be made in the interests of unity , conciliation , and peace , to putan end to a state of things derogatory to the dignity of the Grand Lodge of Scot land , and disastrous—simply disastrous—to the best interests of Freemasonry in Scotland .

Nothing can or will be a subject of deeper regret to all true Freemasons if on real or fancied grounds of " grievances " of any kind , any of our worthy but excitable Scottish brethren should seek to make a schism in Scottish Freemasonry , as such a step , we make

bold to s y , can only aggravate difficulties , and must end in the downfall of Scottish Freemasonry itself , As Freemasons ours should always ( even under provocation ) be words of peace and counsels of moderation , and he is the best friend to Scottish Masonry who seeks to compose rather than

exaggerate existing differences , who labours zealously as a loyal Freemason to smooth the way for mutual concessions , mutual accommodation , the . jirevalence of brotherly love , harmony , and concord . We will hope forthe be ^ t , as we shall regard with the most lively regret any continuance of the present ungenial , uncourteous , and

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un-masonic state of things . If our good brethre n from Glasgow think they have any cause of complaint and rally round their motto "Let Glasgowflourish , " surely as Scottish Freemasons they will also bear in mind that excellent old adage , " Let peace prevail . " So mote it be .

Our Wandering Freemasons.

OUR WANDERING FREEMASONS .

Praed begins one of his well-known stanzas with the enquiry , " where are my old companions gone ? '' and adds , " I ' ve none to share my beaker , " a state of things which just now , at the close of the London and Masonic season , is wonderfully descriptive of metropolitan Masons

and Masonry . The same gifted writer , in a famous " refrain , " called "Good Night to the Season , " which many have tried to imitate , but none so far successfully , thus moralizes on the inevitable state of affairs , which our closed houses and deserted streets , to say nothing of our lonel y cats , so affeclingly proclaim year by year .

" Good night to the season I ' tis ovir , Gay dwellings no longer are gay , The courtier , thc Mason , the lover Arc scattered like swallows away . There ' s nobody left to invite one , Except my good uncle and spouse ;

My mistress is bathing at Brighton , My patron is sailing at Cowes , For want of a better employment , Till I ' onto and Don can get out I'll cultivate rural enjoyment And angle immensely for trout . "

Yes , so it is , the Oasis of London existence has suddenly become a desert . We look in vain for kindly faces and stalwart forms , the tall and short , the lithe and the fat , the brethren of blondest visage , and the brother of blackest whisker are all vanished , not into " thin air , '" but " gone—gone

—gone , " as Shakespeare or some one put it , from our " longing sight . " They have left London by various trains , in different directions , and are at the moment we write , ( sultry and forlorn ) luxuriating in straw bats and cool attire , with uproarious children , or making themselves

especially accommodating to their better halves . Some are in Scotland , some in Norway , some at Kissingen , some at Homburg , some at Chamouni , some at Interlaken , while some adventurous unmarried youthful brethren have joined one of Messrs . Cook ' s expeditions to Cyprus . We sa ) ' nothing

here of that numerous and motley crowd which fills Cullercoats , Redcar , Scarborough , Whitby , Weymouth , Ramsgate , Margate , Brighton , Ryde , and numerous other most " pleasant places , " and have given themselves up to the hearty enjoyment of a well-earned holiday . A large

detachment of enthusiastic and artistic brethren is just now at the French exhibition , astonishing " commissaires de Police , " to say nothing of the " garcons" of "the "Restaurants , " and thc smiling " dames de Comptoir , " with a socalled " patois , " which if strictly conversational

and personal and after the " vocabulary , " is neither very classical nor yet very grammatical French . Still they are gone , and we , the inhabitants of this little village are left behind to rejoice in silence and solitude . As J udson says to Billiter , "yes , thank you , I am very

well , indeed , never better , and very quiet . My dear wife is with her mother at the sea-side , and the children , and I am doing bachelor . I am getting very well indeed , I assure you . " Does any one doubt it ? We wish then , our wandering Freemasons all health and happiness , good

digestions , and good tempers , and all the merited satisfaction of atemporary sojourn amid pleasant scenes , with agreeable companions . To our unmarried brethren we would say make the most of your opportunities and appreciate the "goods " the Gods provide you with so liberal a hand .

Perhaps that charming dress of Emma , or that pretty bonnet of Edith , or that neat ankle of Jane may make you resolve on the matrimonial plunge , and therefore " make hay while the sun shines , young man . " Who can tell when you will have " showery weather r" And then as to

our married brethren what shall we—can we say to them but this ? "Associated with the wives of your bosoms , in thc most becoming of summer dresses , and surrounded by blooming clive branches , of much noise and astounding appetitesi" what more we boldly ask is there , for to