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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The annual convocation of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Hertfordshire will take place at the Four Swans' Hotel , Waltham Cross , on Saturday , the 13 th October , at the hour of 5 . 30 p . m . The business will SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 17 , 1898 .

consist chiefly of the appointment end investiture of 0-icers for the ensuing year . The entertaining C'ripter is the James Terry , No . 2372 , which will meet earlier in the day for the installation of Principals and investiture of officers .

» * * > he annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex will this year be held at Le ves , the date approved by H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , K . G ., * W . G . Masterbeing Fridaythe 28 th October A 1 b Jt

, , . r ' •—~ —— ~~ o ; irt y welcome will be given to his Royal Hi ghness , no will be met on his arrival at the station shortly ter 1 p . m . by the Mayor and Corporation in state . , ter inspecting the Masonic Museum , his Royal

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Hig hness will be entertained at luncheon at the Town Hall , after which Prov . G . Lodge will be opened and the business of the day , including the appointment and investiture of the new Provincial Grand Officers ,

will be transacted . In the evening the brethren will give an entertainment at the Assembly Rooms . The South Saxon and Pelham Lodges , Nos . 311 and 1303 respectively , will share between " them the responsibility of entertaining Prov . G . Lodge .

* * + For the third week in succession we have had the pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of a newlypublished work on Masonry of great interest and importance to the Craft generally . The first was Bro .

Henry Sadler ' s " Masonic Reprints and Historical Revelations , " a brief summary of the contents of which was contained in our leading article of the 10 th instant . This was followed by an elaborate " History of Union Lodge , Norwich , No . S , " by Bros . Lord

Amherst of Hackney , P . G . W ., and Hamon Le Strange , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M . Norfolk , two of its Past Masters . This week it is the " History of the Ancient Masonic Lodge of Scoon and Perth , No . 3 ( Lodge of Scone ) , " -by Bro . D . Crawford Smith , F . S . A . ( Scot . ) , the Secretary of the lodge , with , an Introduction by

Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D . This , which forms a large and handsome volume , we shall take the first available opportunity of reviewing , and , as the lodge dates from the 17 th century , we prognosticate that the task will be a most pleasurable one , and profitable withal . We gladly express our thanks to the author for affording us the opportunity of studying his work .

* * It is matter for satisfaction that the burning question of New Zealand and the recognition of its Grand Lodge has at length passed its final stage , and that the schism which had so long disunited the Craft in that

Colony has been determined . It will now be the fault of the brethren out there if we hear of dissensions amongst them in the future . The terms of recognition are so clearly set forth in the document which was read out in Grand Lodge and published in our report last week , that it will be extremely difficult for either of the

contracting parties to misinterpret them . More especially is this the case as regards the right conceded to the Grand Lodge of New Zealand to grant warrants for new lodges , it being stipulated that neither that body nor its Grand Master shall grant any " out of the five Districts referred to or the Colony . "

•* As regards Bro . Eve ' s remarks , while we respect the consistency with which he has supported the rights and privileges of the English lodges in the Colony , we are convinced there is little , if any , ground for the

misgivings in which he permits himself to indulge . It would be too much to expect that the bitterness ot feeling engendered by the recent severe conflict in New Zealand should pass away instanter . But the fact , to which we adverted last week , that one of our English

District Grand Masters , when he found the New Zealand Constitution had been recognised by our Grand Lodge , took the opportunity of attending the installation of Bro . the Right Hon . R . J . Seddon , P . C ., the Premier of the Colony , as M . W . Grand Master , may be taken as evidence that the brethren of the English

Constitution are prepared to loyally accept the new order of things ; and we may reasonably hope that , with a renewal of intercourse , all soreness between the several sections of the Masonic community will slowly but surely , die out . As we have said in the preceding paragraph , it will be the brethren ' s own fault if dissensions arise in the future .

» * But we are sanguine enough to hope that no such evil will follow . Our Grand Lodge has shown itself to be actuated by a genuine spirit of conciliation . It is a powerful body , and would have bad no difficulty in prolonging the schism , and with it , of course , all

the unpleasant consequences to Masonry which none would have more sincerely regretted than Bro . Eve . But instead of doing this , it has realised that it was possible to recognise this new Grand Lodge , and so help to promote the general interests of the Craft , without abandoning the just claims of the English lodges and brethren to its protection .

* * * We are pleased to know that Bro . Lamonb y ' s motion that , with a view to better insuring " the preservation of the rights and privileges of minorities

and to prevent subsequent disputes , " lodge warrants shall not be cancelled for a period of three months after their receipt by the Grand Secretary . Bro . Lamonby , who speaks with authority from the

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. ^^ experience he acquired during his sojourn in one of our Australasian colonies , put the matter clearl y enough when he said that " a great mistake was made in leaving the warrants there to be fought and struggled for . " We have heard of more than one case in which

the wishes and opinions of a minority have been overborne ; but the acceptance of the motion will go some way towards preventing the possibility of this in the future by giving the minority time to lay their views before Grand Lodge .

» » » The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire will be held in St . Mary ' s Hall , Coventry , on Tuesday , the 4 th October , under the auspices of the Stoneleigh Lodge , No . 725 . In the course of the proceedings the brethren will march in

procession to Holy Trinity Church , where Divine service will take place , and a sermon be preached by Bro . the Rev . Thomas Downing , M . A ., Prov . G . Chap ., after which a collection will be made in behalf of the Warwickshire Masonic Benevolent and Pupils' Aid Fund . A banquet will be held at the Craven Arms Hotel , at 5 . 30 p . m .

* * * The Supreme Grand Chapter of the Grand Cross of Constantine for the United States of America is to assemble in the Scottish Rite Cathedral , Cincinnati , Ohio , on Tuesday , the 20 th instant , at 3 p . m . General

John C . Smith is the Grand Sovereign and Bro . Charles K . Francis is the Grand Registrar General . The two other prominent officers are his Honour Judge Josiah H . Drummond , Grand Viceroy , and Bro . Marquis F . King , Grand Treasurer .

» It is intended to hold a Grand Masonic Bazaar and Fancy Fair in Ulster Hall , Belfast , on Thursday , the 27 th October , and two following days , with the object of Clearing off the debt on the new Masonic Hall in that city . The patronage has already been secured of

the Grand Lodge of Ireland and the Provincial Grand Lodges of Antrim and Down , and we have every reason to hope that the Craft generally throughout Ireland will render all the assistance in its power towards so worthy an object . All necessary particulars are to be had of Bro . R . B . Andrews , Hon . Secretary , 104 , Clifton Park Avenue , Belfast .

* * * We have much pleasure in acknowled ging our indebtedness to Bro . John T . Thorp , P . M ., Sec , for copy of the Transactions of the Lodge of Research , No . 2429 , Leicester , for the year 18 97-8 . The volume is

bulkier than usual owing to there being appended the "Memorials of Lodge , No . 91 ( Antients ) , Leicester , " together with Detailed List of Members , 1761-1821 , which Bro . Thorp himself has compiled so ably and with so much care and accuracy and of which there recently appeared in these columns an appreciative

review from the pen of Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D , The lodge is quite young , having been founded on the lines of Lodge Quatuor Coronati , No . 2076 , in the year 1892 , but it has done some very successful work during the brief period of its existence , and we anticipate for it , not without reason , a long and prosperous career .

» * The Transactions date from the 5 th Anniversary Festival on the 27 th September , 1897 , when Bro . R . Pratt , M . D ., was installed in oiTice as W . M . by the retiring Master , Bro . S . S . Partridge , P . A . G . D . C ,

D . Prov . G . M . Leicestershire and Rutland , and when the officers for the year had been appointed and invested , Bro . John Lane , P . A . G . D . C , who is a member of the Correspondence Circle of the lodge , read a

highly instructive paper entitled "Some Aspects of Early English Freemasonry ( Esoteric ) . " The subject was treated very exhaustively , and on the conclusion of the discussion which followed , a hearty vote of thanks to Bro . Lane was passed item . con . # * *

At the November meeting , the S . W ., Bro . F . W . Billson , LL . B ., read a paper entitled " Masonic Ritual and Ceremonies : their antiquity as judged by internal evidence ; " but neither in this case nor in that of Bro . Lane ' s paper has it been possible to give more than a very guarded idea of what was said . The papers presented at the January , March , and May meetings were

contributed by Bro . Pratt , the W . M ., on "The Grand Lodges of England " ( First Part ); by Bro . Thorp , on " The Provincial Grand Masters of Rutland , 1776—1823 ; " and by Bro . R . B . Starkey , on " The Christian Element in Ancient Freemasonry . " The volume also * contains lists of official members and members of the Correspondence Circle , as well as other useful matter .