The "Masonic Female Orphan Schools," Dublin.

at every election . An extra vote is allowed for every additional pound paid . Ten pounds paid in one sum for any of the officers of a lodge or chapter constitute such officer for the time being a Governor , with the privilege

of voting similar to Life Governors . One pound paid annually for any of the officers of a lodge or chapter constitutes such officer a Governor for the year in which such payment is made , with the privilege of voting similar to Annual

Governors ; when not otherwise directed , the Secretary of the lodge or chapter for the time being is the officer entitled to the privilege of voting . We should like to see something done by the English Craft in aid of this good

work , and therefore have great pleasure in setting its claims before our readers . No more acceptable evidence of the friendly and fraternal relations which

happily subsist between the Grand Lodges of England and Ireland could possibly be given than a fair list of English subscribers to the Dublin Masonic School , and we believe that if some influential

brethren were to adopt and advocate the cause a goodl y list would be speedily forthcoming . We repeat that our own Masonic

Institutions have the first claim , but there are many who could , and we feel confident would , contribute their guineas to a kindred institution in the sister island .

Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .

—? BRO . CARPENTER , BRO . HUGHAN , AND " HELE , " ETC . My old friend , Bro . Carpenter , must pardon me in writing so briefly in THE

FREEMASON for March 4 th respecting the words " Hele , Conceal , & c . " It is impossible to do justice to his remarks ( and certainly most accurate explanations ) in the above journal for February 18 th , without a

comp lete consideration of the whole O . B ., which could not be done in the pages of THE FREEMASON . I , however , fully support the views so ably propounded by Bro . Carpenter , and think the W . Masters of

lodges would do well to " read , mark , learn , and inwardly digest" them , as I have heard the word " hail" often erroneously used instead of "hele , " and so of other words equally important .

Although I termed the words "hele , conceal , Sec ., " or " evasion , equivocation , &<* ., " as apparent synonymes , I do not consider them really synonymous , but actuall y used to convey different and distinct

promises respectively ; although I also think the fact of three such words being employed is for the purposes of giving additional weight , solemnity , and importance to the O . B .

Bro . W . Carpenter is writing for the benefit of many by such able articles . W . J AMES HUGHAN .

THE A . AND A . RITE AND THE TEMPLAR . Excuse my reminding you that it is now several weeks since the last article on the degrees of the A . and A . Rite appeared , and it

was then promised that the subject should be returned to . In the meantime I should be obliged by information as to : —

1 . The qualification for the 30 ? Thc 31 , 32 , and 33 are , I believe , not strictly Masonic , i . e ., there is no ritual , but they are simply administrative .

2 . Does the Templar rank as one of the degrees of the A . and A . Rite , and do the S . G . C . claim , the right to confer it ? I am aware the i ght is not exercised , as in the case of the Craft

Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

degrees ; but do not know whether it is merely dormant , but claimed . 3 . Do not some old Templar encampments give "Kadosh" ( or the 30 ) or something

similar ? 4 . What is the " Ne Plus Ultra Degree ? " the i 8 ° or 3 o ° ? This question seems absurd ; but I have heard the 1 S called so , and wished to know if it was correct ? P . M .

[ We shall be happy to give you the required information in our next number . —ED . F . ] If the enclosed extracts should be considered sufficiently' curious , perhaps you will give them

a place in your valuable paper . They are taken from an old book entitled "Every Young Man ' s Companion , " which was printed in 1769 , and is in my possession . CURIOUS .

" THE MYSTERY OF FREEMASONRY EXPLAINED . " Wheresoever Masonry is established there is a Grand Master . The person who now enjoys this dignity in Great Britain is the Duke of Chandos . He governs all the lodges , and

delivers the laws of the society to the several Subordinate Masters . He holds a meeting or lodge when he thinks proper . This is generally the second Saturday in every month in summer , but oftener in winter .

"The other lodges meet regularly twice a month in winter , and * once a month in summer . The expense of * these meetings is defrayed by the quarterly payments of the members , which are from three shillings and sixpence to five shillings .

" There are also quarterly meetings , when the Wardens of every lodge in and about London bring in different sums of money for the Treasurer-General for charitable uses . But these charities are confined to Masons only , who are

occasionally assisted with five , ten , or twenty pounds . Smaller sums are given to indigent members in proportion to their wants and long standing . Large sums are likewise sent in from lodges in the East and West Indies - whence

accounts are transmitted of the growth of Masonry . " It goes on to state the positions of the several officers in the lodge— " Every brother has an apron of white skin . "

"The brethren take place according to seniority , and have before them wine , punch , & c . This done , after a few minutes , the Master

opens the lodge thus—" Then is described the manner of opening a lodge , which is nearly similar to the present mode . The Master then continues : —

" This lodge is open in the name of Holy St . John , forbidding all cursing , swearing , or whispering , and all profane discourse whatever , under no less penalty than what the majority shall think proper .

"The Master then gives * » # Upon the table with a wooden hammer , and puts on his hat , the other brethren being uncovered . They then sit down , eat , drink , and smoke

promiscuously . " The book goes on and purports to give a de scription of initiation , with the signs , & c , of an Entered Apprentice to thc Installed Master .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

»—The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed liy Correspondents .

THE "LITTLE TESTIMONIAL FUND . "

( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —In the Freemason ' s Magazine and Masonic Mirror of thc 4 th instant , " A Craft Mason" writes what he calls a reply to my letter published in your paper a few numbers

back . He says , " I can , and do , thoroughly appreciate thc de mortals nil nisi bonum theory , but if that is to signify the living as well as the dead , then wc shall all soon become dead alive . " He docs not seem alive to the fact that this is no . answer to mine . I did not ask him to speak good of the living , but

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to cease to speak ill of those brother Masons against whom he may entertain feelings of animosity , without sure information and full conviction that they are unworthy . The letter has three paragraphs ; the second is another silly remark on the Grand Secretary , and

the last apparently shows where the shoe pinches , viz ., that others have done as much for Masonry as Bro . Little , and have had no solid testimonial . If " A Craft Mason" be one of the number , I can understand the paragraph—he has not had his back scratched , and he won ' t scratch the back of any

one else . One would think also that THE FREE - MASON had a share of his animosity , for instead of saying " a letter by Bro . Magnus Ohren , published in THE FREEMASON , " he says " a letter signed * Magnus Ohren , ' published elsewhere . " But perhaps he is carrying out the theory he professes to

appreciate , and looks upon the back numbers as dead and gone , and is silent as to its naughty deeds in bringing to light virtues in the living which all cannot or will not see . I am , yours fraternally MAGNUS OHREN , W . M . 452 , & c .

Subordination In The Higher Degrees.

SUBORDINATION IN THE HIGHER DEGREES .

( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) SiR , —My attention has been drawn to a correspondence in your admirable paper touching Bro , Yarker and his relations with the Supreme Grand Council , from which it appears that he has been acting on the well-kne-. vn axiom , " If you have no

case abuse the plaintiffs attorney . Bro . Yarker appears to have followed this advice to the letter , since he has thrown a good deal of dirt at the S . G . C , no doubt hoping some will stick . It appears that Bro . Yarker has violated his obligation to that supreme body by seeking to give

degrees belonging to the A . and A . Rite in opposition to the Council , and , as a consequence , he has been very properly expelled the Order . Bro . Yarker objects to the expulsion , on the ground that the S . G . C . is a self-elected body , and lays down the dictum that it is usually considered good Masonic

law that the governed should have some voice in the election of such high functionaries . Perhaps Bro . Yarker will tell us what part Craft Masons have in the election of their Prov . Grand Masters ; what power they possess in the selection of Grand officers and Prov . Grand officers ? Bro . Yarker

must say what he knows is not true when he urges that the S . G . C . has no accrediting diploma but the self-created function of receiving fees . The Council derives its charterfrom the Supreme Grand Council N . J ., United States , which charter can be seen by any member of the higher degrees at the offices of

the S . G . C , Golden-square . It is rather late in the day to talk of the so-called Supreme Grand Council , and to say that as a Commander of the old Ne Plus Ultra he has as much right to suspend the so-called Supreme Grand Council as they have to expel him . Everyone knows that the Rose Croix , which itself

was called the Ne Plus Ultra degree , was given with the Kadosh ( 30 ° ) in the old Knights Templar encampments , but I deny that the latter was ever given in the Rose Croix chapters , or under a Rose Croix charter , apart from the Temple degree . When the Supreme Grand Council was established in

England , it assumed , very properly , the exclusive control of those degrees which belonged to its own rite , and Grand Conclave , which is thc governing body of the Templars , never disputed its right to do so , or professed 1 o have power to confirm them . Freemasonry would be :. * >' . in in a state of anarchy

if every Mason or every lodge thought fit to give , ox professed to give , whatever degrees it liked , and to be accountable to no one . I am sorry to sec that thc force of evil example is soon felt , and that some of the members of the Rochdale Chapter of Rose Croix , have held a meet-0

ing for the purpose of conferring the 30 * " and 32 , which they have no more right to give than the M . A . or D . D . of Oxford and Cambridge . The Craft in general must have a very good idea of what these so-called degrees arc worth when I inform my brethren that I have learnt , on very good

authority , that thc sum charged to such candidates as may be gulled will not exceed is . 6 d . The Supreme Grand Council was never in a stronger position than at present , some of the most distinguished Masons in England having recently joined the A . and A . Rite , including names of noblemen and savans famous throughout Europe . That

distinguished body is in accord , I believe , with every Supreme Grand Council in the world , and the attacks of men who have broken their solemn obligations and violated their sacred word of honour

will do nothing but bring down upon the heads of thc offenders against all Masonic law thc contempt of all true Freemasons . I am , dear Sir aud Brother , fraternally yours , A MASON WHO BELIEVES IN HIS OBLIGATION .