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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LBADKRS 711 Bro , Lane ' s "Masonic Records" 712 V . —Constitutions of 1784 712 Masonic Dramatic Entertainment at Manchester ; J 13 Centenary Banquet of the Union Waterloo Lodge , No . 13 .., 713
South Africa -713 Egypt -713 CORRESPONDENCERoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... 71 $ Past Masters' and Officers * Collars , & c . 71 $ 1865 Edition of the Book : of Constitutions 715 Was the Ettrick Shepherd a Freemason ? 715 Admission into Lodges of Instruction ... 715 Lord Ramsay , afterwards Marqnis of Dalhousie 715
REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS ( Continued)—Grand LoJge and Provincial Honours ... *] t $ A Provincial Grand Portrait Painter 716 The Queen's Jubilee—A Correction 716 An Old Masonic Star 716 A Portrait of Thomas Dunkerley 716 \ jnfdO ind AmiviAe hin
REPORTS or MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 716 Instruction 720 Roval Arch 720 Knights Templar 720 Obituary 720 Masonic and General Tidings 72 c Reviews 7-11 Lodee Meetings for Next Week 722
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WE publish elsewhere a letter from Bro . J AMES TERRY , the R . M . B . I . Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , from which it will be seen that the services of a Chairman have
been secured for the approaching Festival in February , 1887 ; and not only of a Chairman , but of one who has acted in a like capacity at former Festivals , and from whose experience , therefore , and the support he is sure of obtaining from his province , we are justified in expecting great things . Bro . W . W . B . BEACH , M . P ., Prov . G . M . of Hants and the Isle of Wight ,
who has so kindly consented to preside at the earliest anniversary Festival of 1887 , was Chairman at the Boys' School Festival in 1877 , and at that of the Girls' School in 1883 . On both those occasions the total of the subscription list announced was most gratifying , and on both occasions the chair was loyally and substantially supported by the Province
of Hants and Isle of Wight , which has now had some 16 or 17 years' experience of Bro . BEACH ' S qualities as a ruler , and is devotedly attached to him both personally and Masonically . This announcement of Bro . TERRY ' S is most welcome . Everyone who has had an opportunity of learning the present circumstances of the Benevolent Institution is aware how sorely it
is beset by candidates , whom it has no means of placing on its funds . It is only a few weeks back that we felt it our duty to impress upon our readers the terrible disproportion there is between the number of vacancies to be filled in May next and the number of applicants for election—some two of the former to about 130 of the latter—and we then made it our
business to urge upon them to press forward and render such help as was in their power . We repeat our appeal now ; but in a somewhat happier frame of mind , because we know who will preside , and because , from our experience of his past successes as a Festival Chairman , we have good reason to hope that , through his advocacy and with the loyal
assistance of his province in supporting that advocacy , there will be a ready and ample influx into the coffers of the Institution of the funds it so sorely needs . May the coming Benevolent Festival , under Bro . BEACH ' S guidance , enable the Institution to keep pace more nearly with the present overwhelming demands on its resources !
» * IT is very gratifying to find that the question of suitably com-Th Tu ? ii « . memorating tne QUEEN ' S Jubilee is being considered by the different sections of the Craft in England . In the reports of several of the Provincial Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter meetings recently
held—notably in those of the Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire , the Provincial Grand Chapter of West Yorkshire , the Provincial Grand Lodge of Wiltshire , & c , the subject has been mooted , and in most instances has been referred to a Committee . This plan of reference is a good one . Doubtless each district has some local need which it seems desirable to
satisfy as fully and at as early a date as possible , and if it can be managed , we see no reason why the opportunity afforded by the celebration of the QUEEN ' S Jubilee should not be turned to account for the purpose . But , even if all these local necessities are met in honour of the coming event , it seems nevertheless desirable that something should be done in which the
whole body of the Ciaft could take part , and , so far as we can see , our proposal—to employ the conventional slang of the day—appears " to hold the field . " Certainly it may well do this , seeing that no other proposal of a general character has been offered , unless we except the unpopular suggestion of Bro . RAYNHAM STEWART that Grand Lodge should give ^ 1000 to
the Imperial Colonial and Indian Institute , and then have done with the matter altogether . For our part , the more we consider the subject , the more satisfied are we that our idea of assisting our Institutions in a solid substantial fashion is the right one . We know that any money raised and so appropriated will be well and serviceably employed , and we know now ,
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alas ! that the funds are sorely needed . All our Institutions are making special appeals for support just now—the Girls' School , because it has found itself under the necessity of buying certain contiguous land , without which the value of its present property would have been greatly deteriorated , and the comforts of the inmates of the Institution materially interfered with ;
the Boys' School because it has been enlarging its premises by building a Preparatory School and a new Hall ; and the Benevolent Institution , because the number of candidates for its benefits is continually increasing , and just at present there are few , if any , vacancies to be filled at the next election . Here , then , we have a proposal which will enable the English Craft to
perpetuate the fame of Queen VICTORIA ' S long and prosperous reign , and a number of excellent reasons for adopting this particular form of memorial . We say nothing about the details of the manner in which the proposal shall be effected—those may be left for after consideration . But can any one suggest a better plan—that is to say , one more appropriate to the Craft ,
more suitable to its present requirements , and , best of all , one lhat will more nobly commemorate the virtues of a Sovereign so closely connected by family ties with our present and some former illustrious Grand Masters ? This is an inquiry which we shall rejoice to see Craftsmen of light and leading using their best endeavours to satisfy .
» # * WHILE on the subject of the Jubilee Commemoration , may Masomc Medai we venture t 0 suggest that a medallion , bearing a suitable inscription to her Majesty as Grand Patroness of our several
Institutions , might be struck in honour of the event , and that Masters of lodges contributing to the Masonic memorial to her MAJESTY , and individual brethren rendering like services , should receive the permission of H . R . H . the GRAND MASTER , in accordance with certain stated conditions ,
to wear these medallions or jewels at all Masonic ceremonies . Such a permission was granted to lodges contributing towards the erection of Freemasons' Hall , and we see no reason , especially if the Memorial should take the form we have proposed of a Queen Victoria Perpetual
Presentation Fund , why a like privilege should not be granted in this instance . At all events the suggestion is not out of place , and may well claim to be considered among the many that have been , and will be , submitted to the judgment of the Craft .
* # * BRO . STEPHEN BERRY is again making ready for 'he Christ and' the mas Masonic pledge . On December 25 th , at noon ,
Washington time ( 5 p . m . Greenitsich ) , all Templars of the " Union " are asked to pledge Grand Master CHARLES ROOME , of New York , in a libation , the sentiment to
be" To thc first among his equals . " To which the GRAND MASTER will give the following response : — " To all faithful Soldiers of the Cross wherever dispersed . " There are many in England , Scotland , and Ireland who take part in this friendly exchange , and look forward to the annual pledge as representative
of the universality of the Craft . We suggest to Bro . BERRY , the originator of the idea , that it is too good to be confined to the Knights Templars , who are but a section of the Masonic Body , and that another year the sentiment to be honoured should be of a more general character , so that Masonic
Students , wherever dispersed , may be able to join the mystic circle , and unite in the pledge of good fellowship , whether Templars or not . We commend this suggestion to our Bro . BERRY , and meanwhile will remember the present fixture .
» # * Bro Clifford P ^ ien ^ our verv nearty congratulations to our respected MncCaiiia , ' Bro . CLIFFORD P . MACCALLA , the worthy and able editor of Philadelphia . our Philadelphia contemporary , the Keystone , on his advancement to a still higher position in the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania . During
the past two years he has served as Senior Grand Warden of that Grand Lodge , and at the Quarterly Communication , held in the Masonic Hall , Philadelphia , on the ist inst ., he was elected Deputy Grand Master . There is little doubt that Bro . MACCALLA fully deserves the honours successively bestowed upon him by the brethren of his Grand Lodge . He has laboured
well and successfully for the Craft in his jurisdiction , and it is chiefly through his researches that Pennsylvanian Masonry has been in a position to assert its seniority among the Grand Lodges of the United States . We live in hopes of hearing of his election to the Grand Mastershi p at some future day .
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LBADKRS 711 Bro , Lane ' s "Masonic Records" 712 V . —Constitutions of 1784 712 Masonic Dramatic Entertainment at Manchester ; J 13 Centenary Banquet of the Union Waterloo Lodge , No . 13 .., 713
South Africa -713 Egypt -713 CORRESPONDENCERoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... 71 $ Past Masters' and Officers * Collars , & c . 71 $ 1865 Edition of the Book : of Constitutions 715 Was the Ettrick Shepherd a Freemason ? 715 Admission into Lodges of Instruction ... 715 Lord Ramsay , afterwards Marqnis of Dalhousie 715
REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS ( Continued)—Grand LoJge and Provincial Honours ... *] t $ A Provincial Grand Portrait Painter 716 The Queen's Jubilee—A Correction 716 An Old Masonic Star 716 A Portrait of Thomas Dunkerley 716 \ jnfdO ind AmiviAe hin
REPORTS or MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 716 Instruction 720 Roval Arch 720 Knights Templar 720 Obituary 720 Masonic and General Tidings 72 c Reviews 7-11 Lodee Meetings for Next Week 722
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WE publish elsewhere a letter from Bro . J AMES TERRY , the R . M . B . I . Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , from which it will be seen that the services of a Chairman have
been secured for the approaching Festival in February , 1887 ; and not only of a Chairman , but of one who has acted in a like capacity at former Festivals , and from whose experience , therefore , and the support he is sure of obtaining from his province , we are justified in expecting great things . Bro . W . W . B . BEACH , M . P ., Prov . G . M . of Hants and the Isle of Wight ,
who has so kindly consented to preside at the earliest anniversary Festival of 1887 , was Chairman at the Boys' School Festival in 1877 , and at that of the Girls' School in 1883 . On both those occasions the total of the subscription list announced was most gratifying , and on both occasions the chair was loyally and substantially supported by the Province
of Hants and Isle of Wight , which has now had some 16 or 17 years' experience of Bro . BEACH ' S qualities as a ruler , and is devotedly attached to him both personally and Masonically . This announcement of Bro . TERRY ' S is most welcome . Everyone who has had an opportunity of learning the present circumstances of the Benevolent Institution is aware how sorely it
is beset by candidates , whom it has no means of placing on its funds . It is only a few weeks back that we felt it our duty to impress upon our readers the terrible disproportion there is between the number of vacancies to be filled in May next and the number of applicants for election—some two of the former to about 130 of the latter—and we then made it our
business to urge upon them to press forward and render such help as was in their power . We repeat our appeal now ; but in a somewhat happier frame of mind , because we know who will preside , and because , from our experience of his past successes as a Festival Chairman , we have good reason to hope that , through his advocacy and with the loyal
assistance of his province in supporting that advocacy , there will be a ready and ample influx into the coffers of the Institution of the funds it so sorely needs . May the coming Benevolent Festival , under Bro . BEACH ' S guidance , enable the Institution to keep pace more nearly with the present overwhelming demands on its resources !
» * IT is very gratifying to find that the question of suitably com-Th Tu ? ii « . memorating tne QUEEN ' S Jubilee is being considered by the different sections of the Craft in England . In the reports of several of the Provincial Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter meetings recently
held—notably in those of the Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire , the Provincial Grand Chapter of West Yorkshire , the Provincial Grand Lodge of Wiltshire , & c , the subject has been mooted , and in most instances has been referred to a Committee . This plan of reference is a good one . Doubtless each district has some local need which it seems desirable to
satisfy as fully and at as early a date as possible , and if it can be managed , we see no reason why the opportunity afforded by the celebration of the QUEEN ' S Jubilee should not be turned to account for the purpose . But , even if all these local necessities are met in honour of the coming event , it seems nevertheless desirable that something should be done in which the
whole body of the Ciaft could take part , and , so far as we can see , our proposal—to employ the conventional slang of the day—appears " to hold the field . " Certainly it may well do this , seeing that no other proposal of a general character has been offered , unless we except the unpopular suggestion of Bro . RAYNHAM STEWART that Grand Lodge should give ^ 1000 to
the Imperial Colonial and Indian Institute , and then have done with the matter altogether . For our part , the more we consider the subject , the more satisfied are we that our idea of assisting our Institutions in a solid substantial fashion is the right one . We know that any money raised and so appropriated will be well and serviceably employed , and we know now ,
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alas ! that the funds are sorely needed . All our Institutions are making special appeals for support just now—the Girls' School , because it has found itself under the necessity of buying certain contiguous land , without which the value of its present property would have been greatly deteriorated , and the comforts of the inmates of the Institution materially interfered with ;
the Boys' School because it has been enlarging its premises by building a Preparatory School and a new Hall ; and the Benevolent Institution , because the number of candidates for its benefits is continually increasing , and just at present there are few , if any , vacancies to be filled at the next election . Here , then , we have a proposal which will enable the English Craft to
perpetuate the fame of Queen VICTORIA ' S long and prosperous reign , and a number of excellent reasons for adopting this particular form of memorial . We say nothing about the details of the manner in which the proposal shall be effected—those may be left for after consideration . But can any one suggest a better plan—that is to say , one more appropriate to the Craft ,
more suitable to its present requirements , and , best of all , one lhat will more nobly commemorate the virtues of a Sovereign so closely connected by family ties with our present and some former illustrious Grand Masters ? This is an inquiry which we shall rejoice to see Craftsmen of light and leading using their best endeavours to satisfy .
» # * WHILE on the subject of the Jubilee Commemoration , may Masomc Medai we venture t 0 suggest that a medallion , bearing a suitable inscription to her Majesty as Grand Patroness of our several
Institutions , might be struck in honour of the event , and that Masters of lodges contributing to the Masonic memorial to her MAJESTY , and individual brethren rendering like services , should receive the permission of H . R . H . the GRAND MASTER , in accordance with certain stated conditions ,
to wear these medallions or jewels at all Masonic ceremonies . Such a permission was granted to lodges contributing towards the erection of Freemasons' Hall , and we see no reason , especially if the Memorial should take the form we have proposed of a Queen Victoria Perpetual
Presentation Fund , why a like privilege should not be granted in this instance . At all events the suggestion is not out of place , and may well claim to be considered among the many that have been , and will be , submitted to the judgment of the Craft .
* # * BRO . STEPHEN BERRY is again making ready for 'he Christ and' the mas Masonic pledge . On December 25 th , at noon ,
Washington time ( 5 p . m . Greenitsich ) , all Templars of the " Union " are asked to pledge Grand Master CHARLES ROOME , of New York , in a libation , the sentiment to
be" To thc first among his equals . " To which the GRAND MASTER will give the following response : — " To all faithful Soldiers of the Cross wherever dispersed . " There are many in England , Scotland , and Ireland who take part in this friendly exchange , and look forward to the annual pledge as representative
of the universality of the Craft . We suggest to Bro . BERRY , the originator of the idea , that it is too good to be confined to the Knights Templars , who are but a section of the Masonic Body , and that another year the sentiment to be honoured should be of a more general character , so that Masonic
Students , wherever dispersed , may be able to join the mystic circle , and unite in the pledge of good fellowship , whether Templars or not . We commend this suggestion to our Bro . BERRY , and meanwhile will remember the present fixture .
» # * Bro Clifford P ^ ien ^ our verv nearty congratulations to our respected MncCaiiia , ' Bro . CLIFFORD P . MACCALLA , the worthy and able editor of Philadelphia . our Philadelphia contemporary , the Keystone , on his advancement to a still higher position in the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania . During
the past two years he has served as Senior Grand Warden of that Grand Lodge , and at the Quarterly Communication , held in the Masonic Hall , Philadelphia , on the ist inst ., he was elected Deputy Grand Master . There is little doubt that Bro . MACCALLA fully deserves the honours successively bestowed upon him by the brethren of his Grand Lodge . He has laboured
well and successfully for the Craft in his jurisdiction , and it is chiefly through his researches that Pennsylvanian Masonry has been in a position to assert its seniority among the Grand Lodges of the United States . We live in hopes of hearing of his election to the Grand Mastershi p at some future day .