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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . Instituted 178 S . CHIEF PATRONESS-. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . GRAND PATRON AND PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF VVALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . GRAND PATRONESS : HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES . A QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution will be held at FREEMASONS' HALL , Great Queen Street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London , on SATURDAY , the 26 th day of J ANUARY , 1 SS 9 , at Twelve o'clock precisely , on the General Business of the Institution , to place Candidates on the list for the Election in April next , to declare the number of Girls then to be elected , and to consider Notices of Motion as under , viz .: — NOTICES OF MOTION . By Bro . C . J . PERCEVAL , V .-Pres .: 1 . To amend Law 55 as follows : "That a Girl shall not be eligible for election unless the father has been a subscribing member to some Lodge for seven years , but should death , or permanent incapacity occasioned by paralysis , blindness , fire , shipwreck or other calamity have occurred within seven years of his initiation , this rule shall not apply , providing , nevertheless , that at the time of such occurrence the father was a subscribing member to some Lodge . " 2 . "That any candidate whose petition may be approved by the General Committee before this amendment of Law 55 may be confirmed , shall not be affected thereby . " F . R . W . HEDGES , Secretary . 5 , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , W . C , January igth , 1 SS 9 .

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Office— 6 , FREEMASONS' HALI ., W . C

GRAND PATRON : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . . PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES K . G ., M . W . G . M .

A QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the Governors and Subscribers will be held at FREEMASONS' HALL , Great Queen-st ., Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , London , on FRIDAY , the 25 th day of J ANUARY , 1 S 89 , for the transaction of the ordinary business of the Institution : — To consider the following- Notices of Motion : — ( 1 . ) By Bro . W . H . SAUNDERS , L . G . — "That Law No . 53 be suspended during the next April Election for the purpose of admitting Harold Gray as a Candidate at such Election . " ( 2 . ) By W . Bro . J . S . CUMBERLAND , L . G . — "That the Laws of the Institution be referred for

revision and correction to a Committee , whose recommendations shall be submitted to the Quarterly General Court on 26 th April next , or to a Special General Court to be convened in accordance with Law 31 . " To consider , and , if approved , to adopt a Recommendation from the General Committee" That 17 Boys be elected at the Quarterly General Court , to be held on Friday , 26 th April , 1889 , from an approved List of 72 Candidates , subject to the decision of the Court on two cases in addition deferred for final consideration . " The chair will be taken at four o ' clock in the afternoon precisely . By order . FREDERICK BINCKES , P . G . Std ., V .-Pat ., Secretary . London , gth January , 1 S 89 .

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To Correspondents.

To correspondents .

The following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT LODGES—Anchor and Hope , No . 37 , - Scientific , No . 88 ; Lodge of Antiquity , No . 146 ; Sincerity , No . 189 ; Confidence , No . 193 ; Yarborough , No . 244 ; St . David ' s , No . 3 S 4 ; Bank Terrace , No . 462 ; Lodge of Concord , No . 632 ; Lodge of Independence , No . 721 ;

Zetland , No . 852 ; Go-port , No . 903 ; Eclectic , No . 1201 ; Ferrum , No . 1 S 48 ; Coleridge , No . 1750 ; and Prince Edward , No . 2109 . MARK LODGE—Adam , No . 6 . ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS—Lion and Lamb , No . 192 j Tynte , No . 379 ; Temple , No . 558 ; and Henley , No . 1473 . OBITUARY—Bro . Richard White . Masonry in Canada . Masonic Ball at Liverpool .

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SATURDAY , J ANUARY 19 , 188 9 . -o *

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

HISTORY OF No . 246 , CHELTENHAM . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Your reviewer asks if I can tell him whether the celebrated Court physician , Sir W . Jenner , was a son of Bro . Dr . Edward Jenner , the discoverer of the advantages of vaccination , to whose connection with Gloucestershire Masons

reference was made in the little sketch of the history of my lodge . I can answer the question in the negative . Sir William Jenner was born , I believe , at Chatham , in 1815 . Dr . Jenner was then living at Cheltenham , where he lost his wife by death on September 13 th of that year . Crushed by his bereavement , he at once retired to Berkeley , his native place , where he died in 1823 . Dt . Tenner was , if I

mistake not , the first W . M . of the Faith and Friendship Lodge at Berkleley , No . 270 , after its acquisition , in 1802 , of the warrant ( dated 1789 ) it now holds . Will you permit me to add to these few words of reply an expression of my thanks for the kindly notice with which you have honoured the " History of No . 246 ? " You have proved yourself , I fear , a partial critic of my work ;

but I shall be glad if the indulgence shown to me has the effect of encouraging others to take an interest in their lodge records . I can assure them , from my own experience , that they need not fear to ask assistance from the veteran historians of the Craft or from our courteous Grand Secretary , in the investigation of any matters of doubt or difficulty . Such assistance is given with a readiness which

makes it a pleasure to ask it . To Bro . Hughan especially have I reason to express my gratitude for the help he has given me . In reference to one remark in your review , kindly allow me to say that , though the sketch was published for private circulation , and is not on sale , I shall be pleased to present a copy to any collector of such histories , so far as the number of copies I have had printed will permit me . — Yours faithfully and fraternally , GEO . NORMAN , P . M . 246 .

"RULE 210 . " To the Editor ofthe "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , As the chief point in Bro . Hitchins' argument is a contrast between the manner in which brethren in arrear are dealt with in England and the Colonies , I shall again have to refer to them ; but Bro . Hitchins must accept my assurance

, once for all , that I consider a colonial brother as good as one hailing from the mother country . Law 78 of the Book of Constitutions provides : " In Colonies and foreign parts the terms District Grand Master and District Grand Lodge are used to distinguish such officers and lodges from Provincial Grand Masters and Provincial Grand Lodges in England . " Law 101 says : "The Provincial or District Grand Lodge

has the power of framing by-laws for its own government and of making regulations for the guidance of the private lodges of the Province or District , provided that none of these be contrary to or inconsistent with the laws and regulations of the Grand Lodge as laid down in the Book of Constitutions , but such by-laws shall not be valid until submitted to and approved by the Grand Master . " Law

162 says : " Every lodge has the power of framing by-laws for its government , provided they are not inconsistent with the regulations of the Grand Lodge . The by-laws must be submitted to the Grand Secretary for the approval of the Grand Master , being in the case of a Provincial or District Grand Lodge sent through the Provincial or District Grand Master for his approval previously to

transmission . .... No law or alteration will be valid until so submitted and approved . " lt follows from these three rules that no by-law of any lodge , whether home , colonial , or foreign , is valid until approved by the Grand Secretary for the Grand Master . In respect of the exclusion of brethren for any cause , theie is one rule , and one rule only , for all lodges , whether

home , colonial , or foreign . This is Rule 210 , which says—¦ " Every lodge has the power to permanently exclude any of its members for sufficient cause , provided that such member shall have received due notice in writing of the complaint made against him , and of the time appointed for its consideration , when he may attend and be heard . "

I maintain that with regard to by-laws the powers of Provincial Grand Masters are absolutely identical with the powers of District Grand Masters . Neither Provincial nor District Grand Lodges have power over the by-laws of private lodges . Bro . Hitchins , in describing , in the seventh paragraph