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table judge and the sympathetic audience that his errand boy had a habit of supposing thai " Epsom salts meant oxalic acid , and syrup of senna , laudanum . " We are a little afraid of what the effect on some elderly or youthful patients may be in the hands of some excitable female , for instance , of some of the able writer's clear prescriptions . But still ihe work has a value and importance for those
many excellent housewives who are " awmost , " as they say in Yorkshire , " as good t'doctor hisself , " and for them this very pleasantly written and most readable work will be a treasure . That do what we will , we cannot do without a doctor , wc venture to believe here , though ,
certainly , if such a state of things could be realized in this sublunary'scene , Bro . Dr . Greenway will have elone a good deal to heralel its approach , and pave the way for its success . So all who object to tloctor's prescriptions , tec , tec , may look to Bro . Dr . Greenway for the promise of more auspicious days , and less " mcdicinalized " hours .
THE HYGIENE OF THE SKIN . BY J . L . MH . TOX . Chatto and Windus , Piccadilly . This pleasant and chatty lil ' . le work opens out to the public the " aporrcta" of skin complaints , alike in their orig in and development , their mystery and their evidence . Just now there seems to be a growing taste lor medical works , whether a good taste we may perhaps be permitted
to doubt , for the great and prescribed-for public . Like Masonry for the lodge room , medicine seems better adapted on the whole , we say it with all defeience , for the " consultation , " and in our humble opinion its " chaste mysteries " ought to be reserved for " experts . " But no doubt Mr . Milton knows better than wc do , and as his little work has reached a 6 th edition , he can point to the
greatest "factor" after all in this world's affairs—" success . " As we have said before , we have run through the work , as " non experts " of course , and can bear willing testimony to its ease of diction , and agreeable flow of words . We quite appreciate the writer ' s motives , and do not wonder at his success , and we have no doubt that all our readers , who like to turn over its pages , will be glad to have made the acquaintance of another and genial writer .
THE LAW OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES . By G . C . Whitelcy , Barrister-at-Law . London : Chas . Knight & Co . In this little book , which seems to have been prepared with great care , wc have a complete collection eif the law i'f weights anel measures , with the decisions of Ihe Courts on various points connected with it , and the cases in which
the questions have been raised . The bonk is not only necessary for the table of Justices of the Peace , anel the authorities who are called on to adjudicate in the numerous weights and measures cases which come before them , but will be a valuable help to inspectors of weights and measures , and may also very profitably be nail by those tradesmen who at present do not appear to be quiet cognisant of what constitutes a pound or pint .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
MASONIC WORKS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM . Referring to the list of works on Masonry , a catalogue of which appears in the Maso'iie Magazine for this month , I may mention one that has no place . This is " The Spirit of Masonry , " by Bro . W . Hutchinson , published at Carlisle , in I 7 i ) fi ; but whether that was the only edition , I
am unaware . Bro . Hutchinson was , mo . ' evcr , the author of the now scarce and valuable " History of Cumberland , " published in two quarto voluu es , in the year 179 8 , also al Carlisle , a clean and perfect copy of which I have known purchased at an auction sale for f . W . F . LAMONBY .
THE LODGE OF ANTIQUITY , NO . 2 . 1 have been aware for several years of the fact noted by " Antiquity" in the Freemason oi the 121 I 1 inst ., having a copy of the calendar containing a list of the erasures and Unions for the year 1794 , and I have pointed this out more than once . The lodge called the "Iluodim" was constituted in 1790 by the "Moderns , " seion af' . er which
Preston and his fiiends were re instated by the Grand Lodge ( 2 nd May , 1790 ) , the warrant ha \ ing been obtained "to empower the companions of Ihe Order uf Harodim to meet as a regular lodge of Masonry . " Us number was 4 6 7 as altered on 18 th April , 1792 , but its existence was indeed biiif . During its continuance , the funds of the Lodge and of the Chapter of Harodim were united for mutual
goo ) , and especially to promote the latter . Bro . R . F . Gould , the author of " The Four Old Lodges " ( now in press ) , thus writes at page 6 : " lu 171 ) 4 it absorbed the Harodim , No . 4 67 , constituted March 25 th , 1790 . " I have had the pleasure uf examining som « of the first sheets of tile "Four Old Lodges" in which this statement occurs , and anticipate much pleasure in reading the
comp lete work shortly . In the Masonic hchclic for 18 78 , and printed by Bro . G . II . Rarncy in a most excellent manner , we have had the laws oi the " Order e . f Harodim " lepiintcd of 178 7 , and in the Rosicrucian ( then edited by our lamented Bro . R . W . Little ) for Oct ., | S ; I > , will be femnil the revised laws for the same Order of 1 790 , anil the byelaws of the " 1 laroelim Lodge , " referred to by our Bro . " Anliquity , " of 1790 ( dateel 91 I 1 Dee ., 1790 ) . As the
chief members of the Grand Chapter of Harodim were members of the branch of the " Lodge of Antiquity" which for a few years met under tile win . ; of the ' Grand Lodge of all England" held at York , and subsequently returned lu their allegiance as members of the " Moderns , " l .-indon , any lads relating tu this ijitiresting subjeil are uf value , and though those slated by " Antiquity " are not new lo us Masonic -. jtut ' iiit-. , we ( eel sure that 011 pursuing his riseaiebes be will find many additional items of interest
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if he has access to the old records of that ancient lodge . I have been anticipating information about the Lodge of Anliquity from the Deputy Master of H . R . H . Piiuce Leopold , viz ., Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , M . A ., who has many times before now " struck light " where formerly was darkness , and I trust will do so many times more . W . J . HUGHAN .
[ In last communication of mine as to Anderson ' s Lodge , No . 39 is of Exettr , not Axeth . —W . J . H . ] Bra . Hughan's criticism of the list ( 1738 ) published by me in the current number of the Mason'c Magazine , invites more remark than is possible under existing circumstances , the bulk of my lodge lists for the past century
being now in the hands of the printer ; and no one knoA-s better than the esteemed author of the Masonic Rigister the difficulty of explaining in detail the discrepancies of successive calendars without all one's memoranda to refer to . I think , however , I can answer the emeries to Bio .
Hughan s satisfaction , though I must refer general readers to my lists of the eighteenth century , which , embodying the full descriptions of more than three thousand lodges , will be shoitly bifore the Craft . Old 08 and G 9 in the 1738 list ( Masonic Magazine ) are at present "Strong Man " and " Medina " respectively . The lodge at
Newcastlc-on-Tyne ( p . 437 Masonic Mngaz ne ) is the present Lodge of Industry , Gateshead . This connection is at first vitw very confusing , the natural inference being that , as per engraver ! lists there was a lodge at Gateshead in 1133 , the present Gateshead Lodge , also dating from 1735 ; is identical therewith .
The notes , however , to my reprint of the 1740 list , show that the lodge numbered 127 on that list , meeting at the Fountain , Gateshead , and constituted Sth March , 1 735 ( veally 173 6 : see Masonic Magazine , page 437 ) , was erased 1 71 I 1 Nov ., 1760 , and again on 27 th Jan ., 1768 , also , the engraved list of 177 S has the following : — ( ii , Loelge eif Industry , constituted June 24 th , I 7 ? v
This date corresponds with tae period of establishment placed against the Newcastle L > dge in all editions of the engraved lists , and if liro . Hughan refers to the sime number ( di ) in his own list for 1 774 , which he was kind enough to lend me some months since ( the list for that year being absent from the collection in the library of Grand Lodge ) , lie will find " No . ( ii , Masons' Arms , Swalwall , mar Ncwcaslle-ou-Tvne . " R . F . GOULD .
Replying to "Antiquity . "—In my work , the " Four Old Lodges , " at pages 7 and 43 , will he found a reference to the abseirptijn by the Lodge of Anliquity of the Harodim Lodge , No . 55 8 ( 1790 ) . A full description of this latter lodge is given in two lists appended to my work .
A marginal ( MS . ) note in the Frcemifmin' Calendar ( G . L . ) , 1793 , informs us that the Lodge of H . irotlim was erased ijth April , 1794 , which therefore may presumably be regarded as the d ite of its amalgamation with the Lodge of Anliejuity . —H . F . G .
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VICTORIA . —Orion Lodge ( No . 1153 , E . C . ) . — The installation uf the ofliecrs of this lodge took place on I nil December , 18 7 8 P . M . Bro . Kelly being the Installing Officer . Bros . T . Kennedy was installed as W . M . ; T . Potter , S . W . ; M . S . Clark , J . W . ; J . Embling , Secretary and Treasurer ; Shorthouse , S . D . ; Baker , J . D . ; E . Ellis , I . G . ; Wholohan , Ty ler . There was a large number of
visitors from other lodges , including Bros . Wheeler , W . M . ; Ncvctt and Little , P . M . ' s , Yarrowee Lodge ; Pcake , W . M ., and 11 . I . White , M'Cartney , Robertson , and Trevor , P . M . ' s St . John's Lodge ; Hamilton , W . M ., and Hale , P ; M . | Buniuyong Lodge ; Weickhardt , P . M ., All Nations Leidge ; Clunes , and eithers . The installation ceremony was performed with great ability by Bro . Kelly , who
during the meeting was presented by the newly-installed W . M . willi a handsome Past Master's jewel , for which gift he feelingly thanked the donors . Afier the lodge was closed about forty-live of the brethren sat down to an excellent banquet . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were honoured . Bro . Wheeler , W . M ., Yarrowee Lodge , proposed " The Health of the W . M ., Bro . Kennedy , "
remarking as he did so that the Orion Loelge had shown gieat discernment in choosing so able a Mason to preside over it . Bro Kennedy replied eloquently . During the evening that brother was fuquently applauded . Bro . Hamilton , W . M . ( Buniuyong ) , then proposed " The Health of the Installing Master , Bro . Kelly , " and complimented him upon his zeal as a Mason , and the way in
which he had perfoinn-d his dunes that evening . In replying , Bro . Kell y dwelt historically and classically on the anliquity anil excellency of Freemasonry . The following is an cxtrait from that brother's eloquent oration : — " What a vast field of thought does thn placing of our W . M . in the ancient chair of King Solomon open up to us . It points out Masonry as liie line of union between
the civilised countries of every age and of every clime . Il is the only institution that connects us willi ihe sages of anliquity . It has frequently been asked , whence did Freemasonry take its rise ? but that question is not so easily answered , because il has been anterior to the age of history , and contemporary with , if not preceding ,
civilisation itself . Some d ite its orig in from the building of ihe Holy Temple at Jerusilem by King Solomon , but though that may be an epoch ill ils history , it no more maiksits origin than liie Grand Maslciship uf St . John the Ewiiigelie-t , » r of H . H . H . the Prince of Wales . Centuries before liie building ut King Solomon ' s temple , when
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the Golden Fleece was watched by the sleepless elragon , when Priam reigned at Troy , Freemasonry flourished . The legend of the Golden Fleece is regarded as a lively fancy , the very existence of Troy has been questioned , and Jerusalem is only known from its sacral connections . Still Freemasonry flourishes full of life and vigour . Our greatest and most venerable institutions are but of
yesterday when compared to it . Freemasonry was an ancient institution when the first Pope was placed in the chair of St . Peter , when the first King sat on the throne of England , when democracy was rocked in its cradle at Athens . It saw the growth and decay oi all the great . States , of the past , from Nineveh to Venice ; it saw the founders of Rome suck the wolf on the banks uf the Tiber ;
it saw the same Rome as mistress of the world , with Greece and Judea , Egypt and England , as Roman provinces paying tribute to the Ciesars ; it now seis it as the decorateel tombstone of its buried greatness . Other institutions have occupied human attention for a short time . Freemasonry has seen them all come anil go . It saw the Magi peiform their rites at Memphis , heard the
Delphic oracle mystify its votaries , witnessed the age of chivalry pass through the south and west of Europe as a brilliant meteor . Their very existence is now only known to the historian , yet Freemasonry flourishes throughout every part eif the globe . Why ? Simply because of the solidity of its founelation . It is founded , not on the gratification of the passions , not on the promotion of
selfinterest , not even on the achievement of ambition , but on the practice of every moral and social virtue . Those excellent precepts which arc taught in a Mason ' s lodge must leave some impressions on the minds of its members , and though they may be sometimes disregarded , can never be entirely forgotten . I do not go as larastosay that they can alter Luman nature , and change a depraved
and worthless person into an honourable man , but I do say they restrain the evil prosperities of the tvicked , and call into action the virtues of the good . They supply us with fortitude to withstand the pleasant allurement of vice , and teach us not only to moderate our passions , but to be temperate in our conversations and our very thoughts . And I have no eloubt that so long as
Freemasons place men like Bro . Kenned y in their chairs Masonry will continue to flourish throughout every part of the globe , and be influential in dispensing the beauties of virtue and lessening the aggregate of human misery and vice . " The annual installation took place on 13 th December at St . John ' s Lodge , 427 , I . C ., ' the Immediate P . M ., Bro . Herbert , being the Installing Master .
'Ihe new officers are Bros . J . Showman , W . M . ; II . Hunt , S . W . ; Lawson , J . w !; B . Paton , Secretary ; Martin , Treasurer ; Leggo , S . D . ; Proctor , J . D . ; Hernial ) , I . G . ; and Morgan , Tyler . The lodge was exceedingly well attended . The Installing Masui ' s work was faultlessly elone . The Masonic Anthem was very finely sung . Among the
visitors to the lodge were Bros . Baker , D . P . G . M . ; Small , P . P . G . S . W . ; Finlayson , P . D . G . J . W . ; Scott , R . W . D . J . ; Robertson , P . P . G . D . C ; Wheeler , W . M ., and and Little , P . M ., eif the Yarrowee Loelge ; Kennedy , W . M ., Kelly , P . M ., Babington , P . M ., A . Wilson , W . M ., and Hart , P . M ., Havilah Lodge , Creswick ; S . Batson , P . M ., Weickhardt , and Everharelt , All Nations Lodge , Clunes ;
Smith , W . M ., and Alroe , P . M ., Sevastopol Lodge ; Casclli , P . M ., R . A . C . ; Rev . Charles Clark , and others . About ei ghty brethren sat down to an excellent banquet . Several toasts were eloquently given and responded to . In response to the toast of " W . M ., " Bro . Showman , addressing the younger members of the lodge , said , " Praclisc the Masonic virtue of pati' -nce , " and if they did so they woulel
in time be as richly rewarded as he had been . He was not naturally an enthusiast in its cause . A question often asked of Masons was what Freemasonry was . It was a system of the very highest morality , and whether ils ori gin were very ancient or comparatively modern , it had always taught Ihc doctrines of morality , of liberty , of education ,
anel of fraternity breaking down the barriers of despotism and ignorance . The woitliy brother , referring to the universality of Freemasonry , saiel that " Statistics showcel that 500 , 000 of the inhabitants of the globe were Freemasons , and that the influence lor good of Masonry upon the world could scarcely be over-estimated . "
CASTLEMAINE . — Mount Alexander Lodge ( No . 692 , E . C . )—Ihe annual installation of W . M . of the above lodge took place on 5 II 1 December , 18 7 S . The lodge was honoured by the attendance of Bro . Lempricre , R . W . Grand Sec , and a large number of brethren from all parts of the district , including fourteen Past Masters . Bro . T . L . Brown was duly installed W . M .
for the ensuing twelve months by Bro . Dallas , P . M , of Guildford , who performed the ceremony in a hi ghly creditable manner . The W . M . appointeel the following brethren as his officers : —Bros . D . L . Henry , S . W . ; Philpots , J . W . ; Cramer , Chap . ; Beard , Treas . ; Sturken , Sec . ; Adams , S . D . ; Halford , J . D . ; McLean , I . G . ; Glcndenmng and McClean , Stewards ; J . Brown , Tvler . The banquet following passi-el of ! very pleasantly , and , as several brethren
are excellent vocalists , the proceedings were agreeablj diversified . The R . W . D . Grand Sec , Bro . Lempricre , made some happy remarks in responding to the toast of bis health , and expressed his conviction that Mount Alexander Lodge was rapidly regaining ils former position as the leading lodjje in the district . The excellent progiess made by the lodge during Ihe last twelve months rttlecled the hig htest credit on Ibe retiring W . M ,, Bro . Dolphin .
The Fifteen Sections will be worked by the members of Ihe Ecclestun Lodge of Instruction , Ne > . 1624 , at the King's Head Tavern , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico , 011 Saturday eveniiit ' , 191 I 1 inst ., commencing at 7 o'clock—Bro . D . 11 . McLtcd , P . M . 1624 , W . M .
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table judge and the sympathetic audience that his errand boy had a habit of supposing thai " Epsom salts meant oxalic acid , and syrup of senna , laudanum . " We are a little afraid of what the effect on some elderly or youthful patients may be in the hands of some excitable female , for instance , of some of the able writer's clear prescriptions . But still ihe work has a value and importance for those
many excellent housewives who are " awmost , " as they say in Yorkshire , " as good t'doctor hisself , " and for them this very pleasantly written and most readable work will be a treasure . That do what we will , we cannot do without a doctor , wc venture to believe here , though ,
certainly , if such a state of things could be realized in this sublunary'scene , Bro . Dr . Greenway will have elone a good deal to heralel its approach , and pave the way for its success . So all who object to tloctor's prescriptions , tec , tec , may look to Bro . Dr . Greenway for the promise of more auspicious days , and less " mcdicinalized " hours .
THE HYGIENE OF THE SKIN . BY J . L . MH . TOX . Chatto and Windus , Piccadilly . This pleasant and chatty lil ' . le work opens out to the public the " aporrcta" of skin complaints , alike in their orig in and development , their mystery and their evidence . Just now there seems to be a growing taste lor medical works , whether a good taste we may perhaps be permitted
to doubt , for the great and prescribed-for public . Like Masonry for the lodge room , medicine seems better adapted on the whole , we say it with all defeience , for the " consultation , " and in our humble opinion its " chaste mysteries " ought to be reserved for " experts . " But no doubt Mr . Milton knows better than wc do , and as his little work has reached a 6 th edition , he can point to the
greatest "factor" after all in this world's affairs—" success . " As we have said before , we have run through the work , as " non experts " of course , and can bear willing testimony to its ease of diction , and agreeable flow of words . We quite appreciate the writer ' s motives , and do not wonder at his success , and we have no doubt that all our readers , who like to turn over its pages , will be glad to have made the acquaintance of another and genial writer .
THE LAW OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES . By G . C . Whitelcy , Barrister-at-Law . London : Chas . Knight & Co . In this little book , which seems to have been prepared with great care , wc have a complete collection eif the law i'f weights anel measures , with the decisions of Ihe Courts on various points connected with it , and the cases in which
the questions have been raised . The bonk is not only necessary for the table of Justices of the Peace , anel the authorities who are called on to adjudicate in the numerous weights and measures cases which come before them , but will be a valuable help to inspectors of weights and measures , and may also very profitably be nail by those tradesmen who at present do not appear to be quiet cognisant of what constitutes a pound or pint .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
MASONIC WORKS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM . Referring to the list of works on Masonry , a catalogue of which appears in the Maso'iie Magazine for this month , I may mention one that has no place . This is " The Spirit of Masonry , " by Bro . W . Hutchinson , published at Carlisle , in I 7 i ) fi ; but whether that was the only edition , I
am unaware . Bro . Hutchinson was , mo . ' evcr , the author of the now scarce and valuable " History of Cumberland , " published in two quarto voluu es , in the year 179 8 , also al Carlisle , a clean and perfect copy of which I have known purchased at an auction sale for f . W . F . LAMONBY .
THE LODGE OF ANTIQUITY , NO . 2 . 1 have been aware for several years of the fact noted by " Antiquity" in the Freemason oi the 121 I 1 inst ., having a copy of the calendar containing a list of the erasures and Unions for the year 1794 , and I have pointed this out more than once . The lodge called the "Iluodim" was constituted in 1790 by the "Moderns , " seion af' . er which
Preston and his fiiends were re instated by the Grand Lodge ( 2 nd May , 1790 ) , the warrant ha \ ing been obtained "to empower the companions of Ihe Order uf Harodim to meet as a regular lodge of Masonry . " Us number was 4 6 7 as altered on 18 th April , 1792 , but its existence was indeed biiif . During its continuance , the funds of the Lodge and of the Chapter of Harodim were united for mutual
goo ) , and especially to promote the latter . Bro . R . F . Gould , the author of " The Four Old Lodges " ( now in press ) , thus writes at page 6 : " lu 171 ) 4 it absorbed the Harodim , No . 4 67 , constituted March 25 th , 1790 . " I have had the pleasure uf examining som « of the first sheets of tile "Four Old Lodges" in which this statement occurs , and anticipate much pleasure in reading the
comp lete work shortly . In the Masonic hchclic for 18 78 , and printed by Bro . G . II . Rarncy in a most excellent manner , we have had the laws oi the " Order e . f Harodim " lepiintcd of 178 7 , and in the Rosicrucian ( then edited by our lamented Bro . R . W . Little ) for Oct ., | S ; I > , will be femnil the revised laws for the same Order of 1 790 , anil the byelaws of the " 1 laroelim Lodge , " referred to by our Bro . " Anliquity , " of 1790 ( dateel 91 I 1 Dee ., 1790 ) . As the
chief members of the Grand Chapter of Harodim were members of the branch of the " Lodge of Antiquity" which for a few years met under tile win . ; of the ' Grand Lodge of all England" held at York , and subsequently returned lu their allegiance as members of the " Moderns , " l .-indon , any lads relating tu this ijitiresting subjeil are uf value , and though those slated by " Antiquity " are not new lo us Masonic -. jtut ' iiit-. , we ( eel sure that 011 pursuing his riseaiebes be will find many additional items of interest
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if he has access to the old records of that ancient lodge . I have been anticipating information about the Lodge of Anliquity from the Deputy Master of H . R . H . Piiuce Leopold , viz ., Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , M . A ., who has many times before now " struck light " where formerly was darkness , and I trust will do so many times more . W . J . HUGHAN .
[ In last communication of mine as to Anderson ' s Lodge , No . 39 is of Exettr , not Axeth . —W . J . H . ] Bra . Hughan's criticism of the list ( 1738 ) published by me in the current number of the Mason'c Magazine , invites more remark than is possible under existing circumstances , the bulk of my lodge lists for the past century
being now in the hands of the printer ; and no one knoA-s better than the esteemed author of the Masonic Rigister the difficulty of explaining in detail the discrepancies of successive calendars without all one's memoranda to refer to . I think , however , I can answer the emeries to Bio .
Hughan s satisfaction , though I must refer general readers to my lists of the eighteenth century , which , embodying the full descriptions of more than three thousand lodges , will be shoitly bifore the Craft . Old 08 and G 9 in the 1738 list ( Masonic Magazine ) are at present "Strong Man " and " Medina " respectively . The lodge at
Newcastlc-on-Tyne ( p . 437 Masonic Mngaz ne ) is the present Lodge of Industry , Gateshead . This connection is at first vitw very confusing , the natural inference being that , as per engraver ! lists there was a lodge at Gateshead in 1133 , the present Gateshead Lodge , also dating from 1735 ; is identical therewith .
The notes , however , to my reprint of the 1740 list , show that the lodge numbered 127 on that list , meeting at the Fountain , Gateshead , and constituted Sth March , 1 735 ( veally 173 6 : see Masonic Magazine , page 437 ) , was erased 1 71 I 1 Nov ., 1760 , and again on 27 th Jan ., 1768 , also , the engraved list of 177 S has the following : — ( ii , Loelge eif Industry , constituted June 24 th , I 7 ? v
This date corresponds with tae period of establishment placed against the Newcastle L > dge in all editions of the engraved lists , and if liro . Hughan refers to the sime number ( di ) in his own list for 1 774 , which he was kind enough to lend me some months since ( the list for that year being absent from the collection in the library of Grand Lodge ) , lie will find " No . ( ii , Masons' Arms , Swalwall , mar Ncwcaslle-ou-Tvne . " R . F . GOULD .
Replying to "Antiquity . "—In my work , the " Four Old Lodges , " at pages 7 and 43 , will he found a reference to the abseirptijn by the Lodge of Anliquity of the Harodim Lodge , No . 55 8 ( 1790 ) . A full description of this latter lodge is given in two lists appended to my work .
A marginal ( MS . ) note in the Frcemifmin' Calendar ( G . L . ) , 1793 , informs us that the Lodge of H . irotlim was erased ijth April , 1794 , which therefore may presumably be regarded as the d ite of its amalgamation with the Lodge of Anliejuity . —H . F . G .
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VICTORIA . —Orion Lodge ( No . 1153 , E . C . ) . — The installation uf the ofliecrs of this lodge took place on I nil December , 18 7 8 P . M . Bro . Kelly being the Installing Officer . Bros . T . Kennedy was installed as W . M . ; T . Potter , S . W . ; M . S . Clark , J . W . ; J . Embling , Secretary and Treasurer ; Shorthouse , S . D . ; Baker , J . D . ; E . Ellis , I . G . ; Wholohan , Ty ler . There was a large number of
visitors from other lodges , including Bros . Wheeler , W . M . ; Ncvctt and Little , P . M . ' s , Yarrowee Lodge ; Pcake , W . M ., and 11 . I . White , M'Cartney , Robertson , and Trevor , P . M . ' s St . John's Lodge ; Hamilton , W . M ., and Hale , P ; M . | Buniuyong Lodge ; Weickhardt , P . M ., All Nations Leidge ; Clunes , and eithers . The installation ceremony was performed with great ability by Bro . Kelly , who
during the meeting was presented by the newly-installed W . M . willi a handsome Past Master's jewel , for which gift he feelingly thanked the donors . Afier the lodge was closed about forty-live of the brethren sat down to an excellent banquet . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were honoured . Bro . Wheeler , W . M ., Yarrowee Lodge , proposed " The Health of the W . M ., Bro . Kennedy , "
remarking as he did so that the Orion Loelge had shown gieat discernment in choosing so able a Mason to preside over it . Bro Kennedy replied eloquently . During the evening that brother was fuquently applauded . Bro . Hamilton , W . M . ( Buniuyong ) , then proposed " The Health of the Installing Master , Bro . Kelly , " and complimented him upon his zeal as a Mason , and the way in
which he had perfoinn-d his dunes that evening . In replying , Bro . Kell y dwelt historically and classically on the anliquity anil excellency of Freemasonry . The following is an cxtrait from that brother's eloquent oration : — " What a vast field of thought does thn placing of our W . M . in the ancient chair of King Solomon open up to us . It points out Masonry as liie line of union between
the civilised countries of every age and of every clime . Il is the only institution that connects us willi ihe sages of anliquity . It has frequently been asked , whence did Freemasonry take its rise ? but that question is not so easily answered , because il has been anterior to the age of history , and contemporary with , if not preceding ,
civilisation itself . Some d ite its orig in from the building of ihe Holy Temple at Jerusilem by King Solomon , but though that may be an epoch ill ils history , it no more maiksits origin than liie Grand Maslciship uf St . John the Ewiiigelie-t , » r of H . H . H . the Prince of Wales . Centuries before liie building ut King Solomon ' s temple , when
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the Golden Fleece was watched by the sleepless elragon , when Priam reigned at Troy , Freemasonry flourished . The legend of the Golden Fleece is regarded as a lively fancy , the very existence of Troy has been questioned , and Jerusalem is only known from its sacral connections . Still Freemasonry flourishes full of life and vigour . Our greatest and most venerable institutions are but of
yesterday when compared to it . Freemasonry was an ancient institution when the first Pope was placed in the chair of St . Peter , when the first King sat on the throne of England , when democracy was rocked in its cradle at Athens . It saw the growth and decay oi all the great . States , of the past , from Nineveh to Venice ; it saw the founders of Rome suck the wolf on the banks uf the Tiber ;
it saw the same Rome as mistress of the world , with Greece and Judea , Egypt and England , as Roman provinces paying tribute to the Ciesars ; it now seis it as the decorateel tombstone of its buried greatness . Other institutions have occupied human attention for a short time . Freemasonry has seen them all come anil go . It saw the Magi peiform their rites at Memphis , heard the
Delphic oracle mystify its votaries , witnessed the age of chivalry pass through the south and west of Europe as a brilliant meteor . Their very existence is now only known to the historian , yet Freemasonry flourishes throughout every part eif the globe . Why ? Simply because of the solidity of its founelation . It is founded , not on the gratification of the passions , not on the promotion of
selfinterest , not even on the achievement of ambition , but on the practice of every moral and social virtue . Those excellent precepts which arc taught in a Mason ' s lodge must leave some impressions on the minds of its members , and though they may be sometimes disregarded , can never be entirely forgotten . I do not go as larastosay that they can alter Luman nature , and change a depraved
and worthless person into an honourable man , but I do say they restrain the evil prosperities of the tvicked , and call into action the virtues of the good . They supply us with fortitude to withstand the pleasant allurement of vice , and teach us not only to moderate our passions , but to be temperate in our conversations and our very thoughts . And I have no eloubt that so long as
Freemasons place men like Bro . Kenned y in their chairs Masonry will continue to flourish throughout every part of the globe , and be influential in dispensing the beauties of virtue and lessening the aggregate of human misery and vice . " The annual installation took place on 13 th December at St . John ' s Lodge , 427 , I . C ., ' the Immediate P . M ., Bro . Herbert , being the Installing Master .
'Ihe new officers are Bros . J . Showman , W . M . ; II . Hunt , S . W . ; Lawson , J . w !; B . Paton , Secretary ; Martin , Treasurer ; Leggo , S . D . ; Proctor , J . D . ; Hernial ) , I . G . ; and Morgan , Tyler . The lodge was exceedingly well attended . The Installing Masui ' s work was faultlessly elone . The Masonic Anthem was very finely sung . Among the
visitors to the lodge were Bros . Baker , D . P . G . M . ; Small , P . P . G . S . W . ; Finlayson , P . D . G . J . W . ; Scott , R . W . D . J . ; Robertson , P . P . G . D . C ; Wheeler , W . M ., and and Little , P . M ., eif the Yarrowee Loelge ; Kennedy , W . M ., Kelly , P . M ., Babington , P . M ., A . Wilson , W . M ., and Hart , P . M ., Havilah Lodge , Creswick ; S . Batson , P . M ., Weickhardt , and Everharelt , All Nations Lodge , Clunes ;
Smith , W . M ., and Alroe , P . M ., Sevastopol Lodge ; Casclli , P . M ., R . A . C . ; Rev . Charles Clark , and others . About ei ghty brethren sat down to an excellent banquet . Several toasts were eloquently given and responded to . In response to the toast of " W . M ., " Bro . Showman , addressing the younger members of the lodge , said , " Praclisc the Masonic virtue of pati' -nce , " and if they did so they woulel
in time be as richly rewarded as he had been . He was not naturally an enthusiast in its cause . A question often asked of Masons was what Freemasonry was . It was a system of the very highest morality , and whether ils ori gin were very ancient or comparatively modern , it had always taught Ihc doctrines of morality , of liberty , of education ,
anel of fraternity breaking down the barriers of despotism and ignorance . The woitliy brother , referring to the universality of Freemasonry , saiel that " Statistics showcel that 500 , 000 of the inhabitants of the globe were Freemasons , and that the influence lor good of Masonry upon the world could scarcely be over-estimated . "
CASTLEMAINE . — Mount Alexander Lodge ( No . 692 , E . C . )—Ihe annual installation of W . M . of the above lodge took place on 5 II 1 December , 18 7 S . The lodge was honoured by the attendance of Bro . Lempricre , R . W . Grand Sec , and a large number of brethren from all parts of the district , including fourteen Past Masters . Bro . T . L . Brown was duly installed W . M .
for the ensuing twelve months by Bro . Dallas , P . M , of Guildford , who performed the ceremony in a hi ghly creditable manner . The W . M . appointeel the following brethren as his officers : —Bros . D . L . Henry , S . W . ; Philpots , J . W . ; Cramer , Chap . ; Beard , Treas . ; Sturken , Sec . ; Adams , S . D . ; Halford , J . D . ; McLean , I . G . ; Glcndenmng and McClean , Stewards ; J . Brown , Tvler . The banquet following passi-el of ! very pleasantly , and , as several brethren
are excellent vocalists , the proceedings were agreeablj diversified . The R . W . D . Grand Sec , Bro . Lempricre , made some happy remarks in responding to the toast of bis health , and expressed his conviction that Mount Alexander Lodge was rapidly regaining ils former position as the leading lodjje in the district . The excellent progiess made by the lodge during Ihe last twelve months rttlecled the hig htest credit on Ibe retiring W . M ,, Bro . Dolphin .
The Fifteen Sections will be worked by the members of Ihe Ecclestun Lodge of Instruction , Ne > . 1624 , at the King's Head Tavern , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico , 011 Saturday eveniiit ' , 191 I 1 inst ., commencing at 7 o'clock—Bro . D . 11 . McLtcd , P . M . 1624 , W . M .