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DRO . ROBERT RAYNHAM , **~^ ORPHEUS LODGE , No . 1706 , PROFESSOR OF SINGING AND ITALIAN , Is' open to accept Engagements , and provide VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL ARTISTES MASONIC BANQUETS , CONSECRATIONS , INSTALLATIONS , & c . Address . —St . PAUL'S CATHEDRAL , E . C .
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SEVENTY-EIGHT Songs , Dances , Original RECITATIONS , & c , with full Pianoforte Accompaniment . Nearly all these Songs are original , and very suitable for Masonic Banquets . Positively the Cheapest Collection of Music in the World . 6 d . or Sd . post free . JOHN GUEST , 26 , Ivy Lane , Newgate-street , E . C .
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Tyi" ASONIC LECTURE . " KNOBS AND EXCRESENCES . " BRO . JAMES STEVENS , P . M ., P . Z ., Is open to accept invitations for the delivery of this Lecture in METROPOLITAN or PROVINCIAL LODOES , or LODGES OK INSTRUCTION . No Lecture Fee ; travelling expenses only accepted . Address , Clapham , S . VV . orotner Arcmtect and
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A , an "surveyor , desires PARTNERSHIP or STEWARDSHIP on an Estate . Nearly twenty years' experience . Has practiced in every trade connected with Building in order to gain proficiency . Would not object to an office as Clerk of Works . ' L ., care of Joseph Keyworth , Esq ., 20 , Regent-street , VV .
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AGENCY . —Bro . J . Muhsam , of Lodz , Russian Poland , Coal and Commission Agent , desires AGENCIES of any kind for this place and district . He can pioducc first class references . Is a member of the St . John ' s Lodge , Victorious Truth , of Glenvitz , Upper Silesia . Communications to be addressed , care of Freemason Office , 1 C , Great Queen-street , London , W . C .
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SPECIALLY INTERESTING TO FREEMASONS . GEORGF . MACKEY , 49 A , Union Passage , Birmingham , at the request of many Masons , has now published his most remarkable Masonic Illumination . The size of the original is 4 S b y 36 inches , and is probably one of the most beautiful Specimensof Pen and Ink Etching ever produced . Detailed particulars sent on receipt of stamped directed envelope . Copyright Photographs , Cabinet size 2 s . Ditto _ _ ditto 15 by 12 inch 5 s . Thc original can be seen at any time at above address ; also a choice and large collection of all varieties of Fine Art property , China , Weapons , Old Plate , Antique Jewellery , Ivory Carvings , Old Carved Oak and other Furniture , and Bric-a-brac of everv descriotion .
Ad00507
GOULD'S HISTORY OP FREEMASONRY . Vols . 1 , 2 , and 3 ate now published , price us . Gd . each , in handsome cloth binding . The Publisher will promptly execute orders from Brethren abroad . There is no reason , on his part , which renders it impossible for Brethren abroad being supplied otherwise . London : THOMAS C . JACK , 45 , Ludgate Hill .
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PERILS ABOUND ON EVERY SIDE ! The RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY 6 4 , C O R T * 5 H 1 L L , INSURES AGAINST ACCIDENTS OF ALL KINDS .-ON LAND OR WATER , AND HAS THE L ARGEST INVESTED CAPITA . ! ., THE LARGEST INCOME , AND PAYS YEARXY THE LARGEST AMOUNT OK COMPENSATION of any Accidental Assurance Company . CH . URMAN .-HARVIE M . FARQUHAR , ESQ . Apply to thc Clerks at the Railway Stations , the Local Agents , or West End Office * . 8 , GRAND HOTEL BUILDINGS , CHARING CROSS ; or at the HEAD OFFICE 1-64 , CORNHILL , LONDON , E . C . WILLIAM J . VIAN , Secretary .
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Twelfth Edition , post-free , is . DR . WATTS on ASTHMA and BRONCHITIS . A Treatise on the only Successful Method of Curing these Diseases . By ROBERT G . WATTS , M . D ., F . R . S . L ., F . C . S ., & c . London : C . Mitchell and Co ., Red Lion-court , Fleet-street ; and Simpkin and Co ., Stationers' Hall-court . OF IN
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T ^ REE GRANTS LAND CANADA . 160 acres in Manitoba and the North-West Territories . 100 to 200 acres in the other Provinces . l . MIKUl £ l ) I . IIIM :- Al IH'AMINADLi : I'HICIS IN 111 L M . lRJJ'l .-Ji I'HOVI . Vll :-, C : uEDre , ONTARIO , A . VD MANITUEA . Assisted passages . Special facilities for domestic servants . Apply for Pamphlets ( sent gratis and post free ) containing full information respecting the investment of capita ] , advantages oll ' cred to farmers , land regulations , demand for labour , rates of wages , cost of living , assisted passages , & c , to J . G . Colmer , Secretary of the Olfice of thc High Commissioner for Canada , 9 , Victoria Chambers , London , S . VV . j or to John Dyke , Agent of the Canadian Government , it , Water Street , Liverpool ,
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THE AMSTEOM BRACE . ( PATENTED ) . Absolute Comfort in Dress for Gentlemen SECURED BY WEARING The Armstrong Spiral Spring Brace , Supplied by all Tailors , Outfitters , Hosiers , and Drapers throughout the World . " Braces or no braces has been exercising the " minds of correspondents of thc Times . One gentleman " says he is too fat to do without them ; another that he ' can only get on without them by hitching up his trousers "before ladies , which he terms an objectionable practice . "A few years ago I was in Paris and , wanting a pair of " braces , I went to the shop called ' Old England' to buy ' ' them . I selected a pair which both behind and before " had spiral steel springs . Any movement extended the " springs , so that I seemed to have no braces on , and yet I " was not , like the unfortunate correspondent of the Times " . reduced to the necessity of periodically hitching up my " trousers . The next time 1 went to Paris I endeavoured " to buy another pair of these braces , but was told that 1 " could not get them , so on my return to England I had " some made . Why there is no sale for them—as this , I " presume , is the only reason for their not being offered for " sale—I do not know , for unquestionably they are the " most comfortable braces that ever were made . "—Truth , October 4 th , 1 SS 3 .
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"pHE LATE DUKE OF ALBANY . ADDRESSES OF CONDOLENCE FROM LODGES , & C , APPROPRIATEY WRITTEN AND ENGROSSED , AT THE FREEMASON OFFICE , 16 AND I 6 A , GT . QUEEN-ST ., LONDON , W . C .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
We are unable to publish thc report of the Alnwick Lodge , as the so-called Grand Lodge of Victoria is not recognised by our Grand Lodge . Wc arc somewhat astonished that an English lodge should apparently acknowledge thc legality of this new body .
1 'he following communications have been received , but are not inserted in this issue owing to want of space : — CRAFT LODGES—Palatine , 97 j Confidence , igjj Wakefield , 49 s ; De Grey and Ripon , 837 ; Derwent , 884 ; Priory , 1000 ; Harrogate and Claro , 1001 ; Temple , 1094 ; Aidershot Camp , 1331 ; Stirling , 1989 . MARK LODGE—Fitzwilliam , 377 .
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—¦ l ^ feggSa ^^ SATURDAY , APRIL 19 , 1884 .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opimonsexpressedby ourcorrespondentB . but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ] ,
BOYS' SCHOOL QUARTERLY COURT . To tlie Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , What very important business will be transacted at thc Quarterly Court on Monday next . The action of the House Committee does not appear very clear . We know that there was a competition last year which ended , as most open competitions do , in general dissatisfaction ,
and now we hear ot a tender being delivered and of the builder making a mistake in same without any information being given as to what p lans were tendered upon or how many builders were invited to tender . Thc first tender appears to have amounted to £ 9000 odd , but somebody having examined the plans reports that the cost of erection would be jC' 3 , 29 o . Then comes the story of the mistake and a new departure , viz ., to adopt plans submitted by Bro . Berridge at a cost of £ Gooo , or less than half .
Bro . Berridge is a highly esteemed Mason ; but as matters stand it appears that the House Committee , havingsucked the brains of those who competed , are now taking advantage ol the competition to give the job to a gentleman who did not compete . Another resolution refers to a spacious hall to be erected at a cost of £ 3300 . Allow me to urge that a buildinjj erected for Divine service be really a chapel capable of seating say 300 , and used entirely for that
purpose and no other , as nothing tends to foster that spirit of irreverence now so common as the use of a building for service on Sunday and for lectures and entertainments on week-days . Bro . Berridge is an experienced surveyor . Why not instruct him to draw up conditions and particulars of the
school and spacious hall , and invite plans in competition , limited to architects who have taken sufficient interest in the Institution to qualify as , say Life Governor , at least ? Most of the building operations in connection with our Charities have ended in a muddle and unpleasantness , and we seem to be drifting in the same again . —Yours , & c , 1 /\\ i \ 1
uL . r . AN INTRODUCTION . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Permit me though your columns to introduce to the Craft at home an eminent Melbourne brother , who will arrive in England the same time as this reaches you , namely , by the Lusitania , Orient mail boat .
He is Bro . Major S . Trythall , P . M . of Kent Lodge , No . 845 , E . C , Melbourne , and alsoP . M . of Australasia Lodge , No . 492 , S . C ., Melbourne . Bro . Trythall is visiting the old country on a six months'leave of absence , after the long sojourn of 33 years in Victoria . He is a man of culture , connected with the educational system of the colony for over 30 years , and has served 24 years in the defence force ,
in which he deservedl y holds the rank of field-officer . As a Craftsman he is one of thc ornaments of Victorian Masonry , energetic , ever ready to assist a Master , and I can safely asse-t one of the most telling exponents of our beautiful ritual in the Australian Colonies . I am sure , sir and brother , you and prominent
metropolitan and provincial brethren will do your best to show Uro . Trythall every little courtesy possible , in a Masonic sense ; indeed , I know right well he wishes to make an intimate acquaintance with the Craft as worked in the old country . And to that end I trust this communication will be sufficient of an introduction . —Fraternally yours , XV . F . LAMONBY , P . M ., WI . Melbourne , March 7 .
THE OLDEST FREEMASON . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , You say , March the 1 st , that James Newton , who died Feb . 22 nd , was the oldest Freemason in Englandwhich is probably true if Sir Moses Montefiore was not
made in 1 S 07 , as is thought . Can you tell mc if Bro . Knight , of Dover , made in Jan ., 1811 j and Philip Cheetham , of Stockport , 1811 ; and Noyes , of Croydon , 1 S 12 , arc still living—or which of them are dead . -Yours truly , STEPHEN BERRY . " Masonic Token " Office , 37 , Plum-street , Portland , Maine , U . S . A ., March 13 th .
THE FEMALE FREEMASON . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir , Could you inform me through thc medium of your valuable paper if thcrr was ever a female initiated into Masonry , and if so her name ? This question formed the
subject of a discussion here yesterday , and it was decided to refer thc matter to you . Apologising for trespassing on your valuable time , and thanking you in anticipation , — I am , dear Sir , yours faithfully , T . NAYLOR . 109 , Mortimcr-rd ., Kingsland , April 7 . [ Ourcorrespondent will find his query answered on another page . —ED . F . MA
ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , EARLSWOOD . To the Editor of thc "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I notice in your last issue a letter signed by our old and esteemed friend and brother , George Kenning , appealing for votes on behalf ot James Edward Taylor , son of Bro . James Taylor , " of lodges , 730 , 1331 , & c . " Permit me to say that I think there must be some
mistake as regards Bro . Taylor's membership , present or past , of 730 , as he is unknown to any living member of our lodge , and his name is not to be found in our books , nor are we aware of any member or " connections" claiming or receiving the benefits of any of our Masonic Charities . —Yours faithfully and fraternally , P . M . 730 . April 15 th . [ The lodge 730 above referred to is of the Irish Constitution , as will be seen by a reference to Bro . Taylor ' s advertisement in another column . —ED . F . M . )
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
325 ] SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN . As my remark has been objected to , in private letters before me , that Bro . Gould does not adduce any fresh " evidence " as regards " Sir Christopher Wren ' s Masonic membership " one way or the other , I feel Bound to say a few words . It seems to me , in all deference , that my very valued fellow worker has not attended
to thc words 1 used— "fresh evidence . " By that I mean actual facts , one way or the other , unknown before . It is quite true , as I sought to point out , perhaps not quite fully enough , that in Bro . Gould ' s verification , of certain evidences in our possession , " assurance was made doubly sure . " But verification of ancient evidences is not , strictly speaking , " fresh evidence . " For
we had "discounted ( by " we " I mean Masonic students , if few and far between ) , Aubrey ' s " Ut Dicitur , " thc evidence of the " newspapers , " the official statements of the Mason's Company , the testimony of the " Parentalia , " and Ashmole's initiation , & c . In the " Masonic Magazine" had already appeared the results of a search by a "Bro . " expert from 1715 to 1733 in thc papers ,
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DRO . ROBERT RAYNHAM , **~^ ORPHEUS LODGE , No . 1706 , PROFESSOR OF SINGING AND ITALIAN , Is' open to accept Engagements , and provide VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL ARTISTES MASONIC BANQUETS , CONSECRATIONS , INSTALLATIONS , & c . Address . —St . PAUL'S CATHEDRAL , E . C .
Ad00502
SEVENTY-EIGHT Songs , Dances , Original RECITATIONS , & c , with full Pianoforte Accompaniment . Nearly all these Songs are original , and very suitable for Masonic Banquets . Positively the Cheapest Collection of Music in the World . 6 d . or Sd . post free . JOHN GUEST , 26 , Ivy Lane , Newgate-street , E . C .
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Tyi" ASONIC LECTURE . " KNOBS AND EXCRESENCES . " BRO . JAMES STEVENS , P . M ., P . Z ., Is open to accept invitations for the delivery of this Lecture in METROPOLITAN or PROVINCIAL LODOES , or LODGES OK INSTRUCTION . No Lecture Fee ; travelling expenses only accepted . Address , Clapham , S . VV . orotner Arcmtect and
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A , an "surveyor , desires PARTNERSHIP or STEWARDSHIP on an Estate . Nearly twenty years' experience . Has practiced in every trade connected with Building in order to gain proficiency . Would not object to an office as Clerk of Works . ' L ., care of Joseph Keyworth , Esq ., 20 , Regent-street , VV .
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AGENCY . —Bro . J . Muhsam , of Lodz , Russian Poland , Coal and Commission Agent , desires AGENCIES of any kind for this place and district . He can pioducc first class references . Is a member of the St . John ' s Lodge , Victorious Truth , of Glenvitz , Upper Silesia . Communications to be addressed , care of Freemason Office , 1 C , Great Queen-street , London , W . C .
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SPECIALLY INTERESTING TO FREEMASONS . GEORGF . MACKEY , 49 A , Union Passage , Birmingham , at the request of many Masons , has now published his most remarkable Masonic Illumination . The size of the original is 4 S b y 36 inches , and is probably one of the most beautiful Specimensof Pen and Ink Etching ever produced . Detailed particulars sent on receipt of stamped directed envelope . Copyright Photographs , Cabinet size 2 s . Ditto _ _ ditto 15 by 12 inch 5 s . Thc original can be seen at any time at above address ; also a choice and large collection of all varieties of Fine Art property , China , Weapons , Old Plate , Antique Jewellery , Ivory Carvings , Old Carved Oak and other Furniture , and Bric-a-brac of everv descriotion .
Ad00507
GOULD'S HISTORY OP FREEMASONRY . Vols . 1 , 2 , and 3 ate now published , price us . Gd . each , in handsome cloth binding . The Publisher will promptly execute orders from Brethren abroad . There is no reason , on his part , which renders it impossible for Brethren abroad being supplied otherwise . London : THOMAS C . JACK , 45 , Ludgate Hill .
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PERILS ABOUND ON EVERY SIDE ! The RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY 6 4 , C O R T * 5 H 1 L L , INSURES AGAINST ACCIDENTS OF ALL KINDS .-ON LAND OR WATER , AND HAS THE L ARGEST INVESTED CAPITA . ! ., THE LARGEST INCOME , AND PAYS YEARXY THE LARGEST AMOUNT OK COMPENSATION of any Accidental Assurance Company . CH . URMAN .-HARVIE M . FARQUHAR , ESQ . Apply to thc Clerks at the Railway Stations , the Local Agents , or West End Office * . 8 , GRAND HOTEL BUILDINGS , CHARING CROSS ; or at the HEAD OFFICE 1-64 , CORNHILL , LONDON , E . C . WILLIAM J . VIAN , Secretary .
Ad00509
Twelfth Edition , post-free , is . DR . WATTS on ASTHMA and BRONCHITIS . A Treatise on the only Successful Method of Curing these Diseases . By ROBERT G . WATTS , M . D ., F . R . S . L ., F . C . S ., & c . London : C . Mitchell and Co ., Red Lion-court , Fleet-street ; and Simpkin and Co ., Stationers' Hall-court . OF IN
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T ^ REE GRANTS LAND CANADA . 160 acres in Manitoba and the North-West Territories . 100 to 200 acres in the other Provinces . l . MIKUl £ l ) I . IIIM :- Al IH'AMINADLi : I'HICIS IN 111 L M . lRJJ'l .-Ji I'HOVI . Vll :-, C : uEDre , ONTARIO , A . VD MANITUEA . Assisted passages . Special facilities for domestic servants . Apply for Pamphlets ( sent gratis and post free ) containing full information respecting the investment of capita ] , advantages oll ' cred to farmers , land regulations , demand for labour , rates of wages , cost of living , assisted passages , & c , to J . G . Colmer , Secretary of the Olfice of thc High Commissioner for Canada , 9 , Victoria Chambers , London , S . VV . j or to John Dyke , Agent of the Canadian Government , it , Water Street , Liverpool ,
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THE AMSTEOM BRACE . ( PATENTED ) . Absolute Comfort in Dress for Gentlemen SECURED BY WEARING The Armstrong Spiral Spring Brace , Supplied by all Tailors , Outfitters , Hosiers , and Drapers throughout the World . " Braces or no braces has been exercising the " minds of correspondents of thc Times . One gentleman " says he is too fat to do without them ; another that he ' can only get on without them by hitching up his trousers "before ladies , which he terms an objectionable practice . "A few years ago I was in Paris and , wanting a pair of " braces , I went to the shop called ' Old England' to buy ' ' them . I selected a pair which both behind and before " had spiral steel springs . Any movement extended the " springs , so that I seemed to have no braces on , and yet I " was not , like the unfortunate correspondent of the Times " . reduced to the necessity of periodically hitching up my " trousers . The next time 1 went to Paris I endeavoured " to buy another pair of these braces , but was told that 1 " could not get them , so on my return to England I had " some made . Why there is no sale for them—as this , I " presume , is the only reason for their not being offered for " sale—I do not know , for unquestionably they are the " most comfortable braces that ever were made . "—Truth , October 4 th , 1 SS 3 .
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"pHE LATE DUKE OF ALBANY . ADDRESSES OF CONDOLENCE FROM LODGES , & C , APPROPRIATEY WRITTEN AND ENGROSSED , AT THE FREEMASON OFFICE , 16 AND I 6 A , GT . QUEEN-ST ., LONDON , W . C .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
We are unable to publish thc report of the Alnwick Lodge , as the so-called Grand Lodge of Victoria is not recognised by our Grand Lodge . Wc arc somewhat astonished that an English lodge should apparently acknowledge thc legality of this new body .
1 'he following communications have been received , but are not inserted in this issue owing to want of space : — CRAFT LODGES—Palatine , 97 j Confidence , igjj Wakefield , 49 s ; De Grey and Ripon , 837 ; Derwent , 884 ; Priory , 1000 ; Harrogate and Claro , 1001 ; Temple , 1094 ; Aidershot Camp , 1331 ; Stirling , 1989 . MARK LODGE—Fitzwilliam , 377 .
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—¦ l ^ feggSa ^^ SATURDAY , APRIL 19 , 1884 .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opimonsexpressedby ourcorrespondentB . but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ] ,
BOYS' SCHOOL QUARTERLY COURT . To tlie Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , What very important business will be transacted at thc Quarterly Court on Monday next . The action of the House Committee does not appear very clear . We know that there was a competition last year which ended , as most open competitions do , in general dissatisfaction ,
and now we hear ot a tender being delivered and of the builder making a mistake in same without any information being given as to what p lans were tendered upon or how many builders were invited to tender . Thc first tender appears to have amounted to £ 9000 odd , but somebody having examined the plans reports that the cost of erection would be jC' 3 , 29 o . Then comes the story of the mistake and a new departure , viz ., to adopt plans submitted by Bro . Berridge at a cost of £ Gooo , or less than half .
Bro . Berridge is a highly esteemed Mason ; but as matters stand it appears that the House Committee , havingsucked the brains of those who competed , are now taking advantage ol the competition to give the job to a gentleman who did not compete . Another resolution refers to a spacious hall to be erected at a cost of £ 3300 . Allow me to urge that a buildinjj erected for Divine service be really a chapel capable of seating say 300 , and used entirely for that
purpose and no other , as nothing tends to foster that spirit of irreverence now so common as the use of a building for service on Sunday and for lectures and entertainments on week-days . Bro . Berridge is an experienced surveyor . Why not instruct him to draw up conditions and particulars of the
school and spacious hall , and invite plans in competition , limited to architects who have taken sufficient interest in the Institution to qualify as , say Life Governor , at least ? Most of the building operations in connection with our Charities have ended in a muddle and unpleasantness , and we seem to be drifting in the same again . —Yours , & c , 1 /\\ i \ 1
uL . r . AN INTRODUCTION . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Permit me though your columns to introduce to the Craft at home an eminent Melbourne brother , who will arrive in England the same time as this reaches you , namely , by the Lusitania , Orient mail boat .
He is Bro . Major S . Trythall , P . M . of Kent Lodge , No . 845 , E . C , Melbourne , and alsoP . M . of Australasia Lodge , No . 492 , S . C ., Melbourne . Bro . Trythall is visiting the old country on a six months'leave of absence , after the long sojourn of 33 years in Victoria . He is a man of culture , connected with the educational system of the colony for over 30 years , and has served 24 years in the defence force ,
in which he deservedl y holds the rank of field-officer . As a Craftsman he is one of thc ornaments of Victorian Masonry , energetic , ever ready to assist a Master , and I can safely asse-t one of the most telling exponents of our beautiful ritual in the Australian Colonies . I am sure , sir and brother , you and prominent
metropolitan and provincial brethren will do your best to show Uro . Trythall every little courtesy possible , in a Masonic sense ; indeed , I know right well he wishes to make an intimate acquaintance with the Craft as worked in the old country . And to that end I trust this communication will be sufficient of an introduction . —Fraternally yours , XV . F . LAMONBY , P . M ., WI . Melbourne , March 7 .
THE OLDEST FREEMASON . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , You say , March the 1 st , that James Newton , who died Feb . 22 nd , was the oldest Freemason in Englandwhich is probably true if Sir Moses Montefiore was not
made in 1 S 07 , as is thought . Can you tell mc if Bro . Knight , of Dover , made in Jan ., 1811 j and Philip Cheetham , of Stockport , 1811 ; and Noyes , of Croydon , 1 S 12 , arc still living—or which of them are dead . -Yours truly , STEPHEN BERRY . " Masonic Token " Office , 37 , Plum-street , Portland , Maine , U . S . A ., March 13 th .
THE FEMALE FREEMASON . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir , Could you inform me through thc medium of your valuable paper if thcrr was ever a female initiated into Masonry , and if so her name ? This question formed the
subject of a discussion here yesterday , and it was decided to refer thc matter to you . Apologising for trespassing on your valuable time , and thanking you in anticipation , — I am , dear Sir , yours faithfully , T . NAYLOR . 109 , Mortimcr-rd ., Kingsland , April 7 . [ Ourcorrespondent will find his query answered on another page . —ED . F . MA
ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS , EARLSWOOD . To the Editor of thc "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I notice in your last issue a letter signed by our old and esteemed friend and brother , George Kenning , appealing for votes on behalf ot James Edward Taylor , son of Bro . James Taylor , " of lodges , 730 , 1331 , & c . " Permit me to say that I think there must be some
mistake as regards Bro . Taylor's membership , present or past , of 730 , as he is unknown to any living member of our lodge , and his name is not to be found in our books , nor are we aware of any member or " connections" claiming or receiving the benefits of any of our Masonic Charities . —Yours faithfully and fraternally , P . M . 730 . April 15 th . [ The lodge 730 above referred to is of the Irish Constitution , as will be seen by a reference to Bro . Taylor ' s advertisement in another column . —ED . F . M . )
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
325 ] SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN . As my remark has been objected to , in private letters before me , that Bro . Gould does not adduce any fresh " evidence " as regards " Sir Christopher Wren ' s Masonic membership " one way or the other , I feel Bound to say a few words . It seems to me , in all deference , that my very valued fellow worker has not attended
to thc words 1 used— "fresh evidence . " By that I mean actual facts , one way or the other , unknown before . It is quite true , as I sought to point out , perhaps not quite fully enough , that in Bro . Gould ' s verification , of certain evidences in our possession , " assurance was made doubly sure . " But verification of ancient evidences is not , strictly speaking , " fresh evidence . " For
we had "discounted ( by " we " I mean Masonic students , if few and far between ) , Aubrey ' s " Ut Dicitur , " thc evidence of the " newspapers , " the official statements of the Mason's Company , the testimony of the " Parentalia , " and Ashmole's initiation , & c . In the " Masonic Magazine" had already appeared the results of a search by a "Bro . " expert from 1715 to 1733 in thc papers ,