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CONTENTS .
LEADERS 363 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of East Anglia 364 Records of Old Lodges 364 CORRESPONDENCEPast Masters 365
Reviews 368 Notes and Queries 36 S REPORTS or MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 36 S Instruction 370 Royal Arch—Instruction 370 Mark Masonry 370 Knights Templar 370
Australia 350 China 370 New Zealand 371 Complimentary Banquet to Bro . Froom , I . P . M . 1657 , and Mrs . Froom 371 Installation of the Provincial Grand
Master of Derry and Donegal 371 New Masonic Hall in Coleraine 371 Lord Carnarvon and the Mark Masons ... 373 Masonic Exhibition at Shanklin , Isle of Wight 371 The Craft Abroad 372 Theatres 372 Masonic and General Tidings 374 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iii .
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OUR South Saxon brethren have lost no time and spared no pains or expense in order to ensure the success of their grand gathering in the Dome of the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , on Tuesday next , when his Royal Highness the M . W . GRAND MASTER of ENGLAND will be present , and personally instal his brother , the Duke of CONNAUGHT , as Prov . Grand Master of
Sussex . Masonic events of this important character , in which one or more members of our Royal House play the leading part , are necessarily few . In the late autumn of 1877 the Prince of WALES installed R . W . Bro . Lord SUFFIELD as Prov . Grand Master of Norfolk , and in February , 1876 , his late Royal Highness the Duke of ALBANY was installed Prov . G . M . of
Oxfordshire by the Deputy Grand Master of England , the Earl of LATHOM , then Lord SKELMERSDALE . But on neither of these occasions , nor indeed at the memorable installation of the PRINCE himself , as Grand Master , in April , 1875 , was the ceremony performed by one of our Royal brethren for the benefit of another Royal brother . The nearest parallel
to the event of Tuesday next which occurs to us at the moment , is furnished by the eventful meeting in Freemasons' Hall on the 27 th December , 1813 , when the terms of the compact , or Treaty of Union , between the Grand Lodges of " Ancient " and " Modern " Masons of England having been solemnly ratified by the combined Parliament , as it were , of the two Societies ,
H . R . H . the Duke of KENT , grandfather of our present M . W . G . M . and the P . G . M . designate of Sussex , proposed and , the proposition having been accepted with acclamation , personally assisted in placing his brother , H . R . H . the Duke of SUSSEX , in the chair as M . W . G . M . of the United Grand Lodge of England . This , we repeat , is the nearest approach we can think of to
the circumstances under which the Duke of CONNAUGHT will be installed as Grand Master of the Province of Sussex on Tuesday next , and we need only add that if the ceremony appointed for that day produces but
onehalf , or even but one-tenth of the beneficial results which followed the installation of the Duke of SUSSEX by his brother , the Duke of KENT , the brethren of our-highly favoured Province of Sussex will have good reason to be thankful .
* * * BUT in our desire to satisfy the historic predilections of our readers , we must not lose sight of the business arrangements connected with next week ' s ceremony at Brighton . It will be to little purpose our attempting to establish a parallel under considerably modified conditions between that event
and the far more memorable ceremony of 1813 if we are oblivious of the fact that even the genial influences of Freemasonry will not of themselves suffice to fill a large hall , unless the duly qualified people are there to occupy it , and that duly qualified people cannot transport themselves from near and far to a certain trysting-place unless they have some knowledge of the
means of locomotion thither . As regards these latter , we gave the necessary information last week , both in our editorial and advertisement columns ; but any of our readers who may have overlooked these particulars will find them carefully reproduced in the official announcement on another page . As regards the accommodation
available in the Dome at Brighton , it seems there is a general •idea abroad that it is very limited , and that our Sussex brethren alone , if they all attended—to say nothing of the members of Grand Lodge and intending visitors from London and other provinces—would find themselves most inconveniently crowded
together , and would perforce have to endure serious discomfort while witnessing so rare a spectacle . But this is very far from being the case . Those who know anything of the cubic capacity of this portion of the Royal Pavilion are aware that it takes a very large muster of people to fill it , and
none of our readers who may wish to be present need hesitate about applying to Bro . V . P . FREEMAN , Prov . Grand Secretary of Sussex , for tickets of admission . Only we must take leave to remind them that there is not much time to spare between now and Tuesday next for them to apply for and receive the requisite vouchers ,
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ONE of those annual events which are associated with our central Masonic Institutions , and to which every one looks forward with so much pleasure , took place on Thursday , the ioth inst ., when the Stewards of the Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution and their friends paid their accustomed visit to the Old Folks in residence at Croydon . The state of the weather left a good deal to be desired , and no doubt the muster of visitors was reduced in consequence . However , the party , including very
many ladies , numbered somewhere about 200 , and , once arrived at Croydon , there was no difficulty about enjoying oneself , and helping everybody else to do the same . Bro . TERRY , as usual , was in great force , and impartially distributed his kind attentions among the residents , the Stewards , and their friends . The Boys' School Band , which was driven over in a brake from Wood Green , added largely to the pleasures of the gathering by their really excellent music , while the necessary refreshment was discussed in ample form under the genial auspices of Bro . C . J . PERCEVAL .
» # * THE Report for 1885-6 of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Freemasonry in Western India appears to be for the most part of a satisfactory character . We learn at the very outset that all the chapters in the jurisdiction are not as prompt and obedient in the matter of sending in their returns as they might be , and three of them are cited by name as not having
fulfilled this particular rule of the P . G . Chapter ; but in all other respects the proceedings appear to have been conducted harmoniously and with results beneficial to the interests of the Royal Arch Degree . Financially , thoughthe amounts dealt with are necessarily on a limited scale , the position of the P . G . Chapter would appear to be sound , inasmuch as , at the audit of accounts on the 28 th February last , the balance to the credit of the Body
was in excess of 1091 rupees , of which 800 rupees represent the " Fixed Deposit in Agra Bank , " while the remainder consisted of a current account in the same bank , and cash in hand . One or two motions of considerable importance were passed during the year . At the convocation on the 7 th September it was unanimously agreed that " 10 per cent , of the actual funds of the Provincial Grand Chapter , say rupees 100 , as also
10 per cent , of the gross monthly revenue , be handed over to the Scottish Freemasons' Benevolent Society in India . " On the 22 nd March last , after a long discussion , it was agreed that " Honorary Officers be subject to dues as ordinary members , and only be exempt from the dues appertaining to the honorary office they hold . " Some such law would seem to have become necessary in order to establish the proper distinction
between honorary members and honorary officers , the former of whom pay no dues and have no right to vote . As regards the personnel of the executive part of the Prov . Grand Chapter , very great regret was felt when it was announced in September last that Comp . SKINNER had resigned the office of Prov . G . Scribe E ., and the feeling was still greater when the sad announcement was made in March of his untimely death ; a vote of
condolence with his widow being unanimously agreed to . The present Prov . G . Scribe E . is Comp . YOUNG , who in the brief time he lias held office seems to have fully justified his selection for that important ofiice . We trust the current year will prove still more prosperous , and that at its close Comp . H . MORLAND will have the satisfaction of congratulating the companions on their improved condition , both as regards means and membership .
IT seems difficult to assign any reasonable motive for the conduct of the Grand Lodge of Illinois in deliberately abandoning its position of neutrality as between the Grand Lodges of Quebec and England , with both of which it was till lately upon terms of fraternal intercourse , and arraying itself in sympathy with the former in its difference with our United Grand Lodge .
There was no necessity for it to have specially concerned itself about this difference , which was not of a character to affect its friendly relations with other Grand Lodges in America and elsewhere . There was no principle involved which was likely to imperil its own sovereign independence , while the position towards each other of the two disputant Grand Lodges , though , as regards that of Quebec , it maybe said to have recently entered upon a more
acute stage , was in fact precisely what it is and has been during the last fifteen or sixteen years , or , in other words , for as long as the Grand Lodge of Quebec has had a recognised existence . Under these circumstances , it is but natural to suppose that Illinois would have allowed the dispute between its two friends to run its course , threatening intervention only in the case of its seeing ils way clear to bringing about or helping to bring about an amicable adjustment between them . However , it has preferred another
course , and we must leave it to the general public to decide whether it has not adopted the one which is least calculated to support its own dignity . We do not object to its inclin ing in its sympathies towards Quebec rather than towards our Grand Lodge . The position of the three English lodges in Montreal seems clear to us , but it may not be so clear to others . At all events , it is a matter about which different people may be expected to hold ^ different opinions , and we cannot grumble if some of those opinions
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CONTENTS .
LEADERS 363 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of East Anglia 364 Records of Old Lodges 364 CORRESPONDENCEPast Masters 365
Reviews 368 Notes and Queries 36 S REPORTS or MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 36 S Instruction 370 Royal Arch—Instruction 370 Mark Masonry 370 Knights Templar 370
Australia 350 China 370 New Zealand 371 Complimentary Banquet to Bro . Froom , I . P . M . 1657 , and Mrs . Froom 371 Installation of the Provincial Grand
Master of Derry and Donegal 371 New Masonic Hall in Coleraine 371 Lord Carnarvon and the Mark Masons ... 373 Masonic Exhibition at Shanklin , Isle of Wight 371 The Craft Abroad 372 Theatres 372 Masonic and General Tidings 374 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iii .
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OUR South Saxon brethren have lost no time and spared no pains or expense in order to ensure the success of their grand gathering in the Dome of the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , on Tuesday next , when his Royal Highness the M . W . GRAND MASTER of ENGLAND will be present , and personally instal his brother , the Duke of CONNAUGHT , as Prov . Grand Master of
Sussex . Masonic events of this important character , in which one or more members of our Royal House play the leading part , are necessarily few . In the late autumn of 1877 the Prince of WALES installed R . W . Bro . Lord SUFFIELD as Prov . Grand Master of Norfolk , and in February , 1876 , his late Royal Highness the Duke of ALBANY was installed Prov . G . M . of
Oxfordshire by the Deputy Grand Master of England , the Earl of LATHOM , then Lord SKELMERSDALE . But on neither of these occasions , nor indeed at the memorable installation of the PRINCE himself , as Grand Master , in April , 1875 , was the ceremony performed by one of our Royal brethren for the benefit of another Royal brother . The nearest parallel
to the event of Tuesday next which occurs to us at the moment , is furnished by the eventful meeting in Freemasons' Hall on the 27 th December , 1813 , when the terms of the compact , or Treaty of Union , between the Grand Lodges of " Ancient " and " Modern " Masons of England having been solemnly ratified by the combined Parliament , as it were , of the two Societies ,
H . R . H . the Duke of KENT , grandfather of our present M . W . G . M . and the P . G . M . designate of Sussex , proposed and , the proposition having been accepted with acclamation , personally assisted in placing his brother , H . R . H . the Duke of SUSSEX , in the chair as M . W . G . M . of the United Grand Lodge of England . This , we repeat , is the nearest approach we can think of to
the circumstances under which the Duke of CONNAUGHT will be installed as Grand Master of the Province of Sussex on Tuesday next , and we need only add that if the ceremony appointed for that day produces but
onehalf , or even but one-tenth of the beneficial results which followed the installation of the Duke of SUSSEX by his brother , the Duke of KENT , the brethren of our-highly favoured Province of Sussex will have good reason to be thankful .
* * * BUT in our desire to satisfy the historic predilections of our readers , we must not lose sight of the business arrangements connected with next week ' s ceremony at Brighton . It will be to little purpose our attempting to establish a parallel under considerably modified conditions between that event
and the far more memorable ceremony of 1813 if we are oblivious of the fact that even the genial influences of Freemasonry will not of themselves suffice to fill a large hall , unless the duly qualified people are there to occupy it , and that duly qualified people cannot transport themselves from near and far to a certain trysting-place unless they have some knowledge of the
means of locomotion thither . As regards these latter , we gave the necessary information last week , both in our editorial and advertisement columns ; but any of our readers who may have overlooked these particulars will find them carefully reproduced in the official announcement on another page . As regards the accommodation
available in the Dome at Brighton , it seems there is a general •idea abroad that it is very limited , and that our Sussex brethren alone , if they all attended—to say nothing of the members of Grand Lodge and intending visitors from London and other provinces—would find themselves most inconveniently crowded
together , and would perforce have to endure serious discomfort while witnessing so rare a spectacle . But this is very far from being the case . Those who know anything of the cubic capacity of this portion of the Royal Pavilion are aware that it takes a very large muster of people to fill it , and
none of our readers who may wish to be present need hesitate about applying to Bro . V . P . FREEMAN , Prov . Grand Secretary of Sussex , for tickets of admission . Only we must take leave to remind them that there is not much time to spare between now and Tuesday next for them to apply for and receive the requisite vouchers ,
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ONE of those annual events which are associated with our central Masonic Institutions , and to which every one looks forward with so much pleasure , took place on Thursday , the ioth inst ., when the Stewards of the Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution and their friends paid their accustomed visit to the Old Folks in residence at Croydon . The state of the weather left a good deal to be desired , and no doubt the muster of visitors was reduced in consequence . However , the party , including very
many ladies , numbered somewhere about 200 , and , once arrived at Croydon , there was no difficulty about enjoying oneself , and helping everybody else to do the same . Bro . TERRY , as usual , was in great force , and impartially distributed his kind attentions among the residents , the Stewards , and their friends . The Boys' School Band , which was driven over in a brake from Wood Green , added largely to the pleasures of the gathering by their really excellent music , while the necessary refreshment was discussed in ample form under the genial auspices of Bro . C . J . PERCEVAL .
» # * THE Report for 1885-6 of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Freemasonry in Western India appears to be for the most part of a satisfactory character . We learn at the very outset that all the chapters in the jurisdiction are not as prompt and obedient in the matter of sending in their returns as they might be , and three of them are cited by name as not having
fulfilled this particular rule of the P . G . Chapter ; but in all other respects the proceedings appear to have been conducted harmoniously and with results beneficial to the interests of the Royal Arch Degree . Financially , thoughthe amounts dealt with are necessarily on a limited scale , the position of the P . G . Chapter would appear to be sound , inasmuch as , at the audit of accounts on the 28 th February last , the balance to the credit of the Body
was in excess of 1091 rupees , of which 800 rupees represent the " Fixed Deposit in Agra Bank , " while the remainder consisted of a current account in the same bank , and cash in hand . One or two motions of considerable importance were passed during the year . At the convocation on the 7 th September it was unanimously agreed that " 10 per cent , of the actual funds of the Provincial Grand Chapter , say rupees 100 , as also
10 per cent , of the gross monthly revenue , be handed over to the Scottish Freemasons' Benevolent Society in India . " On the 22 nd March last , after a long discussion , it was agreed that " Honorary Officers be subject to dues as ordinary members , and only be exempt from the dues appertaining to the honorary office they hold . " Some such law would seem to have become necessary in order to establish the proper distinction
between honorary members and honorary officers , the former of whom pay no dues and have no right to vote . As regards the personnel of the executive part of the Prov . Grand Chapter , very great regret was felt when it was announced in September last that Comp . SKINNER had resigned the office of Prov . G . Scribe E ., and the feeling was still greater when the sad announcement was made in March of his untimely death ; a vote of
condolence with his widow being unanimously agreed to . The present Prov . G . Scribe E . is Comp . YOUNG , who in the brief time he lias held office seems to have fully justified his selection for that important ofiice . We trust the current year will prove still more prosperous , and that at its close Comp . H . MORLAND will have the satisfaction of congratulating the companions on their improved condition , both as regards means and membership .
IT seems difficult to assign any reasonable motive for the conduct of the Grand Lodge of Illinois in deliberately abandoning its position of neutrality as between the Grand Lodges of Quebec and England , with both of which it was till lately upon terms of fraternal intercourse , and arraying itself in sympathy with the former in its difference with our United Grand Lodge .
There was no necessity for it to have specially concerned itself about this difference , which was not of a character to affect its friendly relations with other Grand Lodges in America and elsewhere . There was no principle involved which was likely to imperil its own sovereign independence , while the position towards each other of the two disputant Grand Lodges , though , as regards that of Quebec , it maybe said to have recently entered upon a more
acute stage , was in fact precisely what it is and has been during the last fifteen or sixteen years , or , in other words , for as long as the Grand Lodge of Quebec has had a recognised existence . Under these circumstances , it is but natural to suppose that Illinois would have allowed the dispute between its two friends to run its course , threatening intervention only in the case of its seeing ils way clear to bringing about or helping to bring about an amicable adjustment between them . However , it has preferred another
course , and we must leave it to the general public to decide whether it has not adopted the one which is least calculated to support its own dignity . We do not object to its inclin ing in its sympathies towards Quebec rather than towards our Grand Lodge . The position of the three English lodges in Montreal seems clear to us , but it may not be so clear to others . At all events , it is a matter about which different people may be expected to hold ^ different opinions , and we cannot grumble if some of those opinions