Royal Masonic Pedigree Wheat.

the interest taken in the . matter by his Roya l Hig hness , which alone is sufficient reward to Bro . Deller for his trouble and care in the matter , at the same time his thoughtfnlness has

supp lied what has hitherto been wanting , viz : — a pedigree wheat for use for all Masonic purposes . Any brother wishing to keep up the " breed , " may have a few grains on application .

Our Masonic Charities.

OUR MASONIC CHARITIES .

At the installation of the W . M . of the Stour Valley Lodge , on the ioth inst ., the D . P . G . M . for Suffolk took occasion to refer to a scheme submitted to the Provincial Grand Lodge at its last meeting at Lowestoft , by the P . G . J . W . for Suffolk , for concentrating the action of the

several lodges in the province , in behalf of resident candidates for the benefits of the Masonic Charities . He ( the D . P . G . M . ) would take upon himself to say that if the scheme of the Senior Warden was not at once adopted at that Provincial meeting , it was not from any hesitation

on the part of the brethren to admit the importance and desirableness of its object , but from a not unreasonable wish to have time to digest the details for its organization . The brethren of the Stour Valley Lodge would be glad to hear that it had since engaged the special attention of

the Prov . Grand Master , and the brethren might be prepared for the issue of a commission from him for the careful revision of the subject , with a view to a renewal of its discussion at the Provincial Grand Lodge next year . A similar scheme had been debated by the

Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex , and a resolution unanimously passed to appoint a Committee " to consider the best mode of promoting unity of action in the province . " The D . Prov . G . M . also suggested , and the

suggestion met with a hearty response from the brethren present , that the Masonic Charities mi ght be materiall y benefited by the formation of funds , by small monthly subscriptions , for the purchase fiom time to time of Life Governorships .

Summer Banquet Of The Hervey Lodge (No. 1260).

SUMMER BANQUET OF THE HERVEY LODGE ( No . 1260 ) .

The summer banquet of the Hervey Lodge was held on Wednesday , in the picturesque gardens attached to the well known" Crown" Hotel , at Broxbourne . A more beautiful spot for an " al fresco" fete could not have been selected . It is now

more than half a dozen years ago , that Shirley Hibberd said , in the Gardener ' s Magazine , " The Broxbourne Gardens are the most finished , the most beautiful and most tasteful of any I have ever entered . " Since then , nothing that refined taste could suggest and liberal expenditure

procure , has been wanting on the part of the proprietor , Bro . Benningfield , to render them stil more perfect . Amongst the brethren present we noticed , Bros . C . Darby , W . M . ; Harrison , J . W . ; G . King , junior , P . M . and Sec . ; Henry Hollingsworth , S . D . ; E . King , senior , P . M . ;

Czarnecki , Southwood , Kingcombe , P . Sandiland , Ward , Vine , Batter , Bigwood , and Speight , also Bros . Wright , W . M . 11 . 53 ; Green , J . W . a 7 , Williams , 4 , 3 * , Ballard , - ; u ; and Saunders , 1257 , nearly the whole of whom were accompanied by their wives and sisters . After the

banquet the W . M . proposed the " Queen and the Craft , " and the other usual Masonic toasts . The I . P . M ., Bro . G . King , then proposed the " Health of the Worshipful Master , " congratulating him on the prosperity of the Hervey Lodge , and the new idea he had inaugurated by

enabling the wives and sisters of the brethren to partake of their festivity . The W . M . made » suitable reply , and proposed " The Visitors , " to which Bro . Wright , W . M . 11 , 58 , responded . The W . M . then proposed " The Past Masters of the Lodge , " which was acknowledged by

Bro . King ; senior . The next toast was that of " The Banquet Committee , " coupling with the toast the name of Bro . Southwood , who , the W . M . observed , bore the heat and burden of the day in arranging all the details of the banquet ,

and to whose taste and tact they were so much indebted for the success which had crowned it Bro . Southwood replied , and the last toast " The Ladies , " was given by Bro . G . King , jun ., and acknowledged by the W , M , Wc must not

Summer Banquet Of The Hervey Lodge (No. 1260).

omit to notice that the expense ofthe orchestral music , the exquisite menus ( had expressly from Paris ) and the novel bon bons , each containing an elegant fan , or some other appropriate present for the ladies , was borne by individual members

of the lodge , and the entire arrangements were devised , that a most enjoyable day was spent by the brethren and their friends , at a less expense to the lodge than would have been incurred at an ordinary banquet within its walls .

Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

The monthly meeting of the Committee of this Institution was held on Wednesday , at Freemason ' s Hall , Bro . Henry Browse in the chair . There were also present Bros . Janies Brett , C . A . Cottebrune , J . Constable , L . Stean , Thomas Cubitt , Thomas W . White , Hyde Pullen , James

Stevens , H . M . Levy , F . Adlard , F . Kent , and others . Bro . James Terry ( Secretary ) , having sead the minutes , which were put and confirmed , several applications from both males and females to be placed on the list for election were received ; and the meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . J AMES MASON . We copy the following from a local paper : — We sincerely regret to have to record the death of Bro . James Mason , master mariner , of Fort Elizabeth , which sad event occured with fearful suddenness on Tuesday afternoon . May 12 th . Deceased was occupied about his usual business at his hotel at Kinkel Bush

during the day and appeared to be in good health . In the afternoon he was greatly irritated by one of his servants , who , instead of preparing dinner for the expected passengers per Cobb & Co . ' s cart , had got drunk and entirely neglected his duties , so that at the last moment deceased had

himself to set energetically to work , and labouring under considerable excitement at the time , it is supposed that one of the vessels of the heart suddenly burst , as he fell down dead without the slightest warning being apparent of his approaching end . Captain Mason was a man greatly

respected for his kindly disposition and bluff good humoured manner . His earl y life was spent at sea , and among other vessels he commanded the Alexandra and Hero of the Nile , both of which vessels were regular traders to this port , and , with Captain Mason in charge ,

were favourite passenger ships . Some fifteen years ago he settled d 0 wn in Port Elizabeth by opening the Masonic Hotel , which he conducted until three or four years since , when , on leaving on a visit to England , he made it over . to Mr . S * einman . On his return he kept a hotel at the

North-end of this town for a short time , but afterwards , having purchased the Kinkel Bush Hotel , went to reside therein , and at the time of his death was driving a good business . Captain Mason was a member of the Masonic Lodge

of Good Will , and his funeral , which took place yesterday , was conducted with Masonic honours , a large number of the brethren attending to pay their last tribute of respect to , the memory of a departed and worthy brother .

The Great City Lodge of Instruction ( No . 1426 ) , have made arrangements for resuming their meetings , every Thursday evening , commencing on the 24 th inst ., at 6 . 30 p . m ., at the offices of The London Warehousemen ' s Association , in , Cheapside , entrance in Honeylane , opposite Bow Church .

IT IS AS UNWISE , as it is dangerous , to shut your eyes to the approach of disease . In preserving health , as in making money , there must be no slackness of purpose , or the chance may slip away and never be recalled . Glandular swellings about the throat , neuralgia , tic-dolortux , rheumatism , gout , lumbago , and other diseases affecting the glands , muscles , and nerves , are permanently eradicated

by Holloway ' s healing , anti-febrile , and soothing Unguent . Skin diseases and superficial or deeper seated sores soon lose their angry and painful character under its cooling , beneficial action . Holloway ' s Pills have never been administered either by hospital or private practitioners , in dyspepsia or liver complaint , without producing the desired result . —ADVT .

The Strong Foundation.

THE STRONG FOUNDATION .

A Poem composed for the occasioi : of the Masonic gathering at Wilmington , Delaware , June 12 , 1874 and respectfully dedicated to Most Worshipful J . P . Allmoud , Esq ., Grand Master of Delaware .

BY BRO . Ron MORRIS . [ The Temple built by Solomon , after standing 420 years was totally destroyed by the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar . Its successor , erected by Zerubbabel , stood nearly 500 years . It was

taken down by Herod , and replaced by a third . The Temple of Herod after standing about 100 years , was destroyed by the Romans under Titus . The Mosk of O . na-, occupying the original site of those three edifices , has- stood

abjut 1200 years But amidst all these changes , covering nearly thirty centuries , the foundations laid by the builders of Solomon , have remained unmoved . Composed of weighty stones , artistically laid

together , each designated by the private mark of its quarry men—the stones anchored together , and to the sides of Mount Moriah , by bars of iron and lead , the great foundation wall , 1000 feet thick , and 1500 feet long , stands , after

defying alike the ravages of barbarians , aud the force ofthe earthquakes , and the silent effects of time , for 300 years . And so it will stand , until the fiat of the Grand Architect of the Universe shall declare " time shall be no longer !"

It is so with the system of Freemasonry . Its foundations composed of the grandest principles ever communicated by God to man , stand as they ever have stood unmoved amidst all the changes of time . Lodges and Grand Lodges

may perish , the opposition of evil men may raze our halls and tehiples to the ground , our Order may be villified and made unpopular by war

from without , and the evil conduct of unworthy brethren within , but our foundation " standeth sure , having this seal , —the . Lord knoweth them that are His !"

When the appointed time had come . And Israel from his mountain home Come up , by Solomon ' s command , To lay , in state , the corner-stone

And build the temple high and grand , An edifice that God would own , — The monarch by a just Decree , Thus set the law eternally : —

Lay the foundations deep ! the fane May not , to distant age remain ; The tooth of time may gnaw its side ; The foe deface its golden pride ; Pillar , Pillaster , height and base ,

May mingle in one foul disgrace;—But with foundations deep and wise , Other and nobler works will rise , And , till the earth in ruin sink , Some structure crown Moriah's brink !

The people bowed obedient head ; Hiram , the Architect , began , By long and wise experience led—How sadly to our spirits come The memories of that good man ' s doom !

To justify the Monarch s plan : From mighty quarries raised the rock In Ashlars huge and weighty drew , — See , yet , they rise upon the view ,

In spite of time and earthquakes shock ! Until there stood as yet there stands , The grandest pile of human hands ; A sure foundation , deep and wise , On which the noblest works may rise .

Craftsmen ! ye build but tor a day , Unless these precepts you obey ! How oft we see within our land , A structure reared upon the sand ! Its walls—magnifical they rise ;

Its towers they pierce the very skies ; Crowds , through its portals eager press , Beauty and rank its altar grace , And , —then the storm has blown , —' tis gone From turret-top to corner-stone ! Craftsmen ! the lessons heed and keep , — Lay your Foundations wise and deep !