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MACKEY'S FREEMASONRY . % * EIGHTH EDITION , thoroughly Revised , with all Recent Changes and Alterations . ByM . C . Peck , Provincial Grand Sec . for N . and E . Yorkshire . A LEXICON OP FREEMASONRY . By Albert G * . Mackey , M . D ., Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of the U . S ., & c . Large post Svo ., handsomely bound in cloth . Price 6 s . "Of MACKEY ' S LEXICON it would be impossible to speak in too high terms ; suffice it to say , that it ought to be in the hands of every Mason who would thoroughly understand and master our noble Science . ... No Masonic Lodge or Library should be without a copy of this most useful work . " —Masonic y ' e-zt-s . " The Editor has had access to sources of information open to few . ... A THOROUGHLY RELIABLE WORK . "—Yorkshire Gazette . LONDON : CHARLES CRU-FIN & Co ., Exeter-st ., Strand .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS , ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . CHIEF PATRONESS : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . GRAND PATRON AND PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . GRAND PATRONESS : HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES . THE NINETY-EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of this Institution will take place On WEDNESDAY , the igth MAY next , under the Presidency of GEN . J . STUDHOLME BROWNRIGG , C . B ., R . W . PROV . GRAND MASTER OF SURREY . Brethren willing to serve the office of Steward are very urgently needed ; and they will greatly oblige by forwarding their names as early as possible to thc Secretary , who will gladly give any information required . President—BRO . THE RIGHT HON . THE LORD MAYOR . Acting Presidents—BRO . CHARLES GREENWOOD , P . G . S . B ., D . Prov . G . M . Surrey . „ Capt . GEORGE LAMBERT , F . S . A ., P . G . S . B ., Vice-Patron . „ CHARLES BELTON , F . R . G . S ., P . Prov . G . D . Surrey , Vice-Patron . Treasurer—BRO . JOHN L . MATHER . Chairman of Ladies' Stewards—BRO . EDGAR BOWYER , P . G . Std . Br ., Vice-Patron . F . R . W . HEDGES , Secretary . Office—5 , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , London , W . C .

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TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMASON is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry of every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — United States , United Kingdom . Canada , thc Continent , India , China , Ceylon , the Colonies & c . Arabia , & c . 13 s . 6 d . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d . Remittances may be made in Stamps , but Post Office Orders o ( cheques are preferred , thc former payable to GEOR (; I : KENMM ; , Chief Office , London , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Uank .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications stand over i—A New Masonic Hall for Drixham . ROYAI . ARCH : —Harmony Chapter , 244 ; Saye and Sele Chapter , 1973 . INSTRUCTION : —Israel Lodge , 205 ; Earl of Zetland Lodge , 1364 ; Hyde Park Lodge , 1425 ; Royal Military Lodge , 1449 ; Duke of Connaught Lodge , 1524 ; Ubique Lodge , 1789 ; Camden Chapter of Improvement j North London Chapter cf Improvement , 1471 .

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Original Correspondence.

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[ Wedo not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of the opinions expressed by ourcorrespondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair p lay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , ] ¦

j ^ reeijasoiBM SATURDAY , MARCH 20 , 1886 . : —«

GREAT PUIORY OF CANADA AND SCOTCH TEMPLARS . To thc Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , My gallant and erudite liro . Colonel McLeod Moore , G . C . T ., Great Prior of Canada , has forwarded to me as Representative of the Great Priory in England , an

important statement relative to the position of the National Great Priory of Canada , and certain local Prioiies or Encampments of Knight Templars in Canada deriving their authority from the Chapter General of Scotland , now ruled by that eminent Mason the Earl of Rosslyn , as Grand Master . Great Priory having now freed itself from the control of

Convent General , claims absolute jurisdiction in Canada throughout the dominion , and the Scottish knights do not seem to see their way clear to give up their independence or allegiance to Scotland . It appears to me , as I think it will to your readers generally , that the Scottish sir knights are now in a false and anomalous position , and it would be much better for them

and for the Order in Canada if they would seek to be absolved from their allegiance to the Grand Master of Scotland , and then they might throw in their lot with the English Canadian Templars , who would , no doubt , give them a hearty welcome and a full share of the honours of the Great Priory . There can bc no question but that absolution would bc as readily granted by the Earl of Rosslyn as by the Prince of Wales , when a like request was made to him by the

Great Priory of Canada , and surely the fratres across thc water do not need to be reminded of the fable of the bundle of sticks , or the time honoured proverb that union is strength . I trust you will be able to find room in the columns of the Freemason , which is read all over the world , for the statements of both the Scottish Templars and the Great Prior of Canada , my venerable and learned friend Col . M'Cleod Moore . —I am , sir and brother , yours in the bonds ,

EMRA HOLMES , K . C . T ., Prov . Prior of Canada , I' . G . Provost of England . FREEMASONRY IN THE COLONIES . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , The institution of a new Craft lodge under the Scottish Constitution has drawn attention here to the anomalous position occupied by Freemasonry in the Colonies . It has long been conceded that thc existence of lodges

under the English , Irish , and Scotch Constitutions in one locality is detrimental to the general interest of all . Too often such lodges are called into existence without consulting the good of the Craft , for various personal reasons , and by disaffected members , for the well-chosen rule that no new lodge will be instituted without consulting the wishes of

existing lodges will not apply when members can obtain a charter from another Constitution . For instance , the Atlantic Phoenix Lodge , No . 224 , in Hamilton , Bermuda , has had a flourishing existence for nearly 100 years , and is certainly well able to do all the Masonic work that would be required in a town of less than 1000 inhabitants . The Master of a neighbouring English lodge—Broad Arrow , No . 1 S 00—Surgeon-Major Campbell , on being stationed in