Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS .

PAGE RULERS OF FREEMASONRY HOLDING CORRECT OPINIONS ... 397 OBITUARYW . Bro . William H . Hoff 397 LETTER FROM THE G . M . M . M .. OF ENGLAND TO

THE GRAND CHAPTER OF SCOTLAND ... 397 THE CRAFTProvincial ... ... ... ... ... - S'J ' Nova Scotia ... ... ... ... 39 ^

ROYAL ARCHProvincial ... ... ... ... ... ... 39 ^ Nova Scotia ... ... ... ... ¦• - 39 § MARK MASONRY 399 MASONRY IN

AMERICASemi-Centennial of Olive Branch Lodge , Leroy , New York .. 400 MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK 400 PROY . GRAND MARKLODGEOFLANCASHIR . E ( S . C . ) 401 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 402 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS ... * ... 402

CANADIAN DIFFICULTY 402 MULTUM IN PARVO 403 & 404 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCEThe Henry VI . MS 404 The Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War 404

A Belief m God and a 1 ' uture Resurrection , & c . 404 The Rhodocanakis Controversy ... ... ... 404 Scotch Masonry ... ... ... ... ... 405 Foreign Titles .. ... ... ... ... 405 Province of Cornwall , and Alfred Nutt .. 405 INSTALLATION OF THE DISTRICT GRAND MASTER

OF BOMBAY 406 PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SOMERSET ... 406

POETRYStanzas ... ... ... ... ... ... 406 J OTTINGS FROM MASONIC J OURNALS 406

Rulers Of Freemasonry Hold Ing Correct Opinions.

R ULERS of FREE MA SONR Y HOLDING CORRECT OPINIONS .

Much weight is often attached to those in power , placed at the head of our Order for the conducting on right principles of our lodges , and of their laws and ceremonials . It is gratifying when we see those principles

upheld in their integrity by our rulers , and most deplorable when we find in the person of any brother a direct violation of them . As Freemasons , we are equal in a lodge , we meet upon the level , and ought therefore to

think for ourselves—at the same time paying attention to the unchangeable laws ofthe Order ; but when the labours of the lodge are over , and when we mingle once more with the world , each then again resumes

his proper social position , and exercises the privileges of that rank to which the customs of society entitle him . A pleasing example of correct principles may be found in the conduct of our Right Honourable Brother

Earl Percy , Provincial Grand Master of Northumberland , who said , on the evening of Tuesday , 2 nd August , 1870 , at a meeting of the Grand Mark Lodge of England , " Any one acquainted with Masonry would

allow that there was some reference to a future state . " To those acquainted with Freemasonry , a glance at our landmarks substantiates thc words spoken by our noble brother . " Subsidiary to belief in God , is thc

belief in a resurrection to a future life . " This doctrine is taught by plain implication , and runs through thc whole symbolism of the Order . To believe in Masonry , and not believe in a resurrection would be absurd an

anomaly , which could only be excused by the reflection , that he who thus confounded his belief and his scepticism , was so ignorant of the meaning of both theories as to have no rational foundation for his

knowledge of either . A most deplorable overlook of the law came under my own observation , when a Master of a lodge , and

a party looked upon as high in authority , said what was prohibited in the printed laws of thc lodge , and in the unchangeable laws of the Order , was perfectly right and

Rulers Of Freemasonry Hold Ing Correct Opinions.

proper , making therefore a mistake , whilst at the same time teaching brethren that they should always think , and look at the lawsand landmarks for themselves , and not be like a number of members of the Scottish Craft

who on going home lately from a meeting , said concerning a question which had been talked of , '' As the Grand Master has said so-and-so , it must be all right , " although the O . B . and thc printed laws of the lodge

actually condemned it . I am confident that all members of the Fraternity , everywhere , rejoice when we find those entrusted with the government of the Craft teaching correct principles , and that they deplore when

any mistake happens in the teaching of brethren by one high in authority , or anything to detract from the glorious doctrines of Freemasonry . CHALMERS I . PATON .

Obituary.

Obituary .

W . BRO . WILLIAM H . HOFF . It is with extreme regret that we announce thedeath ofthisdistinguisbed brother , which took place at Simla on the 30 th June , after a long and lingering illness . The pathetic poem from his pen , which appeared in our

last number , describes the sufferings he underwent , which he bore with Christian fortitude ; and shows that he was fully prepared for being called away from this earthly tenure to the Grand Lodge above . W . Bro . Hoff was an earnest and

enthusiastic Mason , and like his late respected father , devoted his whole life to the interests ofthe Order . He heldseveral high offices in theDistrict Grand Lodgcof Bengal , and was also elected Honorary Member of several

lodges in Calcutta , Madras , and Bombay . He was best known as the talented Editor ofthe late Indian Freemasons' Friend , which he conducted with consummate ability for about twelve years . After the extinction

of that journal , Bro . Hoff continued his literary labours on behalf of the Order by contributing to this journal , up to the time that he was attacked with his last serious illness .

Our deceased brother has left a widowand eight children to bemoan their sad bereavement . Thc sympathies of thc Craft all over India wc feel sure are with them ; but we regret to learn that they are not well

provided for ; the brethren in Calcutta we doubt not will make the family of our departed brother their especial care , yet we hope the brethren of Bombay and Madras

will contribute their mite , to mitigate in some small degree the great loss this large family has sustained . —Masonic Record of Western India .

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INI'ERN'ATIONAI . EXHIBITION" OF 1871 . —We arc requested by Her Majesty ' s Commissioners to state that there is no foundation for the run-tour that the International Exhibition appointed for 1 S 71 is to be postponed by reason of the war . The first of thc

series of Annual International Exhibitions of Selected Works of Fine and Industrial Art and Scientific Invention will take place next year , as already announced . M . llouel has written a life of the Russian mathematician , Lobatchcfski .

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London , W . A lest on Loan sent gratis if required . Caution . —Spurious Electric Appliances being advertised by Quack Doctors , Patients should consult l ' ulvcr lnacher ' s Pamphlet on thai subject ( free hy post ) , embodying other most interesting matter for those suffering from Rheumatic and Neuralgic Pains , Functional Disorders , & c , & c —[ Advt . ]

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The following letter has been , addressed to the G . Chapter of Scotland , by the Rev . G . R . Portal , Grand Mark Master Mason of England , & c , protesting against thc recent unwarrantable and unmasonic aggression on the rights of English Mark Masters , by the establishment of a Scotch Province in Lancashire : —

Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales , and the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown . Office : —2 , Red Lion Square , Holborn , London , W . C , 10 th August , 1870 . Sir and Companion ,

I am directed by the M . W . Grand Mark Master Mason of England , & c , to express to the G . R . A . Chapter of Scotland , the great regret with which he has heard of a new act of aggression on the part of that body , in appointing a District

G . M . over the Mark Degree in Lancashire . The Grand Mark Master Mason enters his protest against this fresh attack upon the rights of English Mark- Master Masons by a foreign jurisdiction and he desires to place on record the following

facts—1 . That the English Mark Lodges have from time immemorial had an independent existence , and have never been subordinate either to the United Grand Lodge , or the Grand Chapter , of England , or to any authority whatever in Scotland . 2 . That ten of these independent and autonomous

Lodges have vested their inherent powers in the Grand Lodge of M . M . Masons , founded by certain of their number in 1 S 56 , in accordance with the precedent set in 1717 in the formation of the Grand Lodge in London , and by the Royal Arch Masons who constituted the Grand Chapter of Scotland , in August , 1 S 17 .

3 . That by this Grand Mark Lodge so constituted ' One hundred and eight Warrants to Lodges have been issued- and that the Mark Master Masons advanced in these Lodges are recognised as true and lawful Mark Masters by the Grancl Chapters of Ireland and of Canada . 4 . That in Scotland the Mark degree is admitted by the Grand Chapter to have been '' wrought by the

operative Lodges of St . John s Masonry from time immemorial , and long before the institution of the Grand Lodge of Scotland in 1736 . " It is notorious that at that dale Royal Arch Masonry as such , did not exist , while its secrets were given in the Master ' s degree . Thc Grand Chapter was not formed till 1 S 17 , consequently in this invasion of the English jurisdiction , a modern Scottish organization is

claiming authority over an English degree of immemorial antiquity . This authority the Grand Mark Master Mason entirely repudiates . 5 . The Grand M . M . M . is well aware that the excuse for this unmasonic act on the part of the Grand Chapter of Scotland is , that thc Grand Mark Lodge is not recognised by the Craft Grand Lodge , or the Grand Chapter ,

of England . But the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Scotland writes to this G . L . on June 22 , 1864 . " The Gra ' iul Lodge of Scotland does not recognise Royal Arch Masonry and its various degrees ; " so that if recognition by the Craft Grand Lodge is a condition of legitimacy , it is one not possessed by Royal Arch degree , and the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland . On thc

other hand , the Craft Grand Lodge of England is barred by thc Articles of Union from recognising any degrees but the first three , including the Royal Arch , as existing and sanctioned by the Lodge of Reconciliation in 1813 . It certainly does dot recognise the Grand Chapter of Scotland as the head of the Mark degree , cither in Scotland or England . It does not recognise the High Grades or

the Knights Templars any more than the Mark—though the fact that of thc Past Grand M . M . Masons , one , the Earl of Carnarvon , is now Deputy G . M . of England , and that Lord Leigh , Viscount . Holmesdale , M . I ' ., and Mr . Beach , JAP ., are all Provincial Grand Masters of the Craft , proves that no antagonistic feeling exists between thc members of the two bodies .

6 . It is also urged that the recognition of a supreme jurisdiction over the Mark degree would be an anomaly . It is scarcely more so than the recognition of a supreme jurisdiction over the R . A . degree , which is declared by thc Grand Lodge of Kngland to be only half a degree , making one in conjunction with that of the Master Mason —and being confessedly of modern origin compared with

that of Mark Master . While , however , fully admitting the right < f Mark Mnster Masons elsewhere , to place themselves under any jurisdiction , Royal Arch or other , that they may think lit , the Grand Mark Master Mason of England has simply to vindicate the immemorial independence of English Mark Lodges , and to maintain their right to organise themselves in a Grand Lodge , and also

to protest against tne unwarrantable aggressions which for the last fifteen years have been made by the G . Chapter of Scothnd upon English Mark Masonry . TheG . M . M . M . desires to express his earnest hope that the remaining Sco ! li-h Mark Masters in England will before long follow the example of the seven lodges which have transferred their allegiance to the Mark G . L . Should any trifling

difference in ritual stand 111 the way of tins desirable union , he will at all times be happy to meet their wishes to the utmost . Till such lime arrive , however , while sincerely anxious that brotherly friendship and Masonic good feeling should subsist between Scotch and English Mark Masters as individuals , the G . M . M . M . can in no way recognise thc warrants or certificates issued by the G . C . of Scotland .

I am , Sir and Companion , Yours fai hlully and fraternally , FREDERICK , BINCKES , Grand Secretary . To the Grand Scribe G . R . A . Chapter , Scotland .