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a lodge from its constituted place of meeting , without thc knowledge and consent of the officers and members of the lodge , ancl the installation of thc succeeding W . M . takes place there—is that W . M . legally installed , and is he truly the legally installed W . M . according to the recognised rules of Freemasonry . Yours fraternally , ENQUIRER .

[ We can hardly believe that any W . M . could act so illegally and improperly . "Enquirer" has only to write to the Grand Secretary . All the proceedings are , if not actually " void , " at any rate " voidable . " We think they are altogether "void , " as the W . M . has disobeyed the provisions of the Book of Constitutions in almost every particular . —ED . F . M . ]

OUR CHARITY RETURNS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sif * and Brother , — I was looking over the other day some volumes of the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review " for 1 S 45 , 1 S 46 , and 1 S 47 , thirty-five , thirty-four , and thirty-three years ago , more than a generation , and found some facts relative to

the returns then for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution and the Schools , which are interesting to note , and important to remember , as pointing both to the wonderful increase of our Order , and the proper development of Charitable sympathies and efforts . In 1 S 45 , the Girls' School Festival was held May 21 st , when 1000 guineas were collected , and which is termed a

noble subscription . " The Festival for Aged Freemasons took place June iSth , when the amount received was £ 400 . The whole income of the Institution was £ 3753 12 s . lid . In 1847 , May 10 th , amid "loud applause , " the amount of the festival was nearly £ 600 . In 1846 , the Boys' School Festival was held March 10 ,

Bro . R . Alston , Prov . G . M . for Essex , in the chair , when the collection amounted to £ 450 17 s . Cd . There were then 48 boys in the School , the receipts of which , £ 294 2 s . 6 d ., came from dividends , £ 150 from Grand Lodge , and £ 922 iSs . sd . from subscribers , & c , amounted to £ 13 6703 . lid . The expenditure amounted to £ 1144 , leaving a balance of £ 223 is . gd . The boys were clothed and educated , but not fed .

I beg to commend these figures and facts to the sympa theticnotice of your manyreaders . —I am yours fraternally , J . DRYASDUST , P . M .

QUERIES . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Can you or one of your many contributors inform mc in what year was Bro . Dr . Robert Thomas Goss Crucifix suspended by the Craft Grand Lodge for abuse oi H . R . H . thc Duke of Sussex ?—Yours fraternally , I . H . SOUTHWOOD , P . M . and Sec . 12 C 0 .

To the Editor of the "Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — Will you or some brother in authority kindly reply to the following : ist . Is it legal for Past Masters to make a bye-law relative to the proposing of candidates for initiation without consulting the members of the lodge , such bye-law being enforced by them , but not appearing in the printed

bye-laws of thc lodge ? 2 nd . ls it possible for the minutes of thc last lodge meeting to be altered b y the Past or W . M . previous to their being put for confirmation , and without first obtaining the sanction of the lodge ? and oblige , Yours fraternally , M . M . [ To both points we emphatically answer no . —ED . F . M . ]

To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Will you kindly inform mc the total number of Masonic lodges at present in the metropolis , and oblige , Fraternally yours , Chicago , U . S ., W . T . OLIVER . October 30 th . [ Perhaps some brother will give the desired and official information . —En . F . M . ]

Reviews.

Reviews .

THE COSMOPOLITAN MASONIC CALENDAR , DIARY , AND POCKET BOOK , FOR 18 S 1 . GEORGE KENNING , 19 S , Fleet-street , E . C . An old friend greets us again , as pursuing the even , and useful , tenourof its way ; it comes before the " Craft , " and " High tirade Masons , " in smart apparel and with a smiling face ! lt is always a seasonable and satisfactory reminder ,

from its special point of view , of thc onward march of Freemasonry , and seems to supply needs and requirements , whicli Masons feel , for information , in respect of that mighty brotherhood in the aggregate , of which in their national and jurisdictional relationships they are but " little atoms . " The mere list of its contents is enough to startle the greatest lover of statistics and tabulation : England

—United Grand Lodge , Representatives , I ' rov . Grand Masters , District Grand Masters , Deputy Grand Masters , Prov . and District Grand . Secretaries , Grand Stewards , Board of General Purposes , Colonial Hoard , Board of Benevolence , Royal Masonic Institution for _ Girls , Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , List of Craft Lodges , London Lodges , Country Lodges in Towns , Country Lodges arranged in Provinces ,

Foreign Lodges , Lodges of Instruction , Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapters , Grand Superintendents , Prov . Grand Scribe E . 's , Gen . Committee Grand Chapter , List of Royal Arch Chapters , London Chapters , Country Chapters in Towns , Country Chapters arranged in Provinces , Foreign Chapters , Chapters of Instruction , Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons , Prov . Grand Masters , General Board

Representatives , Prov . Grand Mark Secretaries , Roll of Mark Lodges , London Mark Lodges , Country Mark Lodges , Country Mark Lodges arranged in Provinces , Grand Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees , Degree of Royal Ark Mariner , Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters , United Orders of the Temple and Malta , Great Priory England and Wales , Roll of Preceptories , Red Cross of Constantine , Roll of Conclaves , Rosicrucian Society ,

Reviews.

Thc Ancient and Accepted Rite , Members of the 33 , Members of the 32 , Members of the 31 , Members of the 30 , Rose Croix Chapters , The Ancitnt and Primitive Rite , and Swedenborgian Rite . Scotland—Grand Lodge , Prov . Grand Masters , Representatives , List of Lodges , Lodges in Towns , Thc Grand Royal Arch Chapter , List of Chapters , Mark Master Lodges , Council of the Royal and Select Masters , Order of the Temple . Knights Red Cross of

Constantino , K . H . S ., and St . John , Rosicrucian Society , Royal Order of Scotland , Supreme Council , Representatives , Members of 32 , Members of the 31 , Members of the 30 , and Rose Croix Chapters . Ireland—Grand Lodge , Prov . Grand Masters , Representatives , Board of General Purposes , List of Lodges , Grand Royal Arch Chapter , Board of General Purposes , List of Chapters , Great Priory , Grand Chapter of Prince Masons , and Supreme Council . Canada ,

Quebec , New Brunswick , British Columbia , United States , Republic of Liberia , Central and S . America , France , German )' , Spain , Cuba , Italy , Hungary , Switzerland , Portugal , Belgium , Netherlands , Sweden and Norway , Denmark , Greece , Turkey , Egypt , New Zealand , Peru , Grand Lodges and Addresses of Grand Secretaries , and Secretaries of American Grand Lodges . This is a goodly bill of fare , my masters , to digest and

assimilate , it would almost appear to require the stomach of a Masonic ostrich . Some people talk as if the preparation of such a book is a mere matter of customary arrangement . We need hardly point out to many of our readers , that the compilation of such a mass of names , & c , is a matter of great expense and trouble , and requires no little care and thought . That so few mistakes occur in the "Cosmo" is a matter of great

satisfaction to its publisher , and ought to be still greater to its " users , " and readers , who are many . We know of no other publication whicb gives you at a glance the reality of Freemasonry in its Craft , and its Christian character , its High Grades , and in its Side Grade Development , as does the useful little "Vade Mecum " we are reviewing . That it is so accurate , and so free from defectsconstitutes , no doubt , one of the main

, reasons of its popularity , and forms alike the best plea for its needed existence , and its acceptability to Freemasons of all grades at home and abroad . Onc point we think must strike its readers , the advance of the High Grades , and which but for Kenning ' s "Cosmo" would be without a handy calendar , and which , really in itself a very striking one , for many reasons must , as we venture to believe ,

constitute a marked "factor" in the history , and progress , of Freemasonry in the future . We congratulate Bro . Kenring on the neat and workmanlike appearance of the Pocket Book , and without professing to be prophets , always a dubious " role" to play , have little doubt ourselves , but that the " Cosmo " for 1 SS 1 will see a second edition .

A LECTURE ON THE THREE GRAND EPOCHS IN FREEMASONRY . By Bro . G . F . NEW - MARCH , D . P . G . M . Gloucestershire . Cirencester : Baily and Son . This is a lecture delivered in the Cotteswold Lodge , Cirencester , No . 592 , by the distinguished brother abovenamed . To speak the truth , we arc a little inclined to think that the lecture , able and interesting as it is , should only be delivered in lodge or chapter , and is better suited for such

an atmosphere and such an audience than for thc " outside barbarians" of the " profane" public . The lecture is in itself very well drawn out , but labours under this defectthat it is too purely " esoteric " to attract " exoterics , " and must be caviare to all non-Masonic readers , lt will interest and please " bright Masons , " though the ruisoii d ' etre of its publication will not be quite unanimously acceded to . In lodge it is admirable , out of lodge it seems misplaced .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

ROYAL ARCH LAWS 177 S AND 17 S 2 . I am glad to sec the Notes and Queries being attended to by " Masonic Student . " The abstract of laws of the Royal Arch that he alludes to was published in 17 S 2 , not 17 S 6 . lt is stated to be A . L . 5781 * ) , but unfortunately the method observed then was not as in thc Grand Lodge , 4004 being added , instead of 4000 . The copy referred to was the

second edition , the first being in A . D . 177 S , A . L . 5782 . At the ' end of the second edition will be found the two dates " A . L . 5786 , A . D . 17 S 2 , " so there is no doubt of the chronology . The reference to 17 66 is due to the formation of the Grantl Chapter , A . n . 1765 , from a private chapter . Before then there was no Grand Chapter of the " Moderns , " and

even after that period the Royal Arch Degree was not actually recognised until the Union was consummated , lt was , however , virtually so , as many of the chief officers of the Grand Lodge belonged also to the Grand Chapter . From 17 C 6 being mentioned , I took that year to be date of first Grand Chapter , but Bro . Gould has traced its formation to 1765 . W . j . HUGHAN .

THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE . As a good deal of " haze " is made hy some to exist with reference to Ihis distinguished body , 1 think it well to follow up my " Notes" anent the "A . and P . Rite" socalled with some " notes" also in reference to this , which may fairly be called the " Epitome " of all High Grade Masonry . Us history i . s not difficult to ascertain , and its

establishment in this country clear and historic . Without being too pointed I would " say that I make my starting point with Stephen Morrin's patent in 17 61 , under which eventually in 1 S 01 a Supreme Council was established in Charleston . The Council afterwards established a Supreme Council for the northern jurisdiction , first at New York , and afterwards at Boston , in which Bro . Gourgas took an active

part . It is from this body that the Supreme Council at No . 33 , Golden-square , derives its vital and legitimate honours . The establishment of a Supreme Council of the A . and A . Rite took place in 1845 . In the " Free . nasoii ' s Quarterly Review" for 1846 , at p . 310 , we find the first information of its institution , and at p . 44 S , we believe the first official meeting of the Supreme

Council , "the inaugural celebrations , to use the words of the reporters , of the "High Degrees of Masonry , ever held in the British Empire . " On the c'lh December , 1847 , ( seep . 463 , vu \ . for 1 S 47 ) , a large official meeting of the Supreme Council was held . Henceforward its existence comes within the pale of current history .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

As a "student " I have never seen why the A . and A . Rite was not established under a Supreme Council in England before , as so early as 177 S , ( a fact not generally known ) , a " Chapterof Herodom " was working in London , which professed , however , only to give twenty Degrees , — see "Kenning ' s Cyclopaedia , " . —and was under the direction of Robert Lintot and D . G . Hintze . Its minutes , probably

still exist . There can be no doubt as to the antiquity and legality of the A . and A . Rite as dating at any rate from 1761 . How the twenty-five Degrees of the 1761 became thirty-three is too long a question to enter upon here , but there seems to be a very reasonable and natural explanation of the whole matter .

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LODGE OF INDUSTRY , No . 48 . Since penning the note to which Bro . Whitfield has replied , I have found in Vol . III . of the " Masonic Magazine " ( 1 S 75 ) , at p . 72 , an interesting review of the minute book of the Lodge of Industry . To this I now desire to draw attention , and to ask our Bro . Whitfield whether , from his local knowledge , he can explain what in 1746 constituted the dignity of ' a "High Rodiam ? " Bro . Whitfield , it seems , has not yet succeeded in eliciting from the writer of

the articles on " 1 'reemasonry in Durham" the authority from which he obtained his information for the statement that present No . 4 8 was originally constituted at Newcastle . Having traced the career of this lodge in my " Four Old Lodges , " I should be glad if the brother to whose pen is due the article on Durham Masonry would kindly state if , in connecting the Newcastle with the Gateshead Lodge , I have been forestalled by any other writer ? R . F . GOULD .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . HUGH EDWARDS . There recjntly passed away to his rest from Masonic circles in Liverpool a brother who deserves a passing tribute of respect for the many sterling qualities he displayed during his long life , both as a man and a Mason . This was Bro . Hugh Rowland Edwards , P . M . of the Mariners' Lodge , No . 249 , and also connected with the

chapter , who died at the ripe age or sixty-three . Of him it may be truly said he "lived respected and died regretted , " and at his funeral , which took place at St . James's Cemetery , there were present a large number of brethren , who gathered to pay the " last sad office of respect to departed merit . " Alt who knew Bro . Edwards admired and valued him as a true Mason , but those of the younger generation of the Craft scarcely had the opportunity of

judging of him as others who had known him in and out of Masonry for many years . He was one of the original trustees of the Royal Masonic Hall , and he faithfully discharged the important duties annexed to that appointment . Some time ago hc unfortunately embarked nearl y all his money in a scheme which came to grief , and this had a great and depressing effect upon our aged and respected

brother . Reduced by this untoward circumstance , through no fault of his own , an effort was made by local brethren to get him pecuniary assistance , and they happily succeeded in securing £ 100 from the Benevolent Fund , while the Mariners' Lodge voted him the sum of £ 20 . This Masonic thoughtfulness soothed the closing days of our departed

brother , and tended to make him feel that although unexpected misfortune had overtaken him , he was not forsaken 111 thc "dark hour" when he so much needed kindly Masonic counsel and support . His quiet , unostentatious Masonic and social life was a pattern which younger men and Masons would do well to imitate .

BRO . T . F . DALLIN . We regret to announce thc death of liro . T . F . Dallin , M . A ., of Queen ' s College , Oxford , which took place at Brighton , on Thursday , the nth inst . He was initiated in the Apollo University Lotlge , in 1 S 61 , by the Rev . R . W . Norman , then Warden of Ratllcy , and , after serving some of the minor offices in thc lodge , was installed W . M . in

1868 , in which year he was also appointed by the late Lieut .-Col . H . A . Bowyer S . G . W . of tlie province . Although he held high office in the University as Public Orator , and was deeply engaged in other business , as Pr .-elector of Greek and Latin in Queen ' s College , Professor of Rhetoric in Gresham College , and ( since 1877 ) one of thc joint Secretaries of the University of Oxford

Commission , hc never relaxed his interest in the work of the Apollo , frequently visiting it , and taking an active part as a mem her of the Committee in organising fhe fete at commemoration time . His loss will be deeply lamented not only by his brethren , but by a large circle of friends in Oxford . The funeral took place on Tuesday in Holywell Cemetery . An unusually large number of members of

the University , in addition to the graduate and undergraduate members of his own College , assembled in the hall of Queen ' s College , and followed the coffin to the grave ; Bro . lUorrell , P . M ., P . G . D . of England , deposited the sprig of acacia in the grave . The Vice-Chancellor , the senior member for the University , Sir John Mowbray , the Right Hon .

M . Bernard , Professor Max Mi ' iller , many heads of houses , and a large number of the professors were among those present . Bro . Dallin , as was observed b y more , than one bystander , had no enemy ; and tho diversity of elements in the unusual crowd which gathered to express regard for his memory gave ample proof of this .

Ancient And Primitive Rite.

Ancient and Primitive Rite .

GLASGOW . —SphynxChapter ( No . 8 ) . —Ameeting of this chapter was held on Thursday , the 28 th ult ., when eight members of the Eleventh Degree were advanced ( under dispensation ) to the Thirtieth Degree , After which petitions were prepared for the grant from the Sovereign Sanctuary of a Senate of Knight Hermetic Philosophers and Council of Sublime Masters of the great work , with

the following illustrious brothers as the first officers , viz * . Thomas Mackcll Campbell , 32 ° ; Stephen Robertson , 32 ; and John Maclnnes . These warrants were granted on the 4 th instant ., and rank as Nos . Seven and Four respectively on the roll of the Sovereign Sanctuary . We are glad to report that this year Scotland has added lo the Rite about one-third of all the members admitted since the Rite was chartered in this county in 1871 .