Provincial Grand Lodge Of Oxfordshire.

Bros W . P . Ellis , W . Adkins , J . R . ~ ) Maguire , H . G . W . Drink- I p G Stwds _ water , E . R . Baynes , and I M . H . Humfries J Bro . Nonvood and j Prov . G . Tylers . „ Biggs >

Freemasonry In Jamaica.

FREEMASONRY IN JAMAICA .

The Masonic Lodges in this district have been going throug h the process of election of a brother for recommendation to the Most Worshipful Grand Master for the office 0 f District Grand Master , which became vacant by the death of the much lamented Right Worshipful the Honourable Dr . Robert Hamilton . The nomination will be decided

on at the meeting of the District Grand Lodge , to be held on the 27 th October , but in the meantime all the private lodgeshave met and instructed their representatives . fhe candidates for the office are the Right Worshipful A . De Cordova , Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and the Worshipful Dr . Thos . Allen , Immediate Past Master of the Jamaica Lodge . The brother whom the Fraternity in

reneral ( as far as Jamaica is concerned ) desires to see nil the office is the Ri g ht Worshipful Bro . J . W . Whitbourne , Past Deputy District Grand Master , a brother who for very many years during the absence of Dr . Hamilton conducted the affairs of the district to the entire satisfaction of Grand Lodge and the brethren in this island , as is amply testified by the numerous testimonials in his possession . From an

hasty expression of that brother , that he had no desire or ambition to fill the office , and therefore would not allow himself to be nominated against the candidates who had been put forward , the Craft in general have been deprived of the services of the only brother who could have secured us unanimity , and Masonry in Jamaica , as far as unity and harmony is concerned , promises to degenerate to an extent

( hat cannot be conducive to the interest of our noble and honourable Institution . The candidature of Bros . DeCordoya and Allen have aroused dissensions that will not be easily reconciled , and must be aggravated by the appointment of one or other of these brethren to the office . Feelings other than Masonic have been provoked , the friends of Bros . Allen have resorted to open electioneering tactics ,

have imported religious and commercial matters in the contest , and in many instances have not failed to express their determination to secede from the district if Bro . De Cordova is appointed . On the other hand the friends of Bro . A . De Cordova modestly threaten that they would not work under the selection of such an insignificant minority . The newspapers of Kingston some weeks ago afforded an

opportunity for rather tree expressions on the coming contest , and in the Bud / ret of the 26 th August a suggestion was made " that both Messrs . De Cordova and Allen be asked to sacrifice their Masonic ambition to the welfare of the Fraternity , thus securing a continuation of that peace and brotherly love that ought always to exist , and enable them to join the brethren of the English Constitution in

asking Bro . Whitbourne ( who has served this province as Deputy Worshipful Grand Master for years and given peat satisfaction ) to allow himself to be recommended for the appointment . This is the only step that I feel can arrest the impending danger . " Bro . Allen has been most truthfully described by the editor of the Budget , in the following extract from that

paper : " There is one fact that the Masons must bear in mind before they consent to the advancement of Dr . Allen to the highest position in Masonry in the colony , and that is the certainty that in him they will have an absentee Grand Master , and therefore cannot make sure that , after all—that individual who in degration of the spirit of Masonry they hesitate not to affront , will not dejnre become

Hie District Grand Master . Fussy and vain-glorious , the author of exclusiveness in the lodge , arrogant , conceited and altogether overweening , Dr . Allen is just the man to play any card to get the coveted honour , and about the last man to resign the post whilst it can give him honour , although the conviction might be forced upon him that its retention would be to the detriment of the Craft . "

I he few supporters of Bro . Dr . Allen calculated on his supposed influence with the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master , to get him the appointment in spite of his insignificant support in the district , whilst we , who hold the nterest of the Craft above that of individual friendship or personal gain , feel that supposing the nomination of " ro . De Cordova did not meet with approval ( a fear that is

not generally shared in ) , the selection would again be referred to the district , when some brother more popular than Dr . Allen would be recommended . The following are the instructions given to the representatives of the lodges , after numerous expressions of regret 'hat Right Worshipful J . VV . Whitbourne could not permit "is nomination on the present occasion :

Royal Lodge to vote for Rev . A . DeCordova . friendl y Lodge „ „ „ A . DeCordova . I hoenix Lodge „ „ „ A . DeCordova . Westmoreland Lodge „ „ A . DeCordova . Lollegum Labrorum Lodge „ A . DeCordova . Sussex Lodge „ „ Dr . I . Allen . Jamaica Lodge „ „ „ J . Allen . Hamilton Lodge , to mark their regret that Bros . \\ r * - ° . rdova and Allen did not retire , thereby enabling Right

• arMiiptui Whitbourne to consent to his nomination , by a cry large majority elected Bro . Whitbourne so as to have Q roatter discussed by their representatives in District rand Lodge , this action is somewhat to be regretted , as it ™ nveys on the face of the returns to the Grand Master that my one lodge voted for Bro . Whitbourne , when as a ct onl y a single word from him would have secured his ! V ' !*' * 'OUS sclect'on . We shall endeavour to supply you ™ the result of the meeting of the District Grand Lodge .

F'stiiuT' \ o O ' * ' ™* 5- * - ' *! - AND Pitts . —A Cure for Abscesses , Piles , " e ot th-- Sore * . —Thc many satisfaciory cures resulting from the "" ferini r" lnv * , '" . ' » lile Ointment in cases where patients have been tiitici , t r " com P'alnti have induced manv medical practi . tic ,.. ,: '"'" xlucc them into the hospitals and tlicir private prac '"eu ' rabli . I ' ! j * " > ' '" stances where thc sufferer was considered heii .. ' . i ., ¦ Holioway's Ointment , in conjunction with his Pills .

"mailed f " ? u desperate wounds . These medicaments are un"" ¦ uicoii . ir cnrc o £ scrofula and diseases of the skin . In all to the rnm ct ""? incidental to children , from the simple red cum cisi * s a r " l , 1 , cated scorbutic disease , Holioway's Ointment cxerre "evitttt In ?^ . by beneficial influence , cooling inflammation , ^ IADVT ] lutlon * aiul giving ease to the impatient little sufferer .

Lady Freemasonry In Spain.

LADY FREEMASONRY IN SPAIN .

In reference to thc statement which recently appeared in the Chaine d' Union , and to which attention was drawn in a late number of the Freemason , we have received from our brother the writer of the articles " Freemasonry in Spain " the following explanation"That ladies have been , and are being , initiated in Spain

is perfectly true , but not under the auspices of Bro . Grand Master Sagasta or of the Grand Orient of Spain . It is Bro . the Marquis de Seoanes , the so-called' Grand Master ' of the ' National Orient of Spain , ' whose proceedings were thus chronicled in the Chaine d' Union . He latel y initiated , witli much open display , the wife of a brother , in proof of the activity and development of his Orient .

" But the ' National Orient of Spain is not the only Masonic body in the peninsula who thus seeks to make our ancient and honourable Order the laughing stock of the non-Masonic world . Bro . Juan Antonio Perez , who calls himself 'Grand Master ' of 'The Grand Orient of Perez , ' is Worshipful Master of the female lodge , ' Las Hijas de Memphis ' ( 'The Daughters of Memphis' ) , and amongst

the lady members of this lodge are the wite and daughters of Bro . Perez himself , all ' initiated ' b y him . These facts have also been previously chronicled in the pages of the Chaine d'Union . " It is due to Bro . His Excellency Grand Master Sagasta and to the ' Grand Orient of Spain' that this explanation , in regard to Lady Freemasonry in the peninsula , shall be

as widely circulated amongst our British brethren as was the purposely vague ( and thus misleading ) paragraph which appeared in the Chaine d' Union . " It is worthy of remark that the galant and noble brother , the Marquis de Seoanes , through whose veins circulates the sangre assul ot a Grandee of Spain , has lately distinguished himself by his pro-slavery proclivities . From

his senatorial seat in the ' Upper House' at Madrid he delivered a very pronounced speech in opposition to the proposed abolition of slavery throughout the Spanish Colonial Dependencies . He also recorded his vote against the measure . Being well known in Cuba , and having ' property ' there , and having , moreover , made repeated efforts to secure partisans in Havana in support of his 'National

Orient pretensions , his speech and his vote were very strongly commented upon at the time , and very naturally aroused a deep feeling of indignation on the part of our Spanish West Indian brethren , who forthwith issued a printed proclamation , dated 'March , 1 SS 0 , ' a copy of which we have now before us , in which the Marquis is roundly stigmatised as ' el moderno Pedro Torrubia , ' and

is accused of being neither more nor less than a fesuitspy within the Frcemnsonic camps . How far our Cuban brethren allowed their Freemasonic zeal , in favour of their enslaved brethren , to overstep the bounds of strict truthfulness , as regards these very grave . accusations , it is not for us to decide . We simply record the fact that such have been made ( they now lie in a printed form before us ) . We

can , however , join in the exclamation of surprise therein expressed—that there should be ' nn Mason esclavista . '—Un Gran Maestro de Ia Orden , partidario del mas criminal de Ios comercios ! ' It is , indeed , contrary to English Freemasonic ideas to find ' a Mason who is a pro-slavery man , a pretended Grand Master ol our Order who is a partisan of those who traffic in the most criminal of all trades , ' viz .,

the trajfic tn human flesh and blood ! And , furthermore , ' qu 6 entendera el Senor MarqutSs por libertad ? que * por ignaldad ? que por fraternidad ? Entendera tambjen ese libre Mason que Ios hombres de color no son hombres ?' What , indeed , can the Marquis understand by the word

liberty ? by equality ? by fraternity ? Does he think , moreover , that to be a Freemason is possible whilst denying that people of colour are men ? Few people will deny the force of these remarks , and especially the force of a subsequent paragraph contained in this manifesto , viz ., ! Es , pues , incompatible con la institution Masonica el Senor Marques de Seoane . '"

Scotland.

Scotland .

CRYPTIC MASONRY . At a meeting of delegates from the several councils of Royal and Select Masters in Scotland , held in Freemasons ' Hall , George-street , Edinburgh , on Thursday , the 4 th inst ., the following Illustrious Companions were unanimously elected the first office bearers of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Master * for Scotland , viz .: Capt . Chas .

Hunter , 32 ° , P . P . G . M . Aberdeenshire East , M . P ., Grand Master ; John Crombie , 30 , P . G . S . W . Aberdeen City , R . P . Dep . G . Master ; Jas . Dalrymple Duncan , 30 ° , P . S . G . M . Glasgow , R . P . G . Principal Conductor of Work ; Geo . Dickson , M . D ., 31 ° , R . P . G . Treas . ; Robert S . Brown , 30 , R . P . G . Recorder ; the Rev . VV . VV . Tulloch , B . D ., R . P . G . Chaplain ; Jas . Todd Stewart , 30 , P . G . S . W .

Glasgow , R . P . G . Capt . of the Guard ; Edward Savage , 31 , P . D . G . M . Aberdeen City , R . P . G . Lecturer ; Francis Law , 30 , G . Jeweller , G . L . of Scotland , R . P . G . Marshal ; James Webster , 30 , R . P . G . Marshall ; James Melville , R . P . G . Steward ; William Edwards , 30 , ' R . P . G . Stwd . ; and Alex . Robertson , G . Sentinel . Councils of Royal and Select Masters in Scotland .

Cryptic Council , No . 1 , Edinburgh—Robert S . Brown , T . 111 . Master ; Geo . Dickson , M . D ., R . HI . Dep . Master ; and Francis Law , R . III . Prin . Cond . of Work . Bon Accord Council , No . 2 , Aberdeen—John Crombie , C . A ., T . III . Master ; Edward Savage , R . III . Dep . Master ; and Alex . J . McConnochte , R . 111 . Prin . Cond . of Work . Glasgow Council , No . 3 , Glasgow—Jas . Dalrymple , Duncan , T . 111 . Master ; fas . Todd Stewart , R . III . Dep . Master ; Geo . Miller , C . A ., R . III . Prin . Cond . of Work .

In recognition of his recent reception by the Corporation of thc City of London , His Majesty the King of the Hellenes has been pleased to confer upon Bro . Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott , Junior Grand Warden , the grade and decoration of Commander of the Order of the Saviour ,

and the grade and decoration of oflicers apon the following gentlemen , viz ., Bro . Sir John Bennett , the mover , and Bro . Alderman Sir B . S . Phillips , the seconder , of the resolution for presenting the address to His Majesty , and Bros . Ex-Sheriff Woolloton , Ex-Sheriff Bayley , and Sir John B . Monckton , President of the Board of General Purposes .

Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS .

Craft Jlasonrg * STRONG MAN LODGE ( No . 45 ) . —A meeting of the above lodge was held on Thursday , the 4 th inst ., at Masons' Hall Tavern , Masons' Avenue , Basinghall-street , when the following brethren were present : Bros . S . H , Halle , W . M . ; Cordingly , S . W . ; Humphries , J . W . ; Follett , P . M ., Treas . ; Wing , P . M ., Sec ; Ball , S . D . ; Brown , J . D . ; H . R . Symons , D . of C . j Defriez , I . G . ; Jones and

H . J . Symons , Stewards ; Steed , Tyler ; Driver , P . M . ; Defriez , P . M . ; Moss , P . M . ; Voss , P . M . ; G . G . Symons , P . M . ; Dyer , P . M . ; Herbert , Fountaine , Lacey , Packe , John Cubbon , Wood , Curtis , Coulden , Dean , Thomas , King , Hunt , Callow , Heale , and Ayres . Bro . Murrow , 1269 , was a visitor . The lodge was opened in due form , according to ancient custom , and the minutes read and confirmed .

There being a vacancy for two Deacons , the W . M . invested the following brethren : Bro . Ball , S . D ., and Bro . Brown , J . D . Bro . Mill being unavoidably absent , the office of Inner Guard was reserved for him , and Bro . Defriez , P . M ., kindly offered to officiate in his place ; Bro . H . N . Symons , D . C ; Bro . F . M . H . Jones , S . S ., and H . J . Symons , J . S . Bro . King was unanimously elected a joining member . The

ballot was unanimous in favour of Messrs . Lyons and Heale . The lodge was then opened in the Second Degree . Bros . Coulden and Ayres , candidates for the Second Degree , were examined and retired . The lodge was opened in the Third Degree . Bros . Coulden and Ayres were duly raised to the Sublime Degree of M . M . Mr . Heale was initiated into Freemasonry .

WHITTINGTON LODGE ( No . 862 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held at Freemasons ' Hall , on Monday last . There were present Bros . S . Godden , W . M . ; R . P . Tate , S . W . ; J . S . Brown , J . W . A . [ . Bolton , S . D . ; C . E . Packer , J . D . ; T . Kingston , P . M ., Treas . ; J . Weaver , P . M . Sec ; ] . Collinson , D . C ; T . Richardson , I . G . ; D . J . Ross , W . S . ; W . J . H .

lones , P . M . ; A . P . Moore , P . M . ; C . Brothers , J . K . Ward , VV . Devine , G . T . Cox . T . F . Lee , W . VV . Coates , W . Hill , C . H . Pike , Guignard , J . Irvine , W . J ones , R . T . Rosenberg , W . A . Parlett , J . Pottle , F . France , H . Brocklehurst , and F . Brown . Visitors : Bros . W . H . Marston , W . M . 55 ; Ansell , P . M . 30 ; Carnaby , P . M . 13 S 2 ; Tremere : Dickens .

W . M . SCo ; Larchin , S . W . 1541 ; T . B . Dodson , P . M . SGo ; Gates , S . W . 1599 ; Fox , J . D . 201 ; Kennard , 1415 ; W . W . Morgan ; . Hyde , * Rudderforth , P . M . 166 S ; T . W . C . Jones , P . M . 259 ; J . Hayes . 619 ; J . Smith , 127 ; W . M . Stiles ; and \ V . Lake , P . M . 131 ( Freemason ) . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes Bro .

F . Brown was duly raised to the Third Degree , the ceremony being ably performed by the VV . M ., Bro . Godden . The report of the Audit Committee was then presented , and the following is an extract from the minutes : "Accounts certified by the Auditors as being kept in a highly satisfactory and clear state b y Bro . James Weaver , P . M ., & c , Secretary . " After some other formal business the W . M . elect , Bro . R . P . Tate , was presented to the

W . M . for installation , and Bro . Godden in ' a very impressive manner proceeded , in accordance with the Constitutions , " to instal his successor . " On the re-adniission of the brethren the new Worshipful Master was duly saluted , and then" appointed his oflicers as follows : Bros . J . S . Brown , S . W . ; A . ] . Bolton , J . W . ; J . Weaver , Secretary ; T . Kingston , Treasurer ; C . E . Packer , S . D . ;

I . Richardson , J . D . ; J . Collinson , I . G . ; D . 1 . Ross , D . C . ; J . K . Ward , W . S . ; and Gilbert , Tyler . The sum of ten guineas was voted from the Benevolent Fund to Bro . Irvine ' s list for the Girls' School . The lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to the banquet . The VV . M ., Bro . Tate , filled the chair , and after the usual loyal and Alasonic toasts had been proposed

and duly honoured , Bro . Godden , I . P . M ., in a few wellchosen words , proposed "The Health of theW . M ., Bro . Tate . " He felt sure that he would be equal to everything required of him as W . M . ; he had proved his fitness b y discharging his duties in other offices ably and well . Bro . Tate , in reply , said that he had always done his best to promote the interests of the

Whittington Lodge , and if he had pleased the brethren by his attention to his duties in the past , he hoped still to retain that esteem and goodwill in the future . The toast of " The I . P . M ., Bro . Godden , " was next proposed by the W . M . He remarked that Bro . Godden had introduced him into Freemasonry , and he had endeavoured to follow him closely . Bro . Godden had all the ceremonies at his

fingers' ends , and had proved himself a very able worker . In recognition of his merit , he had then , in the name of the lodge , to present him with a Past Master's jewel , which he had much pleasure in pinning on his breast , with the hope that he would live long to wear it . Bro . Godden , in returning thanks , said that it was very difficult to speak of one ' s self , but he could assure them that it had given him much

satisfaction to fill the chair of that lodge , and to be of service to them . He knew that he possessed the goodwill of everybody in the lodge ; the jewel that had just been placed on his breast was an evidence of that , and he should always value it as such . The toast of "The Visitors" followed . The W . M . said that the Whittington Lodge desired always to be hospitable ; they had a goodly number of visitors that

evening , and they were all veiy glad to see them . He coupled with it the names of Bros . Ansell and Stiles . Bro . Ansell , in response , said that he had known the W . M . from his Masonic infancy , and it was very gratifying to him to see him placed in the chair of the Whittington Lodge . Bro . Tate had become , by attendance at lodges of

instruction , a very proficient worker , and he trusted he would have many opportunities during the year of showing such proficiency . Bros . Stiles and Marston also replied . The toast of " The Past Masters" followed , and , in response , Bro . Jones said that , so far from the past year being unsuccessful , he thought it had been the best the Whittington Lodge had experienced . They had spent more in charity