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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF ENGLAND AND WALES , AND THE COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES OF THE BRITISH CROWN . THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF KINTORE , M . VV . Grand Master . THE RT . HON . LORD EGERTON OF TATTON , R . W . Deputy Grand Master . A SPECIAL GRAND LODGE Will be held in the HALL ( Room XXI . ) at the HOLBORN . RESTAURANT , LITTLE QUEEN ST ., LINCOLN'S-INN-FIELDS , On MONDAY , the 30 th NOVEMBER instant , At ONE , for Two o ' clock in the Afternoon . To consider and , if approved , to adopt the revised Book of Constitutions as recommended by the General Board . Qualified Members of Grand Lodge only can be present . By command of the M . W . Grand Master . FREDERICK BINCKES , ( P . G . J . W . ) , Grand Secretary . Office—Sa Red Lion Square , London , W . C . 16 th November , 1 SS 5 .

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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OP ENGLAND AND WALES , AND THE COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES OF THE BRITISH CROWN . THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF KINTORE , M . W . Grand Master . THE RT . HON . LORD EGERTON OF TATTON , R . W . Deputy Grand Master . THE WINTER HALF-YEARLY COMMUNICATION OF THIS GRAND LODGE Will be held in the HALL ( Room XXL ) , HOLBORN RESTAURANT , LITTLE OUEEN ST ., LINCOLN'S-INN FIELDS , LONDON , On TUESDAY , the 1 st DECEMBER , 1885 , When and where all Grand Officers ( Present and Past ) , W Masters , Past Masters , Wardens , and Overseers of Private Lodges are hereby summoned to attend , and at which , by permission , all regularly registered Mark Master Masons may be present . Grand Lodge will be opened at FOUR o'clock p . m . DINFEK will be provided at Seven o ' clock for those who intimate their intention to be present not later than Monday , 30 th inst . By command of the M . W . Grand Master . FREDERICK BINCKES ( P . G . J . W . ) , Grand Secretary . Office—Sa , Red Lion-square , London , W . C , 16 th November , 1885 .

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NINE ROOMS to Let at 196 , Aldersgate-street , near the General Post Office . Inquire on the Premises . CLOSE to Piccadilly and West-End Clubs . —APARTMENTS ( Furnished ) for Gentlemen , with Attendance . Terms very moderate . —H . AMELOT , 45 , B ick-street , Piccadilly . PARIS EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT for the Sons of Gentlemen . Principal : M . G . Ovree , Officier d'Academie , late Inspector of the Ecole Suptirieure de Commerce de Paris , and Translator of Higgenson's United States History . For terms , address G . Ovree , 14 , Rue David , Passy , Paris .

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WINTER WORK AMONGST THE DESTITUTE . FIELD LANE REFUGES AND RAGGED SCHOOLS , & c , & c . SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS . 3000 Persons Benefited Weekly . LATE PRESIDENT : THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY , K . G . . TREASURER : WILFRID A . BEVAN , Esq ., 54 , Lombard-street , E . C . ,, BANKERS : MESSRS . BARCLAY , BF . VAN , and CO ., and MESSRS . RANSOM and CO . A Special Appeal is made tor Funds . The work is crippled for want of money . ., SECRETARY : MK . PEREGRINE PLATT , Vine-st ., Clerkenwell-rd ., E . C . By whom contributions will be gratefully received .

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WILLING'S SELECTED THEATRICAL PROGRAMME . DRURY LANE THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 45 , HUMAN NATURE . COVENT GARDEN THEATRE . Every Evening at S . o , GRAND PROMENADE CONCERT . HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE . Every Evening at 9 . 30 , EXCELSIOR ; at S . o , SECRET SERVICE . ADELPHI THEATRE . Every Evening at S . o , THE COLLEEN BAVVN ; Farce at 7 . 15 . STRAND THEATRE . Everv Evening at 7 . 30 , THE MARRIED RAKE ; at S . 15 , OUR AMERICAN COUSIN . VAUDEVILLE THEATRE . Every Evening at 8 . 0 , CUPID ' S MESSENGER ; at 9 . 0 , LOOSE TILES . __—GLOBE THEATRE . Every Evening at S . o , A BAD PENNY ; at 9 . 0 , THE PRIVATE SECRETARY . SAVOY THEATRE . Every Evening at S . 15 , THE MIKADO ; or , THE TOWN OF TITIPU . ¦ OLYMPIC THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 15 , COMMEDIETTA ; at 7 . 45 , ALONE IN LONDON . ¦ GAIETY THFATRE . Every Eveeing at 7 . 45 , THE VICAR OF WIDE-A-WAKEFIELD ; at 9 , BILLEE TAYLOR . TOOLE'S THEATRE . Every Evening atS . 15 , ON 'CHANGE ; at 7 . 40 , Comedietta . COURT THEATRE . Every Evening at S . 45 , THE MAGISTRATE ; preceded by BREAKING THE ICE . ROYALTY THEATRE . Every Evening at 8 . 15 , TRICOCHE ET CACOLET . NOVELTY THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 4 s , MONEY BAGS ; at 9 . 20 , THE JAPS . GRAND THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 30 , FROU FROU . ' STANDARD THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 30 , CAPERS . SURREY THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 30 , MANKIND . ROYAL AQUARIUM . Open , 12 . 0 ; close , 11 . 30 . Constant Round of Amusement . Two Variety Performances Daily . ALHAMBRA THEATRE OF VARIETIES . Every Evening at S . o , Variety Entertainment , Two Grand Ballets , & c . CANTERBURY THEATRE OF VARIETIES . Every Evening at 7 . 3 s , Grand Musical and Variety Entertainments , & c . - PARAGON THEATRE OF VARIETIES . Every Evening at 7 . 35 , Comic Ballet , Variety Entertainment , & c , & c . ' MADAME TUSSAUD AND SONS' EXHIBITION . Open , S . o till 10 . 0 , Portrait Models of Past and Present Celebrities .

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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications stand over : CRAFTElian Vanin Lodge , No . 2049 . St . Trinian ' l Lodge , No . 2050 . ROYAL ARCHDevonport Chapter , No . 340 .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Tlie American Eagle , " " La Ucvista Masunica del Peru , " '" Proceedinns of the District Grand LoJe ; c of Queensland , " " Allen " Indian Mail , " " Volunteer Service Review , " " Keystone , " " Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales , " "Jewish Chronicle , " " Hie Bauhiitte , " "Hull Packet , " " Citizen , " "The Golden Flood , " "Sunday Times" ( London ) , " Broad Arrow , " "Court Circular , " and " Masonic World . "

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—& i ^^ M ^^^^^^^^ ^ ww ^ w ^ m rSATUKDAY , NOVEMBER 21 , 1885 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of the opinionsexpressedby ourcorrespondents , but we wish inaspirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . 1

" POINTS . " To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , As it is contrary to ordinary usage for any "au thoritative " ruling to be given upon any point in dispute . unless either such point is raised in a case which comes before the Board of General Purposes , or is of such

importance as to warrant a departure from this traditional custom , I venture to address you somewhat at length in reply to two letters in your issue of the 14 th inst . Your correspondents— "Secretary " and "P . M . "—ask in one case almost the same question ; at all events , the questions are so nearly alike , that they can be replied to

in one answer , namely : — ist . A Past Master who ceases to be a subscribing member of any lodge for 12 months , ceases to be a member of Grand Lodge ( and inferentially of Provincial Grand Lodge ) till he again becomes a Warden or a Master of a lodge . — Vide Constitutions * Rule 9 .

2 nd . Such a Past Master , seeing that he still holds thc degree of Past Master , can discharge in any lodge the functions of a Master upon being requested to do so by the Presiding Officer , and he would probably he , by courtesy , accorded whatever precedence he was entitled to at the time of his ceasing to be a subscribing member . —See Rule 141 .

3 rd . The payment or non-payment of a joining fee has nothing to do with the question . The second question of "P . M . " is one upon which no legal ruling can be given ; but I will answer it as briefly as the very wide question it raises once more in your columns permits ; and , in the first place , let me recommend your correspondent to refer to the long , animated , and valuable

discussion of this very subject which took place in your journal between the 4 th August and the ioth November , 1 S 83 . That discussion arose in consequence of an amendment to Rule 1 S 9 ( then 186 ) having been proposed , which aimed at giving every Past Master who joined a lodge rank among the Past Masters of the lodge he j ' oined . This was carried on the Sth August , 1 SS 3 .

A very large majority of your correspondents ( as I pointed out at the time ) were opposed to this amendment , and Grand Lodge , on the 5 th December , 1883 , finally rejected it after a long discussion . The effect of this decision was , that Grand Lodge emphatically refused to define , and consequently our Book of Constitutions docs not define , thc position of a Past Master

either in a lodge the chair of which he has occupied , or in any other lodge of which he may become a member . The whole question is left open for the lodges and brethren to settle among themselves . While therefore , as already observed , no legal decision is possible , I venture tothink thefollowingisaneoHtVflWfone . Bro . Z . being a member of Lodge No . 1 , joins Lodge

No . 2 , and becomes Master of No . 2 ; the fact of his doing so neither directly nor indirectly alters his position in Lodge No . 1 , except that ( a ) he is entitled to be returned annually by both lodges under Rule 179 ; ( b ) and he can discharge the functions of a Past Master as defined in Rule 141 . It follows from what I have laid down above that there are no " proper parties " who can give any " authoritative

decision " on this matter , and I venture to express the earnest hope that a subject which has in the past shown itself so full of difficulty , and so much calculated to lead to acrimonious discussion , will be allowed to rest where thc wisdom of Grand Lodge has determined it ought . I venture to think that where "bitterness " over such a

matter can arise , no ruling of any authority , however exalted , would remove it , but , on the contrary , would probably intensify it , and that the only way is for brethren to think rather less about sitting in the uppermost rooms at " feasts , " and to remember that in Freemasonry , as in all other things , " he that humbleth himself shall be exalted . " —Yours fraternally , S . M . M . C . O .

MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE . To thc Editor of thc " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I am delighted fo see by the note in your leaderette that there is a prospect of an authentic modern work on this subject . The number of questions asked in your columns , and the comparatively small number of

satisfactory answers , prove the want . In despair of an abler brother taking up the subject , I had commenced reading up , with a view of attempting to rewrite Oliver's " Masonic Jurisprudence ; " but am very glad to be relieved of the task . If I can be of any assistance to the brother who has commenced , I shall be most hapoy to put myself in communication with him . —Yours rruly , LEX SCRIPTA . November 16 th .

To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In reply to letters from " Secretary " and " P . M ., " I should say that a P . M . ceasing to be a subscriber to any lodge for 12 months , and then joining any , or rejoining his own lodge , would rank as a P . M . " in the lodge , " but not " of the lodge , " and could therefore occupy the chair in

the absence of the W . M . and P . M ' s . of the lodge , but would not be on any Lodge Committees ( unless specially elected ) , nor would he be a member of Grand Lodge ( see Rule g , Book of Constitutions ) . In the second case , he would be in a precisely similar position except that he mould be a member of Grand Lodge . I should suggest , however , that the question should be submitted to the Grand Registrar . —Yours fraternally , Broadstairs , November 17 th . S . W ,