Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS .

PAGE R EVIEWMasonic Trials 243 F REEMASONRY IN IRELAND ¦ 243 O

BITUARYBro . William P . Gunnell 243 THE FAIR SEX AND ADOPTIVE MASONRY 244 & 245 R OYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS ... 245 P ROV . GRAND LODGE OF WEST YORKSHIRE ... 245 M ASONIC MISCELLANEA 245

THE CRAFTMetropolitan 246 Provincial ... ... ... 246 MARK MASONRYMetropolitan 246 & 247 ORDERS OF C

HIVALRYRed Cross of Constantine 247 MASONIC M EETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK 247 THE A NCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE ... 248 & 249 MULTUM IN PARVO .. 249 & 250 ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITEMetropolitan ... ... 250

Provincial ... ... 250 ROCHDALE CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX 250 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE--The Rite of Misraim ; ... ... 250 Biblical Account of the Creation ... 250 & 251 Proxy Commissions to Grand Lodge of

Scotland 251 The 1717 Theory 251 Subordination in the Higher Degrees ... 251 & 252 Knight Templarism and Masonry ... ... 252 FREEMASONRY IN HAMPSHIRE 253

CHESHIRE EDUCATIONAL MASONIC INSTITUTION 253 CONSECRATION OF THE FRIARS' LODGE , XO . 1349 253 CONSECRATION OF ST . DAVID ' MARK LODGE , Xo . 25 ( S . C ) , LLANDUDNO 253 THE MASONIC FEMALE ORPHAN SCHOOL , DUBLIN 254 ADVERTISEMENTS 241 , 242 , 255 , & 256

Reviews.

Reviews .

—»—Masonic Trials . By HENRY M . LOOK , Past Master , G . V . andL . of Michigan K . T . ] S ew York Publishing Company , 432 , Broomestreet .

This handsome volume of 347 pages may be said to exhaust the laws and forms appertaining to Masonic jurisprudence . In America it is well known that offences against morality or

the Constitutions of the Craft become subjects for investigation and trial in the lodge or other body to which the delinquent belongs . Hence the necessity for such a work as Bro . Look ' s

book on the other side of the Atlantic , and beyond doubt it will prove invaluable as a guide in all such proceedings . In this country the Board of General Purposes settles the fnw

differences which sometimes arise between brethren , and although a somewhat more rigid discipline might be fairly enforced , on the whole we are not inclined to seek alteration in the

English mode of procedure . Cases of dereliction from the right path , which may bring scandal on the Craft , should , however , fall within the scope of Masonic censure and punishment ,

and we congratulate our American brethren upon the important accession to their Masonic textbooks , which " Masonic Trials " undoubtedly is . The work also contains copies of the old

Constitutions and Landmarks , besides an appendix of f > i \ in and a capitally-arranged index , and the manner in which it is printed reflects the

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Freemasonry In Ireland.

FREEMASONRY in IRELAND .

BY BRO . WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN . ( Continuedfrom page 227 . ) Tliere was a most violent attack issued against the Grand Lodge of Ireland ( Fublin ) by a brother who signed himself " A

Sincere Friend . " It may be true what he says in the printed letter , and if so , it reveals a deal of "jobbery" and unmasonic conduct by some of the then Grand Officers iRLerly foreign to Masonry .

We have no means now of judging accurately of the causes that led to the Irish schism . On which side lay the most blame of course would be a nice question to decide . Undoubtedly the seceders were wrong in

starting a rival Grand Lodge , and , on the other hand , the authorities were evid : ntly very lax as respects discipline , finances , and as to preserving the Masonic landmarks . In the letter referred to the then

Grand Treasurer has certainly an extraordinary character given him , and the Deputy Grand Secretary , Bro . Seton , is stated to have horsewhipped the former officer ! It is then declared that the " next

thing we know of Mr . was his newfangled Grand Lodge of Red and Black Masonry , and half a dozen other vagaries , to get your money without either a why 01 wherefore ! ' A great deal being ofa similar

character to the above , and in some respects worse , we forbear quoting further , as the extracts given will be sufficient an exhibit of the rancour which animated the brethren in Ireland early in the present

century . The conclusion to the document is as follows : "Mind what I tell you , stick together like a bundle of rods , and you cannot be broken . If you separate , you

will be a laughing-stock , and your niDiiey will be lost , and your poor will starve , and most likely your Grand Lodge may be transported to London , or Scotland , or Botany Bay " !

We are now at the end of our information respecting the schism . We arc told that the Grand Lodge of Ulster issued ; i number of warrants at a cheaper rate than the Grand Lodge of Ireland ( Dublin ) , and

when the differences were happily adjusted , there was an offer- made to confirm the warrants , which was declined , as the members would not pay the amount demanded by the regular Grand Lodge .

Hence these brethren became expelled 01 clandestine Masons , and met in groves , hills , or valleys , and thus became known as " Thorn ) ' or Bush Masons , " and we arc creditably informed their custom w . ss to

confer degrees on all applicants for a small consideration , or " treats of whiskey . " From this body , it is believed by some observant and respectable Masons , " that the secret societies that so permeated the lower

classes in Ireland had their origin , and were fostered by the Roman Catholic clergy until the Emancipation of 182 > , when they boldly threw off the mask , and hurl' I the anathemas of the Vatican at the

Freemasons . This of course may be true , but as wc have not sufficient on the po 'it to give an opinion , wc shall rest conte . it by mentioning it . Wc may state tha '; the

information and statements here given were communicated to us in a lett > r expressing the thanks of the writer for the facts we have made known respecting Freemasonry in Ireland . ( To be continued . )

Obituary.

Obituary .

? BRO . WILLIAM P . GUNNELL . Death has struck down suddenly in the very prime of life Bro . William P . Gunnell , the late agent at Cape Coast , of the firm of Messrs . F . and A . Swanzy , of London , who died at Cape

Coast , South Africa , a short time since . The honourable and upright character , frank and unassuming manner , and thoroughly- amiable disposition of the late lamented gentleman had greatly endeared him to all classes of our

community . His remains , followed by a prodigious number of persons of every rank and of both sexes , were conveyed to the new burial ground for interment Bro . Gunnell , who occupied the position of Worshipful Master of the Gold Coast Lodge at the time of his death was buried

with Masonic honours . The corpse was conveyed to the -church from the factory at about ¦ eight in the morning , and there the funeral service was read by the Rev . Bro . D . Smith . Colonial Chaplain . After this , it was borne to the place

of interment , the procession marching in the following order : —Bro . Nylander ( as Tyler ) with a drawn sword ; he was followed by Bro . Isaac Robertson , bearing the banner of the lodge . Next followed two Fellow Crafts , Bros .

Clementson and Bradshaw ; after them the following Master Masons , two and two , viz ., Bros . D . Haywood and II . A . Quansah , J . R . Thompson and Samuel Davis , Lieut . Hopkins and W . J . Browne . Then came Bros . J . H . Capper ,

Treasurer ; W . J . Mercer , Secretary pro tan . ; H . A . E . Mullen , J . W . ; and F . E . Bennett , S . W . ; Bro . Charles Bartels walking next bearing the Bible , followed by Bro . S . Bannerman , P . M . and acting W . M . Next came the

choristers , whose performance on this occasion was exceedingly creditable . They were followed by the Rev . Bro . D . Smith , Colonial Chaplain . Next came the hearse , containing the body of the late Bro . W . P . Gunnell , and

followed by Bros . W . D . Howson , S . D . ; and C . C . Brown , S . D ., bearing rods ; then His Excellency the Administrator and Capt . W . E .

Hoare ; behind whom walked Bros . Drs . Duggan and J . R . Thomas , Stewards ; and last of all ( of the Masons ) Bro . Joseph Hagan , Inner Guard , with drawn sword .

A large number of ladies and gentlemen , and a very great gathering of the humbler classes , followed the Masonic procession . As the burial ground was approached , it was observed that a considerable concourse of persons had already

assembled there , waiting for the arrival of the funeral party . The coffin was consigned to its resting-place surrounded by one of the largest assemblies that has ever accompanied a white man here to the grave . Peace be with him!—West African Herald .

Referring to our article last week , the astronomical explanation of the mutilation of the body of Osiris into fourteen pieces is thus given by Plutarch : — " This is , into as many parts as there are days between the full moon and the new . This

circumstance , has reference to the gradual diminution of the binary light during the Jonrtccn days that follow the full moon . The imon at the end of fourteen days enters Taurus and becomes unilcd to the sun , from whom she collects fire upon her disk during the fourteen days which follow . She is then found every month in

conjunction with him in the superior parts of the signs . The equinoctial year finishes at the moment when the sun and moon arc found united with Orion , or the star of Orus , a constellation place I under Taurus , which unites itself to the Xeomcnia of spring . The moon renews herself in Taurus , and a few days afterwards is seen in the form of

a crescent in the following sign , that is , Gemini , the home of Mercury . Then Orion , united to the sun , in the attitude of a formidable warrior , precipitates Scorpio , his rival , into the shades of night ; for he sets every time Orion appears above the horizon . The day becomes

lengthened , andthc germs of evil are by degrees destroyed ; It is tlius that the poet Nonnus pictures to us Typhon conquered at the end of winter , wlu-n the sun arrives in Taunii , and when Orion mounts into the heavens with him . "