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Knights Of The Red Cross Of Constantine.

Haycroft , George Kenning , John T . Moss , Hy . Parker , Frederick A . Philbrick , William Roebuck , Sig ismnnd Rosenthal , and Thomas W . White . The Acting Grand Sovereign then read the undermentioned list of officers for the ensuing

year , appointed by the Earl of Bective , Grand Sovereign . GRAND COUNCIL . —Sir Knights Sir Frederick M . Williams , Bart ., MP ., Grand Viceroy ; Col . Francis Burdett , G . S . Gen . ; the Right Hon . the Earl of Jersey , G . J . Gen . ; Rev . T . F . T .

Ravenshaw and Rev . Chas . J . Martyn , Grand Prelates ; William E . Gumbleton , G . H . Chancellor ; Wm . H . Hubbard , G . Treas . ; William Robert Woodman , M . D ., G . Recorder ; Henry C . Levander , M . A ., G . H Almoner ; Colonel J . Whitwell , d / . i' ., G . Chamberlain ; Jas . Lewis Thomas , G . Architect ; Raynham W . Stewart ,

G . Marshal ; An gel o J . Lewis , G . Orator ; ancl John Boyd , G . Historiographer . GRAND SENATE . *—Sir Knights The Lord Lindsay , G . Preceptor ; Wm . James Hughan , G . Examiner ; John Trickett , C . E ., G . Prefect ; Rev . W . B . Church , M . A ., G . Sub-Prelate ; Geo . Powell , G . V . Chancellor ; and Thomas Cubitt , G . A . Treasurer .

The Grand Conclave was then closed in imperial form . After the proceedings in Conclave the Knights adjourned to the banquet , under the chairmanshi p of Colonel Burdett , and during the evening the following toasts were given : —•

" Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen , and the Christian Orders . " "Their Koyal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales , and the rest of the Koyal Family . " " The Most Eminent Grand Viceroy , Sir Frederick M . Williams , Bart ., H . P ., and the Past and Present Members of the Council . "

" The Illustrious Intendants General of the Order . " "The Wry Eminent Grand Preceptor , and the rest ofthe Grand Senate . " " The Kni ghts of the Grand Cross . *' " The Sovereigns and Viceroys of the . several Conclaves . "

"The Board of Stewards , and Prosperity to the Order . " and "The Sentinel ' s Toast . " The musical arrangements were entrusted to Sir Knt . II . Parker , G . O ., who was assisted hy Miss Susanna Cole , Bros . Frank Elmore and Frederick Penna , who performed the * following selection to the entire satisfaction of the

company :- — Grace , " For these and all Thy mercies given . " The " National Anthem . " National Sons *** , ' * ( foil Bless the Prince ol Wales . " Song , "Tell me mv Heart , " Miss Susanna

Cole . "The Red Cross Song , " liro . Frederic Penna . Song , " Love ' s Request , * " Bro . !•' . Klmore . Trio , "This Magic ; Wove Scarf . " . Miss e-usanna Cole , Bro . F . Elmore and Frederic Penna . Ballad , " I never can Forget , " Bro . Frederic

Penna . Ballad , " Ciochctte , " Aliss Susanna Cole . Song , " I once knew a Normand y Maid , " liro . F . Elmore * . Senerade , "Sleep , Gentle Lady . " I'he following Knights composed the board of

Stewards : — PRESIDENT . —M . E . Sir Frederick M . Wil Hams , Hart ., M . I ' .. Grand Viceroy . \' :-P ; II . SIDKNT :. ; .--- III . Sir Knts . II . C Levander , M . A ., G . Historiographer , (' apt . G Turner , Int . Gen . X . Lancashire ; W . Williams

| r ., Int . Gen . Monmouthshire ; V . I *' . Sir Knts . Col . J . Whit well , d / . /' ., G . Preceptor : Kev . W . li . Church , OLA ., G . S . P . ; W . R . Woodman , M . D ., G . A . Trcasuiar ; Thomas Ciibkt , G . Standard Bearer ; John * Boyd ; G . Kenning , G . A . Marshal : II . Parker , G . ( J nranist ; and ' C . II .

Rogers-Harrison , G . Herald . TREASURER . —K . Sir . Knt . Rosenthal , K . G . C REPRESENTATIVES or Coxci . . —Sir Knts Ji . Sillifaiu , J . T . Moss , K . G . C ., IL A . Dubois f . W . Barrett , W . 11 . Scott , and T . B . Yeoman Premier ; E . H . Thiellay , J . Brett , K . G . C ., IJ . R . Adams , J . Weaver , C . ' Parker Ward , M-D .

Knights Of The Red Cross Of Constantine.

T . W . White , K . G . C , W . Hurlstone , and J Willing , jun ., No . 2 ; D . D . Beck , No . . 3 ; \ V II . Hil ' lsworth , No . -J ; A . C . Morton and W C . Lucey , H . D ., No ' . 6 ; T . Smale , No . 9 ; W

Roebuck ; K . G . C , Capt . C . S . Burgess , F . Binckes , K . G . C , D . M . Dewar , K . G . C , and J . Tanner , No . 15 ; H . S . Williams , No . 55 ; R . Robinson , No . 36 ; G . P . Brockbank , K . G . C , and J . M . Rutter , No . 42 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

AIDS TO STUDY .

( 7 b the Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —• My esteemed friend , Bro . Carpenter , will , I am sure , pardon me for for correcting a slig ht error in his letter , published in the last number of the Freemason , with the pith of which , however , I scarcely need tell him , I entirely concur .

There is no Prudent Brethren Lodge if Instruction . The public , or open night , was given b y the Prudent Brethren Chapier No . 145 , about three months after it was consecrated by Comji . John Hervey , G . K . assisted by Comp . Brett . Whether the open night was a success or

not , I must leave others to form an opinion , and will merely say that those who promoted the movement felt so gratified with the satisfaction expressed b y one of the largest convocations of R . A . Masons on record , that they thought of having an open night twice at least during the Masonic season—so that those companions who

might feel disposed to study R . A . Masonry in its puritv—or aid in an uniformity of working should not be without the * opportunity , however , upon consideration it was seen that this would entail too great au expense upon a Chapter so young as ISio . 143—therefore the idea was abandoned , and the result of several meetings and deliberations ended in the formation of the K . A .

Chapier of Improvement ; and now the companions of the order have every facility of acquiring and perfecting themselves , not only in the beautiful ritual connected with the ceremony of exaltation , but also the lectures and other portions of the supreme degree , not usually given

in the regular chapters . J may also add that discussions occasionally arise and are not prohibited , if confined to the purposes of the meeting , ancl do not interfere with tbe programme of the evening ; bv these means the companions hear and know the opinions of others , who may not

agree in some slight and frequently unimportant difference in the working . This J think my friend Companion Carpenter will agree with me in saying is a move in the right direction . That others believe it to be so , I may venture to assert , or we should not have had the large gatherings of

some of the most influential members of the Craft , as witnessed at festivals of" ' une and February last . 1 am disposed to think there is another step working quietly along in the right direction . I allude to tbe visits of Lodges of Instruction to each other , for the purpose of

working tne sections , east visiting the west , west he east , north the south , and south the north ; each carrying their own working into their neighbours' territories , and may perhaps in time so cross each other as to make as many angle's as our Companion Brett does ofthe R . A . jewel . So

much tlie batter , we shall tben get iiinlormity ol working , for we havelhe means , ( actually in our hands ) without applying to Grand Lodge to legislate upon the subject , ' lours fraternally , ( OIIN Bo YD , P . Z .

I'he above was written before I noticed Bro . Stevens ' s letter in the Freemason , ancl to which I refer Bro . Carpenter . The going out to tea and taking your work with you , was alluded to in consequence of the invitation I had myself received .

[ To the Editor ol' lhe Freemason . ) DEAK SIR AND BROTHER , - It occured to me , after having written the s-aggc : tiw lines which appeared under this heading in the hiat issue of ' / " //; ¦ Freemason , that J

Original Correspondence.

might contribute a few materials , as other brethren also mi ght do , by way of furnishing aids to study , while we await the appearance of some brother , or brothers , who will set about the work of establishing a Masonic library , lectures , and conversations , ancl with your approval , I purpose

contributing , as opportunity offers , something in the way of suggestion towards the study of those branches of knowledge which should be peculiarl y interesting to us Masons , as occupying a prominent place amongst thc subjects which fall within the sphere of our Masonic obligations , ancl which are in themselves as instructive as

they are interesting . In tbe prosecution of my object I shall sometimes offer . my own thoughts , and sometimes the thoughts of others , the latter , probably , more frequentl y than the former , having an eye especially to subjects which do not receive so much attention from many of our brethren as all must admit they should do .

Standing perhaps foremost amongst these subjects , is Ancient History , and more particularl y the Ancient History of the East , about which I think I am not wrong in saying that many of us know but little . And yet , I venture to affirm , that there is not a department of study fraught

with more interest , or one more calculated to expand the mind ancl contribute to an enlarged view of " the wonderful works of the Almighty . " I may also remark , that a mere English reader possesses facilities for pursuing this branch of knowledge , far beyond those available a

fewyears ago , as he has within reach the results of those laborious investigations which scholars , German scholars especially , have undertaken within the last half century , and which have tended to eliminate from the early fragments of

history much that has been proved b y the application of sound canons of criticism , to be , if not mythical , wholly unreliable . We possess much of the results of those labours in recent English works . Nor should I omit to mention , as amonirst thc eminent labourers in this field of

investigation , our own Grote and Hallam , or that most industrious of all literary labourers , Dr . William Smith , any more than I should those indefatigable scholars who have devoted many years of their lives to the successful study and elucidation ofthe preserved fragments of

Egyptian , Assyrian , and Babylonian history , as Niebuhr , Grotefrend , Chanipollian , Wilkinson , Corry , Rawlinson , Hinks , Oppert and Batta , who have made those wonderful discoveries in hierogh'phie and cuniform literature , whicli—at least in the principles of interpretation , ancl in a large mass ol" positive results—have outlived the stage of

incredulity , and become a recognised branch of ancient learning Let me , then , 111 opening this subject , transfer to your columns a very important suggestion in relation to Ancient History , which appears in the preface to Philip Smith ' s " Ancient History of the East , " forming a portion of . "Murray ' s Student ' s Manuals . ¦**

" A knowledge of the History of the East is indispensable to thc student . In the earliest records , he meets with doubtful traditions , and further study undoubted signs of older forms of civilisation , which help to determine those of Greece and Rome . Egypt and Phu-nicia loom

up , however vaguely , in what hc learns of the origin of Greek society , arts , and letters . The earliest and noblest poetry of Greece and of the world , as well as the le'gend of Rome ' s original , bring him at once into contact with an Asiatic kingdom , of whose real existence , however , he is left in doubt . As his first readinsr of Greek

poetry excites his cunorsity about Troy , so his earliest labours in Greek prose plunge him into the history of Persia , and into the heart ofthe great eastern empires . His first guide to the history of Greece is an author who—with a wise prescience of that method of study which we have

only learnt of late—carries him at once to Assyria and Babylon , Egypt ancl Libyia , Lydia ancl Persia , that , in the knowledge of the East be may see the true meaning of the victories which form the glory of the history of Greece . And

at every succeeding step , he finds himself in con tact with Oriental form of government ancl civilisation , and he learns that the victories of Alexander , Scipio and Augustus , were the decisive steps in th ¦ great conflict between Eastern ,

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FREEMASONRY AND ISRAELITISH; Article 1
CONSECRATION OF A ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER AT HERTFORD. Article 2
PRESENTATION TO BRO. J. FLYNN, P.M., AND P.Z., 245, DUBLIN. Article 3
KNIGHTS OF THE RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE. Article 3
Original Correspondence. Article 4
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE. Article 5
Masonic Tidings. Article 5
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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS. Article 6
REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS. Article 8
Red Cross of Constantine. Article 10
Ancient and Accepted Rite. Article 10
Poetry. Article 10
CONSECRATION OF THE ST. MARK'S CHAPTER, No. 857. Article 10
CONSECRATION OF THE BIRCHALL LODGE OF MARK MASTERS, No. 143 . Article 10
METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS. Article 12
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Knights Of The Red Cross Of Constantine.

Haycroft , George Kenning , John T . Moss , Hy . Parker , Frederick A . Philbrick , William Roebuck , Sig ismnnd Rosenthal , and Thomas W . White . The Acting Grand Sovereign then read the undermentioned list of officers for the ensuing

year , appointed by the Earl of Bective , Grand Sovereign . GRAND COUNCIL . —Sir Knights Sir Frederick M . Williams , Bart ., MP ., Grand Viceroy ; Col . Francis Burdett , G . S . Gen . ; the Right Hon . the Earl of Jersey , G . J . Gen . ; Rev . T . F . T .

Ravenshaw and Rev . Chas . J . Martyn , Grand Prelates ; William E . Gumbleton , G . H . Chancellor ; Wm . H . Hubbard , G . Treas . ; William Robert Woodman , M . D ., G . Recorder ; Henry C . Levander , M . A ., G . H Almoner ; Colonel J . Whitwell , d / . i' ., G . Chamberlain ; Jas . Lewis Thomas , G . Architect ; Raynham W . Stewart ,

G . Marshal ; An gel o J . Lewis , G . Orator ; ancl John Boyd , G . Historiographer . GRAND SENATE . *—Sir Knights The Lord Lindsay , G . Preceptor ; Wm . James Hughan , G . Examiner ; John Trickett , C . E ., G . Prefect ; Rev . W . B . Church , M . A ., G . Sub-Prelate ; Geo . Powell , G . V . Chancellor ; and Thomas Cubitt , G . A . Treasurer .

The Grand Conclave was then closed in imperial form . After the proceedings in Conclave the Knights adjourned to the banquet , under the chairmanshi p of Colonel Burdett , and during the evening the following toasts were given : —•

" Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen , and the Christian Orders . " "Their Koyal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales , and the rest of the Koyal Family . " " The Most Eminent Grand Viceroy , Sir Frederick M . Williams , Bart ., H . P ., and the Past and Present Members of the Council . "

" The Illustrious Intendants General of the Order . " "The Wry Eminent Grand Preceptor , and the rest ofthe Grand Senate . " " The Kni ghts of the Grand Cross . *' " The Sovereigns and Viceroys of the . several Conclaves . "

"The Board of Stewards , and Prosperity to the Order . " and "The Sentinel ' s Toast . " The musical arrangements were entrusted to Sir Knt . II . Parker , G . O ., who was assisted hy Miss Susanna Cole , Bros . Frank Elmore and Frederick Penna , who performed the * following selection to the entire satisfaction of the

company :- — Grace , " For these and all Thy mercies given . " The " National Anthem . " National Sons *** , ' * ( foil Bless the Prince ol Wales . " Song , "Tell me mv Heart , " Miss Susanna

Cole . "The Red Cross Song , " liro . Frederic Penna . Song , " Love ' s Request , * " Bro . !•' . Klmore . Trio , "This Magic ; Wove Scarf . " . Miss e-usanna Cole , Bro . F . Elmore and Frederic Penna . Ballad , " I never can Forget , " Bro . Frederic

Penna . Ballad , " Ciochctte , " Aliss Susanna Cole . Song , " I once knew a Normand y Maid , " liro . F . Elmore * . Senerade , "Sleep , Gentle Lady . " I'he following Knights composed the board of

Stewards : — PRESIDENT . —M . E . Sir Frederick M . Wil Hams , Hart ., M . I ' .. Grand Viceroy . \' :-P ; II . SIDKNT :. ; .--- III . Sir Knts . II . C Levander , M . A ., G . Historiographer , (' apt . G Turner , Int . Gen . X . Lancashire ; W . Williams

| r ., Int . Gen . Monmouthshire ; V . I *' . Sir Knts . Col . J . Whit well , d / . /' ., G . Preceptor : Kev . W . li . Church , OLA ., G . S . P . ; W . R . Woodman , M . D ., G . A . Trcasuiar ; Thomas Ciibkt , G . Standard Bearer ; John * Boyd ; G . Kenning , G . A . Marshal : II . Parker , G . ( J nranist ; and ' C . II .

Rogers-Harrison , G . Herald . TREASURER . —K . Sir . Knt . Rosenthal , K . G . C REPRESENTATIVES or Coxci . . —Sir Knts Ji . Sillifaiu , J . T . Moss , K . G . C ., IL A . Dubois f . W . Barrett , W . 11 . Scott , and T . B . Yeoman Premier ; E . H . Thiellay , J . Brett , K . G . C ., IJ . R . Adams , J . Weaver , C . ' Parker Ward , M-D .

Knights Of The Red Cross Of Constantine.

T . W . White , K . G . C , W . Hurlstone , and J Willing , jun ., No . 2 ; D . D . Beck , No . . 3 ; \ V II . Hil ' lsworth , No . -J ; A . C . Morton and W C . Lucey , H . D ., No ' . 6 ; T . Smale , No . 9 ; W

Roebuck ; K . G . C , Capt . C . S . Burgess , F . Binckes , K . G . C , D . M . Dewar , K . G . C , and J . Tanner , No . 15 ; H . S . Williams , No . 55 ; R . Robinson , No . 36 ; G . P . Brockbank , K . G . C , and J . M . Rutter , No . 42 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

AIDS TO STUDY .

( 7 b the Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —• My esteemed friend , Bro . Carpenter , will , I am sure , pardon me for for correcting a slig ht error in his letter , published in the last number of the Freemason , with the pith of which , however , I scarcely need tell him , I entirely concur .

There is no Prudent Brethren Lodge if Instruction . The public , or open night , was given b y the Prudent Brethren Chapier No . 145 , about three months after it was consecrated by Comji . John Hervey , G . K . assisted by Comp . Brett . Whether the open night was a success or

not , I must leave others to form an opinion , and will merely say that those who promoted the movement felt so gratified with the satisfaction expressed b y one of the largest convocations of R . A . Masons on record , that they thought of having an open night twice at least during the Masonic season—so that those companions who

might feel disposed to study R . A . Masonry in its puritv—or aid in an uniformity of working should not be without the * opportunity , however , upon consideration it was seen that this would entail too great au expense upon a Chapter so young as ISio . 143—therefore the idea was abandoned , and the result of several meetings and deliberations ended in the formation of the K . A .

Chapier of Improvement ; and now the companions of the order have every facility of acquiring and perfecting themselves , not only in the beautiful ritual connected with the ceremony of exaltation , but also the lectures and other portions of the supreme degree , not usually given

in the regular chapters . J may also add that discussions occasionally arise and are not prohibited , if confined to the purposes of the meeting , ancl do not interfere with tbe programme of the evening ; bv these means the companions hear and know the opinions of others , who may not

agree in some slight and frequently unimportant difference in the working . This J think my friend Companion Carpenter will agree with me in saying is a move in the right direction . That others believe it to be so , I may venture to assert , or we should not have had the large gatherings of

some of the most influential members of the Craft , as witnessed at festivals of" ' une and February last . 1 am disposed to think there is another step working quietly along in the right direction . I allude to tbe visits of Lodges of Instruction to each other , for the purpose of

working tne sections , east visiting the west , west he east , north the south , and south the north ; each carrying their own working into their neighbours' territories , and may perhaps in time so cross each other as to make as many angle's as our Companion Brett does ofthe R . A . jewel . So

much tlie batter , we shall tben get iiinlormity ol working , for we havelhe means , ( actually in our hands ) without applying to Grand Lodge to legislate upon the subject , ' lours fraternally , ( OIIN Bo YD , P . Z .

I'he above was written before I noticed Bro . Stevens ' s letter in the Freemason , ancl to which I refer Bro . Carpenter . The going out to tea and taking your work with you , was alluded to in consequence of the invitation I had myself received .

[ To the Editor ol' lhe Freemason . ) DEAK SIR AND BROTHER , - It occured to me , after having written the s-aggc : tiw lines which appeared under this heading in the hiat issue of ' / " //; ¦ Freemason , that J

Original Correspondence.

might contribute a few materials , as other brethren also mi ght do , by way of furnishing aids to study , while we await the appearance of some brother , or brothers , who will set about the work of establishing a Masonic library , lectures , and conversations , ancl with your approval , I purpose

contributing , as opportunity offers , something in the way of suggestion towards the study of those branches of knowledge which should be peculiarl y interesting to us Masons , as occupying a prominent place amongst thc subjects which fall within the sphere of our Masonic obligations , ancl which are in themselves as instructive as

they are interesting . In tbe prosecution of my object I shall sometimes offer . my own thoughts , and sometimes the thoughts of others , the latter , probably , more frequentl y than the former , having an eye especially to subjects which do not receive so much attention from many of our brethren as all must admit they should do .

Standing perhaps foremost amongst these subjects , is Ancient History , and more particularl y the Ancient History of the East , about which I think I am not wrong in saying that many of us know but little . And yet , I venture to affirm , that there is not a department of study fraught

with more interest , or one more calculated to expand the mind ancl contribute to an enlarged view of " the wonderful works of the Almighty . " I may also remark , that a mere English reader possesses facilities for pursuing this branch of knowledge , far beyond those available a

fewyears ago , as he has within reach the results of those laborious investigations which scholars , German scholars especially , have undertaken within the last half century , and which have tended to eliminate from the early fragments of

history much that has been proved b y the application of sound canons of criticism , to be , if not mythical , wholly unreliable . We possess much of the results of those labours in recent English works . Nor should I omit to mention , as amonirst thc eminent labourers in this field of

investigation , our own Grote and Hallam , or that most industrious of all literary labourers , Dr . William Smith , any more than I should those indefatigable scholars who have devoted many years of their lives to the successful study and elucidation ofthe preserved fragments of

Egyptian , Assyrian , and Babylonian history , as Niebuhr , Grotefrend , Chanipollian , Wilkinson , Corry , Rawlinson , Hinks , Oppert and Batta , who have made those wonderful discoveries in hierogh'phie and cuniform literature , whicli—at least in the principles of interpretation , ancl in a large mass ol" positive results—have outlived the stage of

incredulity , and become a recognised branch of ancient learning Let me , then , 111 opening this subject , transfer to your columns a very important suggestion in relation to Ancient History , which appears in the preface to Philip Smith ' s " Ancient History of the East , " forming a portion of . "Murray ' s Student ' s Manuals . ¦**

" A knowledge of the History of the East is indispensable to thc student . In the earliest records , he meets with doubtful traditions , and further study undoubted signs of older forms of civilisation , which help to determine those of Greece and Rome . Egypt and Phu-nicia loom

up , however vaguely , in what hc learns of the origin of Greek society , arts , and letters . The earliest and noblest poetry of Greece and of the world , as well as the le'gend of Rome ' s original , bring him at once into contact with an Asiatic kingdom , of whose real existence , however , he is left in doubt . As his first readinsr of Greek

poetry excites his cunorsity about Troy , so his earliest labours in Greek prose plunge him into the history of Persia , and into the heart ofthe great eastern empires . His first guide to the history of Greece is an author who—with a wise prescience of that method of study which we have

only learnt of late—carries him at once to Assyria and Babylon , Egypt ancl Libyia , Lydia ancl Persia , that , in the knowledge of the East be may see the true meaning of the victories which form the glory of the history of Greece . And

at every succeeding step , he finds himself in con tact with Oriental form of government ancl civilisation , and he learns that the victories of Alexander , Scipio and Augustus , were the decisive steps in th ¦ great conflict between Eastern ,

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