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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

J . W ILLIAMS . —We releryou to the latter part of Article nof the Book of Constitutions—" nor can he regain the right of membership of the Grand Lodge , as a Past Master , until he has again duly served the oflice of Master of such a lodge . " We consider this governs the answer to your question , and that though it is of course impossible to deprive such a brother of the further knowledge he acquired of Freemasonry when he became an installed Master , he cannot again resume his full status as a P . M . in a private lodge any more than a Grand Lodge , until he has again served as W . M . —ED . F . M ..

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SATURDAY , APRIL 23 , 1892 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The Grand Festival will be held at Freemasons ' Hall , under the presidency of the Pro Grand Master , on Wednesday next , the 27 th inst ., when thc Grand Officers for the ensuing year will be appointed and invested . The usual banquet will follow .

# # * We beg to inform our readers that the first meeting of the Board of Stewards for the approaching Festival ofthe Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will be held at Freemasons' Hall on Thursday , the < th prox . We

do not imagine the Board is very strong at present , and , therefore , a move to organise and strengthen it at as early a date as possible is undoubtedly wise . The

Festival , as we are advised at present , will be held on the last Wednesday in June , under the presidency of Bro . Sir Michael E . Hicks-Bcach , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . Grand Master of Gloucestershire .

* * * We arc given to understand that the Board of Management of the Boys' School have arranged for the scrutiny demanded at the declaration of the poll last week , to take place to-day ( Friday ) . We believe it

will be found that a serious error in the counting of the votes in two of the cases was made by the Scrutineers on the day of the election , and that the second scrutiny *'" result in the admission of Kent and Brown . " appily this will be done without either of those who

vere declared higher on the poll being displaced , in consequence of the Board of Management deciding to ¦ Wmit two more boys to fill extraordinary vacancies that ave occurred . It is exceptionally fortunate in the case lv ent , as it was his only chance ol election .

We warmly congratulate " Our Boys " on the con-, [ . nued excellence of their monthly magazine , " The " soman . " It is admirably printed , and , in addition t I , C usua ' School news , there are one or two con-, - ™ tions of merit . In all respects " The Masonian " s a "lost creditable periodical .

I . " h ; iVc been favoured with copies of the " One Omh th Annual Re P * t" of the Masonic Female IjJL """ School , Dublin , and the Masonic Orphan info " ol lor Iast year - Both contain a mass of to k „ * re -at'ng to the Schools , which cannot fail to L . -- ••¦¦ m . iiig lo me ocnouis , wnicn cannot iaii 581

' ¦^ Ppott ' ' ^''" ' and t 0 Whicl * WC sha" take an ear'y h ow . ""' ' oi referring . We may as well mention , ¦* M t 0 u r , j ! in the case o { the G * ' Schoo ! which its Co . " ln l 19 > anc * ' shortly about to celebrate enary , thc distribution of prizes will take place

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on Monday , the 16 th prox ., while the Bazaar and Fancy Fair in behalf of the Centenary , will take place on Tuesday , the 17 th prox ., and the four following days . * * * The "West Yorkshire Masonic Library and Museum " has made another grand acquisition , as our readers

will find noted in another portion of the Freemason , by the indefatigable Honorary Librarian , Bro . William Watson , of Leeds . The rarity and value of tbe im - portant "Enquiry" by Dr . Dassigny , Dublin , of 1744 , are beyond question . The work , in fact , is not only extremely scarce , but of vast consequence , in relation to the history of Royal Arch Masonry .

* * * The only other copy known was purchased by Bro Hughan many years ago , and after reprinting it in his "Memorials of the Masonic Union" ( A . D . 1872 ) , he parted with it to his lamented friend Bro . Bowers as the piece de resistance in that ardent collector ' s library .

Until now , this was the only one known in the world , and even to-day there is but one copy in each hemisphere . Personally , we always regretted Bro . Hughan ' s good nature leading him to send the rare work across the Atlantic . Under present circumstances , however , we are more than satisfied , especially as it is understood that Bro . Watson intends to ask the R . W . Bro . T . W .

Tew's consent to reprint it in full facsimile . It is curious in this instance to see two title pages to the volume , but the plate , or frontispiece , is still untraced , and we fear untraceable . We warmly congratulate the Provincial Grand Master , the Librarian , and all West Yorkshire brethren on this splendid find . * * *

The Scottish Masonic Record , Glasgow , has done a very neat and graceful act by reprinting Bro . Hughan ' s "Bibliography of Scottish Lodge Histories , " and placing the portrait of that respected brother on the

title page . Only fifty copies are printed , however , so Bro . Hughan will find it a difficult task to distribute them , and , as they bind with a similar work he has ably done for English Histories , the souvenir is both welcome and useful .

Our Sydney namesake is slightly too clever— " too clever by half , " as the saying is , and as spiteful in some recent remarks it has seen fit to make in respect of this journal , as it was intemperate and vulgar in those we criticised in one of our January issues . In writing of Bro . Lord Carrington's installation as Provincial Grand

Master of Buckinghamshire , we described his lordship by the highest title in English Freemasonry he was then entitled to , and the Sydney Freemason at once fell foul of us for our ignorance . In replying to this criticism in January last , we justified our description of his lordship on the ground that we were writing of him in his

capacity of an English Mason , with which his position as Past Grand Master of New South Wales had nothing whatever to do , and now our contemporary charges us with " rabid antipathy to colonial Grand Lodges " in ignoring " Bro . Lord Carrington ' s Grand Master ' s

title , " We have spoken of Lord Carrington scores of times cither as Grand Master or Past Grand Master of New South Wales , but it is no good attempting to mollify a journal which resolutely declines to be mollified , and , therefore , we give thc matter up us a bad job , * * *

Bro . Philbrick , Q . C , G . Reg ., will no doubt be mightily amused on hearing that he has been described as an " acrobatic brother . " The legal adviser of our Grand Lodge , who is a Q . C . and Recorder of Colchester to boot , perched on the top of a long pole , or balancing a chair on the tip of his learned nose , were a sight to

make all the gods on Olympus shake their immortal sides with laughter . We are almost inclined to forgive the Sydney Freemason its spilefulness for having suggested so funny an idea , especially as it has done us the honour to attribute the authorship of our " Masonic Notes " to the said " acrobatic brother . "

there is a good deal of presumption about the members of the new-born irregular Grand Lodge ot New Zealand . They appear to imagine they represent all the Masonry that exists in the Colony , and that no one else has a right to an opinion but themselves and the organ which writes in their interest , They ignore the fact that if they had the right to secede from their

Mother Grand Lodges and establish one of their own , the other lodges holding under the same Constitutions had an equal right to remain true to their allegiance . They argue also as if they were a majority of the lodges in New Zealand , whereas from a list published not very long ago in the AVai Zealand Craftsman , there are certainly as many under the English , Irish , and Scotch Constitutions as under the irregular Grand Lodge .

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Again , if Freemasonry in New Zealand is in the position of a house divided against itself , it is not the fault of the lodges that preferred to remain as they were . These , as we have said , had at least as good a right to remain as the others had to go elsewhere . They are to blame who created the schism , not those at whose expense it was created . Had the vote in favour of

establishing a local Grand Lodge been anything like a preponderant one , Bro . the Earl of Onslow would long ago have been Grand Master of an independent Grand Lodge of New Zealand , and our Grand Lodge would have recognised the new body , as it had previously recognised the Grand Lodges of New South Wales and Victoria .

- We congratulate the Australasian Keystone , which is now the property of a Company composed of prominent members of the Craft in Victoria . In its review of what has been accomplished during the nine months it has been under the control of this company , it speaks well of its position both as regards subscribers and

advertisements , and in spite of the depression which has prevailed in all directions . It anticipates also that when a full year has been completed the Keystone will be found to have prospered exceedingly , and that the shareholders will receive a fair dividend on their investments . We trust our worthy contemporary will have a long and prosperous future .

Our Bro . E . P . Delevante , who does so much to charm us in the post prandial proceedings of many lodges , has kindly arranged to give , with the assistance of his pupils , the opera of " The Mikado " to " Our Boys , " at Wood Green , on the Gth May . We hope to be able to give further particulars in our next issue .

* * » " In Vino Veritas " writes to complain of the practice so much on the increase of using the Craft for the purpose of advertisement , but in the instance referred to the announcement that a certain brand of champagne had been chosen for a festival dinner can hardly be

called a Masonic offence any more than the vendor of a soap who had contracted to supply the members of a church congress could be accused of violating the code of Christian ethics . It is another thing when a brother uses Masonry for trade purposes . Our correspondent does not even suggest that the vendors of the champagne in question are Masons .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

9 83 ] "THE NEW ATLANTIS . " Many thanks to Bro . Macbean for his useful information . I at once wrote for the edition he mentions . It is strange that I could not hear of it before , though I have inquired of more than one bookseller . LEX SCRIPTA .

Reviews.

Reviews .

FREEMASONS'CALENDAR AND DIRECTORY FOR LEICESTER AND RUTLAND , lSy * :. This artistic and accurate compilation is in its 20 th year of publication , and is quite an indispensable adjunct to thc Provincial Grand Lodge . Bro . li . A . Smith , B . A ., L . L . M ., is the editor , and this year , by vote of the Provincial Grand Lodge , his portrait is inserted as the frontispiece , to the great satisfaction of his numerous friends , who will value

such a pleasing souvenir of that worthy brother . There arc one or two new features in this issue , but the work done is mainly on the old lines , as they have been proved to be suitable and useful . The roll of Grand Officers of the Provincial Grand Chapter from 1 S 73 is an excellent addition and possibly a similar list will follow ere long for the Mark

Provincial Grand Lodge so as to complete the trio . The roll of members of each lodge must have entailed considerable labour , because so much else is given , but the value of such a register is patent , and so the " Roll of Honour , " or list of votes for the Charities , viz ., 1889 , which is a magnificent total for only a dozen lodges .

FREEMASONS' CALENDAR AND DIRECTORY FOR SOMERSET . Bro . C . L . Fry Edwards has again edited this very handy volume , larger , fuller , and as accurate as ever . Our fear is that brethren thus so ably catered for do not sufficiently appreciate the labour involved in such compilations , for we know by actual and long experience what a deal of time has necessarily to be taken up in the arrangement , classification .

and securing so much varied information . Bro . Edwards has kindly presented his portrait to the subscribers as the frontispiece for 18 92 , and no more welcome addition to the special features of this year ' s issue could have been made . There is a mass of figures , lists , and particulars carefully and systematically arranged by Bro . Edwards , extending over some 130 pages , which certainly leaves little to be

desired even by the most exacting , and in the hands of the provincial authorities must be a real boon and infallible guide . The Charity votes are all inserted under lodges , and then summarised , amounting to 3154 , held by a province numbering 20 lodges and 1236 members . Mark Masonry ( lourishes in Somerset under its genial I ' rov . Grand Master , and in fact the Craft is prosperous throughout the county ,