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r » OYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION j ^_ FOR BOYS , WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . O FFICE—6 , FREEMASONS' HALL , W . C . GRAND PATRON : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . THE NINETY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL Will be held AT THE PAVILION , BRIGHTON , On WEDNESDAY , 24 th JUNE , 1891 , UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PRESIDENCY OF THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF LATHOM , M . W . Pro Grand Master , and R . W . P . G . M West Lancashire , Vice-President and Trustee of the Institution . The Band of the 6 th Inniskilling Dragoons will play a Selection of Music in the Grounds from 2 o'clock p . m . The Meister Glee Singers , with Madame Clara Samuell , will g ive a Concert in the Music Room from 6 to 9 p . m . Full Particulars of the Arrangements , as to Special Trains , & c , may be obtained at the Office . DINNER TICKETS ( inclusive of First-Class Return Fares from London ) , for LADIES , ISS ., and BRETHREN , 21 s . By order . J . MORRISON McLEOD , 6 , Freemasons' Hall , Secretary . London , W . C , 21 st May , 1891 . The services of brethren as Stewards representing Lodges or Provinces are earnestly solicited , and will be gratefully acknowledged , the present exceptional requirements demanding exceptional support .
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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . To THE PATRONS , VICE-PATRONS , VICE-PRESIDENTS , LIFE GOVERNORS , AND SUBSCRIBERS TO THE INSTITUTION . 1 beg to tender you my most grateful thanks for the interest you have evinced in my election , and especially to those friends who laboured so indefatigably on my behalf . —I am , yours most gratefully , E . C . COOMBS .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
The following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT LODGES — Ubique , No . 1789 . Columbia , No . 3397 . ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERStrawberry Hi 1 , No . 946 . Installation of Lord Carrington as Provincial Grand Master of Bucks . Provincial Grand Lodge of Gloucestershire .
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a ^^^^^^^^ HE ^^^^ r ^^ roPrg ^^^^^^^ lty ^^^ w ^ SATURDAY , MAY 23 , 1891 . ¦ ?
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
The installation of Lord Carrington , P . D . G . M . New South Wales , and P . S . G . W . of England , as P . G . M . of , ' ghamshire , was most successfully carried out . rhe meeting took place in the Town Hall , Aylesbury ,
number of brethren present , including a strong or ce of popular and prominent Grand Officers , was about 300 , and the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , ¦ 'M . Berkshire , who acted as the Installing Master , Performed his part very ably . We shall give a full ac count of the proceedings next week .
* * * We shall take occasion next week to write at some * gth on the approaching Boys' School Festival . In meantime , however , we may remark that the gunes are all in favour of a very brilliant success
success which , if we except the Girls' Centenary lval , is likel y to exceed in magnitude whatever has j heretofore accomplished in behalf of our Masonic ' « ons . The new Secretary has worked with such
c a W 1 " obtaining the services of brethren 7 o f 6 Wards that the Board already consists of some fo ° brethren , and there is still a full month available r other names to be handed in .
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But there are other important matters which must not be overlooked . The new Pro Grand Master will occupy the chair , and his Province , which is now the strongest in England , is preparing to support his lordship in a manner which will , in all probability , throw
even the most successful achievements of past Chairmen ' s Provinces entirely in the shade . Such , at least , is the tenour of the reports which have reached us from all sides , and it is just one of those reports which , once they have become public , have the happy knack of realising themselves .
Again , it is known that West Yorkshire and other large and important provinces are working as hard and with as much zeal as if each of them had the honour of the " Chairman ' s Province " in his own keeping , while London is also very strongly and numerously
represented . In short , the indications , as we have said , all favour the opinion that the Boys' School Festival at Brig hton on the 24 th prox . will be an unprecedentedly " big " thing in the way of Masonic anniversary celebrations , and as the School sorely needs the strong and
generous support of the Craft to help it out of its monetary difficulties , we sincerely trust the present auguries will be fulfilled . However , we shall have more room at our disposal next week for dealing with the subject . * * *
We know from the Festival Returns that Shropshire , since it has been constituted as a province under Bro . Sir Offley Wakeman , Bart ., P . G . M ., has generously and impartially supported our great Masonic Institutions . We know , too , that Bros . Venables and Southwell ,
the Bros . Spaull , and others have been among the foremost members of the Province in contributing this support . But the fifth annual report of the Shropshire Masonic Charitable Association enables us to form a better judgment still of the manner in which our Charities are being assisted by the Province at large .
This Association was started in 1885 , when the Province was inaugurated , and the amount which has been since remitted by its instrumentality to our Institutions is £ 1774 I 2 s . Of this large sum there was paid last year £ 284 13 s ., of which the Boys' School received
; £ i 55 8 s ., the R . M . B . I ., ^ 110 7 s ., and the Girls' School £ 18 18 s . These amounts are obtained by donations and subscriptions from the members of the lodges and chapters in the Province , and from the Prov . Grand Lodge , all the lodges taking part in the work of
subscription ; the total thus subscribed in 18 90 being ^ 316 3 s . to the A , or London , Fund , and ^ 43 15 s . to the B , or Provincial , Fund . The balance in hand on the former fund after allowing for the remittances we have quoted is stated as £ 113 7 s ., while as regards the B or
Provincial Fund the balance is £ g 6 3 s . 6 d ., the payments made including , £ 10 towards expenses in connection with the Charity Elections in London , and the necessary outlay for printing , postages , and such like petty expenses . Thus the outlay is very small , while the benefit to the London Charities is very considerable .
w * fp 7 ? The Association is composed of a Patron—the Prov . Grand Master—Vice-Patron ex officio—the Deputy Prov . Grand Master—and President , Vice-Presidents , Past
Presidents , and the representatives of lodges , with the usual officers , and an array of ordinary members . We sincerely hope it will be as successful in future years as in the past .
Bro . P . J . Oliver Minos has sent us a short series of questions , to which he requests the favour of replies .
We cannot answer them all , but probably some of our readers may be in a position to furnish the information he is anxious to obtain , and , if so , we shall esteem it a favour if they will do so .
Bro . Oliver Minos asks if the following are Freemasons , namely : " ( 1 ) the Archbishop of Dublin ; ( 2 ) Sir William Muir , Vice Chancellor and Principal of
Edinburgh University ; ( 3 ) the Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of Edinburgh , St . Andrew ' s , Aberdeen , and Glasgow Universities ; ( 4 ) the heads or Professors of Dublin University . " .
So far as we are able to satisfy our querist , we reply that ( 1 ) the Archbishop of Dublin has been for many years , and is now , one of the Grand Chaplains of the Grand Lodge of Ireland . ( 3 ) We believe that the
Duke of Argyll , Chancellor of St . Andrew ' s , the Duke of Richmond and Gordon , Chancellor of Aberdeen , and Lord Justice General Inglis , Chancellor of Edinburgh , are not Freemasons ; but we think we have seen the name of the Earl of Stair , Chancellor of Glasgow , in
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eluded among those of leading members of the Scottish Craft in days gone by . ( 4 ) Bro . the Rev . Joseph A . Galbraith , M . A ., Registrar of Dublin University and Secretary to the Senate , was till lately a Grand Chaplain of Ireland . Perhaps some of our readers may be able to supplement this answer by further information .
* * * We regret we are under the necessity of announcing the deaths of two prominent members of the Fraternity —men whose distinctions were won in different spheres of Masonic labour , and who , in all probability , were
united by no special bond of sympathy beyond that which actuates all Freemasons . The brethren we refer to were Bro . William Clarke , Past Grand Pursuivant of England , and an influential Suffolk Mason , who in the course of his career rendered much valuable
service to the Craft and its Institutions , and Bro . Sir Patrick Colquhoun , LL . D ., Q . C , one of the most distinguished members of the Order of the Temple , Arch Registrar of Convent General , and a Grand Cross of the Order .
Correspondence.
Correspondence .
[ A \ e do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]
RE MASONIC CLUB . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I read the letter of your correspondent " Bro . Provincial" in your last issue suggesting a Masonic Club . Kindly permit me to point out that this idea comes very late , as more than one club of the kind
has been started and have been utter failures , consequent upon the supine apathy of town and country Freemasons to co-operate and support either as shareholders or yearly subscribing members such a desirable rendezvous or nucleus for the Craft . One instance will suffice . The London Masonic Club of 1876 , 101 , Queen
Victoria-street , E . C , of which the writer was a shareholder , was inaugurated under grand and noble auspices . A regular lodge and lodge of instruction was the outcome of it , both now in existence—but during the time it was in existence it never paid a dividend , and
was wound up in forma pauperis , as the Craft evidently and obviously did not appreciate a Masonic Club . I am , fraternally yours , JOHN E . SHAND , P . M ., Sec . 2030 . May 20 th .
Reviews.
Reviews .
FREEMASONS' CALENDAR FOR THE PROV . GRAND LODGE OF NORFOLK 1891-2 .
This bijou directory , though such a miniature b y the side of several of its associates , is crammed full of matter , having 6 9 pages devoted to the Craft this time , in lieu of 53 in 1890 , and really gives in 321110 size most of the particulars furnished by the " Grenadiers " of the series . Page 70 is blank , and might well
be devoted to the Masonic Charities , so as to g ive in a brief table the total votes for each Institution held by members of the province . There are 17 lodges in Norfolk with an average membership of 45 to each , making a total of 774 . The seven Royal Arch Chapters return some 171
subscribing members . There only seems to be one Mark lodge in the county . This is No . 92 , Norwich , with 49 members , the lodge belonging to the Mark " Prov . Grand Lodge of East Anglia . " There is also a Rose Croix Chapter at Lynn , and there are two Knights Templars Preceptories , one at Norwich and the other
at Great Yarmouth , with a total of 45 members . The editor , Bro . G . W . G . Barnard , Prov . Grand Secretary , has done his work exceedingly well , and has introduced so many new features in this year ' s issue as to be almost like a neiv publication . Its usefulness and accuracy cannot well be over estimated .
INDIAN FREEMASONS' ALMANAC AND DIARY . 1891 . This large and comprehensive Masonic guide gives numerous details as to the lodges , chapters , and other bodies in India and Burma , under the English and Scottish Constitutions , as well as complete registers of the District Grand Lodges and Chapters . The editor ,
Bro . P . C . Dutt , of Calcutta , has evidently done his utmost to make the work as complete as possible , and he appears to have succeeded most admirably . Nearly 150 lodges are duly represented , and an enormous mass of matter is arranged under appropriate headings , so that extensive as the volume is , compared with the ordinary run of directories , it is quite easy to trace any
portion as needed . Bro . Dutt is evidently a Craftsman who spares no pains to make his Freemasons ' Almanac and Calendar a real boon for all brethren in India . We most sincerely offer our congratulations to our energetic brother on his election as a full member of the Centenary Lodge of Fortitude , No . 131 , Truro , Cornwall . He is the first Hindu member elected in the West of England .
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r » OYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION j ^_ FOR BOYS , WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . O FFICE—6 , FREEMASONS' HALL , W . C . GRAND PATRON : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . THE NINETY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL Will be held AT THE PAVILION , BRIGHTON , On WEDNESDAY , 24 th JUNE , 1891 , UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PRESIDENCY OF THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF LATHOM , M . W . Pro Grand Master , and R . W . P . G . M West Lancashire , Vice-President and Trustee of the Institution . The Band of the 6 th Inniskilling Dragoons will play a Selection of Music in the Grounds from 2 o'clock p . m . The Meister Glee Singers , with Madame Clara Samuell , will g ive a Concert in the Music Room from 6 to 9 p . m . Full Particulars of the Arrangements , as to Special Trains , & c , may be obtained at the Office . DINNER TICKETS ( inclusive of First-Class Return Fares from London ) , for LADIES , ISS ., and BRETHREN , 21 s . By order . J . MORRISON McLEOD , 6 , Freemasons' Hall , Secretary . London , W . C , 21 st May , 1891 . The services of brethren as Stewards representing Lodges or Provinces are earnestly solicited , and will be gratefully acknowledged , the present exceptional requirements demanding exceptional support .
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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . To THE PATRONS , VICE-PATRONS , VICE-PRESIDENTS , LIFE GOVERNORS , AND SUBSCRIBERS TO THE INSTITUTION . 1 beg to tender you my most grateful thanks for the interest you have evinced in my election , and especially to those friends who laboured so indefatigably on my behalf . —I am , yours most gratefully , E . C . COOMBS .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
The following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT LODGES — Ubique , No . 1789 . Columbia , No . 3397 . ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERStrawberry Hi 1 , No . 946 . Installation of Lord Carrington as Provincial Grand Master of Bucks . Provincial Grand Lodge of Gloucestershire .
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a ^^^^^^^^ HE ^^^^ r ^^ roPrg ^^^^^^^ lty ^^^ w ^ SATURDAY , MAY 23 , 1891 . ¦ ?
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
The installation of Lord Carrington , P . D . G . M . New South Wales , and P . S . G . W . of England , as P . G . M . of , ' ghamshire , was most successfully carried out . rhe meeting took place in the Town Hall , Aylesbury ,
number of brethren present , including a strong or ce of popular and prominent Grand Officers , was about 300 , and the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , ¦ 'M . Berkshire , who acted as the Installing Master , Performed his part very ably . We shall give a full ac count of the proceedings next week .
* * * We shall take occasion next week to write at some * gth on the approaching Boys' School Festival . In meantime , however , we may remark that the gunes are all in favour of a very brilliant success
success which , if we except the Girls' Centenary lval , is likel y to exceed in magnitude whatever has j heretofore accomplished in behalf of our Masonic ' « ons . The new Secretary has worked with such
c a W 1 " obtaining the services of brethren 7 o f 6 Wards that the Board already consists of some fo ° brethren , and there is still a full month available r other names to be handed in .
Masonic Notes.
But there are other important matters which must not be overlooked . The new Pro Grand Master will occupy the chair , and his Province , which is now the strongest in England , is preparing to support his lordship in a manner which will , in all probability , throw
even the most successful achievements of past Chairmen ' s Provinces entirely in the shade . Such , at least , is the tenour of the reports which have reached us from all sides , and it is just one of those reports which , once they have become public , have the happy knack of realising themselves .
Again , it is known that West Yorkshire and other large and important provinces are working as hard and with as much zeal as if each of them had the honour of the " Chairman ' s Province " in his own keeping , while London is also very strongly and numerously
represented . In short , the indications , as we have said , all favour the opinion that the Boys' School Festival at Brig hton on the 24 th prox . will be an unprecedentedly " big " thing in the way of Masonic anniversary celebrations , and as the School sorely needs the strong and
generous support of the Craft to help it out of its monetary difficulties , we sincerely trust the present auguries will be fulfilled . However , we shall have more room at our disposal next week for dealing with the subject . * * *
We know from the Festival Returns that Shropshire , since it has been constituted as a province under Bro . Sir Offley Wakeman , Bart ., P . G . M ., has generously and impartially supported our great Masonic Institutions . We know , too , that Bros . Venables and Southwell ,
the Bros . Spaull , and others have been among the foremost members of the Province in contributing this support . But the fifth annual report of the Shropshire Masonic Charitable Association enables us to form a better judgment still of the manner in which our Charities are being assisted by the Province at large .
This Association was started in 1885 , when the Province was inaugurated , and the amount which has been since remitted by its instrumentality to our Institutions is £ 1774 I 2 s . Of this large sum there was paid last year £ 284 13 s ., of which the Boys' School received
; £ i 55 8 s ., the R . M . B . I ., ^ 110 7 s ., and the Girls' School £ 18 18 s . These amounts are obtained by donations and subscriptions from the members of the lodges and chapters in the Province , and from the Prov . Grand Lodge , all the lodges taking part in the work of
subscription ; the total thus subscribed in 18 90 being ^ 316 3 s . to the A , or London , Fund , and ^ 43 15 s . to the B , or Provincial , Fund . The balance in hand on the former fund after allowing for the remittances we have quoted is stated as £ 113 7 s ., while as regards the B or
Provincial Fund the balance is £ g 6 3 s . 6 d ., the payments made including , £ 10 towards expenses in connection with the Charity Elections in London , and the necessary outlay for printing , postages , and such like petty expenses . Thus the outlay is very small , while the benefit to the London Charities is very considerable .
w * fp 7 ? The Association is composed of a Patron—the Prov . Grand Master—Vice-Patron ex officio—the Deputy Prov . Grand Master—and President , Vice-Presidents , Past
Presidents , and the representatives of lodges , with the usual officers , and an array of ordinary members . We sincerely hope it will be as successful in future years as in the past .
Bro . P . J . Oliver Minos has sent us a short series of questions , to which he requests the favour of replies .
We cannot answer them all , but probably some of our readers may be in a position to furnish the information he is anxious to obtain , and , if so , we shall esteem it a favour if they will do so .
Bro . Oliver Minos asks if the following are Freemasons , namely : " ( 1 ) the Archbishop of Dublin ; ( 2 ) Sir William Muir , Vice Chancellor and Principal of
Edinburgh University ; ( 3 ) the Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of Edinburgh , St . Andrew ' s , Aberdeen , and Glasgow Universities ; ( 4 ) the heads or Professors of Dublin University . " .
So far as we are able to satisfy our querist , we reply that ( 1 ) the Archbishop of Dublin has been for many years , and is now , one of the Grand Chaplains of the Grand Lodge of Ireland . ( 3 ) We believe that the
Duke of Argyll , Chancellor of St . Andrew ' s , the Duke of Richmond and Gordon , Chancellor of Aberdeen , and Lord Justice General Inglis , Chancellor of Edinburgh , are not Freemasons ; but we think we have seen the name of the Earl of Stair , Chancellor of Glasgow , in
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eluded among those of leading members of the Scottish Craft in days gone by . ( 4 ) Bro . the Rev . Joseph A . Galbraith , M . A ., Registrar of Dublin University and Secretary to the Senate , was till lately a Grand Chaplain of Ireland . Perhaps some of our readers may be able to supplement this answer by further information .
* * * We regret we are under the necessity of announcing the deaths of two prominent members of the Fraternity —men whose distinctions were won in different spheres of Masonic labour , and who , in all probability , were
united by no special bond of sympathy beyond that which actuates all Freemasons . The brethren we refer to were Bro . William Clarke , Past Grand Pursuivant of England , and an influential Suffolk Mason , who in the course of his career rendered much valuable
service to the Craft and its Institutions , and Bro . Sir Patrick Colquhoun , LL . D ., Q . C , one of the most distinguished members of the Order of the Temple , Arch Registrar of Convent General , and a Grand Cross of the Order .
Correspondence.
Correspondence .
[ A \ e do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]
RE MASONIC CLUB . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I read the letter of your correspondent " Bro . Provincial" in your last issue suggesting a Masonic Club . Kindly permit me to point out that this idea comes very late , as more than one club of the kind
has been started and have been utter failures , consequent upon the supine apathy of town and country Freemasons to co-operate and support either as shareholders or yearly subscribing members such a desirable rendezvous or nucleus for the Craft . One instance will suffice . The London Masonic Club of 1876 , 101 , Queen
Victoria-street , E . C , of which the writer was a shareholder , was inaugurated under grand and noble auspices . A regular lodge and lodge of instruction was the outcome of it , both now in existence—but during the time it was in existence it never paid a dividend , and
was wound up in forma pauperis , as the Craft evidently and obviously did not appreciate a Masonic Club . I am , fraternally yours , JOHN E . SHAND , P . M ., Sec . 2030 . May 20 th .
Reviews.
Reviews .
FREEMASONS' CALENDAR FOR THE PROV . GRAND LODGE OF NORFOLK 1891-2 .
This bijou directory , though such a miniature b y the side of several of its associates , is crammed full of matter , having 6 9 pages devoted to the Craft this time , in lieu of 53 in 1890 , and really gives in 321110 size most of the particulars furnished by the " Grenadiers " of the series . Page 70 is blank , and might well
be devoted to the Masonic Charities , so as to g ive in a brief table the total votes for each Institution held by members of the province . There are 17 lodges in Norfolk with an average membership of 45 to each , making a total of 774 . The seven Royal Arch Chapters return some 171
subscribing members . There only seems to be one Mark lodge in the county . This is No . 92 , Norwich , with 49 members , the lodge belonging to the Mark " Prov . Grand Lodge of East Anglia . " There is also a Rose Croix Chapter at Lynn , and there are two Knights Templars Preceptories , one at Norwich and the other
at Great Yarmouth , with a total of 45 members . The editor , Bro . G . W . G . Barnard , Prov . Grand Secretary , has done his work exceedingly well , and has introduced so many new features in this year ' s issue as to be almost like a neiv publication . Its usefulness and accuracy cannot well be over estimated .
INDIAN FREEMASONS' ALMANAC AND DIARY . 1891 . This large and comprehensive Masonic guide gives numerous details as to the lodges , chapters , and other bodies in India and Burma , under the English and Scottish Constitutions , as well as complete registers of the District Grand Lodges and Chapters . The editor ,
Bro . P . C . Dutt , of Calcutta , has evidently done his utmost to make the work as complete as possible , and he appears to have succeeded most admirably . Nearly 150 lodges are duly represented , and an enormous mass of matter is arranged under appropriate headings , so that extensive as the volume is , compared with the ordinary run of directories , it is quite easy to trace any
portion as needed . Bro . Dutt is evidently a Craftsman who spares no pains to make his Freemasons ' Almanac and Calendar a real boon for all brethren in India . We most sincerely offer our congratulations to our energetic brother on his election as a full member of the Centenary Lodge of Fortitude , No . 131 , Truro , Cornwall . He is the first Hindu member elected in the West of England .