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VILLA RESIDENCES , to be Let or Sold ( charming ) , rents from £ 35 to £ 55 per annum ; seven , eight , nine , and ten rooms ; close to txx-o Metropolitan District Railway stations and main road , 'bus route to City ; each fitted xvith gas , bells , bath-room , hot and cold xvater , Venetian blinds , and every modern convenience ; gravel soil and good drainage . —Apply to Messrs . Gibbs and Flew ( Limited ) , The Cedars Estate Oilice , VVest Kensington , Station , VV . OR SALE .-XMASONIC SCRAPBOOK ( Itinerarium Curiosum Masonic ) , xvith a thousand various subjects in it , from the First to the Thirty-third Degree , Foreign and Home , being a collection of fifteen years ; quite a history in itself . —S . S ^ S .. care of Freemason , 16 , Great Queen-st ., London , W . C .

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A BROTHER of nearly five years experience under the London School Board , desires a HEAD MASTERSHIP at Home or in the Colonies . He is trained and Certificated ; holds a full Drawing Certificate , and Four Advanced Science Certificates . Drill , & c . Excellent testimonials and references . — "Schoolmaster , " S , William Terrace , Shepherd ' s-bush , London , VV .

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TO ADVERTISERS . THE F REEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , In it the ollicial Reports of the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland arc published xvith the specia sanction of the respective Grand Masters , and it contains a complete record of Masonic worn in this countrx-, our Indian Empire , and the Colonies . The vast accession to the ranks of the Order during the past few years , anil the increasing interest manifested in its doings , has iiven the Fmemaiml a position and inlluence xvhich fexv journals can lax- claim to , and the proprietor can assert xvith confidence that announcements appearing in its columns challenge the attention of a x-ery large and inllnential body of readers . Advertisements for the current week ' s issue are received up to Six o ' clock on Wednesday ex-ening .

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To Correspondents.

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J . A . H . —VVe apologize for delay in ansxver . It xvill all depend on the terms of the dispensation itself . As a general rule , the members of the lodge have nothing to do xvith it , and cannot vote upon it . The W . M . ought to order the Secretary to enter it on the minutes . All such documents ought to be entered ; and if the order to enter it is given , the lodge not obeying xvould be in a serious position as regards the Prov . G . M .

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tXV ^ AAA , frAA A , Afeai-aaA » A AAAA AA ^ AJXI y^^^^^^^^^S SATURDAY , SEI ' TEMBE . 23 ,, 1882 .

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[ XVe do not holt ! onrselx-cs responsible for , or ex-en approving of , the opinions expressed by onrcorrespondents , but \\ -e wish in aspirit of fair play to all to permit—xx-ithin certain necessary limits—free discussion . 1 " 'TIS TRUE , 'TIS PITY , PITY IS 'TIS TRUE . "

To the Editor of tlie " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — There is one point on which I xvish for a little clearing up . It is reported that Bro . Patterson is not a subscribing- member of any lodge in Manitoba , but only an " honorary member , " by vote of Grand Lodge . If that be

so , can an honorary member , xvho pays no subscription to any lodge , hold active rank ? Is he a legal member of any body ? In fact , is not his position vitiated entirely by such a fact , —if it be a fact ? Yours enquiringly and fraternally , GIB . [ VVe presume that Bro . Patterson is a subscribing member of some lodge . By our laxvs , a non-subscribing or non-affiliated member cannot hold office . —ED . F . M . }

THE MASONIC SCHOOLS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — The report in your issue of the iGth inst ., in reference to the nexv Masonic School for Girls in Dublin , is very charming and highly satisfactory .

The education question is a very serious one . There is no School Board Tax in Ireland , although the National Schools are in some measure supported out of rates , yet education not being , as here , compulsory , the system does not squeeze out thc charitable feelings in reference to special educational establishments , as it has commenced to do

in England . I must confess this is a subject I am almost afraid to venture to touch upon , but , xvith your permission , I xvould like to ask a question bearing upon our oxvn Boys' and Girls ' Schools , in consequence of the recent Imperial legislation in respect to education . And , first , permit me to note that

our scholars appear to cost about £ 43 per head , xvhereas I see the Dublin School only costs £ 37 , and if they can groxv to seventy inmates this amount can be reduced to £ 30 per head . Hoxv is it our Schools xvith so many more inmates costs so much extra ? Do I hear any one answer hat the children of Irish Masons are not fit to be so highl y

educated , or so well fed , or clothed , or housed as the children of English Masons ? I hope not . Then , hoxv is it ? I ask for information , not for sake of carping criticism , xvhat becomes of the difference—say , £ 13 per head per year ? With these fexv remarks I pass to the main point , viz ., are xve spending our money judiciously in paying so much

for the education of a deceased or mcapacited brother's child , xvhen in hundreds of instances it is xvell knoxvn that if alive , or in his fullest vig-oiir , the said brother xvould not have paid the tenth of the sum for education . In such case , I ask , why not put means within the poxver of the poor brother , or his xvidoxv , of getting a suitable education at

home , and alloxv the difference , or a suitahle amount , toxvards clothing and keep , xvhere the child could be educated not as the "Lady "or "Gentleman" of the family , but as one of the household . Is it a kindness to a poor brother , or his still poorer xvidoxv , to train one child to be so much superior to the others , xvith possibly the result that that

child xvill lose filial and fraternal respect , and possibly become selfish and upish if not purely a wastrel ? 1 knoxv hoxv much the hearts of some Benevolent hrethren have yearned to see or hear reports as to the success in life or home duties of the many hundreds passing through our schools ; but xvhere are the reports to be

seen or heard of ? So far as my reading serves me , the school reports do not contain them . And noxx-, xvith the altered state of the laxv , I think it is time the Governors of these Schools attempted some revision in their method . Let us have some exercise of prudent discretion . Perhaps , in the lirst case , it xvould

be xvell to give it to the charity representatives of provinces . I am not so xvell up in this department as to be able to give an opinion as to the xvorking of such a scheme , the rule being at present that the parent petitions , the lodge certifies and recommends , and xvithout further reference the General Committee recommends , and the Quarterly General Court

places the candidate on the list ; but thereafter so it may remain all through its term of eligibility unless something is done by those having voting poxver , in consequence of candidates generally being more numerous than vacancies ; but if there xvere vacancies no one xvould in all probability be asked for anything further , by xvay of opinion , on the

subject . Thus the entire Masonic onus is throxvn upon the lodge to say simply xvhether they believe or otherxvise the prayer of the petition . I think the charity organisations of the provinces should be consulted ( xvhere such are in existence ) and their opinion taken as to xvhether such cases could efficiently and more satisfactorily be met by an annual money grant , to be given

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under the direct superintendence of the Charity Committee of the said province , for the due appliance of which they might he required to hold themselves responsible . Hoxv many out of " the thousands who range under our banner" could afford to send his children from home at a cost of about £ 43 per year for education ? Why ,

therefore , be so unduly lavish over the fexv to the neglect of the many , especially xvhen xve knoxv full xvell xve have got to pay a compulsory education-tax for all xvho feel disposed to avail themselves of the provision , and xvhen xve knoxv very many do so avail themselves in preference to paying high fees at private schools for inferior , or at least doubtful ,

advantages ? I knoxv , from experience , hoxv difficult it is to catch the thinking poxver of the Fraternity , as xvell as of others ; but as I have our oxvn Institutions very much at heart , I make this very feeble attempt , in much doubt and xvith

very much reluctance . If I have erred , it is of the head , not the heart ; and if in xvhat I havc said I have been too crude , xvill my brethren kindly find an apology for me . All I can assure them is , I have spoken as I feel , and am open for correction or reproof . With fraternal regards , 1 remain , very sincerely , ONE INTERESTED .

A MASONIC FRIENDLY SOCIETY . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I noticed Bro . Whytehead ' s communication in No . 6 S 9 ( May 20 th ) , to xvhich he again refers in No . 706 ( September 16 th ) .

The Masonic Benefit Society of 1 S 00 xvas mentioned in my " History of 3 S 7 , " but I did not attach any importance to its existence , except as a somewhat curious landmark . The extracts from the " rules and orders , " as given by Bro . Whytehead , are convened from the originals , and , with slight deviations , may be found in Preston ' s "

Illustrations , 1 S 04 edition , in the same form . No one can say exactly xvhen the society xvas dissolved , as it gradually died out to make xvay for our modern Charities . The abuses , however , xvhich crept in by reason of the very mixed character of its beneficiares ( imprisoned debtors , & c ) , accelerated its end .

Such friendly societies as Bro . Whytehead mentions as referred to in a little xvork in the York Lodge Library were quite common at one time in Yorkshire . In some cases one , and in others several neighbouring lodges , combined to form such , as Masons , but quite independently of Grand Lodge . Like the larger Metropolitan Institution , xvhich set

them the example , these gradually expired , alriiost xvithout regret . In my opinion Freemasonry xvas from fifty to eighty years ago regarded by the public much ( more as a benefit society than noxv . The fact of such societies being- tacked on to lodges shows this xvas so , as of course almost the first thing

every candidate understood xvould be that he xvas not entering such a society . Any information I can give is most freely at Bro . Whytehead's disposal . Yours truly and fraternally , J . RAMSDEN RILEY .

QUARTERAGE ON ARREARS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . ' * Dear Sir and Brother , — Noticing a letter in your issue of September iGth , dealing with the above , and signed \ " P . M . Enfield Lock . " I may also say that a lodge in xvhich I held the

office of Worshipful Master does not pay quarterage on arrears . Some fexv years since , xvhen I xvas Secretary of the said lodge , a doubt xvas existing as regards the payments of quarterage on arrears ; to clear up the matter , I xvrote to our much respected Grand Secretary , the late Bro . Hervey , xvho replied to the folloxving effect : " That

payment of quarterage xvas not required for brethren in arrears , but that they should be returned to Grand Lodge as ' in arrears ; ' should they pay such , quarterage must then be remitted in like manner . " The letter referred to is noxv preserved in the lodge subscription book . Whilst xvriting- you , I should like space for one suggestion that I think should be provided for in the revised Book of

Constitutions , Restrictions to Visiting Brethren . Many at the present time are apt to visit lodges , and convey the usual congratulations from some lodge , to xvhich they did once subscribe ; and in some cases left in arrears ; but now do not subscribe to any . Hoxv therefore can they consistently appear to hail from a lodge to xvhich they do not belong ? Yours fraternally , P . M . EAST LANCASHIRE .

LODGE CERTIFICATES OF MEMBERSHIP . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In response to Bro . G . M . Txveddell ' s enquiry in No . 702 , I shall be glad to send him copies of the folloxving : Craft Lodge Certificate ( Ireland ) 1701 ,

Royal Arch „ „ 1791 , Royal Arch „ ( England ) 1 S 13 , Kt . Templar „ „ 1 S 14 , issued by lodge , chapter , and encampment respectively . Also , dated 19 th August , 1 S 07 , Grand Lodge Craft Certificate , " according to the Old Constitutions . " I cannot say as much as Bro . Txveddell for the execution