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OPECULATION & INVESTMENT JN STOCKS AND SHARES •WITH A MINIMUM RISK '"TO operate on the Stock Exchange profitablyor , in other words , increase one ' s capital , limited though it be , may suggest itself as not very easy of accomplishment . Quick perception , however , tempered svith experience and a true knowledge of the influences in force , svill , in many cases , render the process comparatively simple . To purchase a stock or security of any description might not always prove judicious and safe , even svere the position and prospects in the particular case the most sound and promising , because an immediate improvement , or , indeed , the maintenance of the prevalent market value would be improbable , if not impossible , so long as the account remained a sveak one , or one shosving * a heavy preponderance of sveak operations for the rise . In like manner a stock might be intrinsically svorth little or absolutely nothing , but from the fact of it having been largely oversold the price remains apparently firm . "EXPLANATORY BOOK sent post free on application . ¦ p EAD OPINIONS OF THE PRESS . WEEKLY and MONTHLY REPORT sent regularly to clients . SPECULATIVE ACCOUNTS opened on the most favourable terms . W GUTTERIDGE AND CO ., STOCK AND . SHARE BROKERS , 7 , DRAPERS ' -GARDENS , THROGMORTON-STREET , LONDON , E . C .

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BRO . the Signor RAMACCINI , Member of the Society of St . Cecile of Rome , and of the Conservatoire of Paris , 1 st Tenor of the opera Houses of Rome , Naples , St . Petersburgh , and other European capitals , will , with permission of Miss Thompson , receive PUPILS for SINGING LESSONS ( Solo and Class ) at 2 S , St . Stephen ' s-square , corner of St . Stephen'sroad , on Tuesday and Friday Mornings . The highest references and the opinions of the Press may be seen . Fees—Class Singing—One lesson per sveek ( one hour-anda-half ) one-and-half guinea per term of 12 sveeks ; two lessons per sveek , £ 2 1 is . 6 d . per term of 12 sveeks . Solo Singing , half-guinea ( lesson of 40 minutes ) .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "The Keystone , " "The Kirkcaldy Times , " "Boletin Masonico , " " El Taller , " " Die Bauhutte , " "The Court Circular , " "The Jesvish Chronicle , " "The Broad Arrosv , " "The Battle Axe ,, ' "The Cape Mercantile Advertiser , " "The Hull Packet , " "Boletin do Grande Oriente do Brazil . "

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SATURDAY , MARCH 24 , 1883 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in aspirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . !

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In enclosing for your information a copy of the report and accounts for the past year , I desire to call your attention , and through you that of your readers , to one

Item in the latter , under the head of " Receipts , annual donations , and subscriptions—lodges , chapters , & c . — £ 313 14 s . " This 1 svould svish to have carefully considered in connection svith a paragraph in the article "The Boys' School " in your issue of 3 rd inst .: " Many svealthy lodges give their subscription of one guinea , some fey * two

guineas , and the great majority , from svant of thought let us hope , do not subscribe at all . " This is the " one source from which a very considerably augmented annual income may be fairly looked for , " viz ., steady annual support from lodges , chapters , & c . £ 315 from nearly 2000 lodges , to say nothing of chanters , & c , which means that about

1750 do not subscribe at all . It must not be inferred that valued and valuable donations securing permanent qualifitions are not made , and that often by non-subscribing lod ges ; but svhat I am anxious to impress , and for years have been sedulously striving to impress , upon lodges , & c , is the real necessity for their devoting annually a small

portion of their funds by svay of subscription , and svere this done we ought to rely svith as much confidence as on dividends from investments on an annual income of at least ^ 2000 for this Institution . On this important subject more anon . —I am , dear sir and brother , yours faithfullyjand fraternally , FREDERICK BINCKES , Secretary . March 20 th .

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THE GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — My friend Bro . Neilson , of Dublin , still clings to his statement that Mother Kilsvinning is to all intents and purposes a Provincial Grand Lodge . He is entirely wrong ,

hosvever . The Master of Mother Kilwinning is cx-officio Provincial Grand Master of Ayrshire , and as such has the appointment by commission of the following officers of thc Provincial Grand Lodge , viz . : Depute Master , Substitute Master , Senior and Junior Wardens , Secretary , and Chaplain . The present Secretary of Mother Kilsvinning

holds a commission as Provincial Grand Secretary , but that does not constitute the mother lodge the Provincial Grand Lodge of Ayrshire . There are other points in Bro . Neilson ' s letter to svhich in the interest of Masonic history I must take exception . 1 . Because it is found in a minute of date December 20 th ,

16 43 , that the Ludge of Kilsvinning styles itself "The Antient Ludge of Scotland , " Bro . Neilson concludes that it must then have held the position of what is now known as the Grand . Lodge of Scotland . And upon this assumption he suggests that Scotland ' s Grand Lodge is the premier by many years . At the date of the minute in question the

Lodge of Kilsvinning held the position of one of the head lodges mentioned | in the Schasv statutes of December , 1599 , and exercised jurisdiction over the Craft in Ayrshire , Renfrew , and Dumbarton . In noticing the Kilsvinning minute of the 20 th December , 1643 , Bro . Neilsoi . says that , a MI copy of the same is to

be found | in a book of svhich the Secretary of Mother Kilwinning is the author . In this he is also svrong . The portion of the book to svhich my brother refers contains not the " full minutes of 20 th December , 1643 , " but the short excerpt of the same , given by me in No . 2 of my " Notes on Mother Kilwinning , " svhich appeared in the London

"Freemasons' Magazine "of Augusts , 1863 , and other portions of the same chapter of my notes are , svithout acknosvledgement , embraced in the compilation named by Bro . Neilson as an authority on the old minute under review . If Bro . Neilson svill again look into my " Freemasonry in Scotland" he svill find the full minute given on pages 410 and 411 .

2 . In his letter of 12 th inst . Bro . Neilson svrites : "The Grand Lodge of Ireland never asked any Grand Lodge for recognition or exchange of representatives , its position being such that it has always to be asked to grant these favours . " 1 do not know what is recorded in Ireland on the point ; but it is on record here that in December , 1 S 50 , the

Grand Secretary of Ireland , in a letter to the Grand Secretary of Scotland , proposed " an interchange of representatives betsveen the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland . " This proposal svas favourably entertained ; and in February , 1 S 51 , Bro . the Hon . Augustus G . F . Jocelyn , a Past Substitute Grand Master , svas appointed " representative from

Scotland in the Grand Lodge of Ireland . Bro . Dr . Samuel Somerville ' s appointment as representative from Ireland was accepted in May of the same year . —Ever faithfully yours , D . MURRAY LYON , Grand Secretary . Freemasons' Hall , Edinburgh , March 17 th .

THE COMING ELECTIONS IN APRIL . Dear Bro . Kenning , — Will you kindly allow me space once again to ask any of my good brethren who have Boys' and Girls' votes to spare , kindly to send them to me?—Yours fraternally ,

A . F . A . WOODFORD . 25 A , Norfolk-crescent , Hyde Park , W ., March 15 th . P . S . —In gratitude as a Masonic brother , I beg to offer ths " outpourings of a most appreciative bosom " to that svorthy , philanthropic , enlightened , full-handed , and largehearted member of our Order svho in response to my appeal

for votes for "Tettenborn" sends a munificent P . O . order for one shilling ! May his piaise be in all our lodges ! On the svhole , I do not venture to find fault svith the arrangement , as if all my correspondents svill do the same , 1 shall end by making " a good thing " of . it . Another brother returns me the circular unpaid , so that I pay 2 d . ; an act of Masonic courtesy and consideration . As the man says in the play "Ou allons nous . " A . F . A . W .

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REVIEWS

A LECTURE ON THE GRAND EPOCHS OF FREEMASONRY . Second Notice . By S . F . NESVMARCH , P . M ., late D . P . G . M . Warwickshire . This lecture , delivered in the Cotteswold Lodge , No . 592 , Cirencester , has previously been noticed in our columns . Able as it is undoubtedly , sve still venture to think that it is better adapted for lodge or chapter than for publication or review . Wc have become very jealous of Masonic

publication in respect of ritual svork , ceremonial usage , or historical traditions , many of svhich are peculiarly unfitted for the " popular svorld svho are not Masons . " Still the lecture iis before us bodily in print , and so sve notice and commend it both for clearness and ability . And yet as sve peruse it , there comes over us a strong sense ot the

impossibility of dsvelhng upon it more in detail in these reserved and circumspect pages . The lecture is peculiarly "ad Fratres et Socios , " and is best suited sve think , nay we feel sure , for the privacy of lodge and chapter . There has been far too much publication of our " aporreta " and our inner life and teachings as Freemasons ; let us pause svisely in

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time . "I'erre gradus retrorsum" is often a proof of wisdom as well as of discretion ; and for some time past we have sedulously sought in the Freemason to curtail and control that modern tendency to Masonic " gush , " which like our ladies dresses leaves little for thc imagination , and less for the unseen .

DEBRETT'S PEERAGE , BARONETAGE , KNIGHTAGE , AND COMPANIONAGE . Illustrated with 1400 Armorial Bearings . Royal Edition . Edited by ROUERT H . MAIR , LL . D . Personally revised by the Nobility . London : Dean and Son , Publishers , 160 A , Fleet-street , E . C .

DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE JUDICIAL BENCH . Raised by the Members of Parliament and the Judges . Compiled by the same Editor and published by the same firm . It is somewhat difficult to say anything of such a work of reference as " Debrett's Peerage , " which makes its appearance annually , and each year of publication , thoup-h it

appears to have been as complete as it is possible tomake it , is always increasing in bulk and value . This year , for instance , there are upwards of 60 pages of nesv matter relating to the predecessors of peers , so that the history of each noble family is more complete than ever , as much so perhaps as is necessary or desirable , if the work is to be kept svithin anything like a convenient size . At the same

time , all the old features which have secured for it so just a reputation , have been as carefully compiled and checked with their several authorities as in preceding years . Full particulars as to the places of education , degrees obtained , naval , military , or official services , honours in former and recent svars , and residences , clubs , patronage , are given in the case of each titled personage , and as the

svork is timed to appear before the opening of Parliament , the information is the latest as svell as the fullest that can be obtained . Earl Cairns speaking in the House of Lords in 1 S 76 , described " Debrett" as " a depository of information svhich " he " never opened svithout amazement ) and admiration . " Since then sve are told , over 4 S 6 pages of additional information have been added and , there can be

no doubt that betsveen the introduction of the new and the gradual elaboration of the old matter , the svork svould scarcely be recognised as the same as that of which the then Lord High Chancellor of England spoke in terms so eulogistic . " Debrett ' s illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench " is equally svorthy of

commendation , the same elaborate care being noticeable in the compilation and arrangement of the particulars furnished . In this case , likewise , the old matter has been improved , svhere improvement svas possible , and nesv matter added svhere any ; needful information had been omitted . We congratulate editor and publisher alike ] on the success of their labour .

THE ROYAL ARCH MASONS' HYMN . Written and composed by J OHN St . CLAIR , P . Z . 38 , P . G . S . B ., Sussex . London : George Kenning , the Freemason ofiice , 16 , Great Queen-street , W . C . Comp . E . St . Clair , is to be congratulated on his hymn The svords are tuneful and the setting excellent , the latter being arranged so that it may be sung either in unison or as a quartet for men ' s voices . We commend it strongly to the notice of Royal Arch Chapters .

MAY'S BRITISH AND IRISH PRESS GUIDE , 1883 . London : 159 , Piccadilly . A svork of this kind is not only useful but necessary in houses of business svhich have anything to do svith journalism , directly or indirectly . This is the tenth year of issue , and ample as was the information that svas contained in last year's Guide , it seems to us the editor has this year

succeeded in increasing it , and at the same time making it clearer and more precise . Thus there is a complete list of aU the daily papers published in Great Britain , the morning and evening papers being distinguished from each other . More prominence has been given to Continental newsnaoers

svhich occupy three times the former space , and include besides the principal sveekly journals nearly all the dailies published in Europe . Other features might be noticed , but sve have said enough to shosv that" May " s British and Irish Press Guide "_ is as trustworthy as ever , and far more extended than in past years .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

LEWIS . Despite the somesvhat unencouraging remarks of my esteemed Bro . Speth , I venture agan to allude to the subject . " Pegging away " is the duty of us all who wish for information or to obtain light . I have yet to learn there is any sufficient knowledge ,, much less infallibility on the subject . 1 cannot accept Bro . Speth ' s derivation of

bteinmetz from a German word to measure . Steinmetz , as all the German dictionaries state is a stone cutter or stone hewer , and seems naturally ' to come , as I said before , from meizen or meizan , to hew , hence meissel , a chisel , and thus anssvering to the analogy of other languages , Iapicasida and latomos from lithotomos . If Mr . Skeat is correct as to " Macio , " low Latin for Macon , we clearly have

the same idea running through all languages , —a builder of houses or svalls . Curiously enough Maurer translated in German " a Mason" is strictly speaking " a waller , " and Freimaurer is " a freewaller . " But it is another curious fact , that as far as I know there is no use of Freimaurer before thc 18 th century , and " Maurer " is not used in the Steinmetzen rules , though on this

point Bro . Speth can speak more accurately . So late as 1836 , one of the best of German dictionaries does not recognize the svord "Freimaurer . " The French authorities on " Louve , " svhich I have consulted are very reticent and uncertain . Unfortunately 1 have not seen Littre ' s great dictionary , but Boyer ' s Dictionnaire of 1776 , that of the Academic of 1835 , and Spiers' Dictionary , & c ,

nth edition , of 1 S 59 , have been lately studied by me . According to these " Louve " and " Louveteaux de Macon " are well-known terms , but they give us no clue to their derivations or the reason of their name . The " Dent de Louve" seems originally to have been what sve call a " tack , " used for carriage springs and leathers , and it has apparently developed into thc mean »* a * j Bro . Speth