Births, Marriages, And Deaths.

Births , Marriages , and Deaths .

[ Announcements of Births , Marriages , and Deaths relating to the Craft , or their families , will he inserted , free of charge , if properly authenticated . ] DEATH .

HAMILTON . —Drowned through falling over hoard , while the vessel was passinir up the Hudson to New York , Brother William Hamilton , boatswain , S . S . India , M . M . of Lodge "Clyde , " No . 408 .

Answers To Correspondents.

Answers to Correspondents .

. + We cannot insert the list of lodges that sent Stewards to the Inauguration Festival , which has been forwarded to us , unless authenticated by the name and address of the sender .

E . II . —AVe shall have great pleasure in reproducing your tale at the earliest opportunity , and shall always be glad to hear from you . QUIDNUNC . —We will insert your letter relative to the Masonic Charities , in general and Boys' School in particular , as soon as our space will permit . A DISGUSTED S TEWARD , A TAVBIIX VICTIM , & C . —We have received several letters complaining of the Festival

arrangements after the Inauguration ceremony on the 14 th inst ., and \ v « are certainly of opinion that they were not commensurate with the importance of the occasion . "A Tavern Victim" condemns the wines and calls the attendance " a perfect delusion . " A "Stewa-d" writes that he and his friends got no dinner , as their waiter quietly eloped after the soup hail been served Let us hope that a word in season will cause better supervision for the future .

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The Zetland Commemoration Fund.

THE ZETLAND COMMEMORATION FUND .

WE don ' t believe that English Freemasons are an ungrateful body of men , and can therefore come to no other conclusion respecting the *• Zetland Commemoration Fund" than the belief that the real objects of the committee entrusted

¦ with an affair of such importance , must either be thoroughly misunderstood or imperfectly comprehended . A nobleman has presided over the Grand Lodge of England for five and twenty years ; he has been elected annuall y during that

period by the free suffrages of the representatives of the Order in the supreme legislature of Freemasonry ; ho has fulfil led tho duties of his high office ( and they are greater and more onerous than many imagine ) not onl y with firmness but

• with kindness—not onl y with assiduous attention but with untiring zeal ; ' ami he has now crowned the labours of a long and honourable Masonic career by inaugurating , as Most Worship ful Grand Master , a palatial hall for the

assemblies of the English Craft . It is proposed to mark this era in the history of the Earl of Zetland b y a suitable testimonial , and at the same time to evince to the world in general that Freemasons appreciate the services of the

Grand Master of England . Wo arc aware , from the tone of several letters received upon the subject , that great anxiety exists in the minds of many brethren that the Commemoration Fund should reach such proportions as would worthil y

effect its object , but wc aro also painfully aware of the fact that a vast number of Masons will never hear of the proposed testimonial unless more effective means are adopted to enlist their sympathies and support . It is not , we hope , too late to suggest that the machinery which has

The Zetland Commemoration Fund.

proved so eminently useful in collecting funds for our Masonic charities , should be at once set in motion to secure the triumphant success of

the "Zetland Commemoration . " It is proverbial that " what is anybody ' s business is nobod y ' s business , " and we are afraid that the committee have trusted too much to the intrinsic merits of

the object , instead of appealing in the proper manner for help . A . long list of Grand Officers , named originall y by one or two promoters of the scheme , cannot be called a fair representation of the

1 , 800 lodges and chapters under the English constitution . If the work is to be done , and the honour of our great Craft is at stake in having it done well aud speedily , and if the committee are really in earnest , let them discard their

preconceived ideas , and entrust the subscription lists to stewards delegated by every lodge and chapter in the Craft . Let us have a general

subscription—10 , 000 brethren at five shillings each will testify more our gratitude to our Grand Master , than 1 , 000 at a guinea ; and we are satisfied that Lord Zetland would feel more

p leased by the universality of the compliment than b y the mere amount . Let a small and inexpensive decoration , such as a five-pointed star with the word " Zetland " in the centre , be awarded from the funds of Grand Lodge to each

steward who shall send in a subscription list of ten guineas , and we will answer for it that the paltry sum of . £ 1 , 000 which at present , we believe , is the sum total of the Zetland Fund ,

would expand to ten times the amount , and become a fitting tribute of respect to the Most AVorshi p ful Grand Mister , and a credit to the influential body of English Freemasons .

Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .

Th-. Mirk D . igree . — In reply to " Leo , " as to whether there was any difference between the recorded marks of Mark Masons and Mark Master Masons , I bi'g to say that f am not aware of there being anv , but , on the contrary , believe that the

mark chosen by the Mark Mason was unalterable . The distinction of the two classes of Mark Masons is a production of ( he eighteenth century . In the former centuries no such difference occurred , as the Craftsmen simply chose their marks , and there it

ended . Whilst on the subject of marks , permit me to advise all Mark Masons to procure the Builder for March 27 th ; there are a lot of valuable marks in it , from different parts of the world , by Mr . Godwin . —W . . 1 . IIlIOllAN .

The Ancient and Accepted Rite . —Perhaps Bro . Yarker has been more fortunate , than I have as to Stirling lodge and chapter . Although I have tried for a long time to obtain authoritative information respecting tho minutes mentioning the Royal Arch

of 174 : 5 , none of the brethren in that town appear to know aught of them , and tell me they are as ignorant as I am as to what anil where they are Bro . Yarker says truly , " It is desirable that the matter should be sifted . " So says AV . J . IIUOIIA . N .

Notes By A Novice.

NOTES BY A NOVICE .

GUARDIAN ANGELS . ( Continued from No . b ) "ON MT nioiiT HAND MICHAEL , " signifying— AVho is like unto Thee . O God ? Thou art on my right to protect me , to guide me in the way of righteousness ;

Thou hast graciously taught me never to deviate from the paths of rectitude which will surel y lead me to eternal bliss . Thus it was that the Boyal Psalmist ejaculated , "If I forget thee , O Jerusalem , mayest thou , my Right , forget me . " '' Ox MY LKFT HAND GAnaiKL , ' which is the

strength or power of God . The left side being the seat of the heart , which is the centre of man—and as the heart is the centre of man , so the Almighty , our Creator , is the centre to whom we must look up with awe and veneration ; for it is He who im-tils into our minds that the tongue should utter nothing but what the lieart truly dictates , Thus , as the

Notes By A Novice.

Wise King of Israel declares , " Various thoughts are in the heart of mail , but the counsel of the Deity is steadfast . " ( Prov . xix . 21 . ) Man is also designated by the Hebrew word signifying " Power , " lie being the lord of the creation on earth . This attribute , however , is not applied to his bodily

strength , but to his fortitude of mind . It teaches the important lesson that when bowed down b y distress or affliction we are not to murmur against the will of the Most High , nor must we , on the other hand , when basking in the smiles of fortune lift up our heads iu pride and pomp ; but in all

things as humble beings bow down in gratitude to our gracious Father , hy whose aid alone we aro enabled to govern our passions in every stage of existence , and thus prove man ' s pre-eminence over the rest of creation . In the fourth chapter of the Ethics we find the following aphorism of one of the

fathers which bears upon this point : "AAlio can properly be called the man of strength ? He who subdues his mortal passions . " This is evident to every thinker , because such a man imitates the source of all strength , and , like Him , exercises that power to the benefit of his fellow - creatures .

strength , or Gabriel , is symbolised by a stoiie , a rock , or a pillar . The bow of Joseph " abode in strength , anil the arms of bis hands were made strong by the mighty God of Jacob ; from thence is the shepherd , the stone of Israel . " In strength was the knowledge of the Lord established as a pillar in

the Temple , or the lieart of man , to remain in mystic perfection for ever . " BEFORE ME ARIEL , " or , as we may beautifully define it , 7 Vic Light of Go . I ! Before us is the A jit of Heaven , to illumine us in the paths of virtue and science . The faithful precept is as the lamb , and the

law of truth is the divine light which shines from on high . Thus Light typically points to truth as the fonntiin of all human happiness—truth being an attribute of Cod , and the very foundation of every social virtnre as iinely expressed in Holy AA ' rit . " Truth is firmlv fixed . " The abbreviations of which

in the original Hebrew are rendered as follow : — Perpetually , King . God . . Judged numericall y the Hebrew word which signifies " Truth" is equal to 441 —the word "Kindness" to 72 , and when conjoined 51 : * , all multiplies of !)—thus truth and kindness are sisters , or as the royal bard describes it , "Truth and

Kindness are in friendly alliance with each oth ^ r . " " Axn HEiiixD MK RAPHAEL . " This will admit of the following interpretation : —God is my Physician , and alludes to the transitory stay of man in his earthly abode ; it reminds us of the closing hour of existence when our mortal career shall have ceased ,

and we shall he called upon to appear before the great tribunal to answer for all our deeds ; it impresses upon our minds a conviction of the mercy and justice of the benign Creator , and embues us with a fervent but humble hope that lie will purify our

souls from sin , and infuse into our wounded spirits the balsam of everlasting health and peace , so that we may ascend the hills of heaven in purity and love . It denotes that there is but one Physician , whose nnrcies are unbounded , and who will heal the infirmities of all who have recourse to His

almighty aid . Yet , admirable as this may appear , and consolatory as it doubtless is to erring mortals , grander , sublimer , b y far , is the reflection that " AllOVI" MY IIBAD HOVERS TUB PROTECTING GLORY OK AI . MIHIITY COD ; " the divine glory being far superior to any intermediate orguardiaii ' angel ,

however great . Let the light of the Lord be with us and onr rest shall be in safety . It will thus be evident that , according to the most eminent commentators on the Jewish law , the doctrine cf guardian angels was inseparabl y interwoven with their ideas of the attributes of God ; and

t ' : e final results of their numerical calculations prove that God , Light , and Truth , are synoiiynies . They insist strongly upon the necessity of adhering strictly to truth as the standard of all moral good—as the "light" of glory which shines down upon men in the sacred writings , guiding our steps into those paths of pleasantness which lead to

unutterable happiness hereafter . Members of the Craft will notice Masonic coincidences in the illustrations of tho Rabbins , and it may with Homo propriety be said that the great truths revealed in the ceremonies ot Freemasonry , are , to a certain extent , foreshadowed or typified in the commentaries of those learned men upon the subject of "Guardian Angels . "

The J 0 < tli anniversary of the Glasgow Thistle Lodge , No . 87 , was held on Tuesday evening , the 2 ulh instant , within the Hall , Evoy-placc . About twenty of the brethren were present ; the R . AV . M . , Rro . Thomas Paton , in the chair . A blessing having been asked by Bro . A . K . AVilson . of the St Muiigo ' s

, No . 27 , a new supper to the . Craft was supplied in the shape of tripe and potatoes , at the low charge of sixpence . The brethren appeared to enjoy themselves with their new fare . On the cloth being removed , the usual loyal and patriotic toasts wero given , and the evening was spent in liarmoiir .