Interesting Masonic Presentations In Liverpool.

spoke in eloquent terms of his many excellent qualities . Bro . Danson briefly thanked the W . M . and brethren for their kindness , spoke of his beincr

connected with the lodge since its beginning , assured everyone that he had , to the best of his ability , endeavoured to perform his duty in whatever position he was placed , and would strive in the future to make any amends for past

shortcomings . During thc evening , on the motion of Bro . P . M . Marsh , seconded by Bro . R . Washington , J . ., the lodge unanimously agreed to the recommendation that Bro . Danson should be made a Life Governor of the West Lancashire

Masonic Educational Institution , the necessary amount being furnished from the " charity-box , " which has already done good work in this respect on many previous occasions . The brethren , after business , sat down to an excellent banquet .

Consecration Of A New Mark Lodge At Rock Ferry.

CONSECRATION OF A NEW MARK LODGE AT ROCK FERRY .

That this degree is making good progress in Cheshire cannot be doubted , for little more than a month has elapsed since the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cheshire and North Wales was established , under the rule of Bro . the Hon .

Wilbrahani Egerton , M . P ., the present W . M ., of the Joppa Mark Lodge , No . n , Birkenhead , and on Monday ,: the 12 th inst ., a new Mark Lodge was consecrated at the Rock Ferry Hotel , the first riewr . one ! under Bro . Egerton ' s jurisdiction , and bearing his name .

; " The . Egerton Lodge , No . 165 , was formed b y those-who some four years ago inaugurated the Craft Lodge at Rock Ferry , now thriving so well , and there can be little doubt that the new Mark Lodge will be equally successful . It was a matter of great regret that owing to

a very important engagement , the D . P . G . M ., Bro . the Rev . C . W . Spencer Stanhope , who had been appointed by the M . W . G . M . M . to perform the ceremonies , was unable to be present , but a very able substitute was there in the person of Bro . W . Romaine Callender , R . W . P . G . M . M . of

Lancashire . He was supported by the following Provincial Officers of Cheshire and North Wales : Bros . Rev . J . W . Newell Tanner , P . G . Chaplain ; Wm . Bullev , P . J . G . W . ; R . Newhouse , P . G . Sec . ; Thos . Piatt , P . G . Treas . ; Jos . Sillitoe , P . G . S . O . ; Capt . Watson , P . G . f . O .

E . Friend , P . G . D . C . ; Geo . Higgins , P . G . S . B . ; J . S . Mort , P . G . P . ; Thos . Kent , J . Heap , G . H . Wilson , P . Grand Stewards ; and John Worthington , P . G . Tyler . Among the visitors were Bros . J . P . Piatt ,

P . P . G . M . O ., Lancashire ; Tysilio Johnson and J . M . Radcliffe , of the Joppa Lodge , No . ir . The Mark Lodge was opened in due form by Bro . F . K . Stevenson , P . M . 11 , P . G . S . D ., and Bro . Callender and Officers admitted , and greeted with the usual honours .

Bro . Callender then proceeded to consecrate and constitute the Egerton Lodge of Mark Masons , according to ancient form , after which he installed Bro . Friend in the chair , who received the customary salutes .

The W . M . then appointed and invested his officers , Bro . S . Spratly , M . D ., being unanimously elected Treasurer , and Bro . Holtoway , Tyler . Bros . F . K . Stevenson , S . W . j R . H . Moore , J . W . j Lilley Ellis , Sec ; Spratly , Treas . ; G . H . Wilson , M . O . ; F . L . Bolton , S . O . ; Alex . Low , J . O . ; J . W . Paton , M . D ., S . D . ; Stanton

J . D . j Sanderson , I . G . ; Holtoway , Tyler . Bro . Tysilio Johnson was elected an honorary member , A cordial vote of thanks was then recorded on the minutes to the R . W . Bro . Callender , for his extreme kindness in coming at great inconvenience to perform the ceremonies , also to the Rev . C . W . Spencer Stanhope , for his present of a handsome bible .

Several brethren were proposed for advancement , and the P . G . M . M . and officers then withdrew . Thelodge was then closed , and the brethren dined together . Bro . Friend , W . M ., presided , and was

supported b y Bro . Callender , and the other Provincial officers and brethren . The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were heartil y responded to , and the brethren separated at an earl y hour , after a most harmonious meeting .

Red Cross Of Constantine.

Red Cross of Constantine .

CONSECRATION OF A RED CROSS CONCLAVE ATBROOKLYN , NEW YORK . The interesting and imposing ceremonies of inaugurating , dedicating , and installing the officers

of a new conclave of the Imperial Ecclesiastical , and Military Order of Knights ofthe Red Cross of Constantine and Rome , and K . H . S ., under the title of Saxa Rubra Conclave , No . 6 9 , were

performed on Tuesday evening last , in the elegant rooms of Dr . Witt Clinton Commandery , No . 27 , Brooklyn , under the auspices and by the authority of Sir Albert G . Goodall , 33 ° , Most Illustrious Grand Sovereign ofthe State . After the ceremonies of inaugurating and

dedicating the conclave , the following officers and members were installed and constituted in ample form , with full power to do and perform all proper and lawful acts thereunto belonging : —E . Sir Robert Macoy , Grand Recorder of the State Conclave , First Sovereign ; Charles Aikman , First Viceroy ; J . Anson Foster , G . W . Gritman ,

John Z . Johnson . Erskine H . Dickey , Robert P . Lethbridge , Charles II . Peck , James D . Kingsland , Caleb A . Eairy , and Joseph L . Edwards . The charter , authorizing the establishment of this conclave , emanates from the Grand Imperial Council at London , the Right Hon . the Earl of Bective , Grand Sovereign .

1 his ancient and chivalric Order of Constantine having for many years enjoyed the patronage and protection of the most distinguished members of the Masonic body , the Grand Mastership having been held for many years , and up to the time of his death , by the Duke of Sussex . None but Knights Templar are admitted to membership in this country . —New York Dispatch .

MANCHESTER . —County Palatine Conclave ( No . 50 ) . —The meeting of this conclave took place on Saturday , the 17 th inst ., at Freemasons ' Hall . Thc chair of C . was occupied by 111 . Sir Knt . C . Fitzgerald Matier , P . S ., in the absence of 111 . Sir Knt . W . Romaine Callender , M . P . S .,

who was unfortunately prevented by illness from being present . E . Sir Knt . Hargreaves discharged the duties of V . E . Among the other Sir Knts . present were Thomas Entwistle , P . S . ; J . B . Robinson , Liverpool Conclave , and others . Bros . J . M . Beaton , and John Duffield , having been approved

of , were received as Knights of Rome , and afterwards dubbed Knights of the Red Cross . Sir Kit . Hargreaves was then elected as M . P . S ., for tl * J ensuing year , and Sir Knt . Duffield as V . E . A college of Viceroys was then opened , and Sir Knt . Duffield was placed in the chair of E . b y

Sir Knt . Matier . The duties of Hi gh Prelate were most efficientl y discharged by Sir Knt . Entwistle . All Viceroys having retired , a Senate of Sovereigns was then formed , and Sir Knt . Hargreaves was installed in the supreme chair

with the accustomed solemnities , and saluted with the mystic number . On the conclave being resumed in the first grade , Sir Knt . Matier presented the warrant to the M . P . S . It was then resolved the installation fee should be raised to

two guineas , and the subscription to one guinea . Several apologies were then read , and propositions made , after which the conclave was closed with the usual ceremony . The Kni ghts Companions afterwards partook of the cup of cheerfulness , when the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were

given , and heartily responded to . We have every reason to believe that this conclave will be worked in a most efficient manner , and that with the assistance and support of the Past Sovereigns , the M . P . S . may look forward to a most prosperous term of office .

Masonic Tidings.

Masonic Tidings .

The Fifteen Sections will be worked in thc New Concord Lodge of Instruction , held . ' at Bro , Gabb ' s , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Hoxton , on the first Wednesday iu June , by Bro . Austin , W . M . of the Doric Lodge , No . 933 , and other brethren . Business to commence at 7 p . m .

precisely . Brethren of other lodges are respectfull y invited . Bro . T . W . Boord has been introduced to the Conservative electors of Greenwich as a candidate in that interest for the representation of the borough .

Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .

THE ST . CLAIR CHARTERS . In a communication , which appeared in the Freemason of June 8 , 1872 , Bro . Chalmers Izett Paton gave copies ofthe St . Clair Charters , which he alleged to be " from Hay ' s MSS . in the Advocates' Library . " On March 29 , 187 , 3 , I

published through the same medium a note on the subject , which is here reproduced to enable the reader to judge whether its tone is either unmasonic or unbecoming , as Bro . Paton alleges * . — - These copies , minus thc copyist ' s or printers' errors which they contain , appeared to me at the time

to be a literal transcript of the copies from the originals made by myself for the " History of the Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary ' s Chapel ) , " and published in the Freemason of August 27 , 1870 . I have since examined the Hay MS ., and I am confirmed in that opinion . The document given

by Bro . Paton is not a copy made from the Hay MS . It differs considerably from it in orthography , in abbreviations , and in the arrangement and rendering of some of the signatures , and is simply a copy of my transcript ofthe originals published two years ago . I had previously , through the Freemason informed Bro . Paton of

the existence of the ori ginal Charters—a fact of which he was ignorant . If Bro . Paton was unable to deci pher the ori ginal Hay MSS ., he should not have palmed off my transcription of the ori ginal charters as copies of them , nor should he have appropriated my work in any case without the courtesy of acknowledgment . "

Bro . Paton has published in the Freemason of April 26 , a rambling statement in which after indulging his taste for personalities , he in the most ungraceful manner pleads guilty to the charge of having published my transcripts of the original charters as lanajide copies of these

documents from the Hay MS . He says , " I preferred to send printed copies rather than take the trouble of transcribing them , and I do not hesitate to say I cut them out of the Freemason , instead of cutting them as I mi ght have clone , out of a valuable book , " In other words he deliberately

presented to the Craft copies of the originals , representing them to be transcripts of the St . Clair Charters from the Hay MSS . It will be readily admitted that it is of importance to the history of Freemasonry that copies of ancient documents should bc honest transcripts

of what they purport to be ; and it is therefore less upon personal grounds than from a regard to historical accuracy , that I impeach Bro . Paton for deliberately publishing as a copy of a particular document , what is in reality the transcript of another and diffierent document .

Bro . Paton denies my statement that he was ignorant ofthe existence ofthe original charter till I informed him ofthe fact through the Freemason . His ignorance in this repect was communicated by himself in the Freemason of July 30 th , 1870 , where he says : — " I frankly admit that I was not

aware that the originals of these charters were known to be in existence , and 1 would feel greatly obliged to Bro . D . M . L yon or any one else for any information where they are to be found , as I would be glad to take the first possible opportunity of examining them . The copies made by

the industrious Father Hay , and now to be found in one ofthe volumes of MSS . in the Advocates ' Library , alone seem to have been known to the historians of Freemasonry , and other writers on the subject to the present time . " The information asked b y Bro . Paton I gave through the

I'reemasou of August 27111 , 1870 . And now , in 1873 , Bro . Paton , forgetful of what he himself had written , and to wriggle out a difficulty in which he had placed himself , declares that copies ofthe originals had been published many years

agofirst 111 Hay ' s 'Genealogies , ' and also in Laurie ' s ' History of Freemasonry '—and that he himself had seen the ori ginals long before 1 had heard of them . I forbear from characterising conduct like this .

vV ill Bro . Paton have the goodness to give the name of the person who borrowed the original charters from Professor Aytoun , and state whether it was before or after he himself became a mason that he saw them in the hands of the alleged borrower . Bro . Paton ' s statement that