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Original Correspondence.
But what I want to know is , does the whole Council preside at the distribution of the prizes ? and if so , how can it do so , being an abstract body , not a concrete individuality ? Here , then , there seems to me a misuse of word * . And then I also want to know what the Council of the •• - ° , qui a Council , has to do with our Royal Masonic
Institution for Boys . I could quite understand some distinguished member of it , like our good Bro . I lyde Pollen , for instance , presiding , but I cannot make out why the whole Council is to preside at our Craft school , nor how it agrees , so to say , with the " eternal fitness of things . " I venture for once to think that our worthy friend and
Bro . V . Binckcs has made as , the Frenchman said , " Von 1-ctle Bifstcck . " I think many of us wcul 1 have preferred the presidency of some distinct Masonic personality , instead of that hazy and mysterious agglomeration—the Council of the 33 ° . When Theodore Hook was asked if he would sign the 30 Articles he said , "Forty if you please , " scandalizing the
orthodox Don , and nearly losing his admission to the University , and , therefore , I hcsitite a little at inqairing of . Bro . Binckes , what is the meaning of the 3 . 5 ° degree ? and why it should not be 34 ° ? Maurice Quill , M . D ., when requested to tell the Duke
of Wellington why he had exchanged into the 33 rd , said , " Vour Grace , to be near my brother , who ' s in the 34 th , " and , so , perhaps , the only reason for 33 is that it follows numerically 32 . Excuse my ignorance and density , and forgive the intrusive curiosity of a VENERABLE CRAFTSMAN .
The Masonic Cyclopædia.
THE MASONIC CYCLOP ? DIA .
Dear bro . Kenning , — The old saying runs , "There's many a slip between the cup and the lip , " and that is certainly made good as regards your Cyclopaedia . You will remember how towards the close , of 1 S 72 we talked it over , and how also , when Bro . Mackey's
elaborate work appeared , a whale among the minnows , it seemed to us , " p *) ur le moment , " needless to persevere with our proposal . About this time last year you recalled my attention to the matter , saying that you thought you saw your way to the " placing " on the Masonic literary market of a Cyclopaedia , not too large , not too verbose , cheap and
condensed—a neat and compendious book of reference . The summer intervened , and about October I began my work . But , as you will call to mind , nearly two months' delay occurred in the beginning of 1876 , owing to the printing arrangements , and then another six weeks nearly , owing to necessary retranscriutions of ceitain portions .
The compilation of any cyclopaedia is a hard task , but that of a Masonic Cyclopaedia especially so , despite my collections and preparations , for , as you know , I have the largest collection probably of collated MS . and references of any one in Eng ' and . In a Masonic Cyclopaedia , the difficulty , always confessedly great , is augmented by the carelessness of our own writers , who give dates which are
anachronisms , references which cannot be found , and quotations which cannot be verifieJ . I have spent many a weary half hour in finding out mistakes which ought never to have been made , and rectifying inaccuracies for which there is no excuse . I may observe here that it is a very easy thing to reprint printed matter , to " print upon " what is already before the public , or even
to make up copy with printed clippings ; bit to transcribe a book of many hundred pages of original matter , especially when one ' s handwriting is not of the best , is for men of ordinary calibre like myself a very uphill task . I have , I believe , every Cyclopaedia that has been written , barring an Iialian one , and nothing so much strikes one , how much original work and references remain to be done in order
to ensure accuracy 111 every respect . So on June 15 th I find myself thus far safely advanced : all up to the end of G is finished and in the hands of the printers , and the letter II will soon be . I give beneath a specimen of H , which I think will convince my readers of the bona-fide character of the work . I will just add this , that > t would be a pity to spoil standard Masonic work of reference by any hurry or any
impatience . 1 am now , as you arc aware , daily working hard at the book , and I have no doubt to complete my undertaking towards the end of the year . All I can say is to-day , to our kind Liends and subscribers , if any disapprove of a delay which is quite unavoidable , they can have their subscriptions returned , but I think
that they will all gain by a more careful elaboration of the work , and during the remainder of the year we can receive names of subscribers until December 31 , 18 7 6 . Then the list must finally close . Th : large number of names we have already is a hopeful sign of the awakening interest in matters archaeological , and I trust when the Cyclopaedia at last appears it will neither belie the kindl y patronage of
niy brethren , nor disappoint their just expectations . In the meantime I recommend all those who have not subscribed for a copy to send their names to George Kenning , 198 , I'leet-street , London , E . C , and I am quite certain of this , that they will all get their money ' s worth , and indeed a
good deal more . "•*> . —The subscription piiccis 7 s . ( id . I am , dear Bro . Kenning , y » urs always fraternally , A . F . A . WOODFORD , P . G . C 10 , Upper Porchester-street , Hyde Park-square , W ., June 15 , 1876 .
H . —Kloss cites no less than nine contributions to Masonic literature under this letter . HACIIE , CUAFITHE DE LA . —Chapter of the Axe , the -i , 2 nd 01 we 00 grades of the Rite of Mis / aim .
The Masonic Cyclopædia.
HACK , Jacob W . B . E . Von . —( The name is also written " Haack , " ) was in 1762 member of the Lodge " Zur Enigkeit , " in Frankfort , A . M ., and from 1764 . until 17 66 its W . M . lie was also a member of the Strict Observance . Kloss mentions two or three of his addresses , and especially one which he delivered December 27 th , 176 S , at the admission of Louis VIII ., Landgrave of Hesse
Darmstadt , when he appears to have been W . M . of the Lodge " Zu den drci Disleln , " at Frankfort-on-the-Main . HACC . UF . I- . —A French brother , formerly a "NoUirc " at Port-au-Piince , and one of the founders of the General Grand Lodge of the "RiteAncien et Accepte , " in Pari-, lSoi . lie was also a member of the Grand Orient in 1804 and 1 S 10 . and wis President of the Royal Arch
Chapter at Paris in 1814 . HADAMAU , P . H . —W . M . of the Lodge " Vereinigten Freunde , " in Mayence , who delivered an address at the Winter St . John's , 1819 . HADLY , BENJAMIN . —An English brother present at the Special Lodge at the Hague , for the reception of the Duke of Tuscany and Lorraine , afterwards the Emperor Francisl .
Anderson and Entickan . l Noorthouck , in the Constitutions of 173 8 , 175 6 , [ 784 , mention the names of John Stanhope and John llolkendorf as the Wardens . Preston , however ( Oliver ' s edition , 1 S 61 ) , states that Bro . Benjamin Hadly and a Dutch brother were the two Wardens on thai occasion . Of him nothing more seems to be known . HAGAR . —Bro . Dr . Oliver has used the difference as
existing between the sons i . f Sarah and II . tg . ir , as significant iu the teaching of older Masoniy of the necessity of freebomcanlidates . We believe , however , that such teaching is entirely modern , and the question of freeborn ( see ' ¦ Freeborn '' ) rests upon an entirely different ground , the need of
which has long since passed away . HAGGAI . —T he Prophet , born in Baby lon , and with Zerubbabel and Joshua aided to restore and dedicate the temple at Jerusalem , B . C . 5 16 . I lis name i ; given to the Third Principal in a Royal Arch Chapter . Curiously enough , Bro . II . Warren found his seal duri : i . r his researches in
Subterranean Jerusabm . HAGUE . —The capital of H . illan 1 , e : i ! l .. l also La Haye , and llaag ; in Dutch it is Graveuh . ige . Freemasonry was founded practically there , in 1731 , by the sp : cial lodge which , under a dispensation from Lord Lovel , G . M ., initiated the Duke of Tuscany and Lorraine . There is no trustworthy evidence , in our opinion , of the lodge Het Vredend ii ,
or Frederick Vredendal , which is said to have been founded by an Englishman in 16 37 , some even say from 15 rg to 1601 , on an English warrant , though , as far as we know , no warrants were given until the iSth century . A French lodge seems to have been founded there in 1734 , "Logedu Grand Maitre des Provinces units et du resort de laGeneralite ' , " at the Golden Lion at the Hague , by Vincent de la
Chapelle mainly . A Dutch Lodge , was formed , it is said , in 1735 . under the name of . " Le Venerable ZeJe . " There seems also about this time another lodge , termed L'Union , to have been formed by Von Dagran , and this , and the Veritable Zele , and the Lodge La Royale , the third in order of consideration , led to the formation of the National Grand Lodge , December 2- ; th , 175 6 .
HAIBEII . —A French brother , who translated Kurtis s History of Pope Innocent III . Paris , 1838 . HALE . —More properly Hele . Means to cover , to conceal . It is clearly an A . Saxon word , and is derived , it has been often suggested , from the A . Saxon "Helan , " which is pronounced halan , it is said , to cover or conceal . The word still is in use in the west of England , we arc told , and a
"helliar is said to answer to the Latin "tegulator . " It has been , however , pointed out that as the word HillyerorHilliar is also used it may come more properly from " hilan , " A . " ., to conceal or cover , not helan . There is another meaning to it , which probably comes from the Saxon " hael , " exemp lified in the old form , " drinc hael , " " waes hael , " or from the old word heyle , hale , healthy . It is a word well
known to Freemasons . " Hele , " in the sense of conceal , was an expression in use among the old guild formulae , though the word heyle , health , was also written " hele , " and is to be found in many of the guild ordinances . Some one has suggested that the word may be also a corruption of " halde , " to hold fast or firm , but we prefer the more obvious , or A . Saxon use . This is one among many little indicia : of the real antiquity of our usages and ritual .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Lincolnshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF LINCOLNSHIRE .
By command of His Grace the Duke cf St . Alban ' s , P . G . M ., the annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire was held on Tuesday , 6 th inst , at the Corn Exchange , Brigg , under the banner of the Ancholme Lodge , No . 1282 . Rev . Samuel E . Hodgson , of Scawby , W . M ., ably
assisted by Bros . W , Pigott , 1 . Fryer , A . Field , and others , comprising the committee of management , carried out the arrangements for the convenience of the brethren , which were all that could possibly be desired . Fine weather , combined with an important list of business on the agenda paper , attracted a large attendance of the Craft , every lodge in the province being represented .
It had been proposed by the Committee of Management for the brethren to be present at Divine service in the fine old parish church before Provincial Grand Lud gc was opened , but owing to the refusal of the vicar ( the Rev . W . J . Wylie ) to lend the edifice for such a purpose , the idea was abandoned . The decision of the vicar ( unprecedented , we imagine ,
in the annals of Freemasonry ) is a m-itter of much regret , and forms subject for much comment in the Craft , both of the town and province generally . Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in due form shortly after half-pist twelve o ' clock by His Grace the Duke of St . Alban's , P . G . M ., supported by the following P . G . Officers : — Bros . W . H . Smyth , D . P . G . M . j Thomas Slator , 838 , P . G . S . W . ; J . A . Thomas , 272 ,
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Lincolnshire.
P . G . J . W . ; Rev . J . C . K . Saunders , 1286 , P . G . Chap . ; C . M . Nesbitt , 712 , P . G . Treas . ; Henry Watson , 2 97 , P . G . Reg . ; F . D . Marsden , 712 , P . G . Sec ; Gerard Ford , 1286 , P . G . S . D . ; Alfred Parkin , 1482 , Supt . of Works ; T E . Jacobson , 5 88 , P . P . G . D . of C , as P . G . D . of C . ; George Nelson , 1282 , Asst . P . G . D . of C . ; W . Swallow , 1447 , P . G . S . B . ; John Barraclough , 1386 , P . G . O . ;
I nomas fryer , 1282 , r G . S . ( who was also Secretary of the Managing Committee ); Fred Watson , 1380 , P . G . S . ; W . Sissons , 1447 , P . G . Reg . N . and E . Yorks , P . G . S . ; W . S . Bladon , 422 , P . G . S . ; and Benj . Box , 422 , Prov . Grand Tyler . Among the other distinguished brethren we noticed W . Bros . John Sjtcliffe , P . M . 1204 , P . P . G . S . W . ; fas .
Fowler , P . M . 712 , P . P . G . S . W . ; R . J . Boyall , 3 62 , Prov . Charity Steward ; Rev . D . Ace , D . D ., W . M . 12-52 , P . P . G . Chap . ; Wm . Pigott , P . M . 1282 ; Rev . G . W . Lowe , 272 ; W . E . Howlett , P . M . 422 , P . P . G . A . D . of C . ; W . W . Copeland , P . M . 792 , P . P . G . S . D . ; Rev . T . P . Holdich , W . M . 12 S 6 ; Jack Sutcliffe , W . M . 1294 ; Thomas Morris , P . M . 1282 , P . P . G . P . ; James
Bellamy , P . M . 5 S 8 , P . P . G . P . ; Wm . Pratt , W . M . 1386 ; Rev . Wm . Lynes , 5 88 , P . P . G . Reg . Stafford ; . P . P . Dickenson , W . M , 297 ; Alfred Richdalc , W . M . 42 G , P . P . G . S . B . ; Charles Smyth , W . M . 1600 , P . P . G . P . ; with many ethers too numerous to particularize . The lodge was also honoured by the company of visiting brethren from the 3 ritannia Lodge , 139 , St . George's
Lodge , 242 , Alfred Lodge , 340 , and Arkwright , 1495 . Letters of apology were received from Bros . W . Pooles , 838 , P . G . D . of C ; Alfred Kirk , 422 , P . G . P . ; J . W . Palmer , 838 ; and W . B . Bratley , 838 Stewards . Th : hymn of " Invocation " was never rendered with belter effect than by the brethren assembled this day in the spacious building appropriated for the purposes of
Prov . Grand Lodge , which being concluded , the roll of lodges in the province was called by the P . G . Secretary , shewing a total of 16 7 brethren present , every lodge in the province being represented . There are now no less than twenty lodges established in this province ( just double the number which the present Provincial Grand Master found in existence on his appointment in 1862 ) . Facilities of
railway communicati-m between the town of Brigg and the southern portions of the county being very inadequate , combined with the fact of it being market day at Alfor . l , Spalding , Gainsborough , and Market Rasen , was no doubt the cause of a large number of brethren being absent . The minutes of the last Provincial Grand Lod ge held at Boston toth June , 187 S , and the minutes of a Provincial
Grand Lodge of Emergency held at Grimsby on the 2 nd August , 1875 , for the purpose of laying the foundation stone of a new Masonic Hall in that town , having been read and confirmed , the Dep . P . G . M . stated that , in accordance with a resolution passed at the last Prov . Grand Lodge
a handsomely illuminated address had been forwarded to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , congratulating him on his elevation to the dignity of M . W . G . M . of England , which had been duly acknowledged in a letter to Bro . Jas . FoA-ler , P . P . G . W ., who had been chiefly instrumental in designing the same and carrying it into execution .
Ihe Provincial Grand Ireasurer , Bro . C . M ; Nesbitt , 712 , then submitted his financial statement , shewing a balance in hand of £ 28 14 s . 6 d ., after paying all expenses of the current year , including a donation of twenty guineas to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . The Provincial Grand Secretary ( Bro . F . D . Marsden , 712 ) delivered a report of the committee of the Prov . G .
Fund of Benevolence , which sat that morning , and abstract of accounts to 27 th ult ., showing a balance in hand of £ 125 10 s . s d ., besides a sum of £ 550 invested . This fund was established in 1865 mainly through the instrumentality of the late energetic Prov . G . Secretary , Bro . C . E . Lucas , and has been the means of relieving the aged and necessitous Mason , or his widow , in the many instances
which must certainly from time to time occur in a large province like Lincolnshire . It is very important , however , that W . M . 's of lodges , and their officers , should make themselves acquainted with the rules under which this Fund of Benevolence is distributed . Like the recipients of the Grand Lodge Fund of
Benevolence , no petitioner is entitled to relief from this fund unless he ( or her husband , father , or brother , as the case may be ) has been for at least two years a subscribing member to a regular lodge in the province , and it was with feelings of extreme regret that the committee felt it their duty that day to throw out petitions from two lodges on behalf of their Tyler and Tyler ' s widow on the score of informality ,
one not having been a subscribing member , and the other petition not having been forwarded to the Prov . G . Secretary in time to be placed on the summons . A petiti-jn was presented by the Pelham Pillar Lodge , 792 , on behalf of Mrs . Black , whose husband was unhappily drowned at Dieppe in November last in the execution of his duty as an engineer , leaving her with a family of
four young children , all under the age of seven years , totally unprovided for . This being an extreme case , the committee felt it their duty to send a recommendation to Prov . Grand Lodge that the sum of £ 25 be awarded . The comuiittee had then proceeded to discuss the offer made to them last year by the committee and subscribers of the " Oliver Memorial Fund , " and which was then left
in obeyance , viz .: That the sum already received for the Oliver Memorial Fund , amounting to nearly £ 200 , should be presented to the Prov . Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire , to be vested in and become part of the Prov . Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund , on condition that Prov . Grand Lodge will
endeavour to raise a further sum , say of £ 200 at the least , such amount to be invested on good security , and termed " The Oliver Memorial Fund , " subject to certain rules and regulations to be afterwards named . After considerable discussion , the Chairman , JBro . W . H . Smyth , D . P . G . M ., suggested that the sum of J CIOOO
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Original Correspondence.
But what I want to know is , does the whole Council preside at the distribution of the prizes ? and if so , how can it do so , being an abstract body , not a concrete individuality ? Here , then , there seems to me a misuse of word * . And then I also want to know what the Council of the •• - ° , qui a Council , has to do with our Royal Masonic
Institution for Boys . I could quite understand some distinguished member of it , like our good Bro . I lyde Pollen , for instance , presiding , but I cannot make out why the whole Council is to preside at our Craft school , nor how it agrees , so to say , with the " eternal fitness of things . " I venture for once to think that our worthy friend and
Bro . V . Binckcs has made as , the Frenchman said , " Von 1-ctle Bifstcck . " I think many of us wcul 1 have preferred the presidency of some distinct Masonic personality , instead of that hazy and mysterious agglomeration—the Council of the 33 ° . When Theodore Hook was asked if he would sign the 30 Articles he said , "Forty if you please , " scandalizing the
orthodox Don , and nearly losing his admission to the University , and , therefore , I hcsitite a little at inqairing of . Bro . Binckes , what is the meaning of the 3 . 5 ° degree ? and why it should not be 34 ° ? Maurice Quill , M . D ., when requested to tell the Duke
of Wellington why he had exchanged into the 33 rd , said , " Vour Grace , to be near my brother , who ' s in the 34 th , " and , so , perhaps , the only reason for 33 is that it follows numerically 32 . Excuse my ignorance and density , and forgive the intrusive curiosity of a VENERABLE CRAFTSMAN .
The Masonic Cyclopædia.
THE MASONIC CYCLOP ? DIA .
Dear bro . Kenning , — The old saying runs , "There's many a slip between the cup and the lip , " and that is certainly made good as regards your Cyclopaedia . You will remember how towards the close , of 1 S 72 we talked it over , and how also , when Bro . Mackey's
elaborate work appeared , a whale among the minnows , it seemed to us , " p *) ur le moment , " needless to persevere with our proposal . About this time last year you recalled my attention to the matter , saying that you thought you saw your way to the " placing " on the Masonic literary market of a Cyclopaedia , not too large , not too verbose , cheap and
condensed—a neat and compendious book of reference . The summer intervened , and about October I began my work . But , as you will call to mind , nearly two months' delay occurred in the beginning of 1876 , owing to the printing arrangements , and then another six weeks nearly , owing to necessary retranscriutions of ceitain portions .
The compilation of any cyclopaedia is a hard task , but that of a Masonic Cyclopaedia especially so , despite my collections and preparations , for , as you know , I have the largest collection probably of collated MS . and references of any one in Eng ' and . In a Masonic Cyclopaedia , the difficulty , always confessedly great , is augmented by the carelessness of our own writers , who give dates which are
anachronisms , references which cannot be found , and quotations which cannot be verifieJ . I have spent many a weary half hour in finding out mistakes which ought never to have been made , and rectifying inaccuracies for which there is no excuse . I may observe here that it is a very easy thing to reprint printed matter , to " print upon " what is already before the public , or even
to make up copy with printed clippings ; bit to transcribe a book of many hundred pages of original matter , especially when one ' s handwriting is not of the best , is for men of ordinary calibre like myself a very uphill task . I have , I believe , every Cyclopaedia that has been written , barring an Iialian one , and nothing so much strikes one , how much original work and references remain to be done in order
to ensure accuracy 111 every respect . So on June 15 th I find myself thus far safely advanced : all up to the end of G is finished and in the hands of the printers , and the letter II will soon be . I give beneath a specimen of H , which I think will convince my readers of the bona-fide character of the work . I will just add this , that > t would be a pity to spoil standard Masonic work of reference by any hurry or any
impatience . 1 am now , as you arc aware , daily working hard at the book , and I have no doubt to complete my undertaking towards the end of the year . All I can say is to-day , to our kind Liends and subscribers , if any disapprove of a delay which is quite unavoidable , they can have their subscriptions returned , but I think
that they will all gain by a more careful elaboration of the work , and during the remainder of the year we can receive names of subscribers until December 31 , 18 7 6 . Then the list must finally close . Th : large number of names we have already is a hopeful sign of the awakening interest in matters archaeological , and I trust when the Cyclopaedia at last appears it will neither belie the kindl y patronage of
niy brethren , nor disappoint their just expectations . In the meantime I recommend all those who have not subscribed for a copy to send their names to George Kenning , 198 , I'leet-street , London , E . C , and I am quite certain of this , that they will all get their money ' s worth , and indeed a
good deal more . "•*> . —The subscription piiccis 7 s . ( id . I am , dear Bro . Kenning , y » urs always fraternally , A . F . A . WOODFORD , P . G . C 10 , Upper Porchester-street , Hyde Park-square , W ., June 15 , 1876 .
H . —Kloss cites no less than nine contributions to Masonic literature under this letter . HACIIE , CUAFITHE DE LA . —Chapter of the Axe , the -i , 2 nd 01 we 00 grades of the Rite of Mis / aim .
The Masonic Cyclopædia.
HACK , Jacob W . B . E . Von . —( The name is also written " Haack , " ) was in 1762 member of the Lodge " Zur Enigkeit , " in Frankfort , A . M ., and from 1764 . until 17 66 its W . M . lie was also a member of the Strict Observance . Kloss mentions two or three of his addresses , and especially one which he delivered December 27 th , 176 S , at the admission of Louis VIII ., Landgrave of Hesse
Darmstadt , when he appears to have been W . M . of the Lodge " Zu den drci Disleln , " at Frankfort-on-the-Main . HACC . UF . I- . —A French brother , formerly a "NoUirc " at Port-au-Piince , and one of the founders of the General Grand Lodge of the "RiteAncien et Accepte , " in Pari-, lSoi . lie was also a member of the Grand Orient in 1804 and 1 S 10 . and wis President of the Royal Arch
Chapter at Paris in 1814 . HADAMAU , P . H . —W . M . of the Lodge " Vereinigten Freunde , " in Mayence , who delivered an address at the Winter St . John's , 1819 . HADLY , BENJAMIN . —An English brother present at the Special Lodge at the Hague , for the reception of the Duke of Tuscany and Lorraine , afterwards the Emperor Francisl .
Anderson and Entickan . l Noorthouck , in the Constitutions of 173 8 , 175 6 , [ 784 , mention the names of John Stanhope and John llolkendorf as the Wardens . Preston , however ( Oliver ' s edition , 1 S 61 ) , states that Bro . Benjamin Hadly and a Dutch brother were the two Wardens on thai occasion . Of him nothing more seems to be known . HAGAR . —Bro . Dr . Oliver has used the difference as
existing between the sons i . f Sarah and II . tg . ir , as significant iu the teaching of older Masoniy of the necessity of freebomcanlidates . We believe , however , that such teaching is entirely modern , and the question of freeborn ( see ' ¦ Freeborn '' ) rests upon an entirely different ground , the need of
which has long since passed away . HAGGAI . —T he Prophet , born in Baby lon , and with Zerubbabel and Joshua aided to restore and dedicate the temple at Jerusalem , B . C . 5 16 . I lis name i ; given to the Third Principal in a Royal Arch Chapter . Curiously enough , Bro . II . Warren found his seal duri : i . r his researches in
Subterranean Jerusabm . HAGUE . —The capital of H . illan 1 , e : i ! l .. l also La Haye , and llaag ; in Dutch it is Graveuh . ige . Freemasonry was founded practically there , in 1731 , by the sp : cial lodge which , under a dispensation from Lord Lovel , G . M ., initiated the Duke of Tuscany and Lorraine . There is no trustworthy evidence , in our opinion , of the lodge Het Vredend ii ,
or Frederick Vredendal , which is said to have been founded by an Englishman in 16 37 , some even say from 15 rg to 1601 , on an English warrant , though , as far as we know , no warrants were given until the iSth century . A French lodge seems to have been founded there in 1734 , "Logedu Grand Maitre des Provinces units et du resort de laGeneralite ' , " at the Golden Lion at the Hague , by Vincent de la
Chapelle mainly . A Dutch Lodge , was formed , it is said , in 1735 . under the name of . " Le Venerable ZeJe . " There seems also about this time another lodge , termed L'Union , to have been formed by Von Dagran , and this , and the Veritable Zele , and the Lodge La Royale , the third in order of consideration , led to the formation of the National Grand Lodge , December 2- ; th , 175 6 .
HAIBEII . —A French brother , who translated Kurtis s History of Pope Innocent III . Paris , 1838 . HALE . —More properly Hele . Means to cover , to conceal . It is clearly an A . Saxon word , and is derived , it has been often suggested , from the A . Saxon "Helan , " which is pronounced halan , it is said , to cover or conceal . The word still is in use in the west of England , we arc told , and a
"helliar is said to answer to the Latin "tegulator . " It has been , however , pointed out that as the word HillyerorHilliar is also used it may come more properly from " hilan , " A . " ., to conceal or cover , not helan . There is another meaning to it , which probably comes from the Saxon " hael , " exemp lified in the old form , " drinc hael , " " waes hael , " or from the old word heyle , hale , healthy . It is a word well
known to Freemasons . " Hele , " in the sense of conceal , was an expression in use among the old guild formulae , though the word heyle , health , was also written " hele , " and is to be found in many of the guild ordinances . Some one has suggested that the word may be also a corruption of " halde , " to hold fast or firm , but we prefer the more obvious , or A . Saxon use . This is one among many little indicia : of the real antiquity of our usages and ritual .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Lincolnshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF LINCOLNSHIRE .
By command of His Grace the Duke cf St . Alban ' s , P . G . M ., the annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire was held on Tuesday , 6 th inst , at the Corn Exchange , Brigg , under the banner of the Ancholme Lodge , No . 1282 . Rev . Samuel E . Hodgson , of Scawby , W . M ., ably
assisted by Bros . W , Pigott , 1 . Fryer , A . Field , and others , comprising the committee of management , carried out the arrangements for the convenience of the brethren , which were all that could possibly be desired . Fine weather , combined with an important list of business on the agenda paper , attracted a large attendance of the Craft , every lodge in the province being represented .
It had been proposed by the Committee of Management for the brethren to be present at Divine service in the fine old parish church before Provincial Grand Lud gc was opened , but owing to the refusal of the vicar ( the Rev . W . J . Wylie ) to lend the edifice for such a purpose , the idea was abandoned . The decision of the vicar ( unprecedented , we imagine ,
in the annals of Freemasonry ) is a m-itter of much regret , and forms subject for much comment in the Craft , both of the town and province generally . Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in due form shortly after half-pist twelve o ' clock by His Grace the Duke of St . Alban's , P . G . M ., supported by the following P . G . Officers : — Bros . W . H . Smyth , D . P . G . M . j Thomas Slator , 838 , P . G . S . W . ; J . A . Thomas , 272 ,
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Lincolnshire.
P . G . J . W . ; Rev . J . C . K . Saunders , 1286 , P . G . Chap . ; C . M . Nesbitt , 712 , P . G . Treas . ; Henry Watson , 2 97 , P . G . Reg . ; F . D . Marsden , 712 , P . G . Sec ; Gerard Ford , 1286 , P . G . S . D . ; Alfred Parkin , 1482 , Supt . of Works ; T E . Jacobson , 5 88 , P . P . G . D . of C , as P . G . D . of C . ; George Nelson , 1282 , Asst . P . G . D . of C . ; W . Swallow , 1447 , P . G . S . B . ; John Barraclough , 1386 , P . G . O . ;
I nomas fryer , 1282 , r G . S . ( who was also Secretary of the Managing Committee ); Fred Watson , 1380 , P . G . S . ; W . Sissons , 1447 , P . G . Reg . N . and E . Yorks , P . G . S . ; W . S . Bladon , 422 , P . G . S . ; and Benj . Box , 422 , Prov . Grand Tyler . Among the other distinguished brethren we noticed W . Bros . John Sjtcliffe , P . M . 1204 , P . P . G . S . W . ; fas .
Fowler , P . M . 712 , P . P . G . S . W . ; R . J . Boyall , 3 62 , Prov . Charity Steward ; Rev . D . Ace , D . D ., W . M . 12-52 , P . P . G . Chap . ; Wm . Pigott , P . M . 1282 ; Rev . G . W . Lowe , 272 ; W . E . Howlett , P . M . 422 , P . P . G . A . D . of C . ; W . W . Copeland , P . M . 792 , P . P . G . S . D . ; Rev . T . P . Holdich , W . M . 12 S 6 ; Jack Sutcliffe , W . M . 1294 ; Thomas Morris , P . M . 1282 , P . P . G . P . ; James
Bellamy , P . M . 5 S 8 , P . P . G . P . ; Wm . Pratt , W . M . 1386 ; Rev . Wm . Lynes , 5 88 , P . P . G . Reg . Stafford ; . P . P . Dickenson , W . M , 297 ; Alfred Richdalc , W . M . 42 G , P . P . G . S . B . ; Charles Smyth , W . M . 1600 , P . P . G . P . ; with many ethers too numerous to particularize . The lodge was also honoured by the company of visiting brethren from the 3 ritannia Lodge , 139 , St . George's
Lodge , 242 , Alfred Lodge , 340 , and Arkwright , 1495 . Letters of apology were received from Bros . W . Pooles , 838 , P . G . D . of C ; Alfred Kirk , 422 , P . G . P . ; J . W . Palmer , 838 ; and W . B . Bratley , 838 Stewards . Th : hymn of " Invocation " was never rendered with belter effect than by the brethren assembled this day in the spacious building appropriated for the purposes of
Prov . Grand Lodge , which being concluded , the roll of lodges in the province was called by the P . G . Secretary , shewing a total of 16 7 brethren present , every lodge in the province being represented . There are now no less than twenty lodges established in this province ( just double the number which the present Provincial Grand Master found in existence on his appointment in 1862 ) . Facilities of
railway communicati-m between the town of Brigg and the southern portions of the county being very inadequate , combined with the fact of it being market day at Alfor . l , Spalding , Gainsborough , and Market Rasen , was no doubt the cause of a large number of brethren being absent . The minutes of the last Provincial Grand Lod ge held at Boston toth June , 187 S , and the minutes of a Provincial
Grand Lodge of Emergency held at Grimsby on the 2 nd August , 1875 , for the purpose of laying the foundation stone of a new Masonic Hall in that town , having been read and confirmed , the Dep . P . G . M . stated that , in accordance with a resolution passed at the last Prov . Grand Lodge
a handsomely illuminated address had been forwarded to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , congratulating him on his elevation to the dignity of M . W . G . M . of England , which had been duly acknowledged in a letter to Bro . Jas . FoA-ler , P . P . G . W ., who had been chiefly instrumental in designing the same and carrying it into execution .
Ihe Provincial Grand Ireasurer , Bro . C . M ; Nesbitt , 712 , then submitted his financial statement , shewing a balance in hand of £ 28 14 s . 6 d ., after paying all expenses of the current year , including a donation of twenty guineas to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . The Provincial Grand Secretary ( Bro . F . D . Marsden , 712 ) delivered a report of the committee of the Prov . G .
Fund of Benevolence , which sat that morning , and abstract of accounts to 27 th ult ., showing a balance in hand of £ 125 10 s . s d ., besides a sum of £ 550 invested . This fund was established in 1865 mainly through the instrumentality of the late energetic Prov . G . Secretary , Bro . C . E . Lucas , and has been the means of relieving the aged and necessitous Mason , or his widow , in the many instances
which must certainly from time to time occur in a large province like Lincolnshire . It is very important , however , that W . M . 's of lodges , and their officers , should make themselves acquainted with the rules under which this Fund of Benevolence is distributed . Like the recipients of the Grand Lodge Fund of
Benevolence , no petitioner is entitled to relief from this fund unless he ( or her husband , father , or brother , as the case may be ) has been for at least two years a subscribing member to a regular lodge in the province , and it was with feelings of extreme regret that the committee felt it their duty that day to throw out petitions from two lodges on behalf of their Tyler and Tyler ' s widow on the score of informality ,
one not having been a subscribing member , and the other petition not having been forwarded to the Prov . G . Secretary in time to be placed on the summons . A petiti-jn was presented by the Pelham Pillar Lodge , 792 , on behalf of Mrs . Black , whose husband was unhappily drowned at Dieppe in November last in the execution of his duty as an engineer , leaving her with a family of
four young children , all under the age of seven years , totally unprovided for . This being an extreme case , the committee felt it their duty to send a recommendation to Prov . Grand Lodge that the sum of £ 25 be awarded . The comuiittee had then proceeded to discuss the offer made to them last year by the committee and subscribers of the " Oliver Memorial Fund , " and which was then left
in obeyance , viz .: That the sum already received for the Oliver Memorial Fund , amounting to nearly £ 200 , should be presented to the Prov . Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire , to be vested in and become part of the Prov . Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund , on condition that Prov . Grand Lodge will
endeavour to raise a further sum , say of £ 200 at the least , such amount to be invested on good security , and termed " The Oliver Memorial Fund , " subject to certain rules and regulations to be afterwards named . After considerable discussion , the Chairman , JBro . W . H . Smyth , D . P . G . M ., suggested that the sum of J CIOOO