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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEADERS $ o Consecration of the Dunelm Mark Lodge , No . 3 $ G , at Durham ^ oS Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of West Yorkshire SoS
Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex 503 Centennial of the Chapter of Concord , No . 37 , Bolton 509 Rosicrucian Thoughts on the Ever-burning Lamps of the Ancients—( Continued' ) ... , < og The Craft Abroad 511 Board of Benevolence $ 11
I nauiruration of the Roval Savoy Mark Lodge of Instruction , No . $$$ $ 11 CoU RESPOND E \ 'CEAthol Lodges 513 "A Slang Phrase ** 513 Notes and Queries 513
REPORTS I » - ~ MA . SU . \* IC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 513 Instruction , 518 Royal Arch 51 S Mark Masonry 51 S Obituarf 51 S ! Masonic and General Tidings 519 i Lodge Meetings for Next Week 520
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IT seldom happens there are so many new appointments in the higher ranks of the Craft as have been made this year , and still less frequently does it happen that the installation of five provincial chiefs is arranged to take place within the brief space of a single week . Yet as regards these exceptional occurrences the year 1 S 85 is a memorable one . No less than
six distinguished brethien have been appointed to the high office of Provincial Grand Master . Of these six , one—R . W . Bro . T . W . TEW—was installed in April last Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire in succession to Sir HENRY EDWARDS , Bart ., whose services , however , are still , happily , available to his brethren should they oversee fit to take counsel from
his long and varied experience . In August Sir HEDWORTH WILLIAMSON , Bart ., was installed Provincial Grand Master of Durham , in place of the late lamented Marquis of LONDONDERRY , who had been just long enough in office to influence the brethren he ruled over to desire its continuance for many , many years . Before the current week is ended the roll of Provincial
Grand Lodges and Provincial Grand Masters will have been extended ; what was the Province of North Wales and Shropshire , under the genial sway of the late Sir W . WILLIAMS WYNN , Bart ., having been divided , North Wales and Shropshire being now constituted as separate and distinct provinces , the former under R . W . Bro . Lord HARLECH , whose
installation at Wrexham as Provincial Grand Master was arranged for to-day ( Friday ); and the latter , under R . W . Bro . Sir OI ' ILEY WAKEMAN , who was to be installed at Shrewsbury—by the Grand Secretary , not , as stated last week , by Bro . the Earl of LATHOM , D . G . M . —on Thursday . On Wednesday next , the 28 th instant , the Earl of J ERSEY will be
formally invested with the insignia of Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire , in place of the late Duke of A LBANY , Lord LEIGH , Provincial Grand Master of Warwickshire , being the officiating Master : and the same day will in all probability see M . E . Comp . the Rev . H . A . PICKARD , P . G . Chaplain of England , installed as Grand
Superintendent of Royal Arch Masons in the same province . The day following at Bedford , the Provincial Grand Master designate—Col . WILLIAM STUART , P . G . W . of England—of the newly-created Province of Bedfordshire will be installed by Col . CLERKE , Grand Secretary ; so that if all the present arrangements are carried out , there will have been installed in office within
the short space of a week four Provincial Grand Masters and a Provincial Grand Superintendent . In Royal Arch Masonry Comp . TEW , on 24 th August last , was installed Prov . G . Supt of West Yorkshire vice Comp . Sir H . EDWARDS , Bart ., resigned , but there are still vacancies to be filled—in Durham , in place of the late Marquis of LONDONDERRY , Provincial
Grand Superintendent ; and in North Wales , in that of the late Sir W . WILLIAMS-WYNN , Provincial Grand Superintendent ; the new provinces of Shropshire and Bedfordshire not having the regulation number of chapters to warrant the constitution of Provincial Grand Chapters of Royal
Arch Masonry for either . We can only hope , as we believe , that the newlyappointed brethren will prove as successful in their rule and in winning the esteem and respect of the brethren they rule over as were their several predecessors .
* # * WE are in a position to announce that at the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge in December next two brethren will be nominated as candidates for the office of Grand Treasurer , namely , Bro . R . B . MARTIN , M . P ., and Bro . D . P . CAMA . Both are undoubtedly good men , and , having both
rendered good suit and service to the Craft in their respective spheres of labour , are well worthy of the honour they aspire to . They are liberal supporters of our Institutions , and have on several occasions exerted themselves in the capacity of Festival Steward to promote their welfare . Bro . MARTIN is ,
perhaps , best known to our readers as having held for several years past the office of Treasurer to that strong and influential lodge , the Westminster and Keystone , No . 10 , and Bro . CAMA by the active part he has taken in our recent Charity Festivals . Both , too , are men of substance and position—Bro . MARTIN being a member of Parliament as well
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as of the great banking fraternity ; while Bro . CAMA is a Parsee merchant resident in London , whose family have for years been prominently connected with the mercantile and commercial interests of Bombay . As regards the honourable rivalry on which these brethren are about to embark we say
nothing . We have fought successfully for the principle of annually electing a new Grand Treasurer , and the justice of that principle being now univer . sally accepted , we hold ourselves impartially aloof from expressing any opinion in favour , or otherwise , of either candidate .
* * * IT is quite possible , and even probable , that if our American friends more clearly understood the dispute between the Grand Lodges of Quebec and England , or , rather we should say the dispute which the Grand Lodge of Quebec has deliberately fastened upon the Grand Ledge of England , we
should not find so many of them sympathising with the former in its conduct towards the latter . There ought to be no great difficulty in determining the rights and wrongs of the question between these two bodies . It is by no means an intricate one ; no profound knowled ge of Masonic jurisprudence is required in order to settle the point at issue , and if ever there was a case in
which the policy of letting things slide should have been adopted by the aggrieved party—we had almost said the aggressive party , but we have no desire to speak harshly—that is to say , by the youthful and inexperienced Grand Lodge of Quebec , it is in this infinitely petty difference which that Grand Lodge has gone out of its way to establish against England . The
latter never formulated the idea of in the slightest degree interfering with the jurisdictional rights of Quebec . Many years ago it expressed its willingness to recognise and respect those rights , on the sole condition that its own undoubted rights were recognised and respected in turn . But it does not appear to have consorted with its notion of what was due to its
own dignity for Quebec to accept that very proper condition imposed by our Grand Lodge , and the fraternal intercourse which might have been established between the two bodies has never been permitted to exist . Still , everything might have gone smoothly enough , if only Quebec had been content to exhibit a little more of that tact and patience which are so
generally presumed to rank among the attributes of Freemasonry . We have all heard a good deal about the almost unexampled degree of forbearance exhibited by Quebec towards England ; its respect and veneration for the latter ; and its unquenchable desire to live with it on terms of peace and amity . Yet England may , with a very clear conscience , say in this matter
to its transatlantic antagonist , " Methinks you do protest too much . " It is England which would have left things to take their natural course , caring only to preserve inviolate its rights and privileges ; and but for Ouebec having first manufactured its alleged grievance out of the just determination of the three English lodges in Montreal to remain in obedience to the
Grand Lodge which created them , rather than join Quebec , and the care with which it has gone on airing that grievance ever since , there would have been no difference whatever between the two jurisdictions . Indeed , as far as uur Grand Lodge is concerned , and the position it has consistently held
towards Quebec , it may be said that even now there is no difference in their relations . It is Quebec which , without rhyme or reason , has set up the quarrel , while England notes the proceedings of its wilful little friend the enemy , regretfully , no doubt , but with a calm and dignified indifference .
* * * Ol' course , there is nothing new in the foregoing remarks , nor should we have gone out of our way to lay them before our readers had there been no new provocation to utter them ; the question has been discussed almost ad nauseam already . It happens , however , that the Voice ' of
Masonry lor the current month contains a very sharp and severe criticism of the position taken up by Quebec towards the English Craft . The Voice , as our readers are aware , is one of the most intelligent and best conducted of American Masonic journals . Its opinions are formed not hastily , but judicially , that is , after carefully weighing all the pros and cons of the
matter in dispute . It is , therefore , the more gratifying to find that in the petulant display of hostility now being exhibited by Quebec towards the Grand Lodge of England , its sympathies are wholly with the latter . It must not be supposed that in thus expressing its opinion the Voice is disloyal to the American views of Grand Lodge sovereignty . There is no
mistaking the tone in which it declares its allegiance to these views . But the Grand Lodge of Maine having , at its annual communication in May last , accepted a resolution to the effect "that no one hailing from the
Province of Quebec , and claiming to be a Mason , shall be recognised as such unless he hail from a lodge under the obedience of the Grand Lodge of that province , " , the Voice very pertinently remarks that this is tantamount to " depriving Masons of their rights and privileges without charges , trial , or
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Contents.
CONTENTS .
LEADERS $ o Consecration of the Dunelm Mark Lodge , No . 3 $ G , at Durham ^ oS Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of West Yorkshire SoS
Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex 503 Centennial of the Chapter of Concord , No . 37 , Bolton 509 Rosicrucian Thoughts on the Ever-burning Lamps of the Ancients—( Continued' ) ... , < og The Craft Abroad 511 Board of Benevolence $ 11
I nauiruration of the Roval Savoy Mark Lodge of Instruction , No . $$$ $ 11 CoU RESPOND E \ 'CEAthol Lodges 513 "A Slang Phrase ** 513 Notes and Queries 513
REPORTS I » - ~ MA . SU . \* IC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 513 Instruction , 518 Royal Arch 51 S Mark Masonry 51 S Obituarf 51 S ! Masonic and General Tidings 519 i Lodge Meetings for Next Week 520
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IT seldom happens there are so many new appointments in the higher ranks of the Craft as have been made this year , and still less frequently does it happen that the installation of five provincial chiefs is arranged to take place within the brief space of a single week . Yet as regards these exceptional occurrences the year 1 S 85 is a memorable one . No less than
six distinguished brethien have been appointed to the high office of Provincial Grand Master . Of these six , one—R . W . Bro . T . W . TEW—was installed in April last Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire in succession to Sir HENRY EDWARDS , Bart ., whose services , however , are still , happily , available to his brethren should they oversee fit to take counsel from
his long and varied experience . In August Sir HEDWORTH WILLIAMSON , Bart ., was installed Provincial Grand Master of Durham , in place of the late lamented Marquis of LONDONDERRY , who had been just long enough in office to influence the brethren he ruled over to desire its continuance for many , many years . Before the current week is ended the roll of Provincial
Grand Lodges and Provincial Grand Masters will have been extended ; what was the Province of North Wales and Shropshire , under the genial sway of the late Sir W . WILLIAMS WYNN , Bart ., having been divided , North Wales and Shropshire being now constituted as separate and distinct provinces , the former under R . W . Bro . Lord HARLECH , whose
installation at Wrexham as Provincial Grand Master was arranged for to-day ( Friday ); and the latter , under R . W . Bro . Sir OI ' ILEY WAKEMAN , who was to be installed at Shrewsbury—by the Grand Secretary , not , as stated last week , by Bro . the Earl of LATHOM , D . G . M . —on Thursday . On Wednesday next , the 28 th instant , the Earl of J ERSEY will be
formally invested with the insignia of Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire , in place of the late Duke of A LBANY , Lord LEIGH , Provincial Grand Master of Warwickshire , being the officiating Master : and the same day will in all probability see M . E . Comp . the Rev . H . A . PICKARD , P . G . Chaplain of England , installed as Grand
Superintendent of Royal Arch Masons in the same province . The day following at Bedford , the Provincial Grand Master designate—Col . WILLIAM STUART , P . G . W . of England—of the newly-created Province of Bedfordshire will be installed by Col . CLERKE , Grand Secretary ; so that if all the present arrangements are carried out , there will have been installed in office within
the short space of a week four Provincial Grand Masters and a Provincial Grand Superintendent . In Royal Arch Masonry Comp . TEW , on 24 th August last , was installed Prov . G . Supt of West Yorkshire vice Comp . Sir H . EDWARDS , Bart ., resigned , but there are still vacancies to be filled—in Durham , in place of the late Marquis of LONDONDERRY , Provincial
Grand Superintendent ; and in North Wales , in that of the late Sir W . WILLIAMS-WYNN , Provincial Grand Superintendent ; the new provinces of Shropshire and Bedfordshire not having the regulation number of chapters to warrant the constitution of Provincial Grand Chapters of Royal
Arch Masonry for either . We can only hope , as we believe , that the newlyappointed brethren will prove as successful in their rule and in winning the esteem and respect of the brethren they rule over as were their several predecessors .
* # * WE are in a position to announce that at the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge in December next two brethren will be nominated as candidates for the office of Grand Treasurer , namely , Bro . R . B . MARTIN , M . P ., and Bro . D . P . CAMA . Both are undoubtedly good men , and , having both
rendered good suit and service to the Craft in their respective spheres of labour , are well worthy of the honour they aspire to . They are liberal supporters of our Institutions , and have on several occasions exerted themselves in the capacity of Festival Steward to promote their welfare . Bro . MARTIN is ,
perhaps , best known to our readers as having held for several years past the office of Treasurer to that strong and influential lodge , the Westminster and Keystone , No . 10 , and Bro . CAMA by the active part he has taken in our recent Charity Festivals . Both , too , are men of substance and position—Bro . MARTIN being a member of Parliament as well
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as of the great banking fraternity ; while Bro . CAMA is a Parsee merchant resident in London , whose family have for years been prominently connected with the mercantile and commercial interests of Bombay . As regards the honourable rivalry on which these brethren are about to embark we say
nothing . We have fought successfully for the principle of annually electing a new Grand Treasurer , and the justice of that principle being now univer . sally accepted , we hold ourselves impartially aloof from expressing any opinion in favour , or otherwise , of either candidate .
* * * IT is quite possible , and even probable , that if our American friends more clearly understood the dispute between the Grand Lodges of Quebec and England , or , rather we should say the dispute which the Grand Lodge of Quebec has deliberately fastened upon the Grand Ledge of England , we
should not find so many of them sympathising with the former in its conduct towards the latter . There ought to be no great difficulty in determining the rights and wrongs of the question between these two bodies . It is by no means an intricate one ; no profound knowled ge of Masonic jurisprudence is required in order to settle the point at issue , and if ever there was a case in
which the policy of letting things slide should have been adopted by the aggrieved party—we had almost said the aggressive party , but we have no desire to speak harshly—that is to say , by the youthful and inexperienced Grand Lodge of Quebec , it is in this infinitely petty difference which that Grand Lodge has gone out of its way to establish against England . The
latter never formulated the idea of in the slightest degree interfering with the jurisdictional rights of Quebec . Many years ago it expressed its willingness to recognise and respect those rights , on the sole condition that its own undoubted rights were recognised and respected in turn . But it does not appear to have consorted with its notion of what was due to its
own dignity for Quebec to accept that very proper condition imposed by our Grand Lodge , and the fraternal intercourse which might have been established between the two bodies has never been permitted to exist . Still , everything might have gone smoothly enough , if only Quebec had been content to exhibit a little more of that tact and patience which are so
generally presumed to rank among the attributes of Freemasonry . We have all heard a good deal about the almost unexampled degree of forbearance exhibited by Quebec towards England ; its respect and veneration for the latter ; and its unquenchable desire to live with it on terms of peace and amity . Yet England may , with a very clear conscience , say in this matter
to its transatlantic antagonist , " Methinks you do protest too much . " It is England which would have left things to take their natural course , caring only to preserve inviolate its rights and privileges ; and but for Ouebec having first manufactured its alleged grievance out of the just determination of the three English lodges in Montreal to remain in obedience to the
Grand Lodge which created them , rather than join Quebec , and the care with which it has gone on airing that grievance ever since , there would have been no difference whatever between the two jurisdictions . Indeed , as far as uur Grand Lodge is concerned , and the position it has consistently held
towards Quebec , it may be said that even now there is no difference in their relations . It is Quebec which , without rhyme or reason , has set up the quarrel , while England notes the proceedings of its wilful little friend the enemy , regretfully , no doubt , but with a calm and dignified indifference .
* * * Ol' course , there is nothing new in the foregoing remarks , nor should we have gone out of our way to lay them before our readers had there been no new provocation to utter them ; the question has been discussed almost ad nauseam already . It happens , however , that the Voice ' of
Masonry lor the current month contains a very sharp and severe criticism of the position taken up by Quebec towards the English Craft . The Voice , as our readers are aware , is one of the most intelligent and best conducted of American Masonic journals . Its opinions are formed not hastily , but judicially , that is , after carefully weighing all the pros and cons of the
matter in dispute . It is , therefore , the more gratifying to find that in the petulant display of hostility now being exhibited by Quebec towards the Grand Lodge of England , its sympathies are wholly with the latter . It must not be supposed that in thus expressing its opinion the Voice is disloyal to the American views of Grand Lodge sovereignty . There is no
mistaking the tone in which it declares its allegiance to these views . But the Grand Lodge of Maine having , at its annual communication in May last , accepted a resolution to the effect "that no one hailing from the
Province of Quebec , and claiming to be a Mason , shall be recognised as such unless he hail from a lodge under the obedience of the Grand Lodge of that province , " , the Voice very pertinently remarks that this is tantamount to " depriving Masons of their rights and privileges without charges , trial , or