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SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 24 , 188 3 . « .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of the opinions expressed by ourcorrespondents , but we wish in aspirii of tairplay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits fre < discussion , ! STATUS OF PAST MASTERS .
To the Editor ofthe "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I have read with much interest the correspondence in the Freemason respecting the status of Past Masters , but I do not remember seeing asimilar case to my own ! I was initiated in 1 S 60 , and after serving various offices .
was W . M . in 1 S 67 . In 1 S 69 I resigned my membership , and went to a distant colony , where I resided at least forty miles from a ledge , and had no opportunity of joining one . I returned to this country in 1 S 72 , and at once rejoined my mother lodge , and have continued a subscribing member since . For some time it was doubted whether I should rank as a P . M . at all , but it was subsequently settled that
I should be ranked as junior P . M . of the lodge . As I in common with thousands of other brethren , regard you as an authority in Masonic matters , I shall esteem it a favour if you will define what my position in the lodge really is . Since I rejoined ten Masters have passed the chair . Am I to be considered junior to these and all succeeding them ? or , am I only junior when I rejoin in 1 S 72 , and senior to those who have passed the chair since that date ? Do I
take precedence of P . Ms , who have joined from other lodges ? Fifteen years ago I was an officer of Provincial Grand Lodge . Do I still rank as a past officer ? , A reply in your next issue of the Freemason will greatly oblige , Yours fraternally , A PERPLEXED P . MT [ We are sorry to say , that according to "our best lights , " "A Perplexed P . M . " forfeited his rank of P . M ., by nonsubscription for three years , and must again serve 12 months in the chair to be a legal member of Grand Lodee . —ED . F . M . I
IMMEDIATE PAST MASTERS . —BALLOTING FOR CANDIDATES . —A QUERY . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Some brethren , members of a lodge in the far east , would be glad to be favoured with your opinion , and that of some of the skilled Masters in Masonry that peruse your
valuable paper , on the following points : "Past Master " and " Ballot . " ist . The bye-laws of their lodge enact that " The W . M . shall be annually elected at the regular meetin" in December , and shall be installed according to anttent custom , at daybreak on St . John ' s Day ( 27 th inst . ) next ensuing . " At the regular meeting in December last , a
brother ( a Past Master ) obtained more votes from the members present than any of the other candidates , and was then declared Master elect ; but at the following meeting ( that of St . John's Day ) this election was not con-; . firmed . Another election was therefore necessitated , and the present VV . Master elected in January and installed in February last . As at the next regular period of election
he will have only occupied the chair ten months—( a ) Will he then be entitled to the office of I . P . M . ? ( b ) Will the W . M . of the previous year be considered to have acted from St . John ' s Day till the installation of the present W . M . on behalf of the latter , so that he may be entitled to past rank and seat in District Grand Lodge ? ( c ) Is there any ruling of Grand Lodge on this subject ?
the Book of Constitutions , small edition , page 16 , par . 1 , clearly states that a brother who has executed that office ( of Master of a lodge ) for one year shall rank as a P . M . and be a member of Grand Lodge . Yet , as it does not say " no others shall , " room seems
left for special ruling in exceptional cases . 2 nd . When the ballot is being taken for a candidate for affiliation or initiation is it Masonic for members present who are entitled to vote to decline to do so , thus as far as they can fixing the onus of objection—if the ballot be unfavourable—on a few ?—Yours faithfully and fraternally , A . B .
THE ANCIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE OF MEMPHIS AND MIZRAIM . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , A letter in your journal from'Bro . T . B . Whytehead , commenting upon the manifesto issued by the " Grand Mystic Temple of Eri . " who work the Orders of Memphis
and Mizcaim in Ireland , has come under my notice . He states that he " was in Dublin last week and heard something of the doings of this so-called Rite . " Would he kindly say what he heard ? It is only fair to absent brother Master Masons that he should state what he was told behind their backs , and the names of his informants , as , from the wording of his letter , it would appear that he wishes to
convey the impression that the " something" was something pad and un-Masonic . I know all the members of the Rite " 1 Ireland , and consider them just as good and honest men and Masons as their neighbours , and , from an experience in Masonry of 30 years , I declare unhesitatingly that the Rite "i Ireland is guiltless of any un-Masonic act whatsoever . Bro . Whytehead also adds that it had afforded him
,. great pleasure lo disabuse" his "informants" of the erroneous impression that had been given to the " several active and prominent brethren whom he then met , and who had told him that its promoters " ( i . e ., of the Ancient and Primitive Rite ) " were asserting that their system had the support of some of the best Masons in England as
° Pposed to the Ancient and Primitive Rite . " 1 would wish Bro . Whytehead in fairness to tell us the names of these " active " brethren in Dublin , as their statement to him is quite untrue . There is no opposition whatever in Ireland , or I believe in England , from the side of the Antient and Primitive Rite against any other Rite whatsoever ; its motto is " Peace , Tolerance , and Truth , " and the
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few Bodies at work here in Ireland would have continued , as they had begun , in peace and union with all other Masons in Ireland , had not " active and prominent brethren " of other systems , some of whom Bro . Whytehead seems _ to have met in Dublin , raised an un-Masonic persecution against them . The members of the Antient and Primitive Rite in Ireland bear no malice and entertain no un-Masonic
feelings whatsoever , against even their most active Irish brother and persecutor , and at any time will be most ready to stretch out the right hand of fellowship to him and his followers . —Yours fraternally , C . M . WILSON , 33 , 95 ° > 9 ° ° - Grand Master of Light . Rose Villa , North Strand , Limerick , November 5 th .
THE "COSMO . " To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I am pleased to see an old friend in a new suit of clothing once more . I have had the pleasure of subscribing to it from its first issue , and value it much tor its usefulness , particularly for the information afforded as to the degrees other than the Craft . 1 have gone carefully through the
pages of the 1 SS 4 edition , and beg to congratulate the Editor on its freedom from errors to an unusual degree . This renders it all the more valuable . I notice there is no " Address to the Reader " this time , so suppose there is a new editor , who has avoided such an introduction to save space , for the marvel to me is hoiv so many pages ( over 300 ) weigh under 4 ozs . I do not care for the clastic myself , as I prefer the leather tongue . What say other subscribers as to this . '—Yours fraternally , GRAND OFFICER .
Reviews
REVIEWS
MASONIC ODE . By Bro . STEPHEN N . ELRINGTON , P . M . Samuel Cowen , 55 , Lower Sackville-street , Dublin . This Masonic ode was written and delivered by its accomplished author at the centenary celebration of the
foundation of Lodge No . 620 I . C , on Tuesday , October 24 th last . It is one of those "Masonic morceaux" which deserves perusal , noting , and preserving , and ought to be obtained by all who seek to realize contemporary productions whether of the Masonic literature or the Masonic Muse .
BOOK CATALOGUES . We have hardly ever seen a more interesting catalogue than the one , No . 52 , lately brought out by Messrs . Ellis and White , 29 , New Bond-Street , VV . The catalogue is especially rich in topographical works and topographical
drawings , illuminated MSS ., " Early Vellum Printing , " "Old English Poetry , " "The Autographic Music of Mozart , " " . The MS . Poems and Sketch Book of William Blake . " There are 644 books and MSS ., and all are worth studying . We recommend our readers , to apply at once for a catalogue .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
266 ] THE CHARLES SACKVILLE MEDAL . By the great kindness of our esteemed and distinguished Bros . Sandeman and Capt . N . Philips , 33 , Golden-square , I have been permitted to see a representation of a portion of the medal , or of a second medal relating to Chas . Sackville , rather two thin bronze coverings containing some very curious emblems , with the "Rosa Mystica" on the
" reverse " of each in red and white ! There is no head of Chas . Sackville , but the medal presents three figures with pledged hands , and the motto " Tres ad Unum . " On the reverse is the figure of Harpocrates , as in the so-called Florentine medal . The medal in the British Museum is therefore a different one , unless these two covers represent
two distinct medals . The likelihood of the medal being of the High Grade movement in St . Petersburgh is theretore increased . I cannot close this note without expressing my sense of the great courtesy and kindness always manifested at Golden-square to all students , and congratulating the members of the Ancient and Accepted Rite on possessing so valuable a library , and so very interesting a collection of Masonic relics and curiosities . DRYASDUST .
367 ] RICHARD PLANTAGENET . I am much obliged to Mr . Speth for his very courteous letter about my lecture at Margate . The "Richard Plantagenet" to whom I referred was a natural son of Richard the Third , and I said so at the lecture , though the reporter , who of course was forced to condense very much , omitted that . This is the entry in the registry— " Richard
Plantagenet vas buryed the 22 nd daye of December , anno ut supra" [ 1550 ] . My immediate reminder for my statement was Murray ' s " Handbook of Kent , " Since the lecture I have lent it , and cannot therefore refer to it , while my Hasted's " History of Kent" is gone to the binder . I ought to have mentioned that the entry in the register is prefixed with a peculiar mark like a V , which is
only placed in that volume before noble names . In the " Gentleman ' s Magazine "for 1767 there is a full account of the discovery of the man's personality . He was sixteen years old at the time of his father ' s death , and had been knighted by him at York ( " Drake ' s Eboracum , " p . 117 ) . It is said that before the battle his father told him that no one could tell what might befall , and , therefore , gave him a purse of gold , tellinrr
him to take care of himself should disaster ensue . For some years the youth kept his own secret , but at length Sir Thomas Moyle , the owner of Eastwell , surprised him whilst reading a latin book , and by questioning got his history from him . From that time lie took him into his house , and it was not until he became advanced in years that he asked leave of his patron to build himself a little house on the estate , and it was given , and in that house he died , " My father , " said the Earl of Winchelsea in 1720 ,
Masonic Notes And Queries.
pulled that house down . I would as soon he had pulled down Eastwell Place . " I think , but am not sure that Murray calls him a bricklayer . My authority for using thc word mason is an old history of England which makes no mention of Eastwell , but merely says that " Kinsr Richard leu natural
a son who after his father ' s death supported himself as a mason . " I am sorry that I have none of the old English Chronicles " within reach , but a research among them in the British Museum would probably be rewarded with fresh information . 1 wish 1 had myself leisure to make it . VV _ BENHAM
Lodge Of Benevolence.
LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE .
The November meeting of the Lodgeof Benevolence was held on Wednesday evening at Freemasons'Hall . Bro . Joshua Nunn , P . G . S . B ., occupied the President ' s chair : Bro . James Brett , P . G . P ., Senior Vice-President , took the benior Vice-President ' s chair , and Bro . the Rev . W . Oswell Thompson , Grand Chaplain , the chair of Junior Vice-President . The other brethren present iwn . H ™ = r « i
Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec ; H . G . Buss , Asst . G . ' Sec ; A . A . Pendlebury ; VV . Dodd ; Henry Garrod , P . M . 740 Rev . A . FA . Woodford , P . G . C ; J . H . Matthews £ ¦ *& V 435 ^ - A * 9 ottebrun < - * P . G . P . ; G . P . Britten P . M . 1 S 3 ; VV . Stephens , A . G . P . ; VV . Mann , P . M . 1 S 6 ; Charles Dairy , P . M . 141 j Rev . J . iStudholmc Brownrigg , P . G . C ; E . V . Storr , P . M . and Treas . 22 ; Charles Fredk ! Hogard , P . M . 205 ; Thos . Cull , P . M . 144 G ; Edgar Bowyer , G . btd . Br . ; G . Bolton , P . M . u . ** - ; : las . Smith . W . M . inA
Alfred Stokes , W . M . 1 S 39 ; J- H . Sillitoe , P . M . 645 ; Capt . A . Nicols , W . M . 1974 ; VV . H . Charfont , W . M . 1425 ; Augustus F . Leech , W . M . 749 ; Robert James Vincent , W . M . 1963 ; Thos . Sam . Curteis , W . M . 1414 ; James Stevens , P . M . 1216 ; Stephen Crane , W . M . 933 ; T . S . Taylor , P . M . 1421 ; H . Hacker , P . M . 1714 ; VV . Sowdon , P . M . 723 ; R . J . Taylor , W . M . 1922 ; Arthur E . Gladwell , P . M . 172 ; Edward Blinkhorn . W . M . u ? i .- R . Pavn ,.
P . M . 1579 ; H . H . Welch , VV . M . 1 G 71 ; Benjamin Kershaw , W . M . 733 ; J . H . Taylor , I . P . M . 17 G 7 ; A . Daniel Kerrell , W . M . 145 ; John Hughes , W . M . goi ; Daniel Jerviss , W . M . 765 ; Henry Cox , P . M . 742 ; J . Johnston , jun ., W . M . 55 ; Charles Belton , P . M . 1165 , VV . M . 777 ; Fredk . J . Hentsch , W . M . 211 ; John Beresford , P . M . 104 ; Thomas Harper , P . M . 1216 ; R . Blum , P . M . 511 ; W . Hamlyn , W . M . 1622 ; A . Peterkin , I . P . M . r-- ; o ; T . Kendew .
P . M . 1512 } Nelson Reed , P . M . 1572 ; J . Bergmann , P . M . 1293 ; Hugh H . Riach , P . M . 1523 ; H . A . Pratt , W ; -r * 193 ; Wchard Eve , P . M . 395 ; George Anderson , P . M . 11 ; Edward VV . Parkes , W . M . SGi ; Charles Beaumont , P . M . 1343 ; Frederick C . Keeble , W . M . 1426 Edward White , W . M . 1305 ; A . Marvin , W . M . I 7 GS : Charles Andrews , P . M . 77 ; J . Boulton , I . P . M . 1056 ; Samuel Lewis , I . P . M . 1 ,-45 ; George Read . P . M . ** II
R . P . Forge , P . M . 1950 ; John Skinner , VV . M . 538 : Thos . Janeway , VV . M . 87 ; John Oliver , P . M . 1328 ; Frederick Binckes , P . M . Grand Steivards Lodge ; XV . G . Kentish , f , * , ^; 973 ! J- F- Wilson , P . M . 129 S ; W . H . Baker , W . M . 1 S 0 ; VV . Sanderson , VV . M . iCg ; F . R . Spaull , P . M . 1124 ; F . W . Ramsay , M . D ., P . M . 1 724 ; G . P . Festa , P . M . 1900 ; A . R . Rogers , W . M . 1 G 70 ; Richard Baker , P . M . iSS ; Courtney Winn , VV . M . 25 ; and H . Massey , P . M . 102 S IFrt-emasniA J '
The Board of Masters was first held , at which the paper of business for Grand Lodge of the 5 th December wassubmitted to the . brethren . At the Lodge of Benevolence , grants recommended at last meeting were confirmed to the amount of £ 363 . The lodge then proceeded with the new list , which contained the names of forty-five candidates , fhe President first informed the brethren that several letters had been received from petitioners relieved at Hi *
last meeting , thanking the lodge for the assistance rendered , lhe lodge sat nearly four hours and a half . Five of the cases were deferred , not being complete . The remainin- > - forty were relieved with a total sum of £ 1060 , which was composed of the following grants : One of £ 150 ( 150 ); one w 175 ( £ 75 ); two of £ 50 each ( 100 ); five of X 40 each ( 4 . 200 ) , * live of £ 30 each ( 150 ); eleven of £ 20 each 4220 ; two of ii each ( £ 30 ); thirteen of % io each ( it 130 ); and one of £ 5 ( £ 5 ) . The lodge was then closed .
The Progress Of Mark Masonry In North Wales.
THE PROGRESS OF MARK MASONRY IN NORTH WALES .
CONSECRATION OF A NEW LODGE . Since the division of the province of Cheshire and North Wales , the Mark has made rapid strides . The division was kindly mooted at a Provincial Grand Mark Lodge held at Llandudno some four years ago by the R . W . P G M M Bro . _ the Hon . Wilbraham Egerton , M . P ., findinir that ' th ' p
province covered such a large area , and that it was out of the question to be able to do justice to the degree with such an extensive province . . At the following Provincial Grand Mark Lodge held in Altrincham , it was resolved 1 . f p , * i *? A ** $ f fe dlvld * . ? d that a petition be forwarded tSl iV ^ i ?* I \» - , P y ' ? fOf a charterfora new province , tobe called North Wales , andrecommendino-fhpl ^ f Aw *** .. „
r M M r # luBhe * * *' asthe D . P . G . M ., the first Prov . r J 11 ' ° i ? . Province , who has since passed away to the Grand Lodge Above after passing the allotted time promised to mankind . The Deputy P . G . M . M ., VV . Bra . Capt . Hunter , was recommended as the R . W . P . G . M . M . of the province , who by the way was the first to introduce Mark Masonry into North Wales , then under the Scottish Conscitution .
* K „ « T JU f-l " ?" * " •Passing , that North Wales was Fnori , j ? ° ™ " * province under the Grand Lodge of England in the Craft . The first deputation was granted by Es ^' To ^ th Watef" ^ ™ * Hugh Warbu rt ° > •,, , l " u e the foi : ' ? ° f the province three new lodges anS ¦ h ! 5 , ? 8 t , tn S . ' ° 1 - Portmad < " - * one at Carnarvon , woftliv R WP ° r M JP-VE ?' " !^ 1 ' named aftcrou ? worthy R . W . P . G . M ., the "Hunter" Lodire . No . -I-M . and
•n » , o 5 . Masonic Hall , Sussex-street , RhylT Qf j . ?^ ?•Lat , , mer Woodley , P . G . Sec , Past G . Steward of M . G . L ., took the Master's chair , and appointed as his officers pro tem . ; Bros . Salmon , Chester , S . W ; R . Owen , St . Davids tJ . W . ; G . F . Felton , M . O ., ' and tckr ^ l ^ f J * ° - A , bal , ot was taken f ° i-W „ £ „; £ * •f ° , - ^ ? thren for advancement , afl proving unanimousl y m their favour ; six being present were advanced , in his masterly style , by Bro . Woodley .
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Ar00707
SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 24 , 188 3 . « .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of the opinions expressed by ourcorrespondents , but we wish in aspirii of tairplay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits fre < discussion , ! STATUS OF PAST MASTERS .
To the Editor ofthe "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I have read with much interest the correspondence in the Freemason respecting the status of Past Masters , but I do not remember seeing asimilar case to my own ! I was initiated in 1 S 60 , and after serving various offices .
was W . M . in 1 S 67 . In 1 S 69 I resigned my membership , and went to a distant colony , where I resided at least forty miles from a ledge , and had no opportunity of joining one . I returned to this country in 1 S 72 , and at once rejoined my mother lodge , and have continued a subscribing member since . For some time it was doubted whether I should rank as a P . M . at all , but it was subsequently settled that
I should be ranked as junior P . M . of the lodge . As I in common with thousands of other brethren , regard you as an authority in Masonic matters , I shall esteem it a favour if you will define what my position in the lodge really is . Since I rejoined ten Masters have passed the chair . Am I to be considered junior to these and all succeeding them ? or , am I only junior when I rejoin in 1 S 72 , and senior to those who have passed the chair since that date ? Do I
take precedence of P . Ms , who have joined from other lodges ? Fifteen years ago I was an officer of Provincial Grand Lodge . Do I still rank as a past officer ? , A reply in your next issue of the Freemason will greatly oblige , Yours fraternally , A PERPLEXED P . MT [ We are sorry to say , that according to "our best lights , " "A Perplexed P . M . " forfeited his rank of P . M ., by nonsubscription for three years , and must again serve 12 months in the chair to be a legal member of Grand Lodee . —ED . F . M . I
IMMEDIATE PAST MASTERS . —BALLOTING FOR CANDIDATES . —A QUERY . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Some brethren , members of a lodge in the far east , would be glad to be favoured with your opinion , and that of some of the skilled Masters in Masonry that peruse your
valuable paper , on the following points : "Past Master " and " Ballot . " ist . The bye-laws of their lodge enact that " The W . M . shall be annually elected at the regular meetin" in December , and shall be installed according to anttent custom , at daybreak on St . John ' s Day ( 27 th inst . ) next ensuing . " At the regular meeting in December last , a
brother ( a Past Master ) obtained more votes from the members present than any of the other candidates , and was then declared Master elect ; but at the following meeting ( that of St . John's Day ) this election was not con-; . firmed . Another election was therefore necessitated , and the present VV . Master elected in January and installed in February last . As at the next regular period of election
he will have only occupied the chair ten months—( a ) Will he then be entitled to the office of I . P . M . ? ( b ) Will the W . M . of the previous year be considered to have acted from St . John ' s Day till the installation of the present W . M . on behalf of the latter , so that he may be entitled to past rank and seat in District Grand Lodge ? ( c ) Is there any ruling of Grand Lodge on this subject ?
the Book of Constitutions , small edition , page 16 , par . 1 , clearly states that a brother who has executed that office ( of Master of a lodge ) for one year shall rank as a P . M . and be a member of Grand Lodge . Yet , as it does not say " no others shall , " room seems
left for special ruling in exceptional cases . 2 nd . When the ballot is being taken for a candidate for affiliation or initiation is it Masonic for members present who are entitled to vote to decline to do so , thus as far as they can fixing the onus of objection—if the ballot be unfavourable—on a few ?—Yours faithfully and fraternally , A . B .
THE ANCIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE OF MEMPHIS AND MIZRAIM . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , A letter in your journal from'Bro . T . B . Whytehead , commenting upon the manifesto issued by the " Grand Mystic Temple of Eri . " who work the Orders of Memphis
and Mizcaim in Ireland , has come under my notice . He states that he " was in Dublin last week and heard something of the doings of this so-called Rite . " Would he kindly say what he heard ? It is only fair to absent brother Master Masons that he should state what he was told behind their backs , and the names of his informants , as , from the wording of his letter , it would appear that he wishes to
convey the impression that the " something" was something pad and un-Masonic . I know all the members of the Rite " 1 Ireland , and consider them just as good and honest men and Masons as their neighbours , and , from an experience in Masonry of 30 years , I declare unhesitatingly that the Rite "i Ireland is guiltless of any un-Masonic act whatsoever . Bro . Whytehead also adds that it had afforded him
,. great pleasure lo disabuse" his "informants" of the erroneous impression that had been given to the " several active and prominent brethren whom he then met , and who had told him that its promoters " ( i . e ., of the Ancient and Primitive Rite ) " were asserting that their system had the support of some of the best Masons in England as
° Pposed to the Ancient and Primitive Rite . " 1 would wish Bro . Whytehead in fairness to tell us the names of these " active " brethren in Dublin , as their statement to him is quite untrue . There is no opposition whatever in Ireland , or I believe in England , from the side of the Antient and Primitive Rite against any other Rite whatsoever ; its motto is " Peace , Tolerance , and Truth , " and the
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few Bodies at work here in Ireland would have continued , as they had begun , in peace and union with all other Masons in Ireland , had not " active and prominent brethren " of other systems , some of whom Bro . Whytehead seems _ to have met in Dublin , raised an un-Masonic persecution against them . The members of the Antient and Primitive Rite in Ireland bear no malice and entertain no un-Masonic
feelings whatsoever , against even their most active Irish brother and persecutor , and at any time will be most ready to stretch out the right hand of fellowship to him and his followers . —Yours fraternally , C . M . WILSON , 33 , 95 ° > 9 ° ° - Grand Master of Light . Rose Villa , North Strand , Limerick , November 5 th .
THE "COSMO . " To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I am pleased to see an old friend in a new suit of clothing once more . I have had the pleasure of subscribing to it from its first issue , and value it much tor its usefulness , particularly for the information afforded as to the degrees other than the Craft . 1 have gone carefully through the
pages of the 1 SS 4 edition , and beg to congratulate the Editor on its freedom from errors to an unusual degree . This renders it all the more valuable . I notice there is no " Address to the Reader " this time , so suppose there is a new editor , who has avoided such an introduction to save space , for the marvel to me is hoiv so many pages ( over 300 ) weigh under 4 ozs . I do not care for the clastic myself , as I prefer the leather tongue . What say other subscribers as to this . '—Yours fraternally , GRAND OFFICER .
Reviews
REVIEWS
MASONIC ODE . By Bro . STEPHEN N . ELRINGTON , P . M . Samuel Cowen , 55 , Lower Sackville-street , Dublin . This Masonic ode was written and delivered by its accomplished author at the centenary celebration of the
foundation of Lodge No . 620 I . C , on Tuesday , October 24 th last . It is one of those "Masonic morceaux" which deserves perusal , noting , and preserving , and ought to be obtained by all who seek to realize contemporary productions whether of the Masonic literature or the Masonic Muse .
BOOK CATALOGUES . We have hardly ever seen a more interesting catalogue than the one , No . 52 , lately brought out by Messrs . Ellis and White , 29 , New Bond-Street , VV . The catalogue is especially rich in topographical works and topographical
drawings , illuminated MSS ., " Early Vellum Printing , " "Old English Poetry , " "The Autographic Music of Mozart , " " . The MS . Poems and Sketch Book of William Blake . " There are 644 books and MSS ., and all are worth studying . We recommend our readers , to apply at once for a catalogue .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
Masonic Notes and Queries .
266 ] THE CHARLES SACKVILLE MEDAL . By the great kindness of our esteemed and distinguished Bros . Sandeman and Capt . N . Philips , 33 , Golden-square , I have been permitted to see a representation of a portion of the medal , or of a second medal relating to Chas . Sackville , rather two thin bronze coverings containing some very curious emblems , with the "Rosa Mystica" on the
" reverse " of each in red and white ! There is no head of Chas . Sackville , but the medal presents three figures with pledged hands , and the motto " Tres ad Unum . " On the reverse is the figure of Harpocrates , as in the so-called Florentine medal . The medal in the British Museum is therefore a different one , unless these two covers represent
two distinct medals . The likelihood of the medal being of the High Grade movement in St . Petersburgh is theretore increased . I cannot close this note without expressing my sense of the great courtesy and kindness always manifested at Golden-square to all students , and congratulating the members of the Ancient and Accepted Rite on possessing so valuable a library , and so very interesting a collection of Masonic relics and curiosities . DRYASDUST .
367 ] RICHARD PLANTAGENET . I am much obliged to Mr . Speth for his very courteous letter about my lecture at Margate . The "Richard Plantagenet" to whom I referred was a natural son of Richard the Third , and I said so at the lecture , though the reporter , who of course was forced to condense very much , omitted that . This is the entry in the registry— " Richard
Plantagenet vas buryed the 22 nd daye of December , anno ut supra" [ 1550 ] . My immediate reminder for my statement was Murray ' s " Handbook of Kent , " Since the lecture I have lent it , and cannot therefore refer to it , while my Hasted's " History of Kent" is gone to the binder . I ought to have mentioned that the entry in the register is prefixed with a peculiar mark like a V , which is
only placed in that volume before noble names . In the " Gentleman ' s Magazine "for 1767 there is a full account of the discovery of the man's personality . He was sixteen years old at the time of his father ' s death , and had been knighted by him at York ( " Drake ' s Eboracum , " p . 117 ) . It is said that before the battle his father told him that no one could tell what might befall , and , therefore , gave him a purse of gold , tellinrr
him to take care of himself should disaster ensue . For some years the youth kept his own secret , but at length Sir Thomas Moyle , the owner of Eastwell , surprised him whilst reading a latin book , and by questioning got his history from him . From that time lie took him into his house , and it was not until he became advanced in years that he asked leave of his patron to build himself a little house on the estate , and it was given , and in that house he died , " My father , " said the Earl of Winchelsea in 1720 ,
Masonic Notes And Queries.
pulled that house down . I would as soon he had pulled down Eastwell Place . " I think , but am not sure that Murray calls him a bricklayer . My authority for using thc word mason is an old history of England which makes no mention of Eastwell , but merely says that " Kinsr Richard leu natural
a son who after his father ' s death supported himself as a mason . " I am sorry that I have none of the old English Chronicles " within reach , but a research among them in the British Museum would probably be rewarded with fresh information . 1 wish 1 had myself leisure to make it . VV _ BENHAM
Lodge Of Benevolence.
LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE .
The November meeting of the Lodgeof Benevolence was held on Wednesday evening at Freemasons'Hall . Bro . Joshua Nunn , P . G . S . B ., occupied the President ' s chair : Bro . James Brett , P . G . P ., Senior Vice-President , took the benior Vice-President ' s chair , and Bro . the Rev . W . Oswell Thompson , Grand Chaplain , the chair of Junior Vice-President . The other brethren present iwn . H ™ = r « i
Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec ; H . G . Buss , Asst . G . ' Sec ; A . A . Pendlebury ; VV . Dodd ; Henry Garrod , P . M . 740 Rev . A . FA . Woodford , P . G . C ; J . H . Matthews £ ¦ *& V 435 ^ - A * 9 ottebrun < - * P . G . P . ; G . P . Britten P . M . 1 S 3 ; VV . Stephens , A . G . P . ; VV . Mann , P . M . 1 S 6 ; Charles Dairy , P . M . 141 j Rev . J . iStudholmc Brownrigg , P . G . C ; E . V . Storr , P . M . and Treas . 22 ; Charles Fredk ! Hogard , P . M . 205 ; Thos . Cull , P . M . 144 G ; Edgar Bowyer , G . btd . Br . ; G . Bolton , P . M . u . ** - ; : las . Smith . W . M . inA
Alfred Stokes , W . M . 1 S 39 ; J- H . Sillitoe , P . M . 645 ; Capt . A . Nicols , W . M . 1974 ; VV . H . Charfont , W . M . 1425 ; Augustus F . Leech , W . M . 749 ; Robert James Vincent , W . M . 1963 ; Thos . Sam . Curteis , W . M . 1414 ; James Stevens , P . M . 1216 ; Stephen Crane , W . M . 933 ; T . S . Taylor , P . M . 1421 ; H . Hacker , P . M . 1714 ; VV . Sowdon , P . M . 723 ; R . J . Taylor , W . M . 1922 ; Arthur E . Gladwell , P . M . 172 ; Edward Blinkhorn . W . M . u ? i .- R . Pavn ,.
P . M . 1579 ; H . H . Welch , VV . M . 1 G 71 ; Benjamin Kershaw , W . M . 733 ; J . H . Taylor , I . P . M . 17 G 7 ; A . Daniel Kerrell , W . M . 145 ; John Hughes , W . M . goi ; Daniel Jerviss , W . M . 765 ; Henry Cox , P . M . 742 ; J . Johnston , jun ., W . M . 55 ; Charles Belton , P . M . 1165 , VV . M . 777 ; Fredk . J . Hentsch , W . M . 211 ; John Beresford , P . M . 104 ; Thomas Harper , P . M . 1216 ; R . Blum , P . M . 511 ; W . Hamlyn , W . M . 1622 ; A . Peterkin , I . P . M . r-- ; o ; T . Kendew .
P . M . 1512 } Nelson Reed , P . M . 1572 ; J . Bergmann , P . M . 1293 ; Hugh H . Riach , P . M . 1523 ; H . A . Pratt , W ; -r * 193 ; Wchard Eve , P . M . 395 ; George Anderson , P . M . 11 ; Edward VV . Parkes , W . M . SGi ; Charles Beaumont , P . M . 1343 ; Frederick C . Keeble , W . M . 1426 Edward White , W . M . 1305 ; A . Marvin , W . M . I 7 GS : Charles Andrews , P . M . 77 ; J . Boulton , I . P . M . 1056 ; Samuel Lewis , I . P . M . 1 ,-45 ; George Read . P . M . ** II
R . P . Forge , P . M . 1950 ; John Skinner , VV . M . 538 : Thos . Janeway , VV . M . 87 ; John Oliver , P . M . 1328 ; Frederick Binckes , P . M . Grand Steivards Lodge ; XV . G . Kentish , f , * , ^; 973 ! J- F- Wilson , P . M . 129 S ; W . H . Baker , W . M . 1 S 0 ; VV . Sanderson , VV . M . iCg ; F . R . Spaull , P . M . 1124 ; F . W . Ramsay , M . D ., P . M . 1 724 ; G . P . Festa , P . M . 1900 ; A . R . Rogers , W . M . 1 G 70 ; Richard Baker , P . M . iSS ; Courtney Winn , VV . M . 25 ; and H . Massey , P . M . 102 S IFrt-emasniA J '
The Board of Masters was first held , at which the paper of business for Grand Lodge of the 5 th December wassubmitted to the . brethren . At the Lodge of Benevolence , grants recommended at last meeting were confirmed to the amount of £ 363 . The lodge then proceeded with the new list , which contained the names of forty-five candidates , fhe President first informed the brethren that several letters had been received from petitioners relieved at Hi *
last meeting , thanking the lodge for the assistance rendered , lhe lodge sat nearly four hours and a half . Five of the cases were deferred , not being complete . The remainin- > - forty were relieved with a total sum of £ 1060 , which was composed of the following grants : One of £ 150 ( 150 ); one w 175 ( £ 75 ); two of £ 50 each ( 100 ); five of X 40 each ( 4 . 200 ) , * live of £ 30 each ( 150 ); eleven of £ 20 each 4220 ; two of ii each ( £ 30 ); thirteen of % io each ( it 130 ); and one of £ 5 ( £ 5 ) . The lodge was then closed .
The Progress Of Mark Masonry In North Wales.
THE PROGRESS OF MARK MASONRY IN NORTH WALES .
CONSECRATION OF A NEW LODGE . Since the division of the province of Cheshire and North Wales , the Mark has made rapid strides . The division was kindly mooted at a Provincial Grand Mark Lodge held at Llandudno some four years ago by the R . W . P G M M Bro . _ the Hon . Wilbraham Egerton , M . P ., findinir that ' th ' p
province covered such a large area , and that it was out of the question to be able to do justice to the degree with such an extensive province . . At the following Provincial Grand Mark Lodge held in Altrincham , it was resolved 1 . f p , * i *? A ** $ f fe dlvld * . ? d that a petition be forwarded tSl iV ^ i ?* I \» - , P y ' ? fOf a charterfora new province , tobe called North Wales , andrecommendino-fhpl ^ f Aw *** .. „
r M M r # luBhe * * *' asthe D . P . G . M ., the first Prov . r J 11 ' ° i ? . Province , who has since passed away to the Grand Lodge Above after passing the allotted time promised to mankind . The Deputy P . G . M . M ., VV . Bra . Capt . Hunter , was recommended as the R . W . P . G . M . M . of the province , who by the way was the first to introduce Mark Masonry into North Wales , then under the Scottish Conscitution .
* K „ « T JU f-l " ?" * " •Passing , that North Wales was Fnori , j ? ° ™ " * province under the Grand Lodge of England in the Craft . The first deputation was granted by Es ^' To ^ th Watef" ^ ™ * Hugh Warbu rt ° > •,, , l " u e the foi : ' ? ° f the province three new lodges anS ¦ h ! 5 , ? 8 t , tn S . ' ° 1 - Portmad < " - * one at Carnarvon , woftliv R WP ° r M JP-VE ?' " !^ 1 ' named aftcrou ? worthy R . W . P . G . M ., the "Hunter" Lodire . No . -I-M . and
•n » , o 5 . Masonic Hall , Sussex-street , RhylT Qf j . ?^ ?•Lat , , mer Woodley , P . G . Sec , Past G . Steward of M . G . L ., took the Master's chair , and appointed as his officers pro tem . ; Bros . Salmon , Chester , S . W ; R . Owen , St . Davids tJ . W . ; G . F . Felton , M . O ., ' and tckr ^ l ^ f J * ° - A , bal , ot was taken f ° i-W „ £ „; £ * •f ° , - ^ ? thren for advancement , afl proving unanimousl y m their favour ; six being present were advanced , in his masterly style , by Bro . Woodley .