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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS , ST . J ' S DILI ., BATTERS' ; A RISE , S . W . PATRON AND PRESIDENT : — HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . PATRONESS : HICK ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OE WALES . THE N INETY-F OURTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL . of this Institution will take place in MAY , under the Presidency of H . R . H . THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT , K . G ., & c , P . G . W . Brethren willing to act as Stewards are urgently needed , and will greatly oblige by forwarding their names as early as possible to the Secictary , who ' will gladly give any information required . F . R . XV . HEDGES , lion . Sec . Board of Stewards . Oflice , 5 , Freemasons' llall , Great Oucen-strcet , London , W . C .

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MAY ELECTION , 1 . SS 2 . TO the PATRONS , GOVERNORS , AMI SUBSCRIBERS 01 THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS . 'The favour of your Votes and Interest is most earnestly solicited on behalf of HKO . WILLIAM IIICXRV HLTJUARI ) , P . M ., P . Z ., P . P . Sup . W ., Middx ., i . e . ( now in his sixtysecond year . ) The present appeal , reluctantly made , arises in ci incipience of thc continued want of employment experienced by the applicant in his business as a Land and General Surveyor , or in other remunerative work within his capacity ; failing health , defective eyesight , and the pressure of a most distressing and abiding domestic calamity . Hc has bcen a Member of the Craft for upwards of twentysix years , having been initiated in October , 1 S 55 , and has since taken an active interest in its affairs . Is a Life " jovcrnor of the Institution , and acted as a Steward at the icstival in January , 1 SO 5 . Was W . M . of thc Pha-nix i . odgc , No . 17 . 1 , in 1 Si . 4- . , , and served upon the Board of General Purpose , for tli . it ' year . Became M . E . Z . of Chapter No . IJ 75 iu 1 SO 7 . S . Assisted in the formation of the New Province ot Middle-sex in 1 .-72-, ' ,, and was one of the Founders of thc Burdett Lodge , No . 12 . ) .. The case is . strongly recommended by Ihe following Brethren : — 'ill .- Kkl . t Wo .--l . ip ' ul Hi . ) . I oi . Sd Tram is liiir . li-tl , ll . irt ., | . l \ , I ' . S . il . W ., I ... v , CM . M .. 1 . K ,, Rep . 1 .. I .. Ireland , , s . c ., ds _ c , . \ nca-tcr ll" ..-e , KM-IUII " II'I , SIUTCI . 'Ihe W . Hr ... II . ( . Ij . tan . ler , \ r , ' ! . . 1 ' ., t .. s . ll . K . A . , 1 ' i . n-. CS , Mi . l . K ., V .-l ' re-.. . s .. a , to , ' N ..: il . Villas , ( , im . len-s . | ., N . W . The \ V . llro . T . 1 enn , IM i . l > .. \ . a , V . d' . at ., u , I ' rim es-st ., Ilnl ... K . C . * llic \ V . Urn . | aliv / Il . ' . r .:. l ' . CIl ., . V . a . 1 , llc . I . int-s-piare , W . C . TheW . Ilr ... )'¦ .. | . n . irr . niIr . C .. |) .,. \ : i- ., t ! , l . iiii - iilii sliiii . iieM-. \ V . I ' . 'I In- W . lire . Kaiiili .-iin W . Stewart , I ' . CII ., II . I ' . C . M . Mi . l . lv ., 1 *•;!•• , . de ..... \ lnlmr . Ii-lan ., I . 1 . 'Ihe W . Mr ,.. I . e .. ; . Lunkri Ids . A . ; , ..: >¦ , ( i . s . U ., I' . | . CW . Herts , Viee-Patron , fee ,, I .-, C . r . entrv -streit , W . ( lie W . Hr ... Hr . W . K . U ..... li . i .-m . I' . ii . S . i :.. lord ll < m-e . I . v-ler . llie \ Y . r . r . > . 'llmm . isC « WU , \ . <; . l ,, V .-l ' ies ., S ; c ., 11 , Martini , mail , l" ! lili-.. toi ) I ' . i . l ; . X . 'ihe W . Ilr ... Mm M . Ste . h . ell , I ' . CS ., P . I ' . CW . Mi . l . U ., kc , Vi . e-I ' resi . l .-ili , ; , Clie | .-l"V . \ Ilia * , Twi _ ....-nli ; ilil , S . W . 'I he W . Hro . | . llrelt , I' . i i . l ' ., . V ... & . _ a , | , S . iliiei -.. ! ., 11 .. merton . Id The- W . Urn . ( d . Kel . 11 i . 1 a , ]' . ( i . l I . Mi . l . N ., Y .-l ' at .. I J'l'er Swlenli . un . IlieW . |! n .. Ihe Kee . Ilr . I ' . 11 . I . rm . l Hretle , P . M ., 1 ' / ., l' . l ' rov . ( i . Chap . Mal . lv ., Cliri-t ' s ll > . j . ital , New _ ate- In-et , K . C . llro . U . t . Ilriv . r , I ' . M . and See . n .. -, ... a . . ( , Whitehall , S . W . llro . II . M . ( Ionian , I ' . M . I _ . I ., ilie t ' .. urti ar . l , Klth . iin , Kent . Urn . W . Clv . n . idi , \ V . M . l _ a . l , 1 l , l . ! . > M . ui " , < , t . T < . \ ver . st . _ et , I .. C . Uro . | . W . S . nalers , S . W . i .-i . t , I ' pton llon-e , ( iloneesler-iotul , I ' pper 'lVililiiv . . ti > ti , S . W . U' whom Proxies w ill lie IhanUnli . le . ade . l , as a ! -o l . v tlie Aj . pli . .. in ' , Wil . 1 . 1 AM 1 I 1 . NKY liriiliAKIi , ( ., Iln-liey I' . irk Villas , ll . uiijitt . ii Will ., Kina-l-. n-oa-Tliames . N . U . — . ;• . ' , __ i . ' . \ . i ' ... «; : ¦ . ; . ¦ , ' ;• .:,. . 0 . ,.. ' ...,.,,, / -. ' ,. ;; ,,.... . / .,. ,, a ; I-. , \ , > ... ' .. ; . ,. ;• . M . i . ' l /¦¦ . . -. ) .

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ROYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY , MARGATE . ESTABLISHED 1791 . THE ONLY ONE EXCLUSIVELY FOR SCROFULOUS POOR . COL . CREATON , TREASURER . JOHN M . CLABON , ESQ ., HON . SKCKETARY . 'This Hospital requires aid . An extra liberal diet table is of necessity required on account of the exhausting nature of this terrible disease . Donors of £ 10 103 ., Annual Subscribers of £ 1 is ., can recommend patients . 250 beds . Average number of Inpatients per year , 750 , and of applicants over loon . Bankers , the Bank of England ; Coutts and Co . ; and Cobb and Co ., Margate . Offices : No . 30 , Charing Cross , W . JOHN THOMAS WALKER , Secretary

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TWTASONIC HALL , CROYDON . IIAREWOOI . HOUSE , 105 , HIGH STREET . This Hall has every requirement for Masonic purposes . It contains a large Organ , blown by hydraulic power , and has an excellent cellar fur Lodges to keep tlieir own wines . The following Lodges are held there , viz . —Frederick , . 1 . 52 ; Addiscombe , 1 . 5 . 50 J . Mozart , lyj ' j ; Croydon Mark , I'jS ; Frederick Chapter . Tor terms , _ . c , address—IOIIN RHODES , P . M .. P . P . G . O . Surrey ; P . P . G . M . O . Middx , and Surrey .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

PAST M . ISTER must add his full name to his paper . K . T " . — i . Unless lie be a subscribing member he can only visit a lodge once . 2 . No . Unless the bye-laws give such power he can be re-proposed and re-elected . 3 . It depends on thc bye-laws . 4 . Wc think not . In Freemasonry the only grade affected would be thc R . A . It is a somewhat difficult question . " The Antiquarian Magazine and Bibliographer " will be noticed in our next .

The following reports , & c , stand over : — Consecration of a Masonic Hall in Auckland , N . Z . Wellington Lodge , No . 54 S . Staffordshire Knot Lodge , No . 726 . Westbourne Lodge , No . 733 .

Abbey Lodge , No . 11 S 4 . Walker l-oilge , No . 1342 . Friars Lodge . No . 13 ) 0 . King's Cross Lodge , No . 1732 . Cornwall Chapter—Rose Croix , No . ( ii . Perfect Ashlar Lodge of Instruction , No . 117 S .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "La Acacia , " "Die Baiihuttc , " "The Broad Arrow , " "The Citizen , " "Orient , " "The Mystic Tie , " "Voice of Masonry , " " Thc Court Circular , " ' The West London Advertiser , " "The Walsall Free Press , " "Allen's Indian

Mail , " "The New Zealand Freemason , "Boletin Masonico , " " Caygill ' s Tourists' Chronicle , " "The English Lakes Visitor , "The Warrington Advertiser , " "El 'Taller , " " Lc Monde . Maconnique , " " Newspaper Press Directory , " "Keystone , " "The Hull Packet , " "The Jewish Chronicle , " " The Gazette . "

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THE FREEMASON . SATURDAY , FEUKUARY 25 , iSS _ .

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[ Wc il . i ii"t he 1 . 1 ourselves responsible for , or even aripr ovin _; nf , the opinions expressed by onr correspondents , 1 ml newish in a spirit of fair piny tn all to permit—within certain ncccss . irj limits—free diseussion . l ¦ THE TURKIC GRAND LODGES OF THE UNITED

KINGDOM . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Unity is one of the ancient and leading landmarks of Masonry , and yet the subject upon which I am going to address you , hoping to secure your powerful co-operation , is ,

entirely in my opinion , antagonistic to tins fundamental principle . 'Three Grand lodges in this United Kingdom—disunited unqutstionally , from a Masonic point of view . Our Prince , our future King , is Grand Master of one Masonic division . Would that hc were tlic'Grand Master of Great Britain and Ireland , and then he would be the kingly chief

of all British Masons . Is the idea impracticable : If not , let there be at once a united effort to abolish the inconsistency , for it now leads to discord , non-uniformity in laws , regulations , and dress ; the science of symbolism is destroyed ; our obligations dilfer ; in fact , the whole machinery of Masonry is wanting in oneness . 'To enter now

into the many inconveniences and expenses connected with thc existence of three Grand Lodges would lengthen my communication and not strengthen my appeal in a cause which is meant for the welfare of the Craft and its better administration . Faithfully and fraternally yours , C . K ., Scotland , No . ..

APOLLO UNIVERSITY LODGE . To the Editor if the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , It seems to me that the quotation from the ifiiy edition of the bye-laws of the above lodge , made by " The Compiler of the /• VIVKIIIS . n Historical Calendar" in your

last issue , goes to support my view as to the proper date of ihe " opening " of the Apollo University Lodge . I do not understand how any lodge can be described as " opened " before a W . M . a I least , if not the other oilicers as well , has been installed .

Surely a lodge which lias not , and which never has had , a W . M ., cannot be called " open . " It is also expressly stated in the paragraph quoted that Feb . lyth has been " always considered the anniversary of the lodge . " I am , yours fraternally , A MEMBER OF No . .. 7 .

THE WORSHIPFUL MASTERS . To the Editor of Ihe "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Bro . Htiglian has expressed a wish that a correspondence will be opened up by the remarks he has made in an article on Worshipful Masters in your issue of to-day

Although but a comparatively young Mason , may I be allowed to endorse Bro . Hughan ' s sentiments , so far as my experience goes . I have not arrived at the chair , nor am 1 one of those who have an "insatiable thrist" to add W . M . after their name , that I shall not allude to that portion of Bro . ( Iii'dian ' s article . But I may say so strongly do I feel on

that subject , that when last year the W . M . elect of my lodge , in wliich 1 was only Steward , asked mc before the installation night if I wished to go on , and that he could offer mc the collar of an ollice skipping over one or two of thc junior offices—nut oilicers—I told him , although I have the ambition to sit some day in the chair of King Solomon in thatlodge , yet I was content to remain where 1 was for another

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year ; or , at least , would rather go up the scale by serving each office , as one gains experience by doing so . But I also added that I believe it the first and foremost duty of every Mason to obey the Master of the lodge , and that , therefore , if he wished it , I would take any oflice he chose j thc result on the night of installation being—on account of

circumstances—it was his pleasure to give me slight promotion , which , of course , 1 was glad to accept . But I purpose directing my remarks to the initiation of candidates for Masonry . With Bros . Hughan and Whytehead I entirely agree about the evil of the present system of admission to our Craft . Of course it is not possible for

each member of thc lodge to know a candidate ; the proposer and seconder must bear that responsibility , and if they were fully alive to their duties they would be more particular than they are at present . When I was made a Mason 1 knew little about thc Craft , though 1 admired the idea of brotherhood and bearing one another's burdens .

A person with whom I was not at all intimate offered—not my own seeking—to propose mc in his lodge , and find a seconder . This person knew absolutely nothing ol me , nor 1 of him . I was young—but I hope not foolish ; I consented ; was balloted for , and initiated . I knew nothing of the lodge until I was in it , except from what my proposer

had told me ; but 1 soon found it contained a class of men with whom socially I had nothing in common , most of them being artisans and small tradesmen . After a time I felt obliged to send in my resignation ; but this was chiefly brought about by the abominable system of—I can call it nothing less than—touting for candidates . Each time the

lodge met there was a lot of work , i . e ., initiating , passing , and raising . 1 must say , in one way , this reflects well on thc successive Masters wishing not to be idle , for we all know of some Masters who arc glad to go through the chair without the trouble of learning up the ceremonies for open lodge .

I have laid myself open to the charge that after all Masonry is not brotherhood , that one man is not as good another . But as Masons arc human beings , and as long as humanity lasts , there must always be degrees of Society . But it cannot be said that when once admitted , 1 did not receive the initiate as a brother . My object now is not to

lament over what has been done , but to look at the future . It may be said why did I not blackball the candidate , butof what use is one black ball ; or , why did I not get up in open lodge and object to ihe balloting for Mr . So-and-So ? But not knowing anything against the person , never even having seen nor heard of him , it would be unfair in open

lodge to do so . 'The remedy is that thc proposer and seconder of a candidate must be perfectly intimate with him , and themselves be alive to the great responsibility they are taking upon themselves in introducing their friend into that particular lodge and Freemasonry generally . 1 feel indebted to thc brother who introduced mc to

the Craft , and I trust I have benefitted by its doctrines ; certain it is that it is a Maso i's own fault if hc do not . I am quite of Bro . Hughan ' s opinion that the " Odd Fellows " and " Foresters " are more suited to mechanics , policemen , labouring men and such like , as secret societies . As far as a benefit society is concerned , they would be as well off ,

probably better . 1 Ins opinion is confirmed by the fact that in my experience I have never heard one of these sort of men express any admiration or wish to follow out the beautiful secrets of the Order . 'Their life and teaching has not led them to it . It may not be their own fault , but certainly they arc unsuited to Masonry . Their enjoyment

seems to me to be the dinner table , where they are frequently waited upon by those who might well sit down with tlie .-u and perhaps be less unmanncrcd . No doubt , too , the prestige Masonry may confer had a charm for them . I don ' t wish it to be understood that I have an antipathy to thc lower orders of society , far from it , but the same

position docs not become all alike . I should be just as much out of place as Grand Master as the persons to whom I refer arc as Masons at all . Bro . Hughan says it is to meet the expenses of banquets that candidates arc initiated . No doubt . But if such member cannot afford to pay for his own banquet , hc ought

to do without it . Why should wc dine on another man s money ? I fully endorse Bro . Hughan ' s remarks about raising the minimum fee for initiation to six guineas . The charities would benefit by it . Bro . Hughan concludes in saying that two or three members of a lodge can keep out an unsuitable candidate ,

but it lsdilhcult to do that . It must be found out who put the ball in thc " No " side , and bitterness would at once be engendered between them and thc Iproposers . I contend the brethren must be chiefly guided by the proposer and and seconder , who , in their turn , ought to be impressed with the responsibility they take on themselves . In

conclusion , may I add , however desirable it may be to confer degrees—and I am entirely in favour of the increase of thc Craft , but only amongst proper persons—it is not necessary . Could a Master better occupy the time a lodge is open , or the brethren be better employed , than working thc

sections of thc lectures , the charges , or the tracing board lectures ? Apologising for the length of this letter , and the hurried manner in which it is written . 1 remain , yours fraternally ,

A YOUNG AND EARNEST MASON . 1 ith February , 1 SS 2 . fWe think that all communications on this subject should be signed by the name of thc writer . En . FM . ~ ]