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THE PROPHET OF dlCSTIIETICISM . To Ihe Editor cf the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Your " esteemed and worthy confrere of the Philadelphia Keystone" seeks for consolation in the fact that the Prophet of . ICstheticisni , now preaching his wild

doctrines in America , is not a Freemason . I can vouch for thc fact that he was initiated in thc Apollo University Lodge on the 2 , 3 rd of J February , 1 S 75 , and that he subsequently joined another lodge , from which hc retired , because his .-esthetic tastes were offended by having an official communication made to him on a post card . Yours fraternally , S . M . M . C . O .

PRINTERS' ERRORS . To the Editor of thc "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — 1 venture , as a humble sufferer from this "epidemic disorder" just no-. v , to call the attention of your readers to two sad perversities of type , which gave mc a

cold shiver when 1 read the Fieemasou on Friday last . The one is in the review on the " Roman Catholic attack on Freemasonry , " where the word " consecration ' is put for " constitution , " making utter nonsense ; and thc other in the review of the " Greek Serial , " where " Fates

of Furies " should be , of course , " Fates and Furies . ' The errors of the Press arc alike a mystery of mysteries to printer , reader , editor , and yours fraternally , THE REVIEWER . ! Tlio errors of thc Press sometimes arise from the difficulty of deciphering the copy . 1 D . / - ' . I / . j

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THE SECRET WARFARE OF FREEMASONRY , & c . Second Notice . We have thought it well to call attention to this work a second lime , in continuation of our first review of it , not from any inherent importance or seriousness of the work itself , for it is an utterly worthless compilation of tall talk and windy verbosity , but became it come' before us with a

preface which gives a soil of ollicial " imprimatur" to it as a deliberate exposition of Roman Catholic thought and judgment , and very sorry ive aie to peruse such a specimen of inflated periods , turgid style and ludicrous errors . It is quite clear that the writer has simply gone to French and Belgian papers , nnd basing his repetitive assertions on the very able Brochure of Moiisigtieur Dupanloup , proceeds to anathematize and assail all Freemasons . But Monsigncur

Diipinlutip was too skilful as a coiitrovers .-ili . st , too enlightened a publicist , too honest a man not to make a dilTercnce between foreign and Anglo-Saxon Masonry . 'This lie did . but in this hi-, feeble imitator docs not follow suit . The greater mind of Dupanloup was " fair " beyond and above his special mission , as he thought , but the little mind of his follower cannot overpass the- petty outline of Ultramontane bigotry and obscuration . We always

considered Moiisigneur Dupanloup had a righl , " pace " our worthy Bro . Caubet , to find fault with almost every thing that French Freemasons had lately said and done , Nay , we have done the same ourselves , in no uncertain tone and in no measured terms . The outbursts of some French and Belgian Freei . asons were as startling and objectionable to our Anglo-Saxon Masonic minds as they were to thoughtful Roman Catlit-lit * s , and at the time we

openly said so . At the same timr , we regretted to note that Moiisigneur Dupanloup could nut enter , ( as perhaps he could noil , into the idea of Freemasonry , and found himself forced , by absolute decrees of the Church , to consider Freemasonry accursed , and Freemasons under an interdict . But Monsigncur Dupanloup did not commit the great error in logic of putting the part for the whole , or arguing from particular to an universal . The differences between

the two essays is as between chalk and cheese , yes , and as between light and darkness ; one is all ability and originality , hard hilling if you like , marked , no doubt , by much mistaken severity nnd as _ 2 rtion j the other nothing but petty enunciations , vulgar recriminations , ludicrous blunders , and virulent fanaticism . There is nothing stately or dignified in it , but , on the contrary , all is rather trilling and commonplace , what the German call " gemcin , " in stupid bitterness

nnd perverse reiteration , fine of the best and most amusing of the errors of author , and translator , and introduction writer is the assertion that there are seventeen millions of Freemasons in thc world , and this in a work which professes to give the number of lodges . 'The statement is so essentially absurd and so absolutely untrue , that we wonder any respectable Roman Catholic controversialist making use of such nn useless weapon . Thc highest

number the most sanguine Freemason can claim is about i > 3 "o , ooo or 1 , 500 , 000 . There is no possibility of there being a greater number than this , thc more so , as both adopting the hurtful use of a " frans pia , " Ultramontane and prc-Masonic writers exaggerate the number of " acolytes " respectively . No good end is gained by such puerile manipulation , either on the one side or the oilier . 'The writer , teeming with thc memory of the "Cultur Iv . impf , "

evidently rather wishful to go to Canopa , unlike a German statesman , declares that the appointment of our great and amiable Bro . Wcndt , as Grand Secretary for German Corresponnence in the English Grand Lodge , is a proof of thc sympathy of England with German and Bismarckian machinations . The statement i . again so positively childish and ridiculous as only to do harm on its inventor and repeater . Our Bro . J . C . Parkinson is credited as

a most astute , and dangerous , and plotting Freemason , bent on the destruction of throne and altar , law and family life , the bitter opponent , the irreconcilable foe of the Church of Rome , and alone possessed of the secret designs of English Freemasons , which arc not even communicated lo the Prince of Wales , as the generality , and are of the most destructive and diabolical character .

' hose of us who know Iiro . Parkinson arc aware that no more genial , or tolerant , or cultivated Freemason exists and fts for English Freemasonry , it is emphatically the most loyal , the most religiously feeling , and the most reverential Order of men in existence And now the writer , almost out of breath with his vehement : objurgation , and in the foam 01 lury declares that Freemasonry is hateful and dis-

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loyal to God and man , hc sums up his charges under these , as hc thinks , telling heads , its secret warfare against ( he Roman Catholic Church , its secret warfare against Christianity , its secret warfare against humanity , its secret warfare against society , and its seciet warfare against God . These are , indeed , heavy charges , if true , but they are so absolutely absurd and mendacious in themselves that

it is almost an insult to our loyal and peaceable and benevolent Order to seek to refute them , to condescend to notice them . 'The Church of Rome in 173 S ( April iS ) , commenced its bitter warfare against Freemasonry with the Bull of Clement XII . which unrelenting animosity and persecution continue to this hour . 'The Bull of Clement was followed bv Benedict XIV . in his Bull

of March , 1751 . Pius VII . denounced the Carlcman andthe Freemasons in his _ allocution of September 13 th , 1 S 21 ; Leo XII . repeated this March , 131 S-2 G ; and Gregory XVI . renewed it August , 151 S . Pio Nono , though admitted as a young man , " Mastai Ferretti , " into " Giovenc Italia , " and a member . of the Carbonari cr Madrc Natura , condemned Freemasonry no less than five times—November

Kjth , 1 S 40 , April 2 oth , 1 S 40 , December Sth , iSjjn , ( twice in one year ) , December 7 II 1 , 1 S 54 , and again in iS ( i . * ,. Remembering , too , that the Freemasons had becn condemned unheard , nncanonically even according to Ionian Canon Law , and " en block " by the Belgian Bishops , the French bishops , American bishops , the archbishops of Malines , Malta , and Cardinal Manning , to say nothing of minor

lights , whether regulars , or Jesuits , or monastic preachers , it is not too much to say , that the attack , so far as Anglo-Saxon Masonry is concerned , has come from Rome , not from Freemasonry , and that our position always is , always has been , " Defence , not Defiance . " But we must not forget that at this very moment all Roman Catholic Freemasons , and all Freemasons , in fact , are " ipso facto "

cx-comniunicatcd and excluded from all thc ministrations of the Church of Rome . All this violence has done Freemasonry no harm , it has done it good . Wc need not pursue thc other heads of the indictment , they arc too grotesque and childish to merit animadversion or reply . No more peaceable , loyal , ordcily , wcll-conduted body of men wc repeat , exist than the 1 , 100 , 000 who make up Anglo-Saxon

Masonry , and though , as in all societies of men , "black sheep" are found—the clergy are not even exempted from thc reality , such is human infirmity—wc may feel proud to think how well , for the most part , Freemasons , [ ill all thc relations of life , as su ' . ijeets and citizens ,

as fathers , brothers , sons ; in ollice , in business ; honest , true-hearted , friendly , large-hearted men . The charities of English Freemasonry constitute a wondrous reality , and are , in truth , thc best answer of every English Freemason to Ultramontane accusers , open adversaries , and anonymous slanderers .

PUBLIC LEDGER ALMANACK FOR 1 SS 2 . Wc arc indebted to our esteemed Bro . M . Richard Muck ! ., of Philadelphia , for the neatly printed and very useful " Public Ledger Almanack " of iS _ 2 . Wc observe that our excellent friends in America are striking out the

final " k " in almanack ; but wc in England are not quite so go-a-hcad , and deem it right [ to mind our " c's" and "k ' s , " as well as our " p ' s" and " q ' s . " For all inhabitants of , or visitors to , Philadelphia thc almanack will be most useful indeed .

Till ' . FREEMASONS' CALENDAR AND D 1 KECIORY FOR THE PROVINCE OF SOMERSETSHIRE , 1 SS 2 . Compiled by Bro . C . L . FRY EDWARDS , P . P . G . J . D . Somerset , P . P . G . S . of W . Oxon . 'This useful little publication , which is published under the sanction an . l by the authority of the R . W . Prov . G . M .,

contains nominal lists of Ofiicers of Grand Lodge and Proy . Grand Lotlge , ns well as of the several lodges in Somersetshire , together with the numbers of members in each , and the dales of their respective anniversary meetings ; thc Charily Organisation Committee o" the province ; and the votes held by the members and lodges of thc province in respect of the Masonic Charities . It is clear that Bro . Fry Edwards has been at great pains in his

work of compilation , and he is to be congratulated both on the evident accuracy of his work and the method with which he has arranged it . Nor must wc omit to tender our congratulations to thc province itself and its distinguished chief ( the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro G . M . England ) on Ihe charity organisation and the amount of its voting strength . Wc thank the compiler for sending us a copy of this calendar .

THE PHILOSOPHY OF ADVERTISING . Matters worth Readii ! g , andVita ! lyCo ! iccrningevcry Present and Future Advertiser . By HENRY SEI . I ., London : Sell's Advertising Offices , 10 , Bolt-court , Fleet-street , ICC . The essay , brief as it is , in which Mr . Sells expatiates so ably on " The Philosophy of Advertising , " contains pretty well everything that can be urged on its behalf . As to the

value of advertising as a means of creating or extending a business , this is far too widely recognised for any remarks of ours to be added to what Mr . Sell has said ; but those who wish lo know in what quarters and hoiv it will be best for them to set about making public the character and recommendations of their special business , will do well to consult the essay of Mr . Sell's , who , being himself an

advertising agent , has necessarily a large stock of experience which enables him to give excellent advice to his clients . Supplementing thc essay arc other details and notes of much value , among the latter being " a few apophthegms on advertising ' , " the following one among which from an American paper , is worth quoting : "'Trying lo do a business without advertising is like winking in the dark . You know you are keeping up a powerful winking , but no one else has any itlea of your exertions . "

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

RAMSAY . What authority has Thory for thc statement that in 172 S Ramsay came to London and introduced his Rite de Bouillon in six grades ? I apprehend that there i . s no evidence of any such fact . 'Thory does not mention the English Grand Lodge ; he only says " . iLondrcs , " and that Ramsay preached a reform based on that discovery , that the Frccmacons were the descendants of the Crusaders , which doctrine was rejected . But by whom , or when , or where , deponent saith not . MASONIC STUDENT .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

A FRENCH DEPUTATION . Can Bro . Gould find any trace in the Grand Lod"e minutes of another assertion of Thory ' s , that on the 2 . | th June , 1735 , several members of Parisian logdes attended the meeting of the English Grand Lodge to ask fur thc establishment of . 1 Grand Lodge in France ? Is there any trace of these being present at the institution and opening of thc Stewards' Lodge that same day , according to 'Thory . M . S . "LA CUCCIARA . "

Is ( here any trace of thc society called " ' La Cticciara , " at Morence , as a Masonic or quasi-Masonic Order ? Cnn any Italian brother help in this ? If the last of the Medici ¦ n ' 7 o 7 proscribed the Freemasons , what , if any , is the connection between thc two societies ? Was " La Cticciara " a relic of the old Operative Guilds , or is the statement one of those misleading myths which abound unfortunately ir so-called Masonic historians ? OUASIMODO .

AN OLD ORATION . Miave traced the " old oration" for the Edilor of "Kenning ' s Cyclop .-cdia" as follows : Bro . William Smellie , Printer nnd Publisher , of Edinburgh , was thc author of the oration delivered 15 th November , 17 O 2 , before thc members of No . I , Edinburgh , lie compiled

the first edition " Enclyco . Brit . " ( Edinburgh ) , and published first Edinburgh edition of Burns' works . Particulars are to be fount ! in Bro . D . Murray Lyon ' s " History of the Lodge of Edinburgh . " The oration is rarely met , and is not , I believe , in Dr . Kloss ' s " Bibliographic . " XV . I . HUGHAN .

AV ; "THINKER , " & c , ON FREEMASONRY . I do not know thc "Thinker " of 1752 , but the print of a " Freemason , " formed out of his own " materials , " I have a facsimile of , and at the service of " Bookworm " for perusal . W . J . IIUGIIAN .

Opening Of A New Masonic Hall At Jarrow.

OPENING OF A NEW MASONIC HALL AT JARROW .

On Wednesday afternoon , the i ., _ h w .:, ' .., there was a grand gathering of the Masonic brethren in jniiow , the occasion being the opening of the new hall ' for the St . Bede Lotlge , N _> . 11 ia , which event t .. o !; place under the must auspicious circumstances . 'The buildings are situated

in Grange-road , and have a frontage of fifty feet , and are arranged with two spacious simps on the ground lloor with the entrance- to the hall in the centre . The entrance hall is laid with mosaic pavcmenls , and contains a handsome vestibule screen , filled with lead glazing of Masonic design . On the principal lloor , over Ihe shops , nnd approached " by an easy staircase from thc entrance hall , is thc ante and

preparation rooms , access to ( he lodgo room adjoining being by two doors at the right and left of thc S . W . 'The lodge room , Ihe size of which is -Sft . I , y 22 ft . and 14 ft . high , stands due east and west , and is quaint and picturesque in design . The walls are panelled to the height of six feet in wood , thc space above- being relieved by Ionic columns and panelling in plaster . 'The chimney breast forms n

prominent feature 111 the room , consisting u ( tiled fire-place with wood mantel and pilasters , and large shield on which it is proposetl to paint the Masonic arms . The dais at thc east end is also serially treated . 'The chair or throne of K . S . is handsome in design , having circular columns with canopy over . The chair is the gift of Bro . Hugh Colder , S . W . 'The four windows to the hall are double

glazed to deaden the . sound from the street , the inner sashes being filled wilh lead glazing , with the various Masonic devices delineated thereon , and Ihe hall is also lighted by means of four handsome polished brass chandeliers . The furnishing roinmiltee have done their work economically and well . 'The stairs , ante-rooms , i \_ c , are covered with linoleum , the lodge with carpet uf the usual Masonie

pattern , and seats of novel design are placed on raised p latforms round the sides of the hall , those on the dais being upholstered in velvet of rich colour . Chairs of Austrian bent wood arc provided for the front row at each side of the hall . Altogether the room is very pleasing and comfortable in effect . On the second floor is a retiring room ( the full size of the lodge-room beneath ) , kitchen .

and store-rooms . There is also ample lavatory accommodation on this lloor . A lift is provided to convey goods from the ground lloor to the various store-rooms above . 'The elevation forms an agreeable architectural feature to the town . 'The style chosen is that known as the Oueen Anne . The principal entrance is of polished stone , having Ionic columns with carved and moulded cornice over . The

materials used 111 the main building are bricks of deep red colour , relieved with stone architraves and cornices . The roof is mansard and covered with red tiles . Over thc cave cornice are two promiietit curved brick gables with pilasters , carved caps , and stone cornices . There is also a central gablet , containing . 1 large stone shield with Masonic emblems and letters carved thereon . 'The cost of the

building , exclusive of ground , ard furnishing , . is upwards of £ , 000 . 'The proceedings were commenced with the opening of a lodge of emergency . Bro . A . McDougal , W . M . / presided , and he was assisted by Bros . II . Colder , S . W ., and I . H . Dale , J . W . 'There was a large gathering of the brethren , amongst those present being Bros . XV . II . Crookes , P . G . S J . McCulloch , P . G . [ AV . ; W . M . BellP . G . A . D . of C

, Northumberland ; G . Spain , W . M . 6 S 5 ; J . T . Dickinson P . P . G . S . B . ; George Lawson , P . P . G . S . B . j ] . A . Witter P . M . ; T . Renton , P . M . ; W . Eckford , I . P . AI . if ..,-- W Liddell , P . P . G . D . ; G . S . Sliotlon , W . M . 240 . The lodge having been opened in due form , the W . M . delivered the following address : —Brethren , it is customary on occasions like the present for the Master to say a few

words , hence I will be as brief as possible , as ivc are to have a scrmon _ preached lo us this afternoon b y Bro . Healey , in Christ Church . 'This being the happiest and proudest moment of my Masonic existence , you will understand with what fervour and intense pleasure I stand here to thank you all for your presence on this auspicious occasion . 'To you , my visiting brethren , I will say . Welcome and eel

" , may you ever I towards every visitor to your own lodge as 1 feel towards you this day , 1 believe no institution ever receive a visiting brother with such a hearty and genuine welcome as the brethren of the Mystic 'Tic ; and 1 would have you lo feel on this occasion , that if there be any Masonic virtue lhat I possess in any pre-eminent degree , it is that of according a thorough welcome to those who have come- to honour us by their