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Lodge Of Benevolence.
LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE .
The monthly meeting of the Lodge of Benevolence was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall . The three chairs were occupied by Bros . J . M . Clabon , President ; Joshua Nunn , Senior Vice-President ; and James Brett , Junior Vice-President . The other brethren present were Bros . Lonl Henniker , S . G . W . ; lohn Hervey , G .
Secretary ; H . G . Buss , Assistant Grand Secretary ; A . A . Pendlebury , S . Rawson , P . District G . M . China ; James Glaisher , P . G . D . ; Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . D . ; J . M . Case , P . G . D . ; Capt . N . G . Philips , P . G . D . ; James Lewis Thomas , Assistant G . D . C . ; C . A . Cottebrune , P . G . P . ; I . A . Rucker , P . G . D . ; Rev . Wm . Alfred Hill , G . C ; W . T . Howe , G . P . ; A . L . Cole , G . S . W . ; Joseph Smith , P . G .
P . ; H . Bartlett , C . F . Hogartl , Henry Smith , C . P . Cobham , Griffiths Smith , P . G . S . ; Charles Godschalk , P . M . 1205 ; T . J . Maidwell , G . Mallett , Rev . Dr . Brette , Christ ' s Hospital ; E . C . Massey , W . M . 1297 ; W . Stephens ; W . Bulkeley Hughes ; E . J . Godby ; Edward Cox ; H . P . Bennett , W . M . 4 ; A . ' M . Colien , W . M . 205 ; E . H Hewett ; James Mason , P . G . S . B ; W . H . Perryman ; Charles Atkins , P . M . 27 ; G . W . Hollington ; A .
Middlemas , W . M . 1641 ; G . Fisher ; II . Garrod , P . M . 749 ; Hugh Cotter ; W . Mann , P . M . 186 ; J . Nicholson , E . H . Thiellay , Alf . Isaac Bristow ; J . W . Collier , Col . H . S . Somerville Burney , Ralph Gooding , Edward Terry , W . M . 1319 ; John Walmisley , G . P . Britten , Alfd . Brookson , Geo . Sparks , W . Bcattie , Thos . Cochrane , E . Kidman , H . Martyn , James Cox , John White , R . D . Still , L . Cornelisscii , H . Payne , Jas . Kew , and C . B . Payne , G . T . ; antl Massey , ( Freemason ) .
Thc Boartl of Masters was firsl held , antl thc agenda paper of next Quarterly Communication settled . After thc Lodge of Benevolence hatl been openetl , grants to thc amount of £ 240 , recommended at last lodge , were confirmed . The new list comprised twenty-four cases . Five
of these were deferred . The remaining nineteen were relieved with £ 440 , which sum was made up of one £ 75 ( £ 75 ) ' * £ 40 ( £ 160 ) , one £ 30 ( £ 30 ) , one . £ 25 ( £ 25 ) , three i 20 ( £ 60 ) , one £ 15 ( £ 15 ) , and seven £ 10 ( £ 70 ) , antl one £ 5 ( £ 5 ) .
Freemasonry In North Africa.
FREEMASONRY IN NORTH AFRICA .
A meeting of the Ancient Carthage Lodge ( No . 1717 ) , Tunis ( under watrant from the Grantl Lodge of England ) , was held at the Freemasons' Hall , Strada Si-Aly-Azuz , in Tunis , North Africa , on the evening of the 21 st of April , 1878 , under the presidency of its zealous and learned founder , and first Worshipful Master , Bro . A . M . Broadley ,
barristcr-at-law , who was ably supported by his S . W ., Bro . the Rev . E . B . Frankel , D . G . Chaplain of District Grand Lodge , Malta , and Chaplain to H . B . M . ' s . Consulatc General , Regency of Tunis . The Junior Warden ' s chair was filled by Bro . A . Perrini , M . D ., whilst the duties of Secretary were very ably performed by Bro . J . H . Stevens , H . M . ' s . Vice-Consul to the Regency of Tunis . Bro . George
Pentecost occupied the J . D . ' s . chair , antl Bro . Henry Haylock ( the W . M . ' s . zealous and worthy Outer Guard and Steward ) catered for thc brethren after they werc called off from labour to refreshment . Amongst the other active members Ancient Carthage Lodge may be mentioned Bros . Tulin de la Tunisie , Consul General of the German Empire , Eugene Casscs , Vice-Consul of France ; Gardner ,
Resilient Agent of the Tunis Railway Company ; Angela Blanch ; N . Lenghi , LL . D . -, J . E . L . Barker , Engitoeei in Chief to the Arsenal of his Highness Muhammad lis-Sidak Pascia-Bey , the reigning Sovereign of Tunis ; Lcgali , the worthy station masterat Tunis , antl others . The Ancient Carthage Lodge was dedicated on October 3 , A . L . 5 877 , on thc petition of nine worthy resident brethren , hailing from
English Grand Lotlge . Although so very recently irscribed upon our muster roll , her Worshipful Master , Bro . Broadley , has already initiated , passed , and raisetl no less than twenty-eight candidates , and at the present moment ( including joining brethren ) the lodge musters more than fifty strong . Amongst her members are representatives if divers nationalities and almost every creed . English
and French , Spanish and German , Greek , Italian , Maltese , and Arab , muster on the square , in brotherly unity ; whilst Hebrew and Mussulman , Roman Cathe > lic . Protestant , and Greek , united by the mystic tie , meet in the name ol the Great Architect of the Universe , under the all-cmbracing banner of brotherly love , relief , and truth . May the Lotlge of Ancient Carthage prosper ' . may her brethren
unite heart aatl hantl to leaven Tunisian society with thc beneficent attributes of Freemasonry ! If Irue to the great principles of our Order their influence must be great , and must tend to bring together under her banner the more thoughtful members of the native community . Let our brethren by precept anil example show the outward worltl around them that with our Order " evil cannot associate
itself—for disloyalty unknits its bonds , and irreligion can find no place in it . " Although thc religion of thc Prophet , alike with the craftier creed of Rome , has been long supposed to be absolutely inimical to Freemasonry , there aie signs that this blintl antipathy to our Order is fast passing away . The religion of Mahomet centres in charity , and thus English Freemasonry ( at all events ) has a
special claim to the respect and goodwill if Mahomedan gentlemen . The time is not far distant when even thc most credulous Mussulman , or Romanist , will cease to believe that the whole rite of Masonry is simply witchcraft " 1 its most unmitigated form , and that the brethren when once within the portals of a Masonic lodge cease to be
human and " fly about" enveloped in sulphurous fumes The Masonic Hall at Tunis , situated in thc Sidi-Aly-Aznz ( the street of the Son of Gotl ) , is commodious , and nicel y furnished : the funds of the Ancient Carthage Lodge ate entirely devoted to charity . The fees for initiation , passing , and raising are £ 5 5 s . Thc annual dues from £ ach resident member arc equal to 15 s , per annum , and
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from each non-resident brother 5 s . per annum . Brethren visiting Tunis may become honorary members , by ballot , for a period not exceeding three months , at thc usual rate of subscription , but without thc right of voting , but at the expiration of three months , if they wish to continue their membership , they will have to pay thc usual entrance fee of 1 2 s . 6 d .
The ceremonies are worked by the learnctl W . M ., Bro Broadley , either in Italian , French , Arabic , or English , according to the nationality of thc candidate ; as a rule thc opening and closing ceremonies are gone thrcugh in English . On the evening of April 21 a Maltese gentleman was initiated , and a candidate for the First Degree was duly
balloted for and accepted . After the labours of the evening had been brought to a close , thc brethren adjourned to the supper-room , where refreshment is provided on the occasion of each regular meeting . The usual Masonic toasts were given and heartily received , including that to " The Visiting Brethren , " whicii was responded to by Bro . Ecroyd , P . M ., who wished the Lodge of Ancient Carthage every
success , and complimented the Wors hipful Master , Bro . Broadley , upon Ihe efficiency of his ofliccrs , and on the admirable way in which the First Degree was given in French . During supper it was incidentally m-tntioned that several of The brethren ( who are Roya ! Arch Masons , and Mark Master Masons , respectively ) have petitioned the Grand Royal Arch Chapter , and the Grand Mark Masters' Lotlge
in London , for permission to form a Royal Arch Chapter , and a Mark Masons' Lodge , in Tunis . It is to be hoped that both these petitions will be favourably received , and in due time granted , for the admirable working order into which the W . M . of the Craft Lotlge lias already got his brethren augurs well for the future efficient working of Royal Arch and other Masonic degrees amongst the brethren resident within the Regency of Tunis .
Meetings Of Learned And Other Societies
MEETINGS OF LEARNED AND OTHER SOCIETIES
At the monthly general meeting of the Zoological Society , held last week at the Society ' s house in Hanoversquare , Professor Newton , F . R . S ., V . P ., in the chair , Prince Ibraham Hilmy , Lord Claud Hamilton , Colonel J . T . Norgate , Maior W . Hanmer , Mrs . Pollock , and Messrs .
A . Budenb'Ander , F . Bennoch , C . B . Barber , G . B- > cb , G . Chater , jun ., G . A . Colum ' oa , H . Doetsch . F . II . Grace , C . Forbes , II . Gwiniicr , M . J . Joyce , T . L . M . Llewellyn , | . M'Connell , A . D . C . Nicholls , G . C . Raphael , C . Robertson , R . H . Titiswell , and IV . Thompson were elected fellows , and Dr . Franz Steindachner a foreign member of the society . Among the additions to the society ' s menagerie during
tlie month of April were especially noticed a squirrel from Equador ( Sciurus stramitieus ) , of a species new to the society ' s collection , antl a male Beisa antelope ( Oryx beisi ) presented by tlie Sultan of Zanzibar , antl kindly brought home for thc soc ' uty by Captain Pasley , of Her Majesty ' s ship Simoom . A meeting was hold lasb week , tinder the
presidency of the Duke of Westminster , at Grosvenor House * , for the puipose of presenting a testimonial to Sir Henry Cole , K . C . B ., in recognition of his eminent public services in connection with thc est eblis . li incut anel successful organisation of the South Kensington Museum . The testimonial took the form ofa tablet bearing a mosaic portrait in Delia Roboia ware * , designed and executed under the direction of
Mr . Moody , ami a marble bust by Mr . Bochm , in addition to a sum of money . The honorary see * retary to the Committee of the Testimonial Fund , Mr . J . G . Grace , stated that £ 2924 hat ! been subscribed ; of this £ 323 had been expended on the tablet , £ 160 on the bust , and about £ 213 in advertising antl other incidental expenses . This left a sum over of £ 2200 at tlie disposition of Sir Henry Cole .
Thc Duke of Westminster , in formally presenting the testimonial , referred to thc important educational results which hat ! been achieved by Sir 1 lenry Cole's exertions to improve ant !| prniniite thc study of sei-. nceand art in this country . Sir Henry Cole , after briefly recounting the history of the origin and growth of the Museum at South Kensington , said , with much emotion , that afier 50 years of public life , with
his health declining from the coi . stant strain of official work , he had felt it right to resign his tluties . He was not itlle in his leisure ; his health hatl improved , and he hoped still to do some useful public wink on his own responsibility . He vvas trying to obtain a national recognition for music , the first and most popular of all fine arts , to make elementary education the work of the people rather than of the State ,
and to promote means for improving the health of thc people throughout the country . Resolutions were passed with a view to carrying out the wishes of Sir Henry Cole in regard to the disposition of the portrait . tablet and the bust , to the effect that thc former be offered to thc South Kensington Museum , and the latter , together with a bust of General Grey , copied by permission of the Queen , to the
Prince of Wales , as president of Royal Albert Hall , to be suitably placed in that institution . Among those who addressed the meeting , and who all bore testimony to the energy Sir Henry Cole had displayed in promoting the stutly of science antl art , were Lortl Elcho , Lord Clarence Paget , Mr . C . Minton Campbell , Mr . George Godwin , F . R . S ., Sir Morton Peto , Mr . Warren de La Rue , and Mr . N . MacLeod .
We learn from the Wednesday edition of the City Press that the recent success of Bro . J . D . Allcroft , thc Conservative member for Worcester , has led to arrangements for forming a City Conservative Association . Bro , Allcroft attended the preliminary meeting .
" The Primitive Illuminati , ' * By Bro . S . P . ; unavoidably stanels over till next week . Reports of thc following also stand over : —Lodges , 9 62 , 977 . i ° 7 . 5 > 132 c . 1503 r . Chapter 720 ; Kemys Tynte Encampment . ™
Multum In Parbo,Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .
ROYAL ARCH MASONRY . I have been much interested in reading the oration by E . Comp . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , M . A ., P . G . C , delivered at the consecration of the Eclectic Chapter , No . 1201 , at which E . Comp . Thomas Fenn , P . G . S . B ., so ably presided . 1 . Thc oration is much more worthy of the name than
those generally delivered on such occasions , as few orators appear to consider the history of Royal Arch Masonry worthy of notice , and fewer still know much with respect to its eventful past , 1740-1813 . I do not think myself it had any existence as a separate degree before ( say ) 1735-8 . However , time will not permit me to dwell on this point , but whenever pressing business duties and better health
enable me to devote more time to subjects additional to and yet illustrative of the Three Degrees , I shall gladly publish many important facts collected during several years of Masonic studies , for the information especially of my English companions . 2 . That the possession of the Arch Degree by the " Ancients" ( or "Athol Masons " ) from the constitution of their
Grand Lodge 1750-3 gave them a great ad vantage over the regular Grand Lodge ( or"Moderns , " so called ) there cannot be a doubt , and that their success induced the members of the " Modern " Grand Lodge to have a Royal Arch of their own is equally clear . True , as late even as 1792 , the Grand Lodge officially refused to countenance the " Modern " Royal Arch Grantl Chapter , but it was but a
nominal objection to the tlegree , as the Grand Master of the one body was generally the Grand Patron or chief of the other . As early as 1769 , Lord Blaney ' s name ( Grand Master 1764-6 ) occurs on a " modern" Grand Chapter warrant ( No . 2 ) , and their first printed regulations of 1778 ( "A . L . 1782 " ) contain the name of H . R . H . the Dukeof Cumberland , as Patron , and many well-known members
of the Grand Lodge as officers , including Dunckerley , Smith , Heseltinc , Allen , and Ruspini . The " Union " of the two Grantl Lodges in 1813 , and of the Grand Chapters in 1817 , healed the split , and since then , thanks be , we have proved that " union is strength " in Masonry , as in all else . 3 . The curious document mentioned by our learned Bro ,
K . H . Mackenzie agrees in the main with a bannerwhich * is preserved at Canterbury , and once belonged to an old chapter , numbered 21 . The "Modem" Grand Chapter numbered its charters consecutively from one , but since the " Union " each chapter assumed the number of the bulge tinder whose wing it woiked , soit is not easy to trace oltl chapters now , especially also as we fancy the old
warrants were exchanged m many cases for new ones . The banner is doubtless of thc latter part of the last century , antl apparently is quite the same in character as the document in question , minus the triangle . Even that maybe on the banner , but the photograph of it procured by my erudite friend and Bro . the Rev . Thomas Robinson , M . A . ( P . Prov . G . H . Jamaica , Prov . G . J . Kent , & c ) , is not very distinct , above the " All-Seeing Eye . " WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN .
COLE'S LIST FROM 1770 . In looking over Cole's List I note that its last number is " 406 , Hare antl Hounds , Barnard Castle , Durham . " I see that in 1770 Cole makes Henry Price Prov . G . M . of
North America , he being of Boston . The earliest American lodge is " 54 , Royal Exchange , Boston , in New England , " the next is " 62 , Solomon ' s Lodge , Charles Town , South Carolina . " Perhaps , Bro . Hughan , who knows all our Masonic histories , can tell us what became of Royal Exchange , 54 , and Solomon ' s Lodge , 62 .
The Monde Maconnique has put forward lately some wonderful arguments about the right of granting warrants on the ground of original or earlier location of lodges . What will it say to the fact that the English Grand Lodge warranted the earliest lodge in France and thc Netherlan d s ? Inter alia , we note in 1770 , No . 55 at Valenciennes in French Flanders in 1773 ; 123 at Chardenagore ; 298 English lodge at Bordeaux in 1732 ; La Loge de Sagesse
at Havre , 17 60 ; Gienoble , 1767 ; 394 , Perfect Harmony , Mons ? Indeed , it is difficult to sec where the argument in favour of the English Grand Lodge granting warrants as regards France and Belguim can fall short if the French Grand Orient is justified on any grounds in granting a warrant for the Mauritins . I am only now writing on archaeological and historical grounds . MASONIC STUDENT .
We congratulate Bro . George Burt on his nomination by the Lord Mayor as a candidate for the Shrievalty of London and Middlesex . We are informed that Bro . Burt is a livery man of 32 years standing besides being a member of the Shipwrights and Glass-sellers Companies . The Earl of Carnarvon presided on Wednesday
at the presentation of the prizes to thc successful students in the medical department of King ' s College , and delivered an interesting speech , in which he enlarged upon the growing importance of the medical profession , and the many more opportunities for usefulness which modern legislation is opening to it .
The Prince of Wales having intimated his willingness to accept the presidency of thc Royal Agricultural Society , his Royal Highness on Wednesday , at the annual meeting of the society , invited to undertake the ofiice . It was stated that the agricultural exhibition , to be heltl in London next year , is intended to go far beyond anything which has preceded it .
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Lodge Of Benevolence.
LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE .
The monthly meeting of the Lodge of Benevolence was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall . The three chairs were occupied by Bros . J . M . Clabon , President ; Joshua Nunn , Senior Vice-President ; and James Brett , Junior Vice-President . The other brethren present were Bros . Lonl Henniker , S . G . W . ; lohn Hervey , G .
Secretary ; H . G . Buss , Assistant Grand Secretary ; A . A . Pendlebury , S . Rawson , P . District G . M . China ; James Glaisher , P . G . D . ; Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . D . ; J . M . Case , P . G . D . ; Capt . N . G . Philips , P . G . D . ; James Lewis Thomas , Assistant G . D . C . ; C . A . Cottebrune , P . G . P . ; I . A . Rucker , P . G . D . ; Rev . Wm . Alfred Hill , G . C ; W . T . Howe , G . P . ; A . L . Cole , G . S . W . ; Joseph Smith , P . G .
P . ; H . Bartlett , C . F . Hogartl , Henry Smith , C . P . Cobham , Griffiths Smith , P . G . S . ; Charles Godschalk , P . M . 1205 ; T . J . Maidwell , G . Mallett , Rev . Dr . Brette , Christ ' s Hospital ; E . C . Massey , W . M . 1297 ; W . Stephens ; W . Bulkeley Hughes ; E . J . Godby ; Edward Cox ; H . P . Bennett , W . M . 4 ; A . ' M . Colien , W . M . 205 ; E . H Hewett ; James Mason , P . G . S . B ; W . H . Perryman ; Charles Atkins , P . M . 27 ; G . W . Hollington ; A .
Middlemas , W . M . 1641 ; G . Fisher ; II . Garrod , P . M . 749 ; Hugh Cotter ; W . Mann , P . M . 186 ; J . Nicholson , E . H . Thiellay , Alf . Isaac Bristow ; J . W . Collier , Col . H . S . Somerville Burney , Ralph Gooding , Edward Terry , W . M . 1319 ; John Walmisley , G . P . Britten , Alfd . Brookson , Geo . Sparks , W . Bcattie , Thos . Cochrane , E . Kidman , H . Martyn , James Cox , John White , R . D . Still , L . Cornelisscii , H . Payne , Jas . Kew , and C . B . Payne , G . T . ; antl Massey , ( Freemason ) .
Thc Boartl of Masters was firsl held , antl thc agenda paper of next Quarterly Communication settled . After thc Lodge of Benevolence hatl been openetl , grants to thc amount of £ 240 , recommended at last lodge , were confirmed . The new list comprised twenty-four cases . Five
of these were deferred . The remaining nineteen were relieved with £ 440 , which sum was made up of one £ 75 ( £ 75 ) ' * £ 40 ( £ 160 ) , one £ 30 ( £ 30 ) , one . £ 25 ( £ 25 ) , three i 20 ( £ 60 ) , one £ 15 ( £ 15 ) , and seven £ 10 ( £ 70 ) , antl one £ 5 ( £ 5 ) .
Freemasonry In North Africa.
FREEMASONRY IN NORTH AFRICA .
A meeting of the Ancient Carthage Lodge ( No . 1717 ) , Tunis ( under watrant from the Grantl Lodge of England ) , was held at the Freemasons' Hall , Strada Si-Aly-Azuz , in Tunis , North Africa , on the evening of the 21 st of April , 1878 , under the presidency of its zealous and learned founder , and first Worshipful Master , Bro . A . M . Broadley ,
barristcr-at-law , who was ably supported by his S . W ., Bro . the Rev . E . B . Frankel , D . G . Chaplain of District Grand Lodge , Malta , and Chaplain to H . B . M . ' s . Consulatc General , Regency of Tunis . The Junior Warden ' s chair was filled by Bro . A . Perrini , M . D ., whilst the duties of Secretary were very ably performed by Bro . J . H . Stevens , H . M . ' s . Vice-Consul to the Regency of Tunis . Bro . George
Pentecost occupied the J . D . ' s . chair , antl Bro . Henry Haylock ( the W . M . ' s . zealous and worthy Outer Guard and Steward ) catered for thc brethren after they werc called off from labour to refreshment . Amongst the other active members Ancient Carthage Lodge may be mentioned Bros . Tulin de la Tunisie , Consul General of the German Empire , Eugene Casscs , Vice-Consul of France ; Gardner ,
Resilient Agent of the Tunis Railway Company ; Angela Blanch ; N . Lenghi , LL . D . -, J . E . L . Barker , Engitoeei in Chief to the Arsenal of his Highness Muhammad lis-Sidak Pascia-Bey , the reigning Sovereign of Tunis ; Lcgali , the worthy station masterat Tunis , antl others . The Ancient Carthage Lodge was dedicated on October 3 , A . L . 5 877 , on thc petition of nine worthy resident brethren , hailing from
English Grand Lotlge . Although so very recently irscribed upon our muster roll , her Worshipful Master , Bro . Broadley , has already initiated , passed , and raisetl no less than twenty-eight candidates , and at the present moment ( including joining brethren ) the lodge musters more than fifty strong . Amongst her members are representatives if divers nationalities and almost every creed . English
and French , Spanish and German , Greek , Italian , Maltese , and Arab , muster on the square , in brotherly unity ; whilst Hebrew and Mussulman , Roman Cathe > lic . Protestant , and Greek , united by the mystic tie , meet in the name ol the Great Architect of the Universe , under the all-cmbracing banner of brotherly love , relief , and truth . May the Lotlge of Ancient Carthage prosper ' . may her brethren
unite heart aatl hantl to leaven Tunisian society with thc beneficent attributes of Freemasonry ! If Irue to the great principles of our Order their influence must be great , and must tend to bring together under her banner the more thoughtful members of the native community . Let our brethren by precept anil example show the outward worltl around them that with our Order " evil cannot associate
itself—for disloyalty unknits its bonds , and irreligion can find no place in it . " Although thc religion of thc Prophet , alike with the craftier creed of Rome , has been long supposed to be absolutely inimical to Freemasonry , there aie signs that this blintl antipathy to our Order is fast passing away . The religion of Mahomet centres in charity , and thus English Freemasonry ( at all events ) has a
special claim to the respect and goodwill if Mahomedan gentlemen . The time is not far distant when even thc most credulous Mussulman , or Romanist , will cease to believe that the whole rite of Masonry is simply witchcraft " 1 its most unmitigated form , and that the brethren when once within the portals of a Masonic lodge cease to be
human and " fly about" enveloped in sulphurous fumes The Masonic Hall at Tunis , situated in thc Sidi-Aly-Aznz ( the street of the Son of Gotl ) , is commodious , and nicel y furnished : the funds of the Ancient Carthage Lodge ate entirely devoted to charity . The fees for initiation , passing , and raising are £ 5 5 s . Thc annual dues from £ ach resident member arc equal to 15 s , per annum , and
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from each non-resident brother 5 s . per annum . Brethren visiting Tunis may become honorary members , by ballot , for a period not exceeding three months , at thc usual rate of subscription , but without thc right of voting , but at the expiration of three months , if they wish to continue their membership , they will have to pay thc usual entrance fee of 1 2 s . 6 d .
The ceremonies are worked by the learnctl W . M ., Bro Broadley , either in Italian , French , Arabic , or English , according to the nationality of thc candidate ; as a rule thc opening and closing ceremonies are gone thrcugh in English . On the evening of April 21 a Maltese gentleman was initiated , and a candidate for the First Degree was duly
balloted for and accepted . After the labours of the evening had been brought to a close , thc brethren adjourned to the supper-room , where refreshment is provided on the occasion of each regular meeting . The usual Masonic toasts were given and heartily received , including that to " The Visiting Brethren , " whicii was responded to by Bro . Ecroyd , P . M ., who wished the Lodge of Ancient Carthage every
success , and complimented the Wors hipful Master , Bro . Broadley , upon Ihe efficiency of his ofliccrs , and on the admirable way in which the First Degree was given in French . During supper it was incidentally m-tntioned that several of The brethren ( who are Roya ! Arch Masons , and Mark Master Masons , respectively ) have petitioned the Grand Royal Arch Chapter , and the Grand Mark Masters' Lotlge
in London , for permission to form a Royal Arch Chapter , and a Mark Masons' Lodge , in Tunis . It is to be hoped that both these petitions will be favourably received , and in due time granted , for the admirable working order into which the W . M . of the Craft Lotlge lias already got his brethren augurs well for the future efficient working of Royal Arch and other Masonic degrees amongst the brethren resident within the Regency of Tunis .
Meetings Of Learned And Other Societies
MEETINGS OF LEARNED AND OTHER SOCIETIES
At the monthly general meeting of the Zoological Society , held last week at the Society ' s house in Hanoversquare , Professor Newton , F . R . S ., V . P ., in the chair , Prince Ibraham Hilmy , Lord Claud Hamilton , Colonel J . T . Norgate , Maior W . Hanmer , Mrs . Pollock , and Messrs .
A . Budenb'Ander , F . Bennoch , C . B . Barber , G . B- > cb , G . Chater , jun ., G . A . Colum ' oa , H . Doetsch . F . II . Grace , C . Forbes , II . Gwiniicr , M . J . Joyce , T . L . M . Llewellyn , | . M'Connell , A . D . C . Nicholls , G . C . Raphael , C . Robertson , R . H . Titiswell , and IV . Thompson were elected fellows , and Dr . Franz Steindachner a foreign member of the society . Among the additions to the society ' s menagerie during
tlie month of April were especially noticed a squirrel from Equador ( Sciurus stramitieus ) , of a species new to the society ' s collection , antl a male Beisa antelope ( Oryx beisi ) presented by tlie Sultan of Zanzibar , antl kindly brought home for thc soc ' uty by Captain Pasley , of Her Majesty ' s ship Simoom . A meeting was hold lasb week , tinder the
presidency of the Duke of Westminster , at Grosvenor House * , for the puipose of presenting a testimonial to Sir Henry Cole , K . C . B ., in recognition of his eminent public services in connection with thc est eblis . li incut anel successful organisation of the South Kensington Museum . The testimonial took the form ofa tablet bearing a mosaic portrait in Delia Roboia ware * , designed and executed under the direction of
Mr . Moody , ami a marble bust by Mr . Bochm , in addition to a sum of money . The honorary see * retary to the Committee of the Testimonial Fund , Mr . J . G . Grace , stated that £ 2924 hat ! been subscribed ; of this £ 323 had been expended on the tablet , £ 160 on the bust , and about £ 213 in advertising antl other incidental expenses . This left a sum over of £ 2200 at tlie disposition of Sir Henry Cole .
Thc Duke of Westminster , in formally presenting the testimonial , referred to thc important educational results which hat ! been achieved by Sir 1 lenry Cole's exertions to improve ant !| prniniite thc study of sei-. nceand art in this country . Sir Henry Cole , after briefly recounting the history of the origin and growth of the Museum at South Kensington , said , with much emotion , that afier 50 years of public life , with
his health declining from the coi . stant strain of official work , he had felt it right to resign his tluties . He was not itlle in his leisure ; his health hatl improved , and he hoped still to do some useful public wink on his own responsibility . He vvas trying to obtain a national recognition for music , the first and most popular of all fine arts , to make elementary education the work of the people rather than of the State ,
and to promote means for improving the health of thc people throughout the country . Resolutions were passed with a view to carrying out the wishes of Sir Henry Cole in regard to the disposition of the portrait . tablet and the bust , to the effect that thc former be offered to thc South Kensington Museum , and the latter , together with a bust of General Grey , copied by permission of the Queen , to the
Prince of Wales , as president of Royal Albert Hall , to be suitably placed in that institution . Among those who addressed the meeting , and who all bore testimony to the energy Sir Henry Cole had displayed in promoting the stutly of science antl art , were Lortl Elcho , Lord Clarence Paget , Mr . C . Minton Campbell , Mr . George Godwin , F . R . S ., Sir Morton Peto , Mr . Warren de La Rue , and Mr . N . MacLeod .
We learn from the Wednesday edition of the City Press that the recent success of Bro . J . D . Allcroft , thc Conservative member for Worcester , has led to arrangements for forming a City Conservative Association . Bro , Allcroft attended the preliminary meeting .
" The Primitive Illuminati , ' * By Bro . S . P . ; unavoidably stanels over till next week . Reports of thc following also stand over : —Lodges , 9 62 , 977 . i ° 7 . 5 > 132 c . 1503 r . Chapter 720 ; Kemys Tynte Encampment . ™
Multum In Parbo,Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .
ROYAL ARCH MASONRY . I have been much interested in reading the oration by E . Comp . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , M . A ., P . G . C , delivered at the consecration of the Eclectic Chapter , No . 1201 , at which E . Comp . Thomas Fenn , P . G . S . B ., so ably presided . 1 . Thc oration is much more worthy of the name than
those generally delivered on such occasions , as few orators appear to consider the history of Royal Arch Masonry worthy of notice , and fewer still know much with respect to its eventful past , 1740-1813 . I do not think myself it had any existence as a separate degree before ( say ) 1735-8 . However , time will not permit me to dwell on this point , but whenever pressing business duties and better health
enable me to devote more time to subjects additional to and yet illustrative of the Three Degrees , I shall gladly publish many important facts collected during several years of Masonic studies , for the information especially of my English companions . 2 . That the possession of the Arch Degree by the " Ancients" ( or "Athol Masons " ) from the constitution of their
Grand Lodge 1750-3 gave them a great ad vantage over the regular Grand Lodge ( or"Moderns , " so called ) there cannot be a doubt , and that their success induced the members of the " Modern " Grand Lodge to have a Royal Arch of their own is equally clear . True , as late even as 1792 , the Grand Lodge officially refused to countenance the " Modern " Royal Arch Grantl Chapter , but it was but a
nominal objection to the tlegree , as the Grand Master of the one body was generally the Grand Patron or chief of the other . As early as 1769 , Lord Blaney ' s name ( Grand Master 1764-6 ) occurs on a " modern" Grand Chapter warrant ( No . 2 ) , and their first printed regulations of 1778 ( "A . L . 1782 " ) contain the name of H . R . H . the Dukeof Cumberland , as Patron , and many well-known members
of the Grand Lodge as officers , including Dunckerley , Smith , Heseltinc , Allen , and Ruspini . The " Union " of the two Grantl Lodges in 1813 , and of the Grand Chapters in 1817 , healed the split , and since then , thanks be , we have proved that " union is strength " in Masonry , as in all else . 3 . The curious document mentioned by our learned Bro ,
K . H . Mackenzie agrees in the main with a bannerwhich * is preserved at Canterbury , and once belonged to an old chapter , numbered 21 . The "Modem" Grand Chapter numbered its charters consecutively from one , but since the " Union " each chapter assumed the number of the bulge tinder whose wing it woiked , soit is not easy to trace oltl chapters now , especially also as we fancy the old
warrants were exchanged m many cases for new ones . The banner is doubtless of thc latter part of the last century , antl apparently is quite the same in character as the document in question , minus the triangle . Even that maybe on the banner , but the photograph of it procured by my erudite friend and Bro . the Rev . Thomas Robinson , M . A . ( P . Prov . G . H . Jamaica , Prov . G . J . Kent , & c ) , is not very distinct , above the " All-Seeing Eye . " WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN .
COLE'S LIST FROM 1770 . In looking over Cole's List I note that its last number is " 406 , Hare antl Hounds , Barnard Castle , Durham . " I see that in 1770 Cole makes Henry Price Prov . G . M . of
North America , he being of Boston . The earliest American lodge is " 54 , Royal Exchange , Boston , in New England , " the next is " 62 , Solomon ' s Lodge , Charles Town , South Carolina . " Perhaps , Bro . Hughan , who knows all our Masonic histories , can tell us what became of Royal Exchange , 54 , and Solomon ' s Lodge , 62 .
The Monde Maconnique has put forward lately some wonderful arguments about the right of granting warrants on the ground of original or earlier location of lodges . What will it say to the fact that the English Grand Lodge warranted the earliest lodge in France and thc Netherlan d s ? Inter alia , we note in 1770 , No . 55 at Valenciennes in French Flanders in 1773 ; 123 at Chardenagore ; 298 English lodge at Bordeaux in 1732 ; La Loge de Sagesse
at Havre , 17 60 ; Gienoble , 1767 ; 394 , Perfect Harmony , Mons ? Indeed , it is difficult to sec where the argument in favour of the English Grand Lodge granting warrants as regards France and Belguim can fall short if the French Grand Orient is justified on any grounds in granting a warrant for the Mauritins . I am only now writing on archaeological and historical grounds . MASONIC STUDENT .
We congratulate Bro . George Burt on his nomination by the Lord Mayor as a candidate for the Shrievalty of London and Middlesex . We are informed that Bro . Burt is a livery man of 32 years standing besides being a member of the Shipwrights and Glass-sellers Companies . The Earl of Carnarvon presided on Wednesday
at the presentation of the prizes to thc successful students in the medical department of King ' s College , and delivered an interesting speech , in which he enlarged upon the growing importance of the medical profession , and the many more opportunities for usefulness which modern legislation is opening to it .
The Prince of Wales having intimated his willingness to accept the presidency of thc Royal Agricultural Society , his Royal Highness on Wednesday , at the annual meeting of the society , invited to undertake the ofiice . It was stated that the agricultural exhibition , to be heltl in London next year , is intended to go far beyond anything which has preceded it .