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To Our Readers.

TO OUR READERS .

The FREEMASON is a Weekly Newspaper , price 2 cL It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , including postage : United America , India , India , China , Sec

Kingdom , the Continent , & c . Via Brindist . Twelve Months ios . 6 d . 12 s . od . 17 s . 4 d . Six „ , 5 s . 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 d . Three „ 2 s . 8 d . 3 s . 3 d . 4 s . 6 d . Subscriptions may be paid for in stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to

GEORGE KENNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and tther business communications should be addressed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects and books for

review are to be forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous correspondence will be wholly disregarded , and thc return of rejected MSS . cannot be guaranteed . Further information will be supplied on application to the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .

Important Notice.

IMPORTANT NOTICE .

COLONIAL and FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS are informed that acknowledgments of remittances received are published in the first number of every month .

It is very necessary for our readers to advise us of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America and India ; otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them . Several P . O . O . ' s are now in hand , but having received no advice we cannot credit them .

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•? NOTICE . To prevent delay or miscarriage , it is particularly requested that ALL communications for the FREEMASON , may be addressed to the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , London .

To Advertisers.

TO ADVERTISERS .

The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion in current week's issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o ' clock on Wednesdays .

Answers To Correspondents.

Answers to Correspondents .

A letter to Bro . Hubert on some further proposed changes in the Constitutions of thc French Grantl Orient will appear in our next . By an error , the name of Bro . F . D . R . Copestick was omitted from the li & t of those present to offer a testimonial to Bro . Muggeridge .

BOOKS , etc ., RECEIVED . " Medical Examiner ; " " Proceedings at the Quarterly Communication of the District Grand Lotlge of British Burmah ; " " Hull Packet ; " " Broad Arrow ; " " Risorgimento ; " " Die Bauhutte ; " " Brief ; " " Young Folks " Monthly Part ; " Indent ; " " Pantiles Papers ; "

"Der Bund ; " "Advocate ; " " Le Monde Maconnique ;" "New York Dispatch ; " " Report of the Half Yearly Communication of the District Grand Lotlge of Bombay ; " " Loomis ' s Musical antl Masonic Journal ; " " Magazi nc of Art ; "" Masonic Review ; " "Mayfair ; " " Voice of Masonry . "

Births ,Marriages And Deaths.

Births , Marriages and Deaths .

[ The charge is 2 S . 6 d . for announcements , not exceed ng four lines , under this heading . ]

BIRTHS . PENNINGTON . —On the 25 th ult ,, at Tinnevelly Madras Presidency , the wife of J . B . Pennington , of a son . REEVES . —On the 16 th inst ., at Pix Hall , Ifawkhurst , the wife of F . Reeves , Esi | ., of a son . WOLTON . —On thc 17 th inst ., at Arundel Villa , Balham , the wife of E . H . Wolton , of a daughter .

MARRIAGE . Sn . i . irANT—HAMI . YS . —On thc 16 th inst ., at Bridestowe Church , Devon , Francis Synge , son of the late J . Sillifant , Esq ., of Combe , Devon , to Fanny Gertrude , daughter of S . C . Hamlyn , Esq .

DEATHS . BitAsiEii . —On the 16 th inst ., at 37 , High-street , Margate , after two days' illness , from apoplexy , Bro . W . C . Brasicr , P . M . 127 , P . P . G . S . B . Kent , and P . Z . 784 , aged 59 , much respected .

Ciiuiicii . —On thc 22 nd inst ., in the 49 th year of his age , the Rev . William Benjamin Church , for many years Vice-Principal of the Clapham Grammar School . CROSS . —On the 13 th inst ., at Capri , Italy , aged 27 , Maria , wife of the Rev . J . Cross .

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The Freemason , SATURDAY , MAY 25 , 1878 .

The Next Quarterly Communication.

THE NEXT QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION .

We hope that among the other business for Grand Lodge will be a vote of congratulation to our illustrious Brother the Emperor of Germany . Our august Bro . H . I . H . the Crown Prince is now in England , and a vote thus

carried in his presence with the enthusiastic loyalty of English Masons , and under the presidency of our Royal Grand Master , would in our opinion be alike impressive and opportune . We feel sure that such an obvious duty in this respect has not been overlooked .

The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

Our brethren will be pleased , one and all , to hear Bro . Terry ' s lucid and satisfactory account of the flourishing state of this most needed and well managed Institution . There are now 14-5 men receiving £ 40 each , amountingto £ " 58 oo , and 1 . 3 , 5 widows receiving £ 32 each , amounting to

£ 4 . 3-2 , 2 ,. There are also eleven widows receiving half their late husbands' annuities , amounting to £ 220 ; so that the Institution will after this election stand committed to an annual payment of £ io , 3 \ 2 to annuitants . The working expenses will be slightly over ets 2 ooo . There will

therefore have to be raised nearly £ 12 , 500 to maintain the Institution in its present state of usefulness . We are happy to note Bro . Terry ' s assurance that though through the failure of Messrs . Willis , Percival , and Co ., the bankers , there has been a loss of /" ooo ins . rod ., yet

there is every reasonable hope that in the end this loss will be made good . As the account of the two funds are kept separate , we will also follow this convenient arrangement . The receipts of the Male Fund are as follows .-Balance 31 st March , 1877 £ 3521 2 10

Receipts . Donation from Grand Lodge £ 500 o o „ „ Chapter 100 0 o „ Lodges , Chapters , antl

Individuals ... 4908 10 11 Annual Subscriptions ... 1342 16 6 Dividends on Stock in the Government Funds ... 8 57 13 o Rent of Field ( 5 quarters ) ... 12 10 o Interest on Cash at Call ... 35 16 7 Cash withdrawn from Call 2000 o o

9757 1 ° £ 13 , 278 9 io The expenditure is as follows : Annuitants ... ... ... £ 5480 o o Deposited at Call ... ... 2000 o o Purchase of £ 2000 3 per cent Consols antl

Commission . . . . . . . . . 1920 o o Office and Working expenses 491 13 o • 108 91 13 o Balance on this account . £ 2386 16 10 WIDOW ' FUND .

Receipts . Balance 31 st March , 1877 £ S 74 5 (> Donation from Grantl Lodge 300 o o „ Grand Chapter 50 o o „ Lodges ,

Chapters , and Individuals 5123 16 7 Annual Subscriptions ... 1305 4 6 Dividends on Stock in the Government Funds ... 54 6 11 10 Rent of Field and Interest .,. 30 8 3 Cash withdrawn from Call ... 1000 o o 7352 1 2

£ 10 , 930 6 8 EXPENDITURE . Annuitants £ 4 i 01 ° ° Deposited at Call 1000 o o Purchase of £ 112 *; . 3 per cent

Consols & Commission 1080 o o Office and thc Expenses ... 1450 1 2 6631 1 2 Balance on this Account £ 3299 S 1 >

Then we see that there is a Balance on Male account of ... ... 2386 16 10 „ Female 3299 5 6 „ Sustentation 45 15 « Total Balance as per Auditors'Report £ 5732 17 10

The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

We also note further that the permanent income of the Institution is as follows : — MALE FUND . Annual Grant from G . Lodge £ * ioo o o

, ; G . Chapter 100 o o Dividends on £ 30 , 870 Stock in the Government Funds 857 13 o _ ' ¦ £ 1457 13 c

WIDOWS' FUND . Annual Grant from G . Lodge £ 300 o o „ G . Chapter , 100 o o Dividends on £ 19 , 530 Stock in thc Government Funds ... ... 546 11 10 - — £ 946 " 10

SUSTENTATION OF BUILDING . Dividends on £ 1000 Stock in the Government Funds ... £ 30 0 o £ 2434 4 10 This is a most satisfactory return , reflecting

the hi ghest credit oil the management and managers of this excellent Institution , and we feel sure , that in answer to Bro . Terry ' s appeal , the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will continue to receive the warm support of our generous and philanthropic Craft .

The Contest For The Secretaryship Of The Girls' School.

THE CONTEST FOR THE SECRETARYSHIP OF THE GIRLS ' SCHOOL .

As it is quite clear from letters which we receive from time to time , that tha position of the Freemason is not understood on the present occasion , we wish to repeat that officially it is neutral altogether in the actual contest , and that while it is favourable to all the candidates it

specially patronizes none . We publish all statements of facts as to meetings in favour of the candidates , and reasonable suggestions emanating from them , but we do not think it needful to print letters in favour of this or that candidate , carefully remembering always Mrs . Malaprop ' s

favouritedictura , that " comparisons are odorous . " We should not even allow laudations of one candidate at the expense of another , though we are willing to advertize as a mere matter of business , all circulars . Our contemporary , the Philadelphia Ket / slone , finds fault with our mode of

procedure in the following words , in its impression of May 4 . " Candidates are already seeking the Secretaryship of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , London , lately vacated through the death of Bro . Little . One candidate publicly advertises himself as such , and promises

to send out a circular , in a few days , soliciting votes in his own behalf ! We are probably not any better or wiser than our English brethren , but we do not manage a matter of that kind precisely in that way . " Ourableand distinguished confrere forgets , that the electors with us are not

a committee , but the whole body of Vice-Patrons , Vice-Presidents , and Life Governors , and that candidates have no other possible course open to them . And we are of opinion Masonically , that it is by far the best course in every respect . It is , so we venture to assert , in the interests of

Masonic fair play , and above all the humbler candidates , that is those who have no connections among the upper ten thousand of Masonry . We do not believe in select committees , knowing the private and personal influences which are brought to bear upon them . It has been said , indeed , and perhaps truly , that men naturally

like a job , and we fear that , owing to an ingrained selfishness jobbery is more or less a normal condition of humanity . The remed y for it is not to be found , in our opinion , in select committees , even of Freemasons , but in public opinion and in enlarged constituencies . In this way the highest and humblest have humanly speaking equal chances .

The Muggeridge Testimonial.

THE MUGGERIDGE TESTIMONIAL .

Few brethren there are who have not heard of ' Old Mug , " fewer still who will not wish all health and happiness to a good old working Mason—a very skilful Preceptor of our old Masonic

lore . In our last impression we gave the faithful report of a very interesting meeting , at which a purse of £ 300 was presented to our good old friend and brother . No one who reads that account but will join in the fervent wish that Bro .

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CONTENTS. Article 1
REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS. Article 1
Royal Arch. Article 3
Mark Masonry. Article 3
Knights Templar. Article 3
Red Cross of Constantine. Article 3
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF STAFFORDSHIRE. Article 4
Reviews. Article 5
NOTES ON ART, &c. Article 5
TO OUR READERS. Article 6
IMPORTANT NOTICE. Article 6
Untitled Article 6
TO ADVERTISERS. Article 6
Answers to Correspondents. Article 6
Births ,Marriages and Deaths. Article 6
Untitled Article 6
THE NEXT QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION. Article 6
THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. Article 6
THE CONTEST FOR THE SECRETARYSHIP OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL. Article 6
THE MUGGERIDGE TESTIMONIAL. Article 6
THE CENTENARY OF VOLTAIRE. Article 7
PRESENTATION TO MRS, MONCKTON. Article 7
Original Correspondence. Article 7
PROGRESS OF FREEMASONRY IN THE PROVINCES. Article 7
GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND. Article 8
ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. Article 8
FREEMASONRY IN JAMAICA. Article 9
DULWICH COLLEGE. Article 10
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS. Article 10
ANCIENT AND MODERN MASONRY. Article 10
LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE. Article 11
FREEMASONRY IN NORTH AFRICA. Article 11
MEETINGS OF LEARNED AND OTHER SOCIETIES Article 11
Multum in Parbo,or Masonic Notes and Queries. Article 11
Masonic and General Tidings. Article 12
METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS. Article 12
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To Our Readers.

TO OUR READERS .

The FREEMASON is a Weekly Newspaper , price 2 cL It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , including postage : United America , India , India , China , Sec

Kingdom , the Continent , & c . Via Brindist . Twelve Months ios . 6 d . 12 s . od . 17 s . 4 d . Six „ , 5 s . 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . 8 s . 8 d . Three „ 2 s . 8 d . 3 s . 3 d . 4 s . 6 d . Subscriptions may be paid for in stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to

GEORGE KENNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and tther business communications should be addressed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects and books for

review are to be forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous correspondence will be wholly disregarded , and thc return of rejected MSS . cannot be guaranteed . Further information will be supplied on application to the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .

Important Notice.

IMPORTANT NOTICE .

COLONIAL and FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS are informed that acknowledgments of remittances received are published in the first number of every month .

It is very necessary for our readers to advise us of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America and India ; otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them . Several P . O . O . ' s are now in hand , but having received no advice we cannot credit them .

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•? NOTICE . To prevent delay or miscarriage , it is particularly requested that ALL communications for the FREEMASON , may be addressed to the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , London .

To Advertisers.

TO ADVERTISERS .

The FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion in current week's issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o ' clock on Wednesdays .

Answers To Correspondents.

Answers to Correspondents .

A letter to Bro . Hubert on some further proposed changes in the Constitutions of thc French Grantl Orient will appear in our next . By an error , the name of Bro . F . D . R . Copestick was omitted from the li & t of those present to offer a testimonial to Bro . Muggeridge .

BOOKS , etc ., RECEIVED . " Medical Examiner ; " " Proceedings at the Quarterly Communication of the District Grand Lotlge of British Burmah ; " " Hull Packet ; " " Broad Arrow ; " " Risorgimento ; " " Die Bauhutte ; " " Brief ; " " Young Folks " Monthly Part ; " Indent ; " " Pantiles Papers ; "

"Der Bund ; " "Advocate ; " " Le Monde Maconnique ;" "New York Dispatch ; " " Report of the Half Yearly Communication of the District Grand Lotlge of Bombay ; " " Loomis ' s Musical antl Masonic Journal ; " " Magazi nc of Art ; "" Masonic Review ; " "Mayfair ; " " Voice of Masonry . "

Births ,Marriages And Deaths.

Births , Marriages and Deaths .

[ The charge is 2 S . 6 d . for announcements , not exceed ng four lines , under this heading . ]

BIRTHS . PENNINGTON . —On the 25 th ult ,, at Tinnevelly Madras Presidency , the wife of J . B . Pennington , of a son . REEVES . —On the 16 th inst ., at Pix Hall , Ifawkhurst , the wife of F . Reeves , Esi | ., of a son . WOLTON . —On thc 17 th inst ., at Arundel Villa , Balham , the wife of E . H . Wolton , of a daughter .

MARRIAGE . Sn . i . irANT—HAMI . YS . —On thc 16 th inst ., at Bridestowe Church , Devon , Francis Synge , son of the late J . Sillifant , Esq ., of Combe , Devon , to Fanny Gertrude , daughter of S . C . Hamlyn , Esq .

DEATHS . BitAsiEii . —On the 16 th inst ., at 37 , High-street , Margate , after two days' illness , from apoplexy , Bro . W . C . Brasicr , P . M . 127 , P . P . G . S . B . Kent , and P . Z . 784 , aged 59 , much respected .

Ciiuiicii . —On thc 22 nd inst ., in the 49 th year of his age , the Rev . William Benjamin Church , for many years Vice-Principal of the Clapham Grammar School . CROSS . —On the 13 th inst ., at Capri , Italy , aged 27 , Maria , wife of the Rev . J . Cross .

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The Freemason , SATURDAY , MAY 25 , 1878 .

The Next Quarterly Communication.

THE NEXT QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION .

We hope that among the other business for Grand Lodge will be a vote of congratulation to our illustrious Brother the Emperor of Germany . Our august Bro . H . I . H . the Crown Prince is now in England , and a vote thus

carried in his presence with the enthusiastic loyalty of English Masons , and under the presidency of our Royal Grand Master , would in our opinion be alike impressive and opportune . We feel sure that such an obvious duty in this respect has not been overlooked .

The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

Our brethren will be pleased , one and all , to hear Bro . Terry ' s lucid and satisfactory account of the flourishing state of this most needed and well managed Institution . There are now 14-5 men receiving £ 40 each , amountingto £ " 58 oo , and 1 . 3 , 5 widows receiving £ 32 each , amounting to

£ 4 . 3-2 , 2 ,. There are also eleven widows receiving half their late husbands' annuities , amounting to £ 220 ; so that the Institution will after this election stand committed to an annual payment of £ io , 3 \ 2 to annuitants . The working expenses will be slightly over ets 2 ooo . There will

therefore have to be raised nearly £ 12 , 500 to maintain the Institution in its present state of usefulness . We are happy to note Bro . Terry ' s assurance that though through the failure of Messrs . Willis , Percival , and Co ., the bankers , there has been a loss of /" ooo ins . rod ., yet

there is every reasonable hope that in the end this loss will be made good . As the account of the two funds are kept separate , we will also follow this convenient arrangement . The receipts of the Male Fund are as follows .-Balance 31 st March , 1877 £ 3521 2 10

Receipts . Donation from Grand Lodge £ 500 o o „ „ Chapter 100 0 o „ Lodges , Chapters , antl

Individuals ... 4908 10 11 Annual Subscriptions ... 1342 16 6 Dividends on Stock in the Government Funds ... 8 57 13 o Rent of Field ( 5 quarters ) ... 12 10 o Interest on Cash at Call ... 35 16 7 Cash withdrawn from Call 2000 o o

9757 1 ° £ 13 , 278 9 io The expenditure is as follows : Annuitants ... ... ... £ 5480 o o Deposited at Call ... ... 2000 o o Purchase of £ 2000 3 per cent Consols antl

Commission . . . . . . . . . 1920 o o Office and Working expenses 491 13 o • 108 91 13 o Balance on this account . £ 2386 16 10 WIDOW ' FUND .

Receipts . Balance 31 st March , 1877 £ S 74 5 (> Donation from Grantl Lodge 300 o o „ Grand Chapter 50 o o „ Lodges ,

Chapters , and Individuals 5123 16 7 Annual Subscriptions ... 1305 4 6 Dividends on Stock in the Government Funds ... 54 6 11 10 Rent of Field and Interest .,. 30 8 3 Cash withdrawn from Call ... 1000 o o 7352 1 2

£ 10 , 930 6 8 EXPENDITURE . Annuitants £ 4 i 01 ° ° Deposited at Call 1000 o o Purchase of £ 112 *; . 3 per cent

Consols & Commission 1080 o o Office and thc Expenses ... 1450 1 2 6631 1 2 Balance on this Account £ 3299 S 1 >

Then we see that there is a Balance on Male account of ... ... 2386 16 10 „ Female 3299 5 6 „ Sustentation 45 15 « Total Balance as per Auditors'Report £ 5732 17 10

The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

We also note further that the permanent income of the Institution is as follows : — MALE FUND . Annual Grant from G . Lodge £ * ioo o o

, ; G . Chapter 100 o o Dividends on £ 30 , 870 Stock in the Government Funds 857 13 o _ ' ¦ £ 1457 13 c

WIDOWS' FUND . Annual Grant from G . Lodge £ 300 o o „ G . Chapter , 100 o o Dividends on £ 19 , 530 Stock in thc Government Funds ... ... 546 11 10 - — £ 946 " 10

SUSTENTATION OF BUILDING . Dividends on £ 1000 Stock in the Government Funds ... £ 30 0 o £ 2434 4 10 This is a most satisfactory return , reflecting

the hi ghest credit oil the management and managers of this excellent Institution , and we feel sure , that in answer to Bro . Terry ' s appeal , the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will continue to receive the warm support of our generous and philanthropic Craft .

The Contest For The Secretaryship Of The Girls' School.

THE CONTEST FOR THE SECRETARYSHIP OF THE GIRLS ' SCHOOL .

As it is quite clear from letters which we receive from time to time , that tha position of the Freemason is not understood on the present occasion , we wish to repeat that officially it is neutral altogether in the actual contest , and that while it is favourable to all the candidates it

specially patronizes none . We publish all statements of facts as to meetings in favour of the candidates , and reasonable suggestions emanating from them , but we do not think it needful to print letters in favour of this or that candidate , carefully remembering always Mrs . Malaprop ' s

favouritedictura , that " comparisons are odorous . " We should not even allow laudations of one candidate at the expense of another , though we are willing to advertize as a mere matter of business , all circulars . Our contemporary , the Philadelphia Ket / slone , finds fault with our mode of

procedure in the following words , in its impression of May 4 . " Candidates are already seeking the Secretaryship of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , London , lately vacated through the death of Bro . Little . One candidate publicly advertises himself as such , and promises

to send out a circular , in a few days , soliciting votes in his own behalf ! We are probably not any better or wiser than our English brethren , but we do not manage a matter of that kind precisely in that way . " Ourableand distinguished confrere forgets , that the electors with us are not

a committee , but the whole body of Vice-Patrons , Vice-Presidents , and Life Governors , and that candidates have no other possible course open to them . And we are of opinion Masonically , that it is by far the best course in every respect . It is , so we venture to assert , in the interests of

Masonic fair play , and above all the humbler candidates , that is those who have no connections among the upper ten thousand of Masonry . We do not believe in select committees , knowing the private and personal influences which are brought to bear upon them . It has been said , indeed , and perhaps truly , that men naturally

like a job , and we fear that , owing to an ingrained selfishness jobbery is more or less a normal condition of humanity . The remed y for it is not to be found , in our opinion , in select committees , even of Freemasons , but in public opinion and in enlarged constituencies . In this way the highest and humblest have humanly speaking equal chances .

The Muggeridge Testimonial.

THE MUGGERIDGE TESTIMONIAL .

Few brethren there are who have not heard of ' Old Mug , " fewer still who will not wish all health and happiness to a good old working Mason—a very skilful Preceptor of our old Masonic

lore . In our last impression we gave the faithful report of a very interesting meeting , at which a purse of £ 300 was presented to our good old friend and brother . No one who reads that account but will join in the fervent wish that Bro .

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