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Masonic Notes And Queries.
knowledge , ever said so in print , either in his grand work on the " Lodge of Edinburgh , " or elsewhere , W . J . HUGHAN .
THE FOUR CROWNED MARTYRS . These words refer to one of the oldest legends of Freemasonry , most interesting to the Masonic student and archaeologist . The " Quatuor Coronati , " as they are called , and who are referred to in the Masonic poem under the head " Ars Quatuor Coronatorum , " are four working Masons , " quadratarii , " stone-squarers , who are
said in the reign of Diocletian to have been cast into the Tiber in leaden ceffins for refusing to make a statue to . . -Esculapius . The names are , however , not always given the same , and the legend in the Roman Catholic servicebooks is somewhat confused . In theSarum Missal , n ' -h century , under November 8 , and " Gtuatuor Coronati , " they are named Claudius , Nichostratus , Simphorianus ,
Castorius , and Simphcius , being actually five in number . Thebreviary of Spires , 1478 , and the Roman breviary of 1474 , term them Claudius , Symphorianus , Nichostratus , and Castorius . Some legendary books call them Sevcrus , Severianus , Carpophorus , and Victorious . In one of the Steinmetzen Constitutions the names thus run : Claudius , Chtisterius , and Significanus—three instead of four ; just
as m the Sarum Missal they are five instead of four , so here they are three instead of four . All this shows how uncertain they were about the actual names , though not of the fact itself ; and this we think a strong proof of the truth of the legend per se in some form or another . Whatever their actual names may have been , they weie in early times the patron saints of the Operative Guilds ,
and especially of the German Steinmetzen . Heideloff states in his " Bauhiitten des Mittelalters , " that many of the altars erected by the medireval German Steinmetzen were dedicated to the " seligen vier gekronten . " Mrs . Jameson , in her " Sacred and Legendary Art , " Mackey appositely points out , tells us that on the other side , cf the Esquilaine , and on the road leading from the Coliseum to
the Lateran , is the church of the " Quatuor Coronati , " the four crowned brothers . On this spot in the 4 th century were found , she also says , tbe bodies of four men who had been decapitated , whose names being then unknown , they were merely designated the " Quatuor Cotonati "—crowned , that is , with the crown of martyrdom . This church , Mrs . Jameson , says , is still held in much esteem and particular
respect by the builders and stonecutters of Rome . She has found allusions , she adds , not only in Roman art , but in Roman sculpture and glass , to the" Gtuatuor Coronati , " where they are always to be distinguished by the fact that they stand in a row , bearing palms with crowns on their heads and various Masonic implements at their feet—such
as the rule , the square , the mallet , and the chisel . As wc have said before , thc "Ars Gtuatuor Coronatorum" is found in our so far earliest Masonic document , the Halliwell MS . so-called , and where the Quatu-r are treated as a well-known legend , —so much so that their names are not given , though we are told of Those holy martyrs four That were in this Craft of great honour ; They were as good Masons as on earth shall go .
Who so well of their life will know , By the book he may it learn In thc legends of the Saints , The names of the four crowned ones . Their feast will be without denial After All Hallows the eighth day . Wc have been somewhat lengthy under this head , because
we think it is important that the whole matter should come clearly before us . Bro . Findel bases on this very " ars quatuor , " & c , his argument for the derivation of English Freemasonry from Germany . But the fact that the " . Quatuor Coronati " were in the Sarum Missal in the nth century , is surely the best answer to that supposition . In all probability the " ars quatuor " was originally an old
Latin legend , and if " Pars Oculi" ever turns up , will probably be found in it . The legend is a beautiful one per se , and in our humble opinion casts , so to say , a ray of light on the actual history of the early guids , which no doubt were guided and directed to a great extent by the religious confraternities , and had special Bulls for their incorporation and privileges from the Popes of Rome , as many writers affirm , which it is convenient for the
Ultramontanes now to forget . Freemasonry has never been hostile to religion in any age , nor really antagonistic to the Roman Catholic Church in any country , until forced into an attitude of opposition by the bitterness and calumnies of its assailants . Indeed , the later senseless charges of thc Roman Catholic Church against Freemasonry are alike piously perverse and historically untrue . —Kenning's Masonic Cyclopcedia .
Grand Lodge Of Quebec.
GRAND LODGE OF QUEBEC .
The following Grand Officers were elected for the year ensuing : — M . W . Bro . J . H . Graham G . M . R . W . Bro . C . Judge ( re-elected ) ... D . G . M . „ W . M . Lemesurier ... D . D . G . M . „ J . B . Charleson D . D . G . M . J . P . Martin D . D . G . M .
„ Arthur Lyons D . D . G . M . „ T . P . Butler G . S . W . „ G . R . Marvin G . J . W . „ Rev . J . Sciimger G . Chaplain . „ J . H . Stearns ... ... G . Treasurer . ,, J . H . Isaacson ... ... . Secretary . „ T . P . Prentiss ... ... G . Registrar . ,, Isaac Richardson ... ... G . Tylar . WORDSWORIH ' "COCA PILLS" the sncce & sfei remeely lor i- ' e'i'p ' e'sness , neuralgia , and Hay fever , fltt * per box . dlomce l-attiic Chemist , 6 , Sloans -street , London .
Grand Chapter Of Quebec.
GRAND CHAPTER OF QUEBEC .
We give the following extracts from the address of our respected friend , Bro . Graham , of Quebec :: Companions of the Holy Royal Arch : As your chief executive ofiiccr , it is my pleasing duty fraternally to welcome you to tliis , the third annual convocation oi the most excellent the Grand Chapter of
Royal Arch Freemasons of the Province of Quebec ;—to render to you an account of my stewardship;—to guide you in your present important deliberations ;—and to aid you in drafting your designs on the trestle-board of the future , so that the great vvoik entrusted to us may be carried on to th < s g lory of thc Grand Geometrician of the Universe , without whose blessing the craftsmen labour in vain . May
our work thus begun in order , be continued in peace , and closed in harmony . The year just closed has been one of concord and fraternal harmony , and the overseers and workmen have most commendably manifested theirdesire to lay the foundation of Capitular Masonry within our jurisdiction , wisely and well . No case of dissonance has been submitted to me for
adjudication ; and to the extent of my observation , it appears that the materials received for the erection of our superstructure , if not so great in quantity , have been of superior quality , and well fitted for the acceptance and approval of the chief overseers , and for the upbuilding and beautifying of our symbolic temple . It may moreover be
justly inferred that the increasing zeal and intelligence so happily being displayed in Craft Masonry , and the favourable davvnings of greater material prosperity , everywhere observable within our borders , will cause many of the more expert and able of Master Masons to seek exaltation to the Supreme Degree of the Royal Arch , and thus reach the perfect consummation of the labours and rewards of ancient Craft
Masonry . The following communication from His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , the Grand First Principal of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England , in reply to the address forwarded to him by this Grand Chapter , will be by you with the greatest satisfaction ; and the cause of the
delay in answering , arising from the universally lamented death of Her Royal Highness Princess Alice of Hesse Darmstadt , will meet vvith deep responsive sympathy in the heart of every Royal Arch companion , and of every member of our Order within our jurisdiction and throughout the Dominion .
Freemasons' Hall , Sir and Companion , London , 24 th January , 18 79 . I am commanded by His Hoyal Highness , the Prince of Wales , to acknowledge receipt of the fraternal address which you have been good enough to truismitto him in behalf of M . Ii . Grand / . and the Grind Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Quebec , and to apologize for the delay
which has taken place in such acknowledgment , a delay caused mainly by the almost constant absence of the Prince officially atthe French Exhibition and elsewhere ; during the summer and autumn cf the past year , and subsequently by a severe domestic affliction . His Royal Highness however now commands me to thank the companions of the Grand Chapter of Quebec most
sincerely for the good wishes expressed towards himself personally , and the Grand body over which he deems it an honour to preside ; and most especially for the sentiments of loyalty and attachment to which they give utterance , to Her Majesty his beloved mother the Queen , and for the blessings they have invoked on the Princess of Wales , and the members of the Royal family . The Prince is also much touched by the reference made
to the services rendered to Masonry in general by his illustrious ancestor the late Duke of Kent . In conclusion , I am to convey to tile Grand Chapter of Quebec , the most earnest wishes of the Most Excellent the First Principal of England , for its future success and prosperity . I have the honour to be , R . E . Grand Scribe E ., Yours sincerely and fraternally ,
JOHN HERVEY , E . Companion J . T . McMinn , G . S . E . 11 . E . Grand Scribe E ., Grand Chapter of Quebec . From time immemorial , it has been a custom among the Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , at thc request of a brother , to accompany his corpse to the place cf inter
ment , and there deposit his remains with the usual formalities ; " and although on this continent , the Holy Royal Arch , for its better governance , is under the authority of a separate Grand Body , yet it remains as ever an indivisible part , and is the copestone of ancient Craft Freemasonry , and hence has no need ofa separate form of burial service for its deceased members , as our companions clothed in their
distinctive regalia are wholly identified with the other members of our ancient Fraternity in the performance of the sad funeral rites . But as more especially in our day , many commendable benefit and other like societies have sprung into existence , and to one or more of which members of our Order may properly belong , and as some of these excellent bodies have adopted , or in part borrowed from the
Ciaft , a form of burial service , it becomes therefore highly desirable , that the immemorial principles and practice of our Order relating to burial should be fully understood and prudently cairied out . The rulers of the Craft should therefore always bear in mind , that it is only at the request of a brother , that his remains are to be honoured with Masonic burial , the formalities of which at the grave take
p lace immediately after the services of the church to which the deceased may have belonged or vvas in some way connected , anil the Masonic services close the last mournful rites . The Craft cannot , therefore , take part in or unite with any other body or bodies in having a double or triple funeral service at the grave . No member of our Fraternity should make a request to be buried by any society , if he
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desires Masonic rites of sepulture , but if he has done so , and if it is arranged that the burial services of any other body , except those of the church are to be performed , thc Craft cannot then ri ghtly perform any'burial service . This practice does not arise from any assumed superiority , or from any want of good-will to such societies on the part of our Fraternity , but because it is required by immemorial
custom , and is adhered to in order to have everything on such sad occasions , "done decently and in order , " and to promote peace , harmony , and concord . Although we arc members of the one of youngest and the smallest of Grand Chapters of Royal Arch Freemasons —and on account of our peculiar surroundings , we are not likely soon to have the large numerical increase enjoyed
in many other jurisdictions—yet we cannot but rejoice at the healthy growth and rapid extension of Capitular Mark and Craft Masonry in so many countries , on every continent , and on distant isles . In all free and enli ghtened nations Masonry is becoming a mighty power for good . Freedom and Freemasonry are twin-sisters . Human enlightenment and the li g ht of the
Craft spread alike together . Sound morality and the genuine principlesof our Order are one and inseparable . Wise government finds in our Fraternity a bulwark of loyalty . Benevolence finds in it a peennial fountain , and pure religion finds a hand-maid in our Frs ternity whose fundamental doctrines are the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of man .
Just rulers of nations deem it among their highest honours to be rulers in the Craft . Distinguished statasmen and learned divines , —eminent jurists , literati and scientists , —gentlemen of business and . of leisure , —and a host of good and true men of every rank , throng our temples . Methinks the golden age of our ancient Fraternity is
now dawning ; it is not mere enthusiasm to affirm that an unprophetic eye may see in the not distant future a grand realization of the vision of so many seers and sages of thc olden time , who beheld afar off the benign reign of human Fraternity . The hitherto most distant parts of this grand old world of ours are being brought nearer and nearer to each other
every year . Thc whole eatth is fast becoming one great neighbourhood , vvith all whose inhabitants we soon shall hold daily converse as neighbour vvith neighbour ; and it is no day-dream to predict that the time is at hand when from every clime the sovereign rulers and princes of the craft will readily and frequently assemble in a world's conclave for the consideration and promotion of the interests of our Universal Brotherhood . JOHN H . GRAHAM , Grand Z .
Grand Chapter Of Quebec.
GRAND CHAPTER OF QUEBEC .
At thc annual convocation of the R . oyal Arch Masons of the Province of Quebec , held on Tueselay evening , thc 23 rd ult ., thc following oflicers were elected : — M . E . Comp . J . Hamilton Graham ... G . Z . R . E . Comp . I . H . Stearns G . H . „ Frank Edgar ... ... G . J .
„ Angus Grant G . Scribe F .. „ J . W . Wiggctt G . Scribe N . „ Albert D . Nelson ... G . Treas . „ Samuel Kennedy ... G . Prin . Soj .
GlUND SUPEIUNTENDENTS OK DISTRICTS . R . E . Comp . John McLean , Montreal District . „ J . F . Thomas , Quebec District . „ James Addie , Eastern Townships District . Comp . John Porteous G . Janitor .
On Tuesday Prince Leopold , who is the guest of Mr . Mark Firth at Sheffield , visited the Norfolk Works of Messrs . Thomas Firth and Sons , SaviUc-street , where a 5-ton ingot of steel for a heavy gun was cast ; the Cyclops Works , belonging to Messrs . C . Cammell and Co ., [ where an armour plate for H . M . S . Hotspur was rolled ; the works of Messrs . Dixon and Sons ,
silversmiths and electro-platers ; and the cutlery works of Messrs . Rodgers and Sons . At Messrs . Dixon's he was presented with a silver pocket-flask , bearing a coronet and hi * monogram . Thc Prince met with an enthusiastic reception at the several works and in the streets . In the evening he was present at a ball given by Mr . Mark Firth .
The Alexandra Theatre , Liverpool > has been re-opened after extensive enlargements and alterations , which have occupied the past thiee months . The building will now contain an audience of about 3000 , representing £ 30 increase in the receipts . Bro . Toole , vvith his company , appeared ,
thc programme commencing with the singing of the National Anthem by the company . Mr . Barnard ' s comedy , " Artful Cards " was then played , followed by the larce of " Turning the Tables , " after which Bro . E . Salter , lessee and manager , delivered a speech . Both Bros . Toole and Saker were enthusiastically received by a crowded audience .
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popvtlalion . Under the genial , purifying , and strengthening powers exerted by this excellent medicine the tongue becomes clean , the appetite improves , digct-tion it quickened , and assimilation is rendered perfect . These Pills possess the highly estimable property of cleansing the entire mass of blood ; which , in its renovated condition , carries purity , strength , and vigour to every tissue of the body . —[ ABVT . J
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Masonic Notes And Queries.
knowledge , ever said so in print , either in his grand work on the " Lodge of Edinburgh , " or elsewhere , W . J . HUGHAN .
THE FOUR CROWNED MARTYRS . These words refer to one of the oldest legends of Freemasonry , most interesting to the Masonic student and archaeologist . The " Quatuor Coronati , " as they are called , and who are referred to in the Masonic poem under the head " Ars Quatuor Coronatorum , " are four working Masons , " quadratarii , " stone-squarers , who are
said in the reign of Diocletian to have been cast into the Tiber in leaden ceffins for refusing to make a statue to . . -Esculapius . The names are , however , not always given the same , and the legend in the Roman Catholic servicebooks is somewhat confused . In theSarum Missal , n ' -h century , under November 8 , and " Gtuatuor Coronati , " they are named Claudius , Nichostratus , Simphorianus ,
Castorius , and Simphcius , being actually five in number . Thebreviary of Spires , 1478 , and the Roman breviary of 1474 , term them Claudius , Symphorianus , Nichostratus , and Castorius . Some legendary books call them Sevcrus , Severianus , Carpophorus , and Victorious . In one of the Steinmetzen Constitutions the names thus run : Claudius , Chtisterius , and Significanus—three instead of four ; just
as m the Sarum Missal they are five instead of four , so here they are three instead of four . All this shows how uncertain they were about the actual names , though not of the fact itself ; and this we think a strong proof of the truth of the legend per se in some form or another . Whatever their actual names may have been , they weie in early times the patron saints of the Operative Guilds ,
and especially of the German Steinmetzen . Heideloff states in his " Bauhiitten des Mittelalters , " that many of the altars erected by the medireval German Steinmetzen were dedicated to the " seligen vier gekronten . " Mrs . Jameson , in her " Sacred and Legendary Art , " Mackey appositely points out , tells us that on the other side , cf the Esquilaine , and on the road leading from the Coliseum to
the Lateran , is the church of the " Quatuor Coronati , " the four crowned brothers . On this spot in the 4 th century were found , she also says , tbe bodies of four men who had been decapitated , whose names being then unknown , they were merely designated the " Quatuor Cotonati "—crowned , that is , with the crown of martyrdom . This church , Mrs . Jameson , says , is still held in much esteem and particular
respect by the builders and stonecutters of Rome . She has found allusions , she adds , not only in Roman art , but in Roman sculpture and glass , to the" Gtuatuor Coronati , " where they are always to be distinguished by the fact that they stand in a row , bearing palms with crowns on their heads and various Masonic implements at their feet—such
as the rule , the square , the mallet , and the chisel . As wc have said before , thc "Ars Gtuatuor Coronatorum" is found in our so far earliest Masonic document , the Halliwell MS . so-called , and where the Quatu-r are treated as a well-known legend , —so much so that their names are not given , though we are told of Those holy martyrs four That were in this Craft of great honour ; They were as good Masons as on earth shall go .
Who so well of their life will know , By the book he may it learn In thc legends of the Saints , The names of the four crowned ones . Their feast will be without denial After All Hallows the eighth day . Wc have been somewhat lengthy under this head , because
we think it is important that the whole matter should come clearly before us . Bro . Findel bases on this very " ars quatuor , " & c , his argument for the derivation of English Freemasonry from Germany . But the fact that the " . Quatuor Coronati " were in the Sarum Missal in the nth century , is surely the best answer to that supposition . In all probability the " ars quatuor " was originally an old
Latin legend , and if " Pars Oculi" ever turns up , will probably be found in it . The legend is a beautiful one per se , and in our humble opinion casts , so to say , a ray of light on the actual history of the early guids , which no doubt were guided and directed to a great extent by the religious confraternities , and had special Bulls for their incorporation and privileges from the Popes of Rome , as many writers affirm , which it is convenient for the
Ultramontanes now to forget . Freemasonry has never been hostile to religion in any age , nor really antagonistic to the Roman Catholic Church in any country , until forced into an attitude of opposition by the bitterness and calumnies of its assailants . Indeed , the later senseless charges of thc Roman Catholic Church against Freemasonry are alike piously perverse and historically untrue . —Kenning's Masonic Cyclopcedia .
Grand Lodge Of Quebec.
GRAND LODGE OF QUEBEC .
The following Grand Officers were elected for the year ensuing : — M . W . Bro . J . H . Graham G . M . R . W . Bro . C . Judge ( re-elected ) ... D . G . M . „ W . M . Lemesurier ... D . D . G . M . „ J . B . Charleson D . D . G . M . J . P . Martin D . D . G . M .
„ Arthur Lyons D . D . G . M . „ T . P . Butler G . S . W . „ G . R . Marvin G . J . W . „ Rev . J . Sciimger G . Chaplain . „ J . H . Stearns ... ... G . Treasurer . ,, J . H . Isaacson ... ... . Secretary . „ T . P . Prentiss ... ... G . Registrar . ,, Isaac Richardson ... ... G . Tylar . WORDSWORIH ' "COCA PILLS" the sncce & sfei remeely lor i- ' e'i'p ' e'sness , neuralgia , and Hay fever , fltt * per box . dlomce l-attiic Chemist , 6 , Sloans -street , London .
Grand Chapter Of Quebec.
GRAND CHAPTER OF QUEBEC .
We give the following extracts from the address of our respected friend , Bro . Graham , of Quebec :: Companions of the Holy Royal Arch : As your chief executive ofiiccr , it is my pleasing duty fraternally to welcome you to tliis , the third annual convocation oi the most excellent the Grand Chapter of
Royal Arch Freemasons of the Province of Quebec ;—to render to you an account of my stewardship;—to guide you in your present important deliberations ;—and to aid you in drafting your designs on the trestle-board of the future , so that the great vvoik entrusted to us may be carried on to th < s g lory of thc Grand Geometrician of the Universe , without whose blessing the craftsmen labour in vain . May
our work thus begun in order , be continued in peace , and closed in harmony . The year just closed has been one of concord and fraternal harmony , and the overseers and workmen have most commendably manifested theirdesire to lay the foundation of Capitular Masonry within our jurisdiction , wisely and well . No case of dissonance has been submitted to me for
adjudication ; and to the extent of my observation , it appears that the materials received for the erection of our superstructure , if not so great in quantity , have been of superior quality , and well fitted for the acceptance and approval of the chief overseers , and for the upbuilding and beautifying of our symbolic temple . It may moreover be
justly inferred that the increasing zeal and intelligence so happily being displayed in Craft Masonry , and the favourable davvnings of greater material prosperity , everywhere observable within our borders , will cause many of the more expert and able of Master Masons to seek exaltation to the Supreme Degree of the Royal Arch , and thus reach the perfect consummation of the labours and rewards of ancient Craft
Masonry . The following communication from His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , the Grand First Principal of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England , in reply to the address forwarded to him by this Grand Chapter , will be by you with the greatest satisfaction ; and the cause of the
delay in answering , arising from the universally lamented death of Her Royal Highness Princess Alice of Hesse Darmstadt , will meet vvith deep responsive sympathy in the heart of every Royal Arch companion , and of every member of our Order within our jurisdiction and throughout the Dominion .
Freemasons' Hall , Sir and Companion , London , 24 th January , 18 79 . I am commanded by His Hoyal Highness , the Prince of Wales , to acknowledge receipt of the fraternal address which you have been good enough to truismitto him in behalf of M . Ii . Grand / . and the Grind Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Quebec , and to apologize for the delay
which has taken place in such acknowledgment , a delay caused mainly by the almost constant absence of the Prince officially atthe French Exhibition and elsewhere ; during the summer and autumn cf the past year , and subsequently by a severe domestic affliction . His Royal Highness however now commands me to thank the companions of the Grand Chapter of Quebec most
sincerely for the good wishes expressed towards himself personally , and the Grand body over which he deems it an honour to preside ; and most especially for the sentiments of loyalty and attachment to which they give utterance , to Her Majesty his beloved mother the Queen , and for the blessings they have invoked on the Princess of Wales , and the members of the Royal family . The Prince is also much touched by the reference made
to the services rendered to Masonry in general by his illustrious ancestor the late Duke of Kent . In conclusion , I am to convey to tile Grand Chapter of Quebec , the most earnest wishes of the Most Excellent the First Principal of England , for its future success and prosperity . I have the honour to be , R . E . Grand Scribe E ., Yours sincerely and fraternally ,
JOHN HERVEY , E . Companion J . T . McMinn , G . S . E . 11 . E . Grand Scribe E ., Grand Chapter of Quebec . From time immemorial , it has been a custom among the Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons , at thc request of a brother , to accompany his corpse to the place cf inter
ment , and there deposit his remains with the usual formalities ; " and although on this continent , the Holy Royal Arch , for its better governance , is under the authority of a separate Grand Body , yet it remains as ever an indivisible part , and is the copestone of ancient Craft Freemasonry , and hence has no need ofa separate form of burial service for its deceased members , as our companions clothed in their
distinctive regalia are wholly identified with the other members of our ancient Fraternity in the performance of the sad funeral rites . But as more especially in our day , many commendable benefit and other like societies have sprung into existence , and to one or more of which members of our Order may properly belong , and as some of these excellent bodies have adopted , or in part borrowed from the
Ciaft , a form of burial service , it becomes therefore highly desirable , that the immemorial principles and practice of our Order relating to burial should be fully understood and prudently cairied out . The rulers of the Craft should therefore always bear in mind , that it is only at the request of a brother , that his remains are to be honoured with Masonic burial , the formalities of which at the grave take
p lace immediately after the services of the church to which the deceased may have belonged or vvas in some way connected , anil the Masonic services close the last mournful rites . The Craft cannot , therefore , take part in or unite with any other body or bodies in having a double or triple funeral service at the grave . No member of our Fraternity should make a request to be buried by any society , if he
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desires Masonic rites of sepulture , but if he has done so , and if it is arranged that the burial services of any other body , except those of the church are to be performed , thc Craft cannot then ri ghtly perform any'burial service . This practice does not arise from any assumed superiority , or from any want of good-will to such societies on the part of our Fraternity , but because it is required by immemorial
custom , and is adhered to in order to have everything on such sad occasions , "done decently and in order , " and to promote peace , harmony , and concord . Although we arc members of the one of youngest and the smallest of Grand Chapters of Royal Arch Freemasons —and on account of our peculiar surroundings , we are not likely soon to have the large numerical increase enjoyed
in many other jurisdictions—yet we cannot but rejoice at the healthy growth and rapid extension of Capitular Mark and Craft Masonry in so many countries , on every continent , and on distant isles . In all free and enli ghtened nations Masonry is becoming a mighty power for good . Freedom and Freemasonry are twin-sisters . Human enlightenment and the li g ht of the
Craft spread alike together . Sound morality and the genuine principlesof our Order are one and inseparable . Wise government finds in our Fraternity a bulwark of loyalty . Benevolence finds in it a peennial fountain , and pure religion finds a hand-maid in our Frs ternity whose fundamental doctrines are the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of man .
Just rulers of nations deem it among their highest honours to be rulers in the Craft . Distinguished statasmen and learned divines , —eminent jurists , literati and scientists , —gentlemen of business and . of leisure , —and a host of good and true men of every rank , throng our temples . Methinks the golden age of our ancient Fraternity is
now dawning ; it is not mere enthusiasm to affirm that an unprophetic eye may see in the not distant future a grand realization of the vision of so many seers and sages of thc olden time , who beheld afar off the benign reign of human Fraternity . The hitherto most distant parts of this grand old world of ours are being brought nearer and nearer to each other
every year . Thc whole eatth is fast becoming one great neighbourhood , vvith all whose inhabitants we soon shall hold daily converse as neighbour vvith neighbour ; and it is no day-dream to predict that the time is at hand when from every clime the sovereign rulers and princes of the craft will readily and frequently assemble in a world's conclave for the consideration and promotion of the interests of our Universal Brotherhood . JOHN H . GRAHAM , Grand Z .
Grand Chapter Of Quebec.
GRAND CHAPTER OF QUEBEC .
At thc annual convocation of the R . oyal Arch Masons of the Province of Quebec , held on Tueselay evening , thc 23 rd ult ., thc following oflicers were elected : — M . E . Comp . J . Hamilton Graham ... G . Z . R . E . Comp . I . H . Stearns G . H . „ Frank Edgar ... ... G . J .
„ Angus Grant G . Scribe F .. „ J . W . Wiggctt G . Scribe N . „ Albert D . Nelson ... G . Treas . „ Samuel Kennedy ... G . Prin . Soj .
GlUND SUPEIUNTENDENTS OK DISTRICTS . R . E . Comp . John McLean , Montreal District . „ J . F . Thomas , Quebec District . „ James Addie , Eastern Townships District . Comp . John Porteous G . Janitor .
On Tuesday Prince Leopold , who is the guest of Mr . Mark Firth at Sheffield , visited the Norfolk Works of Messrs . Thomas Firth and Sons , SaviUc-street , where a 5-ton ingot of steel for a heavy gun was cast ; the Cyclops Works , belonging to Messrs . C . Cammell and Co ., [ where an armour plate for H . M . S . Hotspur was rolled ; the works of Messrs . Dixon and Sons ,
silversmiths and electro-platers ; and the cutlery works of Messrs . Rodgers and Sons . At Messrs . Dixon's he was presented with a silver pocket-flask , bearing a coronet and hi * monogram . Thc Prince met with an enthusiastic reception at the several works and in the streets . In the evening he was present at a ball given by Mr . Mark Firth .
The Alexandra Theatre , Liverpool > has been re-opened after extensive enlargements and alterations , which have occupied the past thiee months . The building will now contain an audience of about 3000 , representing £ 30 increase in the receipts . Bro . Toole , vvith his company , appeared ,
thc programme commencing with the singing of the National Anthem by the company . Mr . Barnard ' s comedy , " Artful Cards " was then played , followed by the larce of " Turning the Tables , " after which Bro . E . Salter , lessee and manager , delivered a speech . Both Bros . Toole and Saker were enthusiastically received by a crowded audience .
HOLLOW-AY ' PILLS are the medicine most in repute tor curing the multifarious mala / lies which beset mankind wliMi dry , sultry weather suddenly gives pla / o to chilly , drenching elays . Intact , these- Pills offer relief even if they fail of provini ; an absolute remedy in all the disturbances o ! digestion , circiilition , an-1 nervous tone which occasionally oppress a vast portion ut the
popvtlalion . Under the genial , purifying , and strengthening powers exerted by this excellent medicine the tongue becomes clean , the appetite improves , digct-tion it quickened , and assimilation is rendered perfect . These Pills possess the highly estimable property of cleansing the entire mass of blood ; which , in its renovated condition , carries purity , strength , and vigour to every tissue of the body . —[ ABVT . J