Toleration And Father Foy.

TOLERATION AND FATHER FOY .

To ihe Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — As " a Free and Accepted Mason , " I undertake to prove that Freemasonry is as infinitely superior to Father Foy ' s Order as light is to darkness , or as the undisguised and always loyal proceedings of honest and candid men

are to the trickeries and mysteries of an affiliation , who presumes to think their mere doctrines infallible , and who , like Iago , put money in their purse by preying upon the weakness of those who reject the commands of the Bible and accept their own instead . History informs me that for ages thc Masonic brotherhood have maintained their ground in every country to which the glorious institution

has reached , and that in none has it been more honoured than in . those continental countries where thc Roman Catholic religion was that of thc State . And why ? Its great and Christianlike object is to bind man to man in a brotherhood of kindness and feeling ; it relieves the wants of others , careless ot its own ; it supports the widow and maintains the orphan , acts as the Samaritan to the

wayfarer and weary , and , at a word , performs all those offices of Christian charity , duty , and love , which Christ himself insists on as the end and aim of the Godlike mission which it was the will of the Father that he should come on earth to undertake . In every country has Masonry been welcomed , for its principles are loyal and true , and its utility apparent , and

from no country has it been banished as having interfered with the interests of law and order , or having intermeddled with State affairs with which it had no possible concern . But can Father Foy give thc same satisfactory estimate of the mission of his Order ? or can he point to a single Catholic—Roman Catholic—country in Europe from whence some one Order or other of his Church have not had notice

to quit within a certain time , under the penalty of being driven forth as peacebreakers , malcontents , firebands , and rebels against constituted authority even of the most orthodox kind . If I wished to run my letter to unreasonable length , I might travel back to the Popes themselves , scores of whom by their lives , and actions , ought to bring a blush into the cheek of any Christian man even to name ,

while at the same period of time thc leaders of Masonry were perfecting their great scheme , and endeavouring to undo what the Papacy had done ; I might then travel into the history of the Jesuits , and prove the grasping , griping , mercenary nature of their policy , which in its celebrated proclamation of " the end sanctions the means " is at once a test of the purity of the proclaimcrs and of the apostolic

character of their views . Before I conclude I have a few words to say to the Roman Catholic laity , which I hope they will take in good part . Most of them must have either read or heard of Father Tom Maguire , the powerful champion of their faith , in his defence of his Church in his discussion with the Rev . Mr . Pope , which was a battle fought by intellectual giants . As a theologian , who would

think of comparing Father Foy with Father Maguire ? Well , Father Tom Maguire , the renowned controversialist , was initiated a Freemason in Masonic Lodge 187 , Drumkeircn , county Lcitrim , Ireland , where he was for a long time parish priest , and I understand the records of thc lodge would attest to the membership of other excellent clergymen of the same faith before his time . But that

contemptible bigotry which would deny thc privilege to Roman Catholics is only pan and parcel of that blighting , narrowminded Ultraniontanism which has disgraced this happy country . The respectable and ever loyal body of Freemasons can well afford to treat with supreme contempt , as they do , such an odious comparison which is made between their society—whose principles all over the universe are

"J ustice , Morality , Friendship , and Brotherly Love "—and that atrocious bloodstained Ribbonism and Fenianism , whose diabolical but priestly patronized practices are , unfortunately for many , now too well known . I am , Sir , yours obediently , FHEDK . LAMBERT . Hull , 14 th Nov ., 1876 .

ADMISSION OF CANDIDATES . To Ihe Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I have duly read " East Lancashire " and " Somerset " on the above subject , and have myself often wondered that a more general system of admitting members was not adopted . Now in the province to which I belong ,

West Yorkshire , we have a P . G . bye-law , which requires every lodge which has a proposition of a gentleman who does not reside in the town where the lodge is held to apply to the nearest lodge for particulars as to his qualifications , or otherwise , the result of which is read out in open lodge immediately before thc ballot is taken . Now why cannot Grand Lodge take this matter up and make

a system , which works well in one province , extend throughout thc whole of its jurisdiction . By that means such occurrences as named by "Somerset" would be avoided . I should be happy to forward you one of the forms , Mr . Editor , if you think it worth your while to go further into the matter . Yours fraternally , November 18 th , 1876 . YORKSHIRE .

The Deputy Provincial Grand Master Of Suffolk

THE DEPUTY PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER OF SUFFOLK

Our much respected brother , the Rev . C . J . Martyn , Past Grand Chaplain of England , Rector of Long Melford , Suffolk , and Rural Dean of Sudbury , has been appointed

by the R . W . P . G . M . of Suffolk , Lord Waveney , Deputy Provincial Grand Master , in the room of the late venerated Bro . the Rev . E . I . Lockwood . There are of course brethren of higher social rank than

The Deputy Provincial Grand Master Of Suffolk

Bro . Martyn , but there could not be one more widely known , more universally respected and beloved , more popular in the best sense of the word , than our reverend brother , and we may add no one more throughly entitled to fill the important post to which he has been appointed by the noble Lord who rules the Province so wisely and so well . Bro . Martyn is a very distinguished Mason , and a

brief record of his Masonic career will be of interest , at all events to his brethren in Suffolk . Unlike his predecessor , who was content to walk in thc narrow groove of Craft Masonry and rarely attended a meeting even of thc Royal Arch , thc subject of this notice has seen so much that is excellent in the high degrees , like many of the distinguished chiefs under whom he . has

served , that he has risen to high rank in all the Orders allied to the Craft , either nearly or remotely , having filled the Office of Grand Chaplain in the Mark Grand Lodge ; Grand Aide de Camp in the Grand Conclave of Knights Templar ; Grand Prelate of the Order of Rome and Constantine . He is also a member of the Metropolitan Rose Croix Chapter . Many Lodges will rejoice in the new

honour conferred on our distinguished brother , for we find he is a member of thc St . Andrew ' s at Gorleston , consecrated by him the other day ; the St Kew , Weston Super Mate ; the Apollo and Churchill , of Oxford ; the Foundation of Cheltenham , the Royal Gloucestershire , of Gloucester , the Harrow Lodge , the Westminster and Keystone , Alpha , and United , of London ; thc Piincc of Wales

Ipswich ; St Edmund's Lodge , Bury , Stour Valley , Sudbury ; & c . To show in what high estimation Bro . Martyn is held by the magnates of the Order we may mention that in 18 75 ; he was proposed by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales and seconded by Lord Skelmersdale as a joining member ol the Royal Alpha Lodge , which is limited to ^ members .

Last July , when Lord Carnarvon consecrated the United Ledge No . 1629 , Bro . Martyn was appointed its first Secr ; tary . In this lodge there are only 24 members , 15 of whom are Peers of the Realm . Besides being a Past Grand Chaplain of England , Bro . Martyn is P . P . G . Sec . of Oxfordshire , P . P . G . J . W . of Gloucestershire , P . P . G . Chaplain of Middlesex , and Past Grand Principal Sojourner Royal Arch . During the time

he was Grand Chaplain the inhabitants of Cheltenham presented him with his portrait in the regalia of Grand Lodge , and we remember seeing it exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1870 . It was a speaking likeness , but caused considerable wonderment amongst the uninitiated , and it is said some countrymen were overheard discussing it for some time with a very puzzled air , and at last decided that it was " one of them blowed Ritualists . "

Some years ago the P . G . Lodge of Suffolk met at Sudbury , and through the bigotry and intolerance of the Rector there , the use of thc Parish Church was refused to the Masons , we believe on the ground that they were Atheists . Bro . Martyn immediately suggested that the brethren should attend divine Service at his own beautiful Church at Long Melford , a distance of two or three miles ,

and conveyances were provided to take them there . We shall never forget that visit , for Long Melford is a very picturesque village , and its church one of the grandest in Suffolk , and we need hardly say we had a beautiful service and a fine sermon from Bro . Martyn in " The True Masonic Temple" which was afterwards published .

We met Bro . Martyn at the interesting gathering in Gloucester two or three yeais ago , when the Masons under Lord Sherborn , P . G . M ., unveiled the splendid Reredos at the Cathedral , which they had presented , and wc could not fail to sec how greatly respected and affectionately esteemed he appeared to be by the brethren there .

In a recent number of the " Masonic Magazine , " the following passage occurs . * " We venture to think that if all Provincial Grand Masters made it a point of visiting every Lodge in their Province , where it is a small one , once a year , and where thc Province is large , as in E . and W . Lancashire , once in every two or three years , it would tend to uniformity

of working , would bring them face to face with the real working Masons , and not merely the ornamental ones , and thc result would be a better selection of Provincial Grand Officers than is now often made , the doing away of many abuses that now exist , and it would prevent much of that heartburning and petty jealousy , which unhappily have an existence even amongst Masons . Il

often happens however that the P . G . M . is a nobleman whose political or other public avocations prevent his paying that attention to thc duties of his high office which his station demands . In such cases wc submit he should appoint as his Deputj an energetic brother of good social standing , a long purse , and much leisure . Such men , and they are to be found , we are persuaded , in

every province , might worthily fulfil the duties delegated to them to the advancement of Masonry in general and their own province in particular . " Bro . Martyn is just such a brother as is here depicted , and the province of Suffolk is to be congratulated on having so good a Mason as its Deputy Provincial Grand Master .

HOLLOWAY ' S PILLS AND OINTMKXT . —If this Ointment were well rubbed into Ihe * throat and chest at the lirst appearance of huskinessaml diificulty of breathing , many an attack of dipthcria , bronchitis and croup would be at on ' cc arrested , and many a bright life spared j all thc lnllammatory diseases of the throat and air passages are most dangerous , frequently fatal , especially in children anil young people , ami if imperfectly cured the ill effects they leave behind them often end in pulmonary consumption , that scourge ol the Anglo-Saxon race . No mother or nurse but should have these remedies at hand , and in all households-. Holloway ' s medicines should be kept as a safeguard and a protection against the countless ills that tlcsh is heir to . —AIIVT ,

The Province Of Norfolk.

THE PROVINCE OF NORFOLK .

INSTALLATION OF LORD SUFFIELD AS PRO - VINCIAL GRAND MASTER BY HIS ROYAL . HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , M . W G . M .

Monday last was observed as a general holiday in the ancient city of Norwich , which day the Prince of Wales had appointed for the installation of a Provincial Grand Master in the room of Bro . the Hon . F . Walpole , deceased . Strange to say , the date selected was that on which the deceased

brother was installed in the same office by Lord Skelmersdale , D . G . M ., a twelvemonth ago ; but this fact was not present to the Prince of Wales ' s mind when he made choice of the day . The announcement that His Royal Highness would visit Norwich was sufficient to attract large

bodies of Freemasons and of the general public from all parts of Norfolk and the neighbouring counties , and as he was to he accompanied b y the Princess of Wales it was certain that the number of visitors would be larger than if His Royal Highness went alone . On the same day

a meeting was to be held in St . Andrew ' s Hall to further the scheme for raising £ 3 ^ , 000 for the enlargement of the Norfolk and Norwich County Hospital , at which meeting both their Royal Highnesses were to be present , and the Prince of Wales himself was to move a

resolution . Although this object was not exclusively Masonic , still as thc Norfolk and Norwich Hospital is not forgotten by the Freemasons of the province when they meet in Provincial Grand Lodge , a reference to this general subject will not be out of place in the " Freemason "

when reporting a Masonic ceremony in ths province . The meeting in St . Andrew ' s Hall was first held , the Earl of Leicester presiding , and on the occasion the hall was crowded with the rank , beauty , and fashion of the county . The splendid hall was magnificently decorated , and

the brilliant company , which was for the greater part composed of ladies , whose elegant attire blended well with the gay colours in the pictures of Norfolk celebrities with which the walls are covered , formed a spectacle such as is not often witnessed . Ihe orchestral platform in frcnt of

the organ was covered with crimson baize , and this bright colour was modified by a plentiful supply of massive evergreens and numerous devices of bannerets placed in positions which would give the greatest possible effect . On this platform were some 200 or

300 ladies and gentlemen , the ladies preponderating . Among this company were Lord and Lad y Stafford , Lord Waveney , R . W . P . G . M . Suffolk ; Lady Bayning , Lady Crossley , Lord Sondes , Sir W . Ffolkes and Lady Ffolkes , the Bishop of . Norwich , Mrs . and Miss Pelham , Sir F . and Lady Boileau , Sir

R . and Lady Buxton , Sir W . and Lady Foster , the Dean of Norwich and Mrs . Goulburn , the Mayor of Norwich and Mrs . Coller , the Sheriff of Norwich and Mrs . Cadge , Mr . Clare S . Read , M . P . ; Colonel Duff , M . P . j Mr . J . J . Colman , M . P ., and Mrs . Colman , Jhe Archdeacon , and others .

It had been arranged for the Prince and Princess ' s convenience that the proceedings at this meeting should be very short , as there was much business to be done in the brief space of time they could spare for their visit . They were to arrive at the railway station at one

o ' clock , then to attend this meeting ; afterwards to lunch with the Bishop of Norwich at a quartet to two ; at three o ' clock the Prince was to instal Lord Suffield as Provincial Grand Master ; the Princess was to pay a private visit to the Cathedral ; and at half-past four a special train was to convey

the distinguished visitors to Gunton Hall , the seat of Lord Suffield . The speeches , therefore , at the hospital meeting were very concise , and the result showed that they were entirely to the point . The Earl of Leicester , thoug h not a Mason , certainly made a very Masonic speech , for

in stating the claims of the city and county hospital he remarked that the people had lately been asked to subscribe in aid of the sick and wounded in foreign countries . That day , however , they were asked to subscribe to their own sick , and he thought that charity should begin at home , and that the just wants of our own deserving