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CONTENTS .

LEADERS 501 H . R . H . the Late Dnke of Albany . —Special Grand Lodge 202 Hoard of Benevolence 203 Roval Masonic Institution for Girls 203 Ko ' val Masonic Institution for lioys 20 . 1

History of the Royal Masonic Institution for lioys IcmtiiutcJ ) 203 The Pope and the Freemasons 205 CoRREsrONDEXCEThe Last Roman Catholic Deliverance ... 10 ) The May Election 207 Our Lodge Numeration 207 Notes and Queries 207

Gould ' s History of Freemasonry . Vol . III . 20 S Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire 20 S The Moveable Grand Mark Lodge at York 20 S The Death of H . R . H . the Dnke of Alhanv , P . G . W ., & c 20 . ) Obituary 200

UF . I'ORTS OF M . VSOSU " , MF . F . TIXCSCraft Masonry 2 [ o Instruction 212 Royal Arch 31 } Mark Masonry 31 j Masonic and General Tidings 314 The Theatres 214 •Lodge Meetings for Next Week ... Page 3 Cover .

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THE Special Grand Lodge was held in Freemasons' Tavern on Thursday , under the presidency of the Marl of CARNARVON , Pro CM . Our noble brother opened the proceedings with a most eloquent and forcible address , and having moved the adoption of three addresses—to her Most Gracious Majesty the OUEEN , H . R . H . the GRAND MASTER , and H . R . H . the Duchess

of ALBANY—was seconded by Bro . \ V . W . B . BEACH , Prov . G . M . for Hampshire , who , as usual , spoke with much force and effect . The three addresses were unanimously agreed to in solemn silence , and were most feeling , forcible , and appropriate . We shall all with one heart and mind give our cordial and sympathetic assent to the regrets and sentiments so admirably expressed by our distinguished Bro . the PRO GRAND MASTER .

THF . Ouarterly Court of the Girls' School and its Election took place on Saturday last . Bro . Licut .-Col . CREATON was re-elected , amid hearty applause , Treasurer , and Bro . Ronr . RT GREY ' motion was carried . Twentythree g irls were elected out of 35 randidatcs . There were issue'd new

votes 33 , 784 , and carried forward 12 , 271 , in all 46 , 055 . The highest successful candidate polled 2427 votes , and the lowest 1137 . There were 34 . 793 polled f ° r tnc 2 3 successful , and 8896 for the 12 unsuccessful candidates . Bro . MATIER , Chairman of the Board of Scrutineers , announced the really unaccountable fact that there were 42 voting papers , representing

8 ^ votes , rejected . Twenty-one papers , with 42 votes , were not signed at all , and 21 papers , with 41 votes , either not Tilled in for any candidate or in excess of the number of votes . We cannot help feeling and saying that

such great" laches " on the part of someone constitute a serious reflection on the carefulness and presence of mind of those who have the conduct of our elections . At the first blush the reality seems almost unrealizable and incredible . »

THE Ouarterly Court and Election of the Boys' School drew a fair number of the * brethren together on Monday last . Bro . PLUCKNETT was unanimously re-elected Treasurer , and the usual normal business was transacted . Bro . M ARTIN ' S proposal for paying pupils in the School was rejected by a large majority . Bro . GODSON ' motion for a definite standard of

examination was carried , and the report of the House Committee adopted and referred back for carrying out . The poll was then declared open , and after a very close and animated contest , the Scrutineers announced that the hi ghest successful candidate had received 2911 votes , and the lowest 1760 . There were it seems 47 , 000 votes issued and 19 , 000 carried forward . Bro . MATIER

announced that the Scrutineers had dealt with nearly 51 , 000 votes for the successful candidates , that there were 251 spoilt votes ; as usual , some voting papers not signed at all , some not properly filled in . Though " mistakes will occur in the best regulated families , " yet we do not profess to realize the actuality of such remarkable carelessness .

# # A GOOD deal may be said " pro and con . " the question of " paying pupils" in our Schools . At the first blush , we confess we doubt the advisability or practicality of the proposal . Our Institutions were designed for the thorough education of the indigent children of deceased

or suffering Freemasons , and we fear that these propositions , however well intended , will land us eventually , as Bro . LE FEUVRE , from Hampshire , said very well , in great proprietary schools . Neither do we think that because the presentation system has been allowed , we therefore concede the principle of paying pupils side by side with foundation pupils ,

so to say . There is a tendency just now to keep changing all systems and schools , and the form and outcome of elcmosynary institutions , and we should prefer to " leave things well alone , " and keep before us the great idea of our admirable Schools , homes wherein the indigent youth of both sexes of

our Fraternity may receive a good , sound , serviceable , and useful education . At the same time we live in an age of movement and change . If there is any vitality or reality in the great and grave alteration proposed on Monday last in the constitution and arrangements of our Schools , it will

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yet again come to the fore . As at present advised , we do not , we repeat , see what good can result to our Schools from so great a deviation from the original design , or that our present liberal arrangements and provisions do not cover all the known wants and fair requirements of our provinces and our Brotherhood . * * *

WF . understand , though on no official authority of any kind , that the appointments for Grand Officers have been made for 1884-S 5 . Among those so selected by H . R . H . the GRAND MASTER are , we believe , Bros , Lord CREMORNI : and the Lord MAYOR , Grand Wardens ; Bros . Canon TRISTRAM and Dr . ROMUNS , Grand Chaplains ; Bros . F . DAVISON and

Baron Da FERRIERES , M . P ., Grand Senior Deacons ; Bros . Jas . Smith HASTES and E . LETCHWORTH , Grand Junior Deacons ; Bro . Major H , LococK , D . G . M . Lincolnshire , Grand Sword Bearer : Bro . Cul . TAYLOR ,

Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies ; Bro . GRII-TITHS-SMITII , Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies ; Bro . J . H . MATTHEWS , Grand Standard Bearer ; Bro . Professor E . M . LOTT , Grand Org . ; and !! . GARROD , Grand Assistant Pursuivant . »*»

WE believe that Bro . MCINTYRE , to the great regret of all the Craft , rotiroi from the office of Grand Registrarship , which he has filled so well , and is succeeded by Bro . PHILURICK , Q . C . In Bro . MCINTYRE the Grand Lodgo loses a most able and conscientious adviser , one whom it will be difficult to

replace , and than whom there is no more thorough master of Masonic Constitutional Law . We feel sure that we are expressing the feelings of the entire Craft when we repeat that his resignation of his high office will lie universally rcgrelted . # * #

IN the Times of Saturday last appears the following telegra phic message from Rome : "The Osservatore Romano and Mouiteur tie Rome publish this evening a brief official summary of the Encyclical letter which \ . rn XIII . has written on Freemasonry . In it His Holiness reminds the episcopate ihat many Roman Pontiffs , from CLEMENT XII . to Pit's IX ., have

denounced Freemasonry as an enemy , and pointed out the dangers to bo feared from it . He describes them himself at length . He says that , notwithstanding their iniquities , the Masonic societies have succeeded in ingratiating themselves with both princes and peoples , causing the princes to regard the Church with dislike , and the peoples thus to regard both the

Church and the princes ; while in truth the Church seeks to accomplish tho good of both the one and the other . Finally the POPE confirms and renews all the acts and dispositions of his predecessors against Freemasonry . He exhorts all the faithful to conform scrupulously to them , and points out to the bishops what means they should adopt

to prevent the increase of this sect . " In the Standard of Saturday we read : "The current statements respecting the expected Encyclical against Freemasonry are inexact . It has not yet been distributed to the Bishops , the intention being that it should be published in all parts of Christendom simultaneously . It has been first

despatched to the most distant countries . I am informed that much of the information on which the Encyclical is based has been derived from a mass of documents which , somewhat more than a year ago , were communicated to the Pope by a personage in a high position who once was a Freemason . " It would seem from thesameauthorityth . it "The Defense of this evening

publishes a detailed analysis of the Encyclical letter directed against Freemasonry shortly to be issued by the Pope . The letter points out that Freemasonry leads to the denial of God and of the immortality of the soul , thus destroying the moral basis of society , and ending in Communism , Socialism , and social subversion . His Holiness adds that secret societies excite the

people , and bring about revolutions , whereas the church supports authority and teaches obedience . The Poperecommcnds the Bishops to unmask the workmen of Satan by preaching , pastoral letters , and the organisation of Catholic Societies . " Weawait the full text of the Encyclical before we make any further remarks on this last developement of the Church of Rome , agreeing as we do

with the conclusion of the Times correspondent that " It is evident that the POPE judges , or thinks fit to judge , the Freemasons of all other countries from an exclusively Italian , or at any rate Continental standpoint . " Even

to take the " precis " of the alleged Encyclical , how can such foolish and petulant words be true of Anglo-Saxon Freemasons , than whom we venture to say a more loyal , reverential , charitable , and religiously minded bod y cannot be found on the earth ' s surface ?

# * # WE deeply regret to announce the death of Bro . DONALD DEWAR , the Assistant Grand Mark Secretary . He was well known to and highly appreciated by a large circle of Masonic friends , and his services to the Order have been continuous and conspicuous . His loss will be sincerely felt , and his departure from amongst us sincerely mourned .