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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS . OF ENGLAND AND WALES , AND THE COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES OFTHE BlVlTISHCROWN . THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF KINTORE , M . W . G . M . THE RIGHT HON . LORD EGERTON OF TATTON , R . W . D . G . M : A MOVEABLE GRAND LODGE will be held on the invitation of the R . W . Provincial Grand Mark Matter , the Dep . Prov . Grand Mark Master , and the Brethren of the Province of Devonshire , AT THE ROYAL PUBLIC ROOMS , EXETER , Ou WEDNESDAY , lhc 6 th of AUGUST , 1 SS 4 , at which all legally advanced Mark Master Masons may be present . Grand Lodge will be opened at Four o ' clock prompt . By command of the M . W . Grand Master . FREDERICK BINCKES , P . G . J . W ., Grand Secretary . Ollice—SA , Red Lion-square , London , W . C , 15 th July , 1 SS 4 . BUSINESS . Open Granu Looge in Form . Proposed by M . W . Bro . Canon PORTAL , M . A .., H . G . M . M . M . — " That the sum of 10 guineas be voted to ' . Ihe Hughan Testimonial Fund . '" General Business . Close Grand Lodge . A Banquet will take place at 5-3 ° o ' clock precisely , at thc Rougemont Hotel . 'Tickets 5 s . each ( exclusive of Wine- ) r _ ., c 1 c N . B . —To facilitate the arrangements for the comfort ot the Brethren attending the Banquet , application for Tickets must be made not later than Saturday , 2 nd August , to XV . Bro . G . F . GRATWTCKE , Prov . Grand Sec , Raleigh Lodge , St . 'Thomas , Exeter . RAILWAY A RRANGEMENTS . The Great Western Railway and London and South Western Railway have consented to issue Return 'Tickets , 1 st and 2 nd Class , at a Fare and a Quarter , available from Tuesday , 5 th , to Saturday , < jth , August , from all Stations on their systems to Exeter , on production of Masonic Clothing to the Booking Clerk . By command of the M . W . G . M . M . M . Brethren will appear in Masonic Mourning .

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A BROTHER P . M . seeks Employment as WORKING FOREMAN , well up in Gas-Bell ( Electric ); Hot-Water Stove Range and Locksmith ; the Lathe , Brass-finishing , Bronzing , and Lacquering , Xc , can estimate and keep books . —Address , W . R . S ., care of Mr . Wade , 99 , Battersea Park-road , South Lambeth .

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( EtiucattcmaL ULWICH HOUSE SCHOOL , VICTORIA ROAD , UPPER NORWOOD , S . E . ( Within seven minutes' of the Crystal Palace ) . PRINCIPAL : Mr . J . K . BARNES , LONDON U NIVERSITY . ( Late Upper Fifth-Form Master , Bedford Modern School , Harpur Foundation . ) RESIDENT STAFE : Classics : Mr . W . P . EVANS , M . A . ( 2 nd Class Classical Tripos , 1 S 77 . ) ( Late Foundation Scholar , Sidney Sussex College , Cambridge . ) English Language and Literature : The PRINCIPAL . Mathematics and Science : P . / . ROUND , B . A . ( Mathematical Tripos , 1 SS 2 . ) . ( Late Scholar St . Katharine ' s College , Cambridge . ) Modern Languages : The PRINCIPAL , VISITING STAKE : Modern Languages : Monsieur EUGENE FASNACHT . ( Late Senior Modern Language Master , Bedford Modern School . Editor of Macmillan ' s Foreign Classics . ) Science : Rev . J . G . WOOD , M . A ., KL . S ., and Prof . C . P . MORRIS , Geology and Phys . Geog . ; and such other qualified and experienced Masters as the requirements of the Pupils may demand . References kindly permitted to . Rev . R . B . Poole , B . D ., Bed . Mod . School , Bedford . Alex . Waugh Young , M . A ., Tettenhall College , Stafford-G . M . Hicks , M . A ., 5 , South-row , Blackheath , S . E . E . F . Ashworth Briggs , M . A ., L . L . M ., 15 , New Street , Rev . A ^ Lloyd i M-A ., Norton Rectory , Bury St . Edmunds . C . L . Peel , Esq ., C . B ., Woodcraft , Cuckheld , Sussex . Major Ed . Green , St . Mary's , Bedford . ¦ J . D . Rodger , Esq ., College Lawn , Cheltenham . C . P . Mason , B . A ., F . C . P ., Dukesell , Streatham Hill , S . E .

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HIGH-CLASS PRIVATE SCHOOL THEOBALD'S PARK , WALTHAM CROSS , LONDON , N . PRINCIPAL : Rev . J . OSWALD JACKSON , Assisted by Five Masters . Limited number of Gentlemen ' s Sons ; motherly care for delicate pupils ; individual teaching for backward ones ; olaveround of six acres . ..,,. ,,,., r , First "lass Honours gained at last Cambridge Local Examinations , with Distinction in Mathematics . References kindly permitted to Rev Dr . Reynolds , Principal of Cheshunt College , Herts . Rev . Charles E . Mayo , M . A ., Nottingham . Sir Thomas Chambers , M . P ., Recorder of London . Richard Toller , Esq ., Solicitor , Leicester . George Kenning , Esq ., Little Britain .

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WOKING COLLEGE , WOKING , SURREY . HEAD MASTER : The Rev . C . W . ARNOLD , M . A ., Trinity College , Cambridge . In the Higher Classes pupils are prepared for . the Universities , Army , Civil Service , Oxford and Cambridge Locals , and Mercantile Life . The School is connected with a School at Lausanne , to whicli boys for Mercantile Life can be sent on to acquire French and German conversationally . In the Lower Classes pupils are prepared for the Public Schools and Navy . From this department boys have passed into all the Public Schools . During the last year two open Scholarships at the Universities and a Foundation Scholarship at Westminster have been gained . Terms Moderate . For Prospectus annlv to Head Master .

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W " ANTED by a Brother ( M . M . ) who has recently left the Army , ( Royal Artillery ) , 12 years' very good character , SITUA TIO . N as Time or Gatekeeper , or in a Warehouse , or any place of trust , last 7 years a Non-Commissioned Officer . —Address , J . K ., 7 , Richards-st ., Cornwall-rd ., Lambeth , S . E .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

BOOKS , & c , RliCEIVliD . "Jewish Chronicle , " "Sunday Times , " " Keystone , " "Freemasons' Repository , " " Hull Packet , " " Citizen , " ' " Broad Arrow , " ' New York Dispatch , " " Court Circular , " " Rough Ashlar , " " La Kspana , " " Freimaurer ZeUiing , " " Iii Taller , I'he Tricvcling [ ournal , " * ' The Freemason " ( Toronto ^ , " Das Welt Turnier , " ' " Mossel Uav Advertiser , " " The Daily Independent . "

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ra 3 ^ s _^^ a ^ jfeffl >^ = ^ S 2 ffi ^^^^ -M ^^ SS ^ SATURDAY , JULY 26 , 1884 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , theopinionsexpressedby uurcorrcspondents . but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]

THE INQUISITION . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I see in your paper that the Pope has handed us all over to the Inquisition . Just now , there is not much cause to fear its " liery fangs . " How it will be another generation hence who can venture to predict ? It is not a little curious that one of the predisposing causes of my own

humble Masonic membership was to be found in the connection of Freemasonry with the persecution of the Inquisition . It was my lot , years ago—more years than I care to count , —when quite young , to listen to the tale of his escape from the Inquisition from the lips of the author of " Sandoval , the Freemason . " I remember how his words impressed me , and thrilled throujjh me , when he told me of his mysterious arrest by the familiars of that detested and detestable bodv

at Madrid , and how he was hurried off , and ere long found himself in the vaults of the Inquisition . Then , when hope was failing , and his heart had well-ni gh sunk , a familiar , shrouded in the robe and mark of his office , touched him , and made a Masonic sign . In 4 S hours he was out of the Inquisition . ' He told me more then about the use of Freemasonry , and I then made up my mind to be initiated in due time . And so , when that due time came , I was initiated ,

and , after an apprenticeship of 42 years , I can truly say I have _ learned ^ the older I grew to realize its value , and admire its principles and outcome , when true and sound , as In Great Britain and America , Xc . I cannot acquit many of my foreign brethren of much forgctfulness of the distinctive principles of our Order ; but even for them the threatened terrors of the Inquisition are alike a ridiculous impertinence and a senseless menace . —Fraternally yours , A VERY OLD FREEMASON .

GRAND LODGE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA . To the Editor of thc "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , _ -I shall be expressing the feelings of the large majority of my brethren in South Australia , who have thrown in their lot with the new Grand Lodge , when I ask your permission to allow me the use of your columns , to thank Bro . T . B . Whytehead for his excellent letterin

, your issue of the 12 th inst ., —prompted , as it was , by a liberality of feeling which commands our gratitude . As members of the new Grand Lodge of S . A ., we certainly deserve recognition at thc hands of the Grand Lodges of England , Scotland and Ireland , and the continued attempts to obtain a perfect unanimity amongst the brethren were directed with the view of securing this privilege . I can understand that it is the duty of Grand

Lodge to protect even a minority under certain circumstances , but never surel y at the cost of an overwhelming majority . By way of point to Bro . Wh ytehead ' s concluding paragraph , let me relate the first of some recent private advices from the Colony . TheW . M . elect of a lod ge ( formerly working under the E . C . ) was in considerable doubt and anxietv as to Ms Hntv

to his Iodge in regard to a brother who held one of the jumoroffices under the then W . M . After much thought , he decided that it would be necessary to omit his name from thc list of officers for the ensuing year . This he did very rlucantly . After the Installation , a document was circulated among the brethren for their signatures , to the effect that the petitioners were desirous of retaining- the old

warrant trom the Grand Lodge of England , and the agitators had the bad taste to request the signature and co-operation of one of the juniorofficers , after his appointment . I may add , that the agitators had previously signified in writing their allegiance to the new Graud Lodgeof South Australia . — -lam , yours fraternally , A SOUTH-AUSTRALIAN MASON .

Reviews

REVIEWS

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE . —RULES AND REGULATIONS , 1 SS 4 . 33 , Golden-square . 1 he new issue of these Rules and Regulations for 1 SS 4 of this now very influential body in Golden-square serves to convince all who read it how great is the prosperity of the body , and how rapidly it is advancing in numbers and prestige . No one can have any objection to the principles under which it is admirably managed in this country . In

some countries , by a most unwise arrangement , Craft Masonry is worked as well as the Higher Grades , and though , according to the theory of the A . and A . Rite , all these Grades are , so to say , steps in the one ladder , yet this double . system has not worked well in times past , nor can work well to-day . The A . and A . Rite is stronger in its own strength than by seeking to commingle Craft and Chivalric Grades . There may be those here and there who

object to the "idea" of the so-called High Grades "in toto" ; but on the very principles of Masonic toleration , we are bound , as it seems to us , to concede to others the same rights of choice and preference which we claim for ourselves . As regards the Ancient and Accepted Rite itself , circumstances seem to be conspiring to bring out in clearer effect than heretofore its undoubtedly interesting and ancient annals . M uch confusion

has been occasioned by a great mistake , still persisted in by some , which mixes up the delegation of Stephen Morin with the old Craft Grand Lodge of France . Such is an entire error , despite the high authority of Thory , Ragon , Rebold , and Findel . Darut y is right in pointing out that that delegation was signed not by the ollieers of the Grande Loge of France , but those of the " Grande Logo of St . John ol " Perfection , " a Hi gh Grade body . The theory that Stephen

Morin received his letters patent from the Council of die Emperors ofthe East and the West is equally erroneous . So that we have yet to seek for the true origin of the Ancient and Accepted Rite . It is quite clear now that Ramsay had little , if anything , to do with the High Grades , or with Freemasonry after 1 73 G-7 . We are inclined to believe that the Ancient and Accepted Rite is a combination or outcome of two movements , —one an improved Craft development

, owing to the taste for higher names , the other the result of Hermeticism , manipulated and formed in the early part of the eighteenth century , partly for political , partly for religious purposes ; but which "concordat , " so to say , as regards any Roman Catholic sympathy or Jesuit participation , ended necessarily with the publication of the Bull of

Clement in 173 S . 'Those who will carefully study the terminology and ritualism of the Ancient and Accepted Rite will , we think , agree with us in the plausibility of this view ; and as the neglected cjuestion of I lermeticism is realized and studied , we may discover other analogies and fuller coincidences . ———

IHE MASONIC TOKEN . Portland , Maine , U . S . This Masonic paper , edited by Bro . Stephen Berry , is a very interesting production , and deserves not only the support of Freemasons in the United States , but also of Masons in England .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

ww ^^—^^ c ^^^ aaw ^ - —___ Mg «« --n- ___ 371 ] FREEMASONRY BEFORE 1717 . I see a phrase in my last communication which may be misunderstood . Ashmole calls himself the " senior fellow among them , " he having been admitted 35 years before . Some have thought that Ashmole received a Second Degree then ; I do not , and consider the words merely explanatory of his position arising from his initiation , Xc , at Warrington

in 1 G 4 G . He probably uses the word fellow in a generic sense as member of a Fellowship . I may add that a great blunder is often made in supposing that Ashmole says he was himself made a fellow in iGSi . He says nothing of the kind . He says certain persons " were admitted into the Fellowship of Freemasons , " and names them . There was an old mistake of " was " for " were ; " but it had been long found out , and Bro . Gould makes it quite clear . 372 ] DRYASDUST .

"DRYASDUST"ON ENGLISH FREEMASONRV , & c . I have been reading the two articles by " Dryasdust , " and can easily enough guess the name of the writer , but of course it is not for me to withdraw the veil I I entirely repudiate with him the absurd theory that the Freemasonry of to-day is solely the outcome of the "Revivalists" in 1717 , for the evidence is abundant that the Craft , as a secret

Institution , existed long before that period , the continuity of thc old and new organizations being beyond question . I should like to know what English lodge minute book confirms " Anderson ' s statement as to four lodges meeting in 1717 . " The evidence of Preston is not needed ( though it is useful ) in conlirmation of the York minutes of 1705 , Xc , for they are thus described in the Schedule of 1 qth

Sept ., 1779 : "A narrow folio Manuscript Book beginning 7 th March , 1705-G , containing sundry Accounts and Minutes relative to Grand Lodge . " " Dryasdust , " however , overlooks another record or " Roll , " which begins in 1712 and extends to 1730 , the minute of 27 th pec , 1725 , being especially valuable because of its registering an account for the first time of a " Grand Lodge " at York . In many

respects this parchment roll is the most valuable record wc have on Freemasonry , because it is so clearly indicative of the adoption of the modem terms " Grand Master " and "Grand Lodge" in 1725 , by a lodge which existed long before the starting of the Premier Grand Lodge in London , A . Ii . 1717 . I had not , in 1 S 71 , a complete copy of this record on writing my " History of Freemasonry in York , "

but have since obtained it . Bro . Gould lias it from me for publication in his Vol . 4 of the best " History of Freemasonry" —critically and generally—that has ever been written . 1 have much pleasure in adding my testimony to that of " Dryasdust ' s , " in appreciation of the value of the service rendered by Bro . W . H . Rylands in elucidating Seventeenth Century Freemasonry , and I feel certain thai our veteran collaborator , Bro . Woodford , will Join me in so