Contents.

CONTENTS .

REPORTS OF MASONIC M EETINGS : — CraftMasonry f 3 Roval Arch 3 » 4 Red Cross of Constantine 3 < H I odee of Benevolence 384 The Queen at Edinburgh . 3 » Freemasonry in the United States iSb Holy Ground 386

light ••" ' Roval Masonic Institution for Boys 387 proposed Visit of the Prince of Wales to Glasgow 387 Masonic and General Tidings 387 Denopulation of France 387 Waste and Want 387 Excursion Trains and Popular Holidays 388 Visit of the Queen to Edinburgh 388 The War in Scrvia , and the Cruelties in Bulgaria 389 The Installation Engraving _ •389 C ORRESPONDENCE : — M- _ cnnir _ Turisnrudencc 309

A Greater Blunder 3 ° 9 Masonic Profession anil Practice 389 Masonic Notes and Queries 389 A Little Friendly Chat on some of the Topics of the Day 391 Reviews 39 ' British Archajological Association 391 The Brussels Exhibition 39 r The Empress of India 38 S An Appeal from Bavaria 386 Masonic Meetings for next Week 393 Advertisements i . ii . iii . iv . v . vi-

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HIGH CROSS LODGE ( No . 734 ) . —The annual meeting of this lodge for the installation of its Worshipful Master was held on Wednesday evening at the Seven Sisters Tavern , Page Green , Tottenham , a p leasant retired hostelrie , with all the surroundings of a beautiful country . Bro . George Townsend , W . M ., presidedand . assisted bv his officers , who all attended ,

raised Bro . Foan to the Third Degree . When this ceremony was completed he installed Bro . Barham as W . M . of the lodge for the ensuing yetr , and the following brethren were honoured by appointment to office : —Bros . W . Dance , S . W . ; H . Stephens , J . W . ; David Roberts , P . M ., Treas . ; T . Cunningham , P . M ., Sec . ; George Burford , S . D . ; Johnson Farren , J . D . ; W . T . Turner ,

I . G . ; Peckham , Organist ; Clements , D . C . ; W . Steedman , P . M ., W . S . ; Bro . Tegg , Asst . W . S . ; and Bro . James Very , Tyler . The charges were delivered by Bro . George Townsend , I . P . M ., and then the new W . M . commenced his year ' s work by initiating in excellent style Mr . James Garrod , Station Master , Bruce Grove , Tottenham . Lodge was then closed , and the banquet , of a

very liberal and elegant description , was provided by Bro . Oddy , the proprietor of the hotel , in the magnificent room which he has built adjoining the house . During the sitting of the lodge Bro . Thompson , P . M ., and Prov . G , S . B . Middlesex , was actively engaged in obtaining members of the Social Masonic Charitable Association , which is composed of brethren of Nos . 734 and 1237 , and which

has up to the present time paid no less a sum than £ 300 to the different Masonic institutions . Bro . Mailer , P . M ., was also active in making a collection on behalf of the sufferers by the late hailstorm in the neighbourhood of Tottenham , and succeeded in securing £ 3 1 is . 6 d . for that object . The banquet was vigorously attacked , and about 80 brethren sat down to it . Among them were

the W . M ., and Bros . G . Townsend , W . Steedman , P . M . ; Thos . Jones , P . M . ; J . Waller , P . M . ; J . Linzell , Cunningham , Mailer , Roberts . Visitors : Bros . F . A . Pullen , 1367 ; John Hooke , 4 63 ; F . Jacob , 1367 ; J . Roddar , 1288 ; John Green , W . M . 27 ; S . Watkins , 212 ; W . Gilbert . P . G . J . W . Herts ; C . L . Brooks , 1237 ; Josh . Driscoll , P . M . 30 ; G .

Collier , 1237 ; G . H . Jaffa , 1579 ; James VV . Berrie , 1293 and 1183 ; F . W . Greenwood , W . Sweetland , 1460 ; A . J . Barbier , 22 ; W . T . Barham , 319 ; W . T . Howe , P . G . P . Middlesex ; E . Hart Smith , P . M . 163 ; George Tegg , 1519 ; II . Massey , ( "Freemason" ); and J . Bennett , 27 . When the banquet

was concluded , the W . M . proceeded with the list of toasts , and very briefly introduced those of " The Queen , " "The G . M ., " and "The Grand Officers " to the brethren ' s notice . Bro . Townsend , in proposing "The Health of the W . M ., " said he had the privilege for the first time of introducing Ihis toast , and he had no doubt they would be very pleased to receive it . He could assure the brethren it afforded him

a . great deal of pleasure in getting out of the position he had held for twelve months to find such a brother as the VV . M . taking the position he ( Bro . Townsend ) once occupied . The brethren of the lodge who had seen the working of the W . M . that evening must feel convinced that he was the right man in the right place . Since the W . M . had belonged to the High Cross Lodge he had never but

once omitted attendance to his duties when called upon , and he had been of a great deal of assistance to him ( Bro . Townsend ) while he was W . M . If he continued in the same course there was no brother of the High Cross Lodge who would regret having voted for him as W . M . The W . M ., in reply , said it was with a certain amount of

diffidence he rose to return thanks for the kind way in which 'he toast had been proposed and accepted . He could assure the brethren that he felt the honour they had done him very much indeed . It had been his ambition ever since he joined the lodge to occupy that position , and he had endeavoured to merit it whether he had been in office

or out of office . He thought he could safely say he had never missed attending the lodge but once , and on that occasion it was through illness . He should endeavour while in the position of W . M . to perform the duties of that position properly , and he would take care that 'he warrant placed in his hands that evening should lose none ot its lustre . In anything tie could u ° for the High Cross Lodge , he was the brethren's •nimble servant . The VV . M . then proposed " The I . P . M . "

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It was a very pleasing duty , all the brethren would admit , that Bro . Townsend had been one of the best W . M . ' s of the High Cross Lodge , he had always attended to his duties punctually , and had performed them well . When 3 man did this what more could be expected of him . He

would now present him with a P . M . ' s jewel , and he sincerely hoped that Bro . Townsend might live many years to wear it . He ( the W . M . ) was sure he would need Bro . Townsend ' s assistance during his year of office ; but he was certain that in whatsoever he should require it , it would be most cheerfully given . In presenting the jewel

to Bro . Townsend he was sure it must be very gratifying to him to know it had been unanimously voted by the members of the lodge . ( Hear , hear ) . Bro . Townsend , in returning thanks , said he was happy to feel that the brethren thought he had deserved this jewel . It gave him a great deal of pleasure to receive such a compliment ; but he could sincerely and conscientiously tell the brethren

it was one of the highest pleasures that he had ever experienced in his life . This was a very large lodge , and if he had conduced to the comfort and pleasure of a large number , it must be gratifying to have that feeling at the end of one ' s year of office . It was a great pleasure to know , when going out of office , that you had the kind feelings of all the brethren . He had done what he could

for the High Cross Lodge as regarded the working of it , and he was delighted to know that he hail been assisted by the P . M . and officers of the lodge . He should ever feel grateful for the compliment the brethren had paid him by presenting him with the P . M . ' s jewel he had just received . ( Cheers . ) The W . M . then proposed "The Initiate . " Without new blood the Craft would soon stop . If they

had not new blood they would die out and collapse . The brother they had that night initiated seemed a very likely member to work to the honourable position he ( the W . M . ) then held , and he would give it to him in terms of strong recommendation to attend the lodge regularly , and to put himself in a position to work zealously and he would soon get on . ( Hear hear . ) Bro . Garrod

responded . For many years it had been his wish to join the Craft , and he thanked the officers of the lodge for the kindness which they exhibited in his initiation . He was fully impressed with the seriousness of the affair , and he hoped not to abuse any secrets that had been told him that night , He had always had a vague idea that there was some amount of impressiveness in the ceremony ,

which idea had been correct ; and he had also always had an idea of vagueness that Freemasons were a jolly sort of people . That vagueness was , however , now dispelled . Comparatively speaking he was among strangers , although he might say he did not feel at all so . This was his first appearance , but he hoped it would not be his last , and he hoped to continue his visits till he became " up " in the

world of Freemasonry , and able to do the work of the lodge as well as the W . M . himself . ( Hear hear . ) The W . M . afterwards proposed "The P . M . ' s , " who were a goodly array of brethren , who always came to the lodge when wanted to help the Master in the chair , and who came to see if they were wanted . The goodly array of P . M . ' s showed the prosperity of the lodge , and it also

showed th at they were ready to assist the W . M . Without the P . M . ' s he was afraid the W . M . would not be able to go on with his work . ( Hear hear . ) Bro . George Townsend , the P . M ., was first to respond , and in doing so he said that although he wa ; alwaysready to assist the W . M . he thought that as there were so many P . M . ' s in the lodge he should find very little to do . Bro . Jones having also

replied , Bro . T . Cunningham , Secretary , added a few words which proved the prosperity of the lodge . As Secretary he had to send out about ninety summonses , to receive the fees , and to answer an enormous number of letters . But although this entailed a great deal of work he was pleased to perform it , as the success of the High Cross Lodge was very deartohim . Bro . Steedman in his

reply announced that it was eighteen years that day when he was initiated in the High Cross Lodge , and every year since then he had been present at the install ition of the W . M . Bro . Roberts said he was very proud to be among the list of P . M . ' s , and it gave him great pleasure year after year , as he and his brethren became older , to meet them in such friendly intercourse . This annual

meeting was always a red letter day in his calendar , and if he did not always come on other occasions , he did on this . When he stopped away it was through business , and Freemasonry told them that they were to attend to business first and Freemasonry afterwards . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Linzell followed . Taking a retrospective glance of the various duties which the other brethren and himself as

P . M . ' s had fulfilled in their offices , he thought they might look with pride on the progress the lodge had made in past years . Greater credit for this was due to the other P . M . ' s than himself for their energy in laying the foundation of this lodge , which at the present time occupied such a high standing amongst metropolitan lodges . A visitor at the lodge on one occasion of an installation banquet

thought it decent to cry out while this toast was being responded to , " Why do you spend so much money on your banquets ? Why don ' t you consider your Charities ? " The brethren of the lodge did not think this very decorous , for they at least knew ihey had treated this brother liberally ( perhaps that was the cause of his so speaking ) , but they had just before that time founded a Masonic Charitable

Association , which a greater portion if not all of the members -of the lodge , had joined . Since then —the lodge having at that time two or three life governors , of the charities in it—had got thirty to forty life governors , all having fully paid up ; and there were now many others coming on . That seemed to him as if

they were doing something for the cause of charity , and something for the High Cross Lodge to obtain a reputation by . During the last two or three years the lodge had sent up many stewards , and each of them had taken with him something like £ 100 . That was not a bad list although the lodge was a metropolitan lodge . They were

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pleased to obtain for it some amount of eclat , and they did not wishto spend all the money on themselves . If they did they knew they must soon die out , and they would never gain a reputation for being hospitable if they did not think of helping those who could not help themselves . ( Hear bear . ) Bro . Mallen also replied and thanked the brethren for having contributed towards the relief of those

persons who had suffered by the late hailstorm in the neighbourhood . Bro . Roberts , Treasurer , said the lodge would send a Steward their next year to the charities , and twenty guineas would be placed on his list to start with , ' ihe brother selected would most likely be the W . M . "The Visitors " was the next toast , for which Bro . W . T . Howe and Bro . Gilbert replied . The toast of " The Officers "

followed , and having been replied to by each of those brethren seriatim , Bro . Cunningham proposed " The Press , " for which Bro . Fowler and Bro . H . Massey ( " Freemason " ) , responded , and the Tyler ' s toast concluded a most pleasant evening , which was rendered the more agreeable by some excellent singing by various brethren , and some good instrumental and vocal music by

Bro . Peckham , Organist . ROYAL OAK LODGE ( No . 871 ) . —An . emergency meeting of this prosperous lodge was held on Thursday , 17 th inst ., at the White Swan Hotel , 217 , Highstreet , Deptford , Bro . H . J . Tuson , W . M ., presided . The ballots , taken separately , were declared to be unanimous in favour of Messrs . A . P . Blake , L . Michaels , W . White ,

and W . Abbott . The following candidates being in attendance were each introduced separately , and duly initiated into the mysteries and privileges of ancient Freemasonry , namely , Messrs . Walter Abbot , William White , and Lipman Michaels , Bro . G . Andrews , P . M ., D . C , giving the charge to the newly-initiated brethren . The work was done well . In consequence of the large number

of candidates for initiation and for the other ceremonies it was decided to hold another emergency meeting on Thurs - day , September 28 th , at seven p . m . Business ended , the lodge was closed and adjourned . There were present besides those named Bros . J . J . Pakes , S . W . ; J . Baxter Langley , ( W . M . 1423 ) , J . W . ; F . Walters , P . G . J . D . Middx ., P . M ., Sec ; H . J . Fisher , Organist ; J . G . Vohmann , I . G . -, C . Williams , R . Cox , A . Macers ,

G . Eve , L . Lemon , F . H . Burr , J . Rennie , R . J . Stringer , W . Simmons , R . Mason , J . Woollett , and others whose names we were unable to learn . Amongst the large number of visitors we noticed Bros . J . R . Croft , 1326 ; E . W . Fisher , 700 ; E . A . H . Morley , 1178 ; and some others . There being no banquet or any refreshment the members and friends separated directly the lodge was closed .

HERVEY LODGE ( No . 1260 ) . —Favoured by one of the finest days of the year , the members of this popular lodge , with their friends ( consisting of both ladies and gentlemen ) , assembled at Bro . Benningfield's , the Crown Hotel , Broxbourne , on Wednesday , the 16 th inst ., to celebrate their annual summer excursion and banquet , and through the unwearied exertions of the officers and

brethren who constituted the committee , one of the most thoroughly enjoyable day and evening ' s entertainments ever provided was satisfactorily brought to a conclusion . Most of the company arrived at the beautiful grounds attached to the above well-known hostelry by train from Liverpool-street about midday , and after partaking of a light luncheon , some of the party dispersed to the different

places of amusement , such as the river for fishing and rowing , the meadows for archery , Aunt Sally , & c , whilst others enjoyed themselves at the fascinating games of croquet , billiards , & c , until 3 . 30 , when the bell rang for dinner , at which ( as the principal event of the day ) it is of course needless to say hearty justice was done . After the cloth was cleared and the dessert ( supplied from Bro .

Benningfield ' s own grounds ) placed on the table , the W . M . Bro . G . Harrison , proposed the usual loyal and Masonic toasts , but prefaced his remarks by observing that in deference to the ladies he should make them as short as was consistent with the occasion , as he felt sure that it was not the length of a toast that ensured its approval , but the manner in which it was given and received .

Suffice it to say that they were one and all heartily received , Bro . Dr . Egan , W . M . 858 , and Bro . D . Davis , a distinguished Irish Mason , responding for the visitors . Before rising , the I . P . M ., Bro . Dr . Jabez Hogg , begged permission to give a special toast to the renewed health of the worthy Secretary , Bro . G . King , jun , who has for some months been suffering

from a fearful and dangerous illness , and in the course of his remarks observed that although he felt convinced that his toast would meet with the entire approbation of the company , yet , in consideration of the weak state in which Bro . King ( although able to be present at the table ) still is , he would not ask him to respond . The company then again dispersed over the grounds while the room was

cleared for dancing , and after about two hours of this exhilarating exercise they caught the train for London , a special saloon carriage having been provided for them by the company , and this wound up a thoroughly enjoyable day . DUKE OF CONNAUGHT LODGE ( No . 1524 ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge was held at the Sisters '

Tavern , Pownall-road , on 27 th ult . Thelodge was opened by Bro . Lee , P . M ., in the temporary absence of the W . M ., who was travelling a long distance to attend the lodge . The minutes of the preceding meeting having been read and confirmed , Bro . Lee , P . M ., proceeded to raise Bro . Ferrar and Bro . Broomfield , 188 , to the degree of Master Mason . The W . M ., Bro . Chapman , Prov . G . Steward

Herts , having arrived , assumed the chair , and passed Bro . Dietrich to the degree of Fellow Craft . The officers present were Bros . Lister , S . W . ; Shackleton , J . W . ; Meyer , Treas ; Lee , P . M ., Sec . ; Brand , I . G . ; Brasted , Harding , Smith , Philp , and others . The lodge having been closed , the brethren adjourned to a cold collation , after which the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were duly honoured . The