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taincd unless recommended by the Board of Management , and unless notice thereof shall have been given at the meeting preceding that at which it is intended to propose such motion . " However , we are glad to say the attempt was defealcd . We do not wish lo see a kind

of impcritim in impcrio in the government of the Boys School . Since the present regime was inaugurated , the Board ot Management and the Council have fulfilled the respective duties admirably , and it will be time

enough to talk uf a rc-arrangement of the present scheme of government when it proves itself unequal to the duties and responsibilites with which it is entrusted .

* * The ballot for the election of five Life Governors to be members of the Board of Management in place of the retiring Provincial members resulted in the return of the four who offered themselves for

re-election—Bro . Oliver Papworth ( Cambridgeshire ) , 1 S 2 votes ; Bro . Harry Manfield ( Northants and Hunts ) , iSr votes ; Bro . C . K . Benson ( nominated for both North Wales and Cheshire ) 167 votes ; and Bro . George Corbie

( Essex ) , 155 votes—the new member being Bro . Edward Margrett ( Berkshire ) , for whom 101 votes were given . Of the four unsuccessful competitors , Bro . the Rev . VV . Whittley ( Devonshire ) , with So votes , was the only one who obtained any substantial amount of support .

We arc g lad to find that the resolution to give an equivalent iii votes to Bro . Charles Hammerton for the beer he has gratuitously supplied to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls was rejected ; not that we love Bro . Hammerton less , but that we love more the

principle of keeping separate and distinct the two questions of supplying the Institution with commodities and the admission of candidates by votes . We cheerfully acknowledge the very great services which Bro . Hammerton has rendered during a long term of years

lo the School , both b y his liberal donations and as a member of the House Committee , and it is for this reason we learn with pleasure that it is intended at an early date to bring forward . some proposal for recognising Bro . Hammerton ' s services in a manner to which no possible exception can be taken .

I he voting papers for the election next month of candidates upon ( he Alale and Widows' Funds of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and the audited statement of account for the year ending list December ,

1 S 94 , have been issued , but the pressure upon our space this week necessitates our postponing the examination ol the lists , and such remarks as we may consider it desirable to offer , till our next issue .

We have very great' pleasure in announcing lhat steps lune been taken b y the members of the Phunix , Urban , Asaph , and Derby Allcroft Lodges and the Logic Club to present Bro . George Edwin Fairchild with the regalia pertaining to the office of Assistant Grand

Director of Ceremonies , to which he has just been appointed . The presentation will be made at a dinner which will takeplaceat the Cafe Royal ,

Regentstreet , on I' nday , the 3 rd May next 6 for 6 . 30 p . m . — in his honour . Bro . Robert Manuel , P . M . Urban Lodge , No . 1196 , will occupy Ihe chair , and Bro . VV . S . Tcnley , P . M ., Asaph Lodge No . 13 m , the vice-chair .

Our Worcestershire brethren will be gratified beyond measure lo fcain that Lady I . cchnierc , the widow of the late lamented Bro . Sir E . A . II . Lechmcre , Bart ., lias presented to the Prov . Grand Lodge of Worcestershire , for the use of the Prov . Grand Master

for the time being , the clothing and jewels pertaining to the office , which he wore during the years he presided over the Province . Such an act of thoughtful kindness as this on the part of Lady Lechmcre will be deeply appreciated by the members of the Craft in

Worcestershire , and the more especially as the jewels and clothing will serve as a memorial of one who by his invariable courtesy and the conspicuous ability and impartiality with which he fulfilled the duties of his important office , had won for himself the esteem and respect of every Mason in the county .

IHE HOUSES OK PARLIAMENT met after the Easter Holidays on Tuesday , when Mr . Gully , the new Speaker of the House of Commons , attended by his mace-bearer , his proposer and seconder , and other members , presented himself in the House of Lords before the Royal

Commissionersthe Lord Chancellor ( Bro . Ixml llerschell ) , the Earls of Kimberly and Spencer , Bro . Lord Carrington , and Uro . Lord Kensington—who expressed to him her Majesty ' s approval of his appointment . On returning to the House , Mr . Gully , having donned the usual robe and full-bottomed wig , took his scat as Speaker .

Correspondence.

Correspondence .

W . M . IN THE CHAIR . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , The point raised by D . C . and Bro . Wardley , in the correspondence columns of Ihe recent issues of the Freemason , is one in which 1 feci some amount of interest . In the majority of the half-a-dozen lodges

meeting in the town where 1 reside , it is not customary for the VV . M . —however competent he may be—to conduct all the ceremonies of conferring Degrees on candidates , but the work is shared by the Past Masters , This , I venture to think , is a commendable practice , inasmuch as it keeps them in touch with the ritual of the Order , besides making it more interesting

to the members generally , than where the W . M . is himself expected to do the whole of the work during his year of office , as is the custom in the other lodges in the town . To return to the point . In the majority of the lodges referred to , the W . M . retains the chair , as indicated by your correspondent D . C , and the Past

Master who conducts the ceremony does so from a position on the dais beside'the W . M . 's chair . In other lodges that I have visited elsewhere , I have observed that the VV . M . temporarily resigns his chair and collar to the P . M . who is to conduct the ceremony . And this course of procedure recommends itself to my judgment as being correct in form , as all the work of the lodge is presumed to be done from the chair , and

where the W . M . delegates a P . M . to conduct a ceremony , it seems only proper that he should also temporaril y resign the chair in his favour . In such a case where the W . M . having deputed a P . M . to conduct a ceremony , nevertheless retains the chair , the inconvenience referred to by Bro . Yardley has always been present to my mind , and may probably have sometimes been confusing to the candidate . —Yours fraternally , EX-SECRETARY .

Masonic Notes And Queries

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES

106 7 J No . 5 6 , LITTLEHAMPTON . As I exhibited the old records to my friend , Bro-Jphn Lane , it appears as if we shall have "to agree to differ , " for , with the same evidence before us , he declines to acknowledge the continuity of the lodge from

London to Arundel m 17 S 9 , whereas , to my mind , it is likely . Bro . Lane is most exact in his researches , and possibly needs too much proof of continuity in lodges of the last century . Ho is personally both goodnatured and charitably inclined , and yet leans not " to the side of mercy " when the continuous working of a lodge is under consideration . In the case in

question , the minutes do not prove the lodge was about to collapse , for the attendance was fair during the former part of the year 17 S 9 , and the retention of the balance by the London brethren was evidentl y lor the purpose of meeting claims on the funds , which were subsequently presented and discharged . 1 believe that had the lodge not been removed about a dozen members

would have continued on the roll in London , but the removal , apparently out of respect to the Master , led to their abstention from the meetings , and they quietly dropped out as the months rolled on . We must remember that the laws then were not so stringent as they now are , and , so far as evidence is afforded b y the records , the removal may have been legal from first to

last . I hesitate to take a different view from Bro . Lane , as he has no equal in his special department as the author of "Masonic Records , 1717—1 S 86 , " but , failing the discovery of more facts , the conclusion at present may be not proven , as respects either continuity or otherwise ; but certainl y it is impossible to prove thai it was not continuous during 17 S 9 . W . I . HUGHAN .

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REVIEWS

" MASONIC CALENDAR FOR THE PUNJAB DISTRICT Fllll THE VEAH 1 X 9 . 1-9 6 ( Al'HIL , 1 S 95 , TO AlARCH , 1 S 96 ) —Edited by Captain J . II . Leslie , R . A ., 1 S 95 . "—This large annual , one of the largest published of the kind , is issued under the authority of the District Grand Master ( Lieut . Col . C F . Massy , P . M . 1999 ) , and cannot fail to

be of great service to the district . Captain Leslie has now been the efficient editor of this most useful annual for three years , and has made the calendar an indispensable work of reference for historical purposes , as well as merely to be consulted for the lists of officers of the several lodges and chapters domiciled in the Punjab . This year is not so valuable , historically , as that for 1894 , for in the latter ,

condensed histories of all the lodges were printed , compiled by the editor , and were quite a feature of that edition . 'They an- ( milled for 189 . 5 , but Captain Leslie expresses the hope , which we share , that "they will appear in a year or so in more complete fjrm . " The editor must have

had a busy time of it to complete the Calendar prior to his leaving India for Ipswich , England , for it is brought down to the middle of February , and there are no marks of haste as mig ht have been expected , though full particulars are afforded of the 19 lodges , with 737 members , 11 Royal Arch chapters , 10 Mark lodges , four

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Ark Mariners' lodges , three Rose Croix chapters , and two Knight 'Templar preceptories . 'The District Grand Lodge , Grand Chapter , and Mark Grand Lodge of the Punjab are also carefully attended to , and even the fees for initiation in any of these Degrees , as also those for joining and annual subscriptions for each lodge , and other Masonic bodies are supplied ( wisely or otherwise it is not for us to say ) , so that the work is a veritable miiltitiii m parvo ,

and a real Masonic 'Direclory for this important district . An article on " Class Lodsies , " by Bro . R . F . Gould , is reprinted from the Nnst Zealand Craftsman , there are also other articles , original and of interest , inserted on the District Grand Lodge , "Uncertain Ouestions and Certain Answers" ( by the editor ) , the "Punjab Masonic

Institution " ( founded in 1 S 71 and 3 6 children now being educated ) , and another entitled ' Masonic Memoranda . " Captain Leslie has ably discharged the duties of editor , and \ vc trust his mantle will fall on competent shoulders during his absence from India , so that the good work may be continued to the manifest advantage of the district .

" FREEMASONS' CALENDAR AND DIRECTORY FOR THE PROVINCE OV OXFORDSHIRE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD , 1 S 95-96 . " This large and comprehensive Masonic Annual is edited , printed , and published by Bro . VV . R . Bowden , of 59 , High-street , Oxford , from whom copies may be had at eighteen pence each . There is no other province in England which concerns and interests such a number of provincial , as well as metropolitan brethren as that of

Oxfordshire , for many of the principal and most zealous Craftsmen in London and the counties hail from the City of Oxford , and acknowledge No . 357 as their Alma Mater ; not a few Provincial Grand Masters bsing still members of this distinguished lodge . Full particulars are afforded of all the local lodges , chapters , and other Masonic Bodies , those in London and Cambridge being also duly chronicled because of their connection with the " Apollo University

Lodge , " or started and continued on similar lines . There are 12 lodges in the provinces , with Cio members , so that the average per lodge is rather small if No . 357 , with 176 , is omitted . Notwithstanding the few members , however , the subscriptions to the central Masonic Charities , 1 S 75-1 S 94 , total £ 6913 4 - fid ., and much space is always devoted to the sacred cause of Charity from year to year in this well known and widely circulating manual . The editor

has been persuaded to have his portrait inserted in this issue , and we feel quite certain the frontispiece will be a most welcome sight to his many Masonic friends . Time is serving to make our old friend look more patriarchal , and he may now pose as a juvenile veteran of the Craft , being of Masonic age ( 21 ) this year . As he would say , if asked ,

" There ' s plenty of life in the old dog yet , " and so there is . Long may he continue his Masonic and general labours to the satisfaction and benefit of all concerned . Fifteen years he has ably edited the " Freemasons' Calendar" for his province , and in numerous ways he has rendered good service , locally and generally , for the Craft he loves so well .

Craft Masonry.

Craft Masonry .

METROPOLITAN MEETINGS . Old King ' s Arms Lodge ( No . 1337 ) . —This old lodge held its installation meeting at Freemasons' Hall , on Monday last , when there were present : Bros , C . VV . Carrell , W . M . F . VV . Methven , S . W . ; John A . Rose , J . W . ; H . Newland . Treas . ; D . Crombie , P . M ., Sec ; VV . M . Daniel , S . D . ; VV . Lindheinler , J . D . ; Alfred B . Calvert , l . G . ; I ) . J . Machim , Stwd . ;

Frederick Black , I . P . M . ; E . M . Money , P . M . ; | . G . Shearman , ( P . M . ; Ernest Frederick Debenham , P . M . ; J . A . Farlow , P . M . ; VV . F . Clark , J . P . Furnioy , Thomas 11 . Clark , and Frank Richardson , P . G . D . Visitors : Bros . Viscount Dungarvan ; C . Belton ; C II . Driver ; G . 11 . Clark , S . D . 17 66 ; Alfred Caink , P . M . 105 G ; Charles Gompertz , P . M . 86 9 ; A . E . Allen , W . M . yi ; C . R . Uiggins , ro ; 6 ; A . J . Corpe , 1076 ; W . Christian , VV . M .

S ( io ; Charles A . Kecnc , S 69 ; Alfred Gooding , 86 9 ; Edmund VVoodthorpe , 1150 ; D . E . Leman , 1766 ; Will . E . Chapman ; II . Masscy , 160 , P . M . 619 and 192 S ; II . F . Desscn , St . Andrew ' s Lodge , Norway ; Henry Pritchard , P . P . G . Treas . Middx . ; Richard Eve , P . G . Treas , ; R . Clowes , P . G . Std . Br . ; H . J . Race , P . M . mj ; VV . Vincent ; Col . James Peters , P . G . S . B . ; L . J . Walker , P . M . 1962 ; H . Ward Andrews , 1910 ; Alfred V . Church ,

2204 ; Thomas 1 '' .. Marshall 226 4 ; E . Letchworth , G . Sec ; A . Tite , 55 S ; J . A . Harrison , S . D . 24 SS ; and L . VV . 1 larris , 24 SS . Bro . Hans Falk Desscn , of St . Andrew's Lodge of Norway , was elected a joining member . Bro . C . VV . Carrell , W . M ., having been re-elected W . M ., was reinstalled , and the following brethren received the collars ol office : Bros . Frederick Clarke , I . P . M . ; lohn A . Rose ,

S . W . ; A . VV . Daniel , J . W . ; 11 . Newland , Treas . ; D . Crombie , P . M ., Sec . ; L . Lindheimer , S . D . ; Albert F . Calvert , J . D . ; P . ) . Machin , l . G . ; E . M . Money , P . M ., D . C . ; Walter Clark-, Stwd . ; and A . K . Turbelield , Tyler . The W . M . was peesented with a handsome Past Master ' s jewel and a vote of thanks was passed tu Bros . Lindheimer and Calvert for their presents to the lodge of working implements . Past Masters Carlow , Money , and Clarke

were elected to serve on the Committee of Ihe Benevolent Fund . The lodge was closed , and a sumptuous banquet partaken of . Bros . Richard live , P . G . Treas ., and E . Letchworth , G . Sec , responded to the toast of "The Grand Officers , " the latter brother remarking that he was glad to be present and sec the installation of Bro . Carrell for the second year

in that old and distinguished lodge . It was his privilege some years ago to witness a ceremony of a most interesting character by Bro . Carrell , the installation in another lodge of the Duke of Connaught , and he was struck very much with Bro . Carroll's work , lie congratulated the Old King's Arms Lodge on being presided over for the second year by a brother who possessed such a knowledge of the

Craft and its work . Bro . Fredk . Clarke , I . P . M ., in proposing "The Health of the W . M ., " said when he had that pleasure last year he did not intend to take up much time , and he should do the same thing then . Very few of the brethren last yearthought liro . Carrell would have so successful a year as he had had , and which would warrant their re-electing him . I lis re-election gave all of them satisfaction , and it only re-