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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

lhe following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT LODGESNoah ' s Ark , No . 34 * 7 . Chigwell , No . 453 . Wentworth , No . 1239 . CitadelNo . 1897 .

, KOYAL ARCH CHAPTER — Pythagoras , No . 881 . bummer Trip and Ladies' Meeting of the Scots Lodge , No . 2319 . Consecration ot the Savage Club Chapter . Lonsecration of the Britannic Mark Lodge , No . 433 . orand Festival of the Order of the Secret Monitor .

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SATURDAY , J 27 , 1891 . .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

fhe Boys' Festival of this year will rank amongst he most successful efforts in connection with the Charia ° le Institutions of this country during the present generation . The confidence inspired by the Board of

fanagement , and the untiring energy of the Secretary , ave ' doubt , been the main factors in producing the '" agmficent sum which we record in another column . We heartil y congratulate Bro . McLeod on the success 0 nis maiden effort , and trust it will be the precursor 01 a long line of similar triumphs .

b he prognostications of those who could see nothing " failure as the result of choosing Brighton as the Th £° r thiS year ' Festival were signally falsified . iiil } a . . ndance was very -arge , and it would have been " -ult , if not impossible , to have accommodated a r ger number of Stewards and visitors .

Masonic Notes.

The banquet and the refreshment arrangements generally were in the capable hands of Bro . Sayer , of Brig hton , and all who have had experience of his ability in this department need not be told that like everything else connected with the Festival the catering was a decided success .

# # # We must , however , make one small exception . We like organ music in a church and at oratorios , but if it is

considered necessary to play the king of instruments during the dinner hour at such gatherings , would it not be possible to cause it to " roar more gently , " and give the dinner conversation a chance .

It is worthy of remark that out of the 48 brethren who acted as Stewards for the Province of East Lancashire , no less than 33 hailed from the five Bolton

Lodges , while out of the total obtained from all sources amounting to ^ 894 2 s ., these brethren raised ^ 388 10 s . Provincial Grand Lodge contributed £ 185 , and the remaining lodges the balance .

# # # We have not as yet received full particulars as to the precise distribution of the sum raised by Staffordshire We know that it reached £ 414 15 s ., and that in this was included a special donation of ^ 52 ios . by Bro . Col .

Foster Gough , P . G . M . We know also that Bro Bodenham , Unattached , did admirable service , but we are unable to allocate to each Steward his due share of the Provincial Association money without further particulars , which have been promised us .

* * * We are glad to see that the Isle of Man figures in the Returns as contributing , per Bro . Nesbitt , D . P . G . M ., the sum of Xoo , which is a considerable sum for so

small and recently organised a Province . We trust that in future years the efforts of our Manx brethren in behalf of our Institutionswill be as successfully repeated . * * *

We have so often remarked on the smallness of the amounts returned by Cheshire , that a word of commendation is due to it for its admirable work in behalf of our Boys' School at this Festival . Of the 44 lodges ,

some 26 were represented , while we believe that very nearly all of them contributed to swell the total , which amounted to ^ 1050 . We trust the Province will exhibit similar zeal and energy at future Festivals .

* * * To-morrow ( Saturday ) is Pupils' Day at the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , and all old pupils who are near enough to avail themselves of the invitation will be gladly welcomed in the afternoon at the Institution .

* * * Our good friend the Philadelphia Keystone is not often disturbed by fears on our account that we shall " make innovation in the body of Masonry , " but a harmless paragraph with the equally harmless heading

"A Pleasing Innovation , ' which appeared -in the Freemason a few weeks since , seems to have given our contemporary some little concern . We do not think there was any reason for it . The reception of ladies in the drawing room , and a musical entertainment after

the work was over and the lodge closed , was somewhat of an innovation on the habits and customs of English Masons , but no landmarks were removed or in danger , and we can assure the Keystone that there was no " public installation . "

* * * One of the two Royal Arch chapters in Victoria , holding warrants from the Supreme Grand Chapter of Canada , and which refused to become amalgamated with the Supreme Grand Chapter of Victoria on the

formation of the latter body , over two years ago , has been warranted under the Colonial Constitution . The other , it is expected , will soon follow suit , and thus the last element of disunion and discord in Victoria , so far

as Craft Masonry is concerned , will have been removed . The next movement will be the formation of a Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons for Victoria . The Mark Master Masons Degree is included in Craft Masonry in that colony .

The Quarterly Communication of the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Scotland was held in the Freemasons' Hall , Edinburgh , on the 17 th inst . There was a large attendance . A charter was granted to a chapter atQuetta , Beloochistan ; and

a series of amendments on the laws of the Supreme Grand Chapter was confirmed . The annual report showed that upwards of 700 members had been added to the Order during the past year , and that the funds had increased by ^ 376 .

Correspondence.

Correspondence .

[ W e do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]

P . S . G . W . OR P . G . S . W . ? To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , While far from an " expert brother " I have , like "A . H . No . 39 , " discussed with my Masonic friends the point as to whether it is P . S . G . W . or P . G . S . W ., and I must say I consider the latter more

correct . My reasons are —( 1 ) . The office is that of S . W . in a Provincial Grand Lodge not a G . S . W . in a " Provincial" Lodge , to my mind two very different things , or rather they would be if the latter office existed . ( 2 ) . In the former P . S . G . W . the adjective

senior qualifies the compound noun Grand Warden , and thereby indicates that the brother bearing the title is senior to all Grand Wardens in the province . — Yours fraternally , ]• M . J , 341 .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

944 ] BY-LAWS , 1788 . Bro . W . Watson , the Honorary Librarian of West Yorkshire Collection of Masonic Books , Curios ., & c , has just had the following wee book presented to the Museum , viz ., "By-Laws of the Newtonian Lodge , No . 499 , Knaresborough , Printed in the year of our

Lord 17 88 and in the year of Masonry , 57 88 . There are XXVI in all , signed by W . M ., Wardens , & c , and are well compiled for the period . No . VU . provides that " Every Brother shall be as careful as possible not to soil or damage his clothing and jewels , " the former being required to be folded " neatly up , " when done with .

No . XXIII . respecting refreshment fixes suppers at sixpence each for members and visitors , so that the fare must surely have been of a meagre character compared with present day banquets . No . XXV . reads "Ordered that as soon as conveniently can be after any brother is passed the Third Degree of Masonry he shall pass the

chair in order to qualify him ( if he chooses ) to be initiated into the sublime mysteries of a Royal Arch . " This was a " Modern " lodge , so that the Grand Lodge which warranted it in 1785 did not recognise the Royal Arch Degree , hence such a clause is a curious regulation under the circumstances , and proves how

considerable was the latitude allowed to lodges late last century . No . 62 , " Holy Cross" Royal Arch Chapter , vvas granted in 17 8 S for Knaresborough under the wing of the " Moderns , " though , of course , not officially . The non-recognition of the Degree , in fact , was a very thin line drawn so as scarcely to be seen , and certainly not acted upon in ordinary usage at that period . W . J . HUGHAN .

Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS .

Craft flDasont ^ , METROPOLITAN MEETINGS .

Ranelagh Lodge ( No . 834 ) . —A meeting of this lodge was held on Tuesday , the gth inst ., at the Criterion , Piccadilly Circus , when there were present Bros . Fred . Craggs , W . M ., * H . F . Williams , S . W . * A . Williams , j . W . ; W . J . Coplestone , Secj H . Shaw , P . M ., acting S . D . ; H . Purdue , P . M ., acting J . D . H . Hewitt , D . C ; H . Scharien , I . G . ; J . Banks , Stwd . ; A . Walkley , P . M ., Tyler ; C . Barker , P . M . ; F . J .

Oliver , P . M . j ; J . G . Doncaster , P . M . ; G . E . White , R . Philips , H . Pinn , C . J . Chambers , T . Blanch , J . C . Morgan , A . Buck , C . Heinemann , A . M . Segar , W . Iceton , H . S . May , W . Pullan , and W . Hardwick . Visitors : Bros . H . Wake , P . M . 720 ; and S . Page , 21 S 2 . The lodge was opened , and the minutes were read and confirmed . The by-laws were read , and Bros . Buck and

Blanch were raised . The VV . M . then presented a Past Secretary's jewel to Bro . H . Purdue , P . M ., for acting as Secretary during the past four years . Bro . Purdue , P . M ., thanked the W . M . and the brethren for the handsome recognition of his services , and assured them he should prize it very much . The duties had been a work of pleasure to

him , and he would not have resigned only that his own business took up so much of his time he felt he could not do justice to the Secretaryship . Apologies were read from Bros . W . W . Williams , S . D ., and E . Newland , J . D . There being no further Masonic business , the lodge was closed .

Blackheath Lodge ( No . 1320 ) . —The installation meeting of this lodge was held at the Bridge House Hotel , London Bridge , on Thursday , the iSth inst ., when a large attendance of members and visitors assembled . The lodge was until a year ago held at the Trafalgar , Greenwich , when a dispensation was granted for its removal , and since then its members have rapidly increased . The lodge was opened under the presidency of Bro . A .

Lister , W . M ., and the minutes of the last regular meeting were read and confirmed . Bro . T . G . Hobley was raised to the Degree of a M . M ., and Mr . Arthur Smith , who had been previously balloted for , having proved unanimous in his favour , was initiated . The W . M . then asked Bro . H . A . Stunt , P . M ., Sec , to act as Installing Master , and vacated the chair in his favour . Bro . John Hooper , J . W ., the W . M . elect , was presented , and a Board of Installed