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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

P . M . —A decision of the Grand Registrar or Grand Secretary , when it has been endorsed by Grand Lodge , may be said to have all the force of an edict of Grand Lodge .

The following communications among others unavoidably stand over : — CRAFTLebanon Lodge , No ' . 1326 . United Military Lodge , No . 1536 . ROYAL ARCHPattison Chapter , No . 913 .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Toronto Freemason , " " La Revista Masonica , " " Liberal Freemason , " " Freemasons' Repository , " " Keystone , " "South African Freemason , " " Victorian Freemason , "" Masonic World , " and " Freimaurer Zeitung . "

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Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

SATURDAY , J 28 , 1888 .

INTERESTING MASONIC NOTICES . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Will you kindly allow me to express through your columns my indebtedness and thanks to Bro . Capt . G . Williams-Freeman , Bulwer Lodge , No . 1068 ( Cairo ) , and to Bro . A . J . H . Large , J . W . and Treasurer of the same lodge , conjointly , for the interesting Masonic notices of the District Grand Lodge of Egypt , and the

consecration of the Bulwer Chapter . Bro . Large also kindly sends me a summons from an Arab lodge , "The Hayat Masr , " which but for the seal stamped thereon does not look very much connected with the Craft . This peculiar sheet makes an excellent puzzle . I am much obliged to the other brethren at home and abroad who have contributed to my collection and would say my album is by no means full . Will any brother with an odd copy direct it to me , care of the Editor of the Freemason ?—Yours truly and fraternally , COLLECTOR .

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CALENDAR FOR THE PROVINCE OF GLASGOW , 1888 . This neat and most useful publication , issued ay Bro . George Kenning , of West Howard-street , Glasgow , is well known to the fratres of that province , though a stranger to most else , notwithstanding its very large circulation . Many thousands are circulated by the several lodges , and other Masonic bodies of that great city j the cloth binding

and the list of officers with special diary ( or first page ) being altered to suit the circumstances of each particular lodge , chapter , & o , that order a number for their members . Lists are inserted of the officers of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Scotland , as also of the provincial

bodies , then follow the " Masonic meetings to be held in the Glasgow Province for 1888 , " of 33 lodges and those for nine Royal Arch Chapters . After which are given particulars of 34 lodges and six chapters which assemble in the vicinity . Also addresses of the Masters and Secretaries of the lodges and chapters .

ANNUAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF TENNESSEE . January , 1 S 8 S . Nashville . Tennessee : The Brandon Printing Company . In these records are contained a full account of the proceedings of the 74 th annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee , held in Nashville , on the 25 th , 26 th , and 27 th January , 188 S , under the presidency of Bro . Caswell A . Goodloe , G . M ., who was well supported by his

Grand Officers , Past Grand Officers , and the representatives of private lodges . The address of the Grand Master , which was delivered on the opening day , was shorter than such addresses usually are , but vve are not inclined to find fault with it on that account . It appears to deal clearly , and concisely , and sufficiently with the principal events of the year to which it refers . Bro . Henry H . Ingersoll having

been elected Grand Master for the ensuing year , the proceedings of the first day closed with a Grand Lodge of Sorrow in honour of the late Bro . John S . Dashiell , Past Grand Master . On the second day other Grand Officers were elected , and the Committee on Jurisprudence delivered

their report , the chief matter in which related to non-affiliated brethren and their relations to the lodges near to their respective homes . On the last day other reports were presented including that of the Committee on Accounts , from which it appears that the receipts for the year , including balance from previous account amounted to nearly 16 , 489

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dollars , and the expenditure to 11 , 051 dollars and upwards , the balance remaining in hand at the close of the account being in . excess of 5437 dollars . The principal Grand Officers for the year are Bros . H . H . Ingersoll , M . W . G . M . ; John T . Williamson , Deputy G . M . ; Benjamin F . Haller , S . G . W . ; WilliamS . Smith , J . G . W . ; W . H . Morrow , G . Treas . ; and John Frizzell , G . Sec ; with Bro . W . A .

Clendining as Asst . G . Sec . From the table of returns it appears there are 386 chartered lodges and one under dispensation in the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee , and that the total number of subscribing members is 14 , 092 . There is appended a report of the Lodge of Sorrow in memory of the late Bro . John S . Dashiell , Past G . Master , already referred to , from which

it appears that our late brother who died on the 8 th June , 1887 , was in the 80 th year of his age and had been a Mason for upwards of 50 years , having been inititiated on the 16 th November , 1833 , and that he had been Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee from 1840 to 1852 when he was elected S . G . W ., and was Grand Master in 1854 and in 1855 ; that he was Grand Secretary of Grand

Chapter of Tennessee 1840 to 1852 , and Grand Secretary of the Grand Council in 1850 and 1851 , besides having filled other important offices . In addition the volume contains the " Constitution of the M . W . Grand Lodge of Tennessee " and its edicts as well as a very ample report from the Committee on Correspondence , in which is much readable matter .

Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS .

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UPTON LODGE ( No . 1227 ) . —This lodge held its usual meeting at the Three Nuns Hotel , Aldgate , E ., on Thursday , the 19 th inst . There were present Bros . C . J . Free , W . M . ; J . Stroud , S . W . ; G . H . Clark , J . W . ; C . Gieseke , P . M ., Treas . ; A . W . Fenner , P . M ., Sec ; W . Hayward , S . D . ; S . Toye , J . D . ; E . Hill , l . G . ; C . Schmidt , Steward ; H . W . Sherwin , Org . ; B . Picking ,

P . M . ; C . Patrick , P . M . ; W . J . Barrnes , T . Taylor , M . Doerr , A . J . Millington , A . K . Turbefield , A . Christel , and others . The visitors were Bros . E . H . Dove , 45 ; R . Ede , 1471 ; C . Kramm , 879 ; C . Trotter , 1238 ; E . J . Farries , 1365 ; T . Ty r rell , 1 743 ; E , Laury , 18 S 3 ; and A . R . Lemaire , 2161 , New South Wales . The lodge was opened , and the minutes of the last

meeting were read ana confirmed . Mr . C . R . T . Reifenstein was balloted for , which proved unanimous , and that gentlemen , together with Mr . Robert Everett ( previously balloted for ) , being in attendance , were initiated in a very able manner by the W . M . The election ot W . M . for the ensuing year proved unanimous in favour of the S . W ., Bro . John Stroud . Bro . C . Gieseke was re-elected

Treasurer , and Bro . 1 \ Bowler elected Tyler . The Auditors having been appointed , a P . M . ' s jewel was very cordially voted to Bro . Free for the able manner in which he had discharged his duties during his year of office . The lodge was then closed , and the members adjourned for refreshment , which was served under the personal supervision ot the manager , Mr . Glover , in a very excellent

manner , and gave every satisfaction . The usual loyal toasts having been given and responded to , Bro . Patrick proposed " The Health of the W . M ., " and observed that the Upton Lodge never had a W . M . who had the interests of the lodge more at heart than Bro . Free . He had worked hard for the benefit of the lodge in years gone by , and was doing his best to promote the interests of

the lodge at the present time . He had given every satisfaction as W . M ., in which the brethren could bear him out ; and he was glad there were signs of coming prosperity for the Upton Lodge in the future . He concluded by congratulating Bro . Free on the happy termination of his year . of office . 1 he toast was most heartily received , and Bro . Free , in reply , in thanking Bro . Patrick for the very

flattering manner he had spoken of him , as also the brethren for the very kind way they had received it , said he was glad to see signs of improvement in the affairs of the lodge , and hoped prosperity would soon attend the lodge . He was very proud to hold the position of W . W ., and was grateful to the P . M . 's and officers of the lodge for the great assistance he had received at their hands during his

year of office , without which he felt sure he could not have discharged his duties as he had , and he assured them that he also in his turn would render the future W . M . 's any assistance that lay in his power . By the kind co-operation of the officers the lodge was conducted in a very harmonious spirit , and he hoped it would be many a long year before that harmony would be disturbed , for he felt confident

while that harmony continued the future success of the lodge would be ensured . The toast of "The Initiates" next followed , and the W . M . congratulated them on their initiation , and hoped in time—as he felt assured they would—that they would appreciate the true principles of Freemasonry , and become in time shining lights amongst them .

Bro . Everett thanked the W . M . and brethren , and said he was proud of being a Freemason , and would do his best to uphold the dignity of his membership in the Craft . Bro . Reifenstein also thanked the VV . M . and brethren , and said he would try and make himself a worthy member of Upton Lodge . "The Visitors" was next proposed and honoured , and

the W . M . paid a deserving compliment to each brother , and particularly to their N . S . W . brother , Bro . Lemaire , to whom he was pleased to give a most hearty welcome . He had come a long long journey to obtain the best London medical advice tor his failing sight , and he sincerely hoped , and it was the earnest wish of every member present , that he would soon reap the benefit of the valuable assistance of such an eminent oculist as Dr . Couper , who , they were

given to understand , was attending him . The visitors , in reply , thanked the W . M . and brethren for the kindly welcome they always gave visitors , also for the hospitable manner in which they had been entertained . Bro . Lemaire , in replying , begged to assure the W . M . and brethren that he was very proud of the honour done him that evening , that being the first lodge he had visited in England since leaving his native land , and he would take with him on his return a vivid recollection of the kind , cot-