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NOTICE OF REMOVAL . STABILITY LODGE OF INSTRUCTION , MASONS' HALI , TAVERN , MASONS' AVENUE , COLEMAN STREET , E . C . The Session of the above Lodge of Instruction for 1 SS 0-1 SS 1 will commence on Friday , the 3 rd day of September , at C p . m ., and will be continued every Friday evening , from 6 till S p . m ., at the above address , till April , 1 SS 1 .

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THE FREEMASON . SATURDAY , AUG . 28 , 1880 . ? . . —

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MANY of our contemporaries have discussed the blackballing case . It is very unpleasant reading , per se , and suggestive , we fear , of very un-Masonic ideas of duty and decorum afloat amongst us . We cannot help fearing that there must be

something of personality behind it all . Certainly , it is a "strongish Order , " because a brother is in bad humour , put out by one of the thousand and one "little miseries of human life , " to blackball two worthy and unoffending persons . Hut there are Masons and Masons . .. * _

WE trust that many of our worth } - brethren will take warning from these recent law proceedings , and this discussion of Masonic ethics in public journals . We have for some time been convinced that we publish too much of lodge proceedings ,

that we allude too unreservedly to ritual and ceremonial , and , therefore , for some time , we have endeavoured to " excise " from our reports al ! that tends to open out the " aporrcta " of Masonry to

the non-Mason and the curious public , and we shall be more particular even for the future . Masonry i . s , in oui opinion , a little too much before the world just now in various ways . Perhaps it cannot be helped , but it is not a good thing for us .

IT will be seen in our correspondence that there is in South Africa a defence made for the public procession to church of Bro . Major TKRRY and his

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lodge with a military band , Sec . Now , as we said before , we do not wish to seem to be too severe on what was no doubt an error on the part of our gallant brother , perhaps from a little over zeal .

But we feel honestly , none the less , bound to say , we regret the occurrence for various reasons , and hope it will not be made either a precedent , or an example .

* * " RF . VIRESCO " has " hit a blot . " We do not know , we cannot explain , how the mistake arose to which he alludes . It was both a "lapsus

pennav and a " casus omissus . We do not see , however , that our good friend meets the other difficulties of the case on his own contention . He is content to ignore them and pass them over , " sub " silentio . "

# * THERE is an amusing report from America that a Bro . Major-General PHELI ' S is an anti-Masonic candidate for the Presidency . What a curious fact it is in natural history , that there are such a lot of two-legged geese in this world of ours [

* * THE meeting of 15 , 000 Kni ghts Templar at Chicago is an event to be noted and recorded , and that their " march" took place before 500 , 000 spectators is alike a remarkable fact and an

interesting reality . We hope that some able American musical brother has provided them with some suitable and effective march music . How far all such public processions are good , perse , and beneficial to the "bodies " thus represented , is , we confess , to us a somewhat moot point .

* * WE have to deplore thc loss of one of the most g ifted actresses of the day , Miss LILIAN NEILSON .

The circumstances attendant on her sudden death , at Paris , are very sad . She was born at Saragossa , in 1850 , and first appeared when she was fifteen . Since then her fame has been cosmopolitan .

* * " DR . TANNER , having got over his voracity , was " reported last week as eating regular meals of " oysters and water-melon , his wei ght 1421 b ., and " his condition excellent . " Such is the paragraph

we read about Dr . I ANKER in a contemporary . We confess that we have not thc sli ghtest interest either in him , or his wager , or his feat . In fact , he had become a regular nuisance . We see no good in such a " sensation " in anv wav .

* * OM : or two sad accidents b y drowning in linglish lakes are recorded in the Press—the Rev . Mr .

WRIGHT . -ind Mr . ASHTON . Mr . COLERIDGE , the son of the Lord Chief Justice , onl y saved himself , so to say , b y a miracle . In both cases acute cramp is supposed to be the cause of death . * * *

FREEMASONS are Knglishmen and patriots , ancl will regret to learn the death of that very eminent public servant Lord STRATI oiu > DE REDCUI-TE , in his ninety-third year , whose name will always be bound up with the Kast . His services to his country were many and great .

* _ IT would almost seem as if wc had arrived at a crisis in Masonic investigation , when much caution was needed by students and enquirers . Otherwise we may fall into grave error on one side or

the other . " Incidit in Scyllam qui vtilt vitare Charybdin . " The more modern view of Masonic history , of which FINDEL may be said to be thc very able exponent , cannot , it seems to us , from recent evidence be altogether safely relied on . It

is just possible , we think , that Dr . OLIVER ' theory of Masonic life and perpetuation , with some modifications , may yet have to be accepted , as the most reasonable and the most proveable after all .

The history of Hermeticism in its real bearing on Freemasonry has yet to be more carefully considered than it has been by Masonic writers generally .

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THERE is positively nothing before the next Grand Lodge except one solitary appeal , and in this hot weather our " Home Rulers" will probably be " nonsenet . " Most are happily off for a holiday . It will be noted that our lodges have now reached

the very striking total of 1876 , so that before the end of 1 SSo they will probably exceed 1900 . Those of us who live to witness the close of 18 S 1 will probably behold a muster roll of over 2000 English lodges . This is a matter for serious reflection .

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[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , thc opinions expressed by onr correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . !

LIEUT .-COL . BUTLER'S "GOOD WORDS" ABOUT FREEMASONRY . To the Editor ofthe " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I presume that Lieut .-Col . Butler , who used such forcible language—as quoted by you last week from " Good Words "—respecting us poor unfortunate Freemasons ,

holds or held a commission in Her Majesty ' s Army , in which His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , our M . W . G . Master , is a Field Marshal , while H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , Past G . S . Warden of England , is a Major-General . Prince Leopold is Past G . J . Warden and Prov . G . Master of Oxfordshire . The Earl of Carnarvon , Pro Grand Master and Prov . Grand Master of Somersetshire ,

and Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., a Past G . Warden , successively held the seals of office as Secretary of State for the Colonies in Lord Beaconsfield ' s administration ; and the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., Prov . G . Master of Derbyshire , is Secretary of State for India . The Duk-e of Abereorn , G . Master of Ireland , and the Duke of Marlborough , successively Viceroys of Ireland under the late

administration , are both Masons , and so is their successor , Earl Cowper , under the present Government . I might fill some columns of your journal with the names of Peers and Members of Parliament , as well as of men distinguished in every branch of science and art , in commerce , in manufactures , in Lieut .-Col . Butler ' s own service , and in the Navy , who are members of the Craft . However , the names 1

have already given are sufficient introduction to the question I trust you will , permit me to ask the gallant Lieut .-Colonel , who uses such courteous language towards us—Does he include the members of the Royal Family and the Statesmen I have named in the category of "aproned , gauntleted , and pinchbeck-jewelled humbugs ?" I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , INQUISITIVE .

To the Editor ofthe "Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother-Will you kindly insert in your next issue the following remarks in reference to Lieut .-Col . Butler ' s contribution to "Good Words , " on the subject of his visit to Mousta Church , and his gratuitous opinion of Freemasonry ? Had Lieut .-Col . Butler been better informed he would

probably never have penned the sarcastic paragraph reproduced in the Freemason of the 21 st . The Architect who designed the Church at Mousta , or Musta , as it i . s called in Malta , vvas a Freemason , and spent the whole of his private fortune in the erection of that building , and when it was completed , and he found himself considerably bowed down hv age , and in very reduced

circumstances , the Freemasons in . Malta , without solicitation , gave him such periodical assistance as enabled him , with a small pension which was granted to him by the Government ( 1 believe on the occasion of the Prince of Wales ' s first visit to the Island ) , to spend the remainder of his days in comparative comfort . So that it would appear that the gallant

Colonel's gibe against Freemasonry was quite uncalled for seeing that this " glorious temple" owes its existence to the talent and energy of one of these " aproned , gauntletted , pinchbeck-jewelled humbugs " on whom he so elegantly discourses . Yours fraternally , D . G . M . August 22 .

THK LN-. MASO . MC _ TRIAL . To the Editor of the " Freemason . "

VOIGT V . CAKK , TltKVOK , AMI LAKINCi . Dear Sir and Brother , — Will you kindly permit me to supplement the record of the above mentioned trial in your issue of Saturday last , with the announcement that Air . Justice Bowen , who tried the case , has decided that each party is to pay his own costs , excepting so far as the plea of justification .

By giving Voigt only " a farthing damages , the juryappear to have thought ( with you ) that such averdict would not carry " costs . " But I am told that under the new Judicature Act , even so small a su . n ss a farthing docs carrycosts at the discretion of the Judge . The decision which Mr . Justice Bowen has come to , that I should not he burdened " with thc plaintiff ' s costs , was only to be expected hy those who heard his very careful and lucid summing up . But ,

nevertheless , the costs of my defence of this action will exceed I fear £ 150 . Under the peculiar circumstances of the case , therefore , I do not hesitate to appeal to the fraternity at large to aid me in defraying them . More than three years ago , on the suggestion of Mr . Justice Field , the plaintiff made his complaint to his Provincial Grand Master , who decided against it ; stiil the action Has not withdrawn . I am , dear Sir and Brother , vour- fraternally and

faithfully , ' TUDOR TREVOR . P . M ., I ' . / C ., P . E . C , 30 ° , & c . 12 S , Hi g hgate , Kendal , 23 rd August . j We quite agree with our correspondent , and hope that something may be done to help him . —ED . F . M . ]

To the Editor of the " Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , Every Mason must regret the proceedings disclosed b y ^ the recent Masonic trial . It is , however , to be hoped that the action of Bro . Trevor and thc W . M . of the Alexandra Lodge may not altogether escape notice for fear