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A P . M . & PROV . GRAND OFFICER desires a SITUATION in London . Experienced Book-keeper and Correspondent . _ Some knowledge of French . Age 42 , and of active business habits . Will be disengaged in September . Small salary only required for light hours of employment . —Address , P . M ., Chinese Store , Brixton Station , S . W .

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TO ARCHITECTS AND OTHERS . Bro . CHINNOCK , 20 years' Member of Lodge Carnarvon , S 04 ; Clerk of Works , St . Peter ' s Hospital ( opened by H . R . H . Prince Leopold ) , and at Beef Steak Club , King William-st ., is open for CLERK of Workshop . Terms low . —Address , 1 , Moscow Terrace , London , E .

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ROYAL , SEA " BATHING INFIRMARY , MARGATE . ESTABLISHED 1791 . THE ONLY ONE EXCLUSIVELY FOR SCROFULOUS POOR . COL . CREATON , TREASURER . JOHN M . CLABON , Esg ., HON . SECRETARY . This Hospital requires aid . An extra liberal diet table is of necessity required on account of the exhausting nature of this terrible disease . Donors of £ 10 10 s ., Annual Subscribers of £ 1 is ., can recommend patients . 250 beds . Average number of Inpatients per year , 750 , and of applicants over 1000 . Bankers , the Bank of England ; Coutts and Co . ; and Cobb and Co ., Margate . Offices : No . 30 . Charing Cross , W . JOHN THOMAS WALKER , Secretary

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following stand over : Provincial Grand Lodge of Hertfordshire . Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Middlesex and Surrey . West Smithfield Lodge , No . ' 1 G 23 . Abercorn Lodge , No . 1549 . Pattison Chapter , No . 913 .

Era Chapter , No . 1423-Stanmore Chapter , No . 1549 . Whitwell Mark Lodge , No . 151 . Mount Calvary Chapter , A . and A . Rite . Dykes Conclave , No . 3 ( 1 , Red Cross of Constantino . The Deputy G . M . on Church Work .

BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " El Taller , " " The Canadian Craftsman , " "The West London Advertiser , " " The Royal Cornwall Gazette , " " The Broad Arrow , " " Keystone . " "Jewish Chronicle , " "The Masonic Chronicle , " "The Citizen , " "The

Maidstone and Kentish Journal , " " The Court Circular , ' " Die Bauhutte , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " " Caygill ' s Tourist's Chronicle , " "The Liberal Freemason , " "The Hebrew Leader , " "The Masonic Record , " "The Freemasons ' Chronicle " ( Sydney ) .

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Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the op inions expressed by ourcorrcsponuents , but we wish in aspirit of fairplay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . !

ARCH NAMES . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I felt some interest as to what many of your readers would think , and probably reply , to the letter headed "Arch-Names" in your impression of the 1 st

nst ., and would liked to have seen more opinion expressed , in a friendly and Masonic way , upon it . Being disappointed to find the subject dropped altogether , I venture , without presuming to be an authority on R . A . momenclature , to agree with both your correspondents in your issue of the 8 th inst . The second , in my humble opinion , miscalls himself ; and Comp . Budden , in the first

letter , gives what may prove to be the essence of the question by the statement , " We must seek for the title in the customs and usages of Royal Arch Masons and in older regulations of Supreme Grand Chapter . " " One of the Z . ' s" will find the First Principal of a private chapter referred to as M . E . Z . in the Laws and Regulations of 5 th February , 1 S 23 ; sec article on private chapters page 23 . Yours fraternally , P . / C .

THE " JOHN HERVEY MEMORIAL FUND . " To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — It may interest the subscribers to the above-named fund to know that the donations now amount to nearly iTlooo , of which the sum of £ 000 has been invested in New

'I hree Per Cent . Stock in the joint names of Sir John B . Monckton , President ot" the Board of General Purposes , and three other Trustees . The Committee ( consisting of nineteen members , all personally known to the late Bro . Hervey , and some of them on the closest termsof intimacy with him , and consequently

fully conversant with his affairs ) have never thought it necessary to deviate from their original plan , namely , to secure a permanent memoiial of the late Grand Secretary by appropriating the income arising from investments to the four highest unsuccessful candidates ( two male and two female ) at the annual election of the Royal Masonic

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Benevolent Institution , in what may be termed " consolation prizes . " under the title of the " John Hervey Benefactions , " and the first such application of the dividend took place at the recent election in May , to the no small satisfaction of the recipients . By this means the name of our late respected Bro . John

Hervey will , once a year , be prominently brought forward , long after the promoters of the scheme shall have passed away from this transitory scene ; and thus his memory will continue to be respected by generations of Freemasons yet unborn . By your kindness , I purpose to send you next week a list

of donations to the present date ; and I am happy to announce that sympathy with the object is not confined to the members of the Craft at home , but that the District Grand Lodge of the Punjab , and the lodges under its jurisdiction have , through the activity of Bro . Walter Adlard ,

Deputy District Grand Master of the Punjab , P . M . 14 S 3 , & c , the son of our old friend , Bro . Frederick Adlard , P . M . and Treas . No . 7 , made a liberal response to the appeal . Thanking you for the kind manner in which you have co-operated with us , I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternally ,

R . R . DAVIS , P . M . 256 . Hon . Sec . " John Hervey Memorial Fund . " Melvill Lodge , Manor-road , Wallington , Surrey , 24 th July .

A POINT OF LAW . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , With reference to"M . M . ' s" letter in last week ' s Freemason , I think it is perfectly clear from the Book of Constitutions that supposing a brother , who is a P . M . of

two lodges and W . M . of a third lodge , resigns his membership of the two former lodges , he is still a P . M . in the Craft , and has still three qualifications for Grand Lodge ; but in attending two of the lodges from which he takes his qualifications , he can only do so as a visitor . Then , supposing he ultimately resigns the W .

Mastership of the third lodge , he has still three qualifications for Grand Lodge for the term of twelve months from his last resignation , and if he wishes to retain them he has only to become a member of a fourth lodge before the expiration of the twelve months , and keep up his subscriptions . Yours fraternally , W . 72 G .

A WARNING TO THE BENEVOLENT . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Would you kindly insert the following lines , in order to warn the charitably-disposed against a man who is on his way north , and professes to belong to St . Peter's

Lodge , Newcastle-on-Tyne , No . 4 S 1 . He reached Lancaster on Thursday , the 20 th inst ., and , after looking up some of the brethren , stated that he was a discharged soldier , having served six years in the service . He and his wife had their fare paid from Manchester to Preston , and when walking forward she was , as he alleged , taken ill at a village

four miles south of Lancaster , and there confined of twins . He was afforded temporary relief , with apromise that additional help would be forthcoming if his statement was found to be correct . Inquiries were made , and the man ' s statement was found to be totally devoid of truth . On Friday , it appears , he went down to Morecambe , and imposed upon

the brethren therewith the same tale . On Saturday afternoon he was again seen in Lancaster , and when confronted with those who had assisted him , he ideclarcd most positively that his statement was correct , adding a number of minor details , which gave the appearance of truth . In order to set the matter at rest , one of the brethren went to

the village where the man said his wife was , when it was proved on the most undoubted testimony that the whole story was a fabrication . 'The brethren preferred to be imposed upon rather than expose the fellow in the policecourt , and which he richly deserved . The individual in question is a tall , good-looking man , of

military bearing , about 5 ft . 10 in . in height , full florid complexion , and has apparently weak eyes . If he should present himself to any of the brethren in future it is to be hoped he will be recognised , and meet with the treatment he deserves . Yours truly , PAST MASTER No . 2 S 1 .

MONEY OR ABILITY . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In your issue oE 22 nd July , p . 410 , head of first column , there appears the following : " One of our great errors in the past has been making Freemasonry too cheap

and easy of admittance , " & c . I beg leave to be permitted to take exception to any such principle ; for I know for a fact , and my experience is that of many years , and gained in many lands , that very many men of very superior ability and the highest attainments , and who would undoubtedly be a credit to the Craft , are precluded from joining , or from continuing their

connection with the Craft , on account of the very heavy incidenta expc nces , that can be but ill-afforded by all but a per centage who arc so fortunate as to possess money . The ability to spend sums of money as fees or on banquets , or for subscriptions , is a most unsound basis upon which to estimate a man's eligibility for the honour of entrance to Freemasonry , and for promotion therein ; for , as all well know from practical experience , it is not those who

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are merely possessed of an abundance of " filthy lucre " sthat make the best Craftsmen . I should be sincerely glad to sec lodges formed wherein the refreshment and banquet element was entirely excluded , and where' the test of fitness was founded upon ability and zeal for the Craft ; where the time of the

members was devoted to energet ' c study and practice of ennobling teachings and work of the pure and ancient Freemasonry ; and I should be rejoiced to see the principle recognised that a public-house was not the most fitting place for lodges of instruction or other Masonic meetings . I am , dear Sir and Brother , fraternally yours ,

¦ C . PFOUNDES . ERRATA . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I wish very much to' express my regret , that in two of my leaderettes , the following French errata occur : "Sien" is substituted Ifor "sein ; " " ecvasante" for

" ecrasante . " Probably those who understand French will have spotted the blunders , and which I fancy arose from the recent hot weather , and the excitement everbody is in just now in England , not even excepting "Typists , " in respect of the proceedings in Egypt , and the treacheries and cruelties of " Horrible Pasha . " Yours fraternally , THE WRITER OF THEM TWO LEADERETTES .

THE LATE BRO . JOHN HERVEY . We have been requested to publish the following : " Mrs . Mackenzie is much distressed at seeing her name in a public paper . She begs to state that her beloved brother left her much better off than she could have possibly expected . " If Mr . ' Nemo ' ( who she supposes is ashamed of his

name , and who seems to have had the curiosity to go to examine the will ) had read it properly , he would have seen that the property was under , £ 3000 , but as £ 1000 had been lent to a friend by Mr . Hervey , and neither principal nor interest has been yet recovered , of course Mrs . Mackenzie's income is much reduced from what it would otherwise be if such xyere not the case . Besides this , Mr . Hervey had taken his house for a term of three years , and the rent had to be to the end of

(^ 120 per annum ) paid up the term . " Mrs . Mackenzie does not wish for any charity ; and her only object in advertising the biscuit box was to obtain a little ready money to assist in paying for the moving from a house where the drainage is in such a shocking state that she and her family have been suffering from sore throat , fever , & c , for a long time . "

Reviews

REVIEWS

Lli MU . NUI ' . ; MACUNNICJUE for July . Under Bro . Grimaux's able editorship this well-known Parisian Masonic serial takes a high literary position . It was very ably conducted by Bro . Caubet , though we did not quite agree with him , and Bro . Grimaux seems determined to keep up its established prestige . We do not , as he knows , always agree either with our esteemed confrere , but differences , like misfortunes and accidents , will occur even

in the best regulated families , and we make great allowances for the special exigencies of the position of French Freemasonry , and a oi French editor under exciting circumstances . In this question , as regards the "fusion , " Bro . Grimaux takes , more or less , our view of the situation . He sees , as we sec , the utter absurdity of the whole movement on the lines laid down ; the ridiculousness of the

pretensions of the so-called Grand Loge Symbolique ; and the really humiliating part the Grand Orient is made to play , and the unbecoming position in which it is sought to place it . We do not approve of the . recent proceedings of the Grand Orient . We have often said so , and shall probably often have to say so again . But the Grand Orient , for good or ill , is the recognised head of Craft

Masonry in Trance , and though its position is alike abnormal and hazardous , and leads on to fair questions , how far its departure from the cosmopolitan landmarks of Freemasonry enables it to retain its jurisdictional authority , still it is a jurisdiction , and has a somewhat striking past to look back upon . Whereas the Grand Loge Symbolique , as it terms itself , is the mushroom creation of a couple of

years . It is the product of a mutiny from the Ancient and Accepted Rite , and constitutes in its very creation as a supposed Grand Body , and its acknowledgment as such by the Grand Orient , astern if laughable commentary on the forgetfulness of all Masonic precedent , and a serious invasion of all constitutional authority . Why the Grand Orient ever recognised such a body none have , so far , explained ,

for it could not safely be contended that members of a 'Third Degree in a collection of Thirty-three Degrees were in a position to negociate with the Grand Orient . Neither does the recognition of the Grand Orient affect the question , Masonically or objectively . Subjectively , of course , in France the recognition is available , but not outof France ;

and we are quite certain that no other legal Masonic Body could , or would , recognize such a creation . We think Bro . Grimeaux in his able article has only taken too much trouble to answer absurdities and fallacies , to destroy the twice-slain paradoxes of the movement party . VVe wish that there was some central place in London where all foreign Masonic serials and periodicals might be taken and perused by English Freemasons .

SPECIAL NUMBER OF THE GRAPHIC—BOM BARDMENT OF ALEXANDRIA . This is a most interesting issue of our very remarkable contemporaiy , which will be greedily devoured and much admired by countless readers of all ages and conditions . His must be a cold English heart which does not . warm up at the gallant doings of our blue jackets , and which does not exuit , for the sake of the peace and progress , the comfort and civilization of the world , at the prowess of Old