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taken up in Canada and Quebec as regards some English lodges and chapters of Montreal , deserves a little consideration . The English lodges and chapters are clearly in their ri ght ! They are there in virtue of lawful warrants , and ancient working , and their position has been fully , distinctly , and legally recognized by an honourable concordat . The Grand Lodge of
Quebec challenges their legal existence Masonically , on the ground of the American state Masonic law of universal jurisdictional authority , a theory unknown to , and unrecognized in England , If even the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Quebec could say " fieri non debet , " yet still , according to the old adage , " factum valet . " But no position can , to
speak thc truth , be more distinct , legal , or rightful than that of the English lodges and chapters in Canada . It is evidently solely a matter for them how far it may suit them , in the " eternal fitness of things , " to affiliate themselves to the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Quebec ; but so long as they ask the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter
of England to safeguard and acknowledge their eminent and admitted legal rights and position according to English Masonic law , so long are the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of England bound in Masonic fairness to do so . Any irritable proceedings on the part of our Quebec brethren , any foolish manifestos or ridiculous interdicts can only serve to recoil on
themselves , can only tend to aggravate matters , and can only make Freemasonry a laughing stock to friend and foe . Never at any time was the English Craft more united , more hard at work , more devoted to its mission than now . Ritual is carefully attended to ; aesthetic arrangements are improving ; carelessness and a " por . o curante " cry of business , like all
that savours of irreverence or impropriety , have long since been banished from our lodges , and initiates are affected as old members are gratified , at the skilful working by the " Masters " of our Masonic Israel , as the beauties of our archaic and effective ritual arc developed and illustrated . If there are some slight dangers apparently ahead , if some points deserve notice ,
and others demand care , there is nothing , we think , but what Masonic experience can guard against , and Masonic loyalty overcome . And proud , therefore , of our past and present , we look on confiding ) } ' to the future . Masonic literature , though as elsewhere too little valued , is still , we think ,
rather on the advance . The publication of'Bro . GOULD ' S History is an Epoch in Masonic Studies , deserving the thoughtful and grateful recognition of all students of Masonic history , of all who still like to loiter amid the highways and byeways of Masonic archaeology .
* * * IN respect of other jurisdictions , the yearly result of Masonic work , charity ' and progress is a somewhat chequered one , and varying according to country and temper . In Ireland and Scotland , for instance , Freemasonry is active and working , though in neither jurisdiction is enough done for charity . In
Scotland especially , despite its financial rally and its general hospitality , the Craft would , as it were , revivify its existence and outcome , if only its active work for Charity was commensurate with its numbers , intelligence , and warm-heartedness . In Ireland the loyal attitude of the Order deserves our commendation . The first social duty of the Freemason everywhere is to
obey the laws of the land , to discountenance revolutionary proceedings , and protest against secret political societies , which often become the tools of corrupt men , of venal agitators , of debased criminals , whose course is marked by the hateful developemcnt of sanguinary murder and cruel treachery . The only complaints we have against the Irish Masonic authorities is their absurd
feeling in respect of the Masonic press . The Freemason cannot obtain Masonic information from Ireland . Such is the pressure of one particular authority that it is a positive fact Irish brethren , absurd as it may seem to say so , become unwilling or afraid to send the commonest reports , and
request often that if by chance they do so , their names may not be published-If the Freemason wants reports , as it does , of Irish work , it has to go to the Freeman ' s Journal , " et hoc genus omne . " As it declines such a course of action , it goes without . Some few notices of Irish Masonry come to hand , and English Masons always are rejoiced to hear of their Irish
brethren . * * IN France and Belgium things are as bad as bad can be . It is " a long lane which has no turning , " and , therefore , we can only desiderate for both these bodies a speedy return to old ways and a right mind . Both in France and
Belg ium Freemasonry is losing prestige and popularity , and in neither jurisdiction are the members what they ought to be . They have forgotten the good sound advice of our Royal Grand Master , and meddle both with politics and religion in various ways and in different forms . On the continent otherwise , as in Germany , Sweden , Denmark , Hungary , Holland ,
Italy , Portugal , and Switzerland , Freemasonry is not " en sommeil , ' but in life , and despite many prejudices to combat , and much opposition to be encountered , seems to be making way . In Spain Freemasonry is still among " Cosas de Espana "; in Russia and Austria proper Freemasonry is still prohibited . In South America , in Mexico , Peru ,
Brazils , Buenos Ayres , & c , freemasonry seems to be holding its own , but we know little of it . In North America , in the United States and Canada , FYeemasonry is advancing rapidly , and laughs at the puny efforts of credulous sensationalists , as well as the childish utterances of unbridled bigotry . American Freemasonry would , indeed , require a leader to itself ,
as its expanse is so wide and its developement so magnificent . If we think we see weak points in its armour , and spots in its feasts of charity , we forbear expatiating on them , as ours is imperfect realization of facts , and we must live in the United States to grasp properly the peculiar
difficulties and dangers , the strong and the weak side of American Freemasonry . But across dividing waters we are proud and glad to hold out the kindly hand of affectionate sympathy to the many good men and true who constitute our American fraternity .
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WE wish we could speak hopefully of Canada and Quebec . There is a spirit in the " Old Dominion" unfortunately at work , fomented by some unquiet spirits and reckless writers , which bids ill for Masonic peace in 1884 . It is not likely that the Grand Lodge of England will ever submit to unauthorized dicta , much less to impertinent dictation . The last act of the Grand Chapter of Quebec may be justified by some peculiarity in the act of
recognition , but the allocution forbidding communication with the Grand Mark Lodge appears to the English mind to savourof ancient intolerance and to be a absurd act of angry and impracticable " Boycotting . " The authorities of most the Grand Mark Lodge seem only to have acted for the benefit of their own English members and to those who cling to the English Lodges at Montreal . And this we believe is the real offence . That the position of the English
lodges at Montreal is legal and Masonic we in England have never doubted . And we cannot affect to submit to the " dogmata " of unauthorized writers or the modern theories of American State Grand lodges on the subject . And then conies the serious question of the position of the Quebec bodies as before the Laws of the Land . If both the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Quebec are illegal bodies by Statute Law , if they are nothing but illegal secret societies ,
they lose " ipso facto any claims to Masonic acknowledgement , just as they forfeit any right of Masonic jurisdiction . We cannot see how American Grand Bodies can recognize them anymore as an Order . To be legal Masonic jurisdictions they must be legal also by the laws of the land , If they require legalizing , as it is said , until they are legalized , as regards law abiding Masons , they do not exist , can demand no acknowledgement , can exact no obedience .
* * * AND thus 1 S 83 has ended for our Masonic life and Masonic world . It witnesses , as our readers will have noted , of much Masonic vitality , of much M asonic progress , of many noble results of charitable effort , of all
that constitutes the reality of true Freemasonry . May 1 SS 4 , when it is passing away in turn , present the same happy record and demonstrate the same auspicious results ; and may our good old Craft , weathering every gale , speed on its goodly mission , lovingly and truthfully , unfurling without fear and without distrust before the world its sacred and venerable banner
of charity , loyalty , toleration , and peace . * *« DEATH , as usual , has been very busy with our Fraternity during the past twelve months , and the seriousness of our reflections on this inevitable proof of mortality , this unavoidable fate of our human race , is removed by the fact that we do not even in the pages of the Freemason record a tithe of
those upon whom the pitiless " Destructive" has lifted his ice-cold hands , tak ing away vitality , and trust , and hope alike . Among the more notable of our losses recorded in the Freemason we may fitly and specially mention Bros , the Earl of Wemyss and March , Past Grand Master Mason Scotland ; Sir Henry Meux , Bart ., No . 357 ; Lord Sherborne , P . P . G . M . Gloucestershire ; John Wordsworth , P . G . S ., P . P . G . W ., & c , West Yorkshire ; J . Whyte
Melville , Past Grand Master Mason Scotland ; John Saffery ( Savaricus ); Alderman Pryce Morris , Dr . Wilson lies , D . P . G . M . Herts ; and Henry Murray , P . Dist . G . M . China . The general list is as follows : J . E . Scott P . M . and Sec . No . 1563 ; Dr . Bolton Barton , P . P . G . M . \ V . Jndia ( l . CO ; John Allen , P . M . 1297 ( Morning Post ) ; John Entwisle , P . M . 221 , & c . ; Rev . John De Renzy , B . A . ; W . G . Harrison , Q . C ., G . S . D . ; Dr . Ambrose Cecil
Hughes ; Alderman Sir Thomas White , W . Holmes , P . M . 3 S 7 ; Ralph Davison , P . P . G . Std . Br . N . and E . Yorkshire ; R . H . Marsh ( Henry Marston ); Capt . James Turvey , Henry Tarrant Dashwood , Lewis Finch , P . P . G . D . C . Kent ; John Coombe , P . M . 450 , P . P . G . D . Cornwall , & c . ; Hugh Spencer , 1036 , 1086 , & rc . ; A . J . Duff Filer , P . G . S . B . ; W . H . Lucia , Prov . G . Sec . Suffolk ; E . K . Wilkinson , P . M . and Sec No . 7 ; Capt .
Standish , District G . M . Yictona ; E . T . Inskipp , P . P . G . Sec . Bristol ; Captain Matthew Webb , No . 22 ; Chevalier Edward Meugens , Benjamin Terry Hodge , P . P . G . D . and P . P . G . S . N . Devon ; H . J . Du Jardine , P . P . G . T . Jersey ; Edward M . Hubbuck , P . G . S . ; G . M . Felton , C . C . ; John Deighton , P . G . D ., D . Prov . G . M . Cambridgeshire ; James Shuter , M . D ., F . R . C . S . ; Thomas Clement Cobbold , M . P . ; Capt . Hanham , P . P . G . S . W . Dorset ; and Joseph Eglese , P . M . and Sec . 569 .
Earl Of Mornington Lodge. No. 2000.
EARL OF MORNINGTON LODGE . No . 2000 .
This lodge—which seems to form a great Masonic land mark—was consecrated on the 19 th inst ., at No . 33 , Golden-square , by the R . W . Grand Master of the Province of Surrey , General Studholme Brownrigg , C . B . The intention of the founders , we believe , is the cultivation of vocal harmony in the hours of refreshment , and the music of the consecration and at the subsequent banquet may be regarded as a promise for the future . We have no doubt that the Earl of Mornington will take high rank among musical lodges .
1 he consecration ceremony was ably performed by the distinguished officer named , and after the reading of the warrant the Rev . C J . Arnold , P . G . C ., Dep . P . G . M . for Surrey , delivered a beautiful and impressive address on the subject of Masonic loyalty . Bro . Henry Gadsby ' s ode , " Great Architect on High / ' followed , under the direction of the composer , being sung by
the brethren who were afterwards appointed to offices in the lodge , accompanied on the organ by Bro . Jekyll , P . G . O . Other music , by Bros . W . A . Barrett and Gadsby , was afterwards performed , and the new lodge was formally dedicated . Upon the lodge being resumed in the Second Degree , Bro . J . S . Lavies , M . D ., was installed W . M . of the lodge by the D . P . G . M . Berks and Bucks , the Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , M . A .
Among the guests , several of whom assisted in the ceremony , were Bros . H . D . Sandeman , P . D . G . M . Bengal ; Capt . N . G . Philips , P . G . S . D . ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D . ; Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec . ; Bradshaw Browne , W . M . No . 1 ; and others , and letters of congratulation were announced as having been received from Bros , the Earl of Northesk , Lord Leigh , Sir Albert Woods ( Garter King at Arms ) , General VV . Wyllie , and others .
The brethren dined together at the Holborn Restaurant , and glees and part-songs were sung by the brethren in a very satisfactory manner , eliciting frequent and enthusiastic marks of approval , no one leaving until after the final glee by the late Bro . S . Webb , " The mighty conqueror , " had been given , and the Tyler ' s toast duly honoured .
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taken up in Canada and Quebec as regards some English lodges and chapters of Montreal , deserves a little consideration . The English lodges and chapters are clearly in their ri ght ! They are there in virtue of lawful warrants , and ancient working , and their position has been fully , distinctly , and legally recognized by an honourable concordat . The Grand Lodge of
Quebec challenges their legal existence Masonically , on the ground of the American state Masonic law of universal jurisdictional authority , a theory unknown to , and unrecognized in England , If even the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Quebec could say " fieri non debet , " yet still , according to the old adage , " factum valet . " But no position can , to
speak thc truth , be more distinct , legal , or rightful than that of the English lodges and chapters in Canada . It is evidently solely a matter for them how far it may suit them , in the " eternal fitness of things , " to affiliate themselves to the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Quebec ; but so long as they ask the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter
of England to safeguard and acknowledge their eminent and admitted legal rights and position according to English Masonic law , so long are the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of England bound in Masonic fairness to do so . Any irritable proceedings on the part of our Quebec brethren , any foolish manifestos or ridiculous interdicts can only serve to recoil on
themselves , can only tend to aggravate matters , and can only make Freemasonry a laughing stock to friend and foe . Never at any time was the English Craft more united , more hard at work , more devoted to its mission than now . Ritual is carefully attended to ; aesthetic arrangements are improving ; carelessness and a " por . o curante " cry of business , like all
that savours of irreverence or impropriety , have long since been banished from our lodges , and initiates are affected as old members are gratified , at the skilful working by the " Masters " of our Masonic Israel , as the beauties of our archaic and effective ritual arc developed and illustrated . If there are some slight dangers apparently ahead , if some points deserve notice ,
and others demand care , there is nothing , we think , but what Masonic experience can guard against , and Masonic loyalty overcome . And proud , therefore , of our past and present , we look on confiding ) } ' to the future . Masonic literature , though as elsewhere too little valued , is still , we think ,
rather on the advance . The publication of'Bro . GOULD ' S History is an Epoch in Masonic Studies , deserving the thoughtful and grateful recognition of all students of Masonic history , of all who still like to loiter amid the highways and byeways of Masonic archaeology .
* * * IN respect of other jurisdictions , the yearly result of Masonic work , charity ' and progress is a somewhat chequered one , and varying according to country and temper . In Ireland and Scotland , for instance , Freemasonry is active and working , though in neither jurisdiction is enough done for charity . In
Scotland especially , despite its financial rally and its general hospitality , the Craft would , as it were , revivify its existence and outcome , if only its active work for Charity was commensurate with its numbers , intelligence , and warm-heartedness . In Ireland the loyal attitude of the Order deserves our commendation . The first social duty of the Freemason everywhere is to
obey the laws of the land , to discountenance revolutionary proceedings , and protest against secret political societies , which often become the tools of corrupt men , of venal agitators , of debased criminals , whose course is marked by the hateful developemcnt of sanguinary murder and cruel treachery . The only complaints we have against the Irish Masonic authorities is their absurd
feeling in respect of the Masonic press . The Freemason cannot obtain Masonic information from Ireland . Such is the pressure of one particular authority that it is a positive fact Irish brethren , absurd as it may seem to say so , become unwilling or afraid to send the commonest reports , and
request often that if by chance they do so , their names may not be published-If the Freemason wants reports , as it does , of Irish work , it has to go to the Freeman ' s Journal , " et hoc genus omne . " As it declines such a course of action , it goes without . Some few notices of Irish Masonry come to hand , and English Masons always are rejoiced to hear of their Irish
brethren . * * IN France and Belgium things are as bad as bad can be . It is " a long lane which has no turning , " and , therefore , we can only desiderate for both these bodies a speedy return to old ways and a right mind . Both in France and
Belg ium Freemasonry is losing prestige and popularity , and in neither jurisdiction are the members what they ought to be . They have forgotten the good sound advice of our Royal Grand Master , and meddle both with politics and religion in various ways and in different forms . On the continent otherwise , as in Germany , Sweden , Denmark , Hungary , Holland ,
Italy , Portugal , and Switzerland , Freemasonry is not " en sommeil , ' but in life , and despite many prejudices to combat , and much opposition to be encountered , seems to be making way . In Spain Freemasonry is still among " Cosas de Espana "; in Russia and Austria proper Freemasonry is still prohibited . In South America , in Mexico , Peru ,
Brazils , Buenos Ayres , & c , freemasonry seems to be holding its own , but we know little of it . In North America , in the United States and Canada , FYeemasonry is advancing rapidly , and laughs at the puny efforts of credulous sensationalists , as well as the childish utterances of unbridled bigotry . American Freemasonry would , indeed , require a leader to itself ,
as its expanse is so wide and its developement so magnificent . If we think we see weak points in its armour , and spots in its feasts of charity , we forbear expatiating on them , as ours is imperfect realization of facts , and we must live in the United States to grasp properly the peculiar
difficulties and dangers , the strong and the weak side of American Freemasonry . But across dividing waters we are proud and glad to hold out the kindly hand of affectionate sympathy to the many good men and true who constitute our American fraternity .
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WE wish we could speak hopefully of Canada and Quebec . There is a spirit in the " Old Dominion" unfortunately at work , fomented by some unquiet spirits and reckless writers , which bids ill for Masonic peace in 1884 . It is not likely that the Grand Lodge of England will ever submit to unauthorized dicta , much less to impertinent dictation . The last act of the Grand Chapter of Quebec may be justified by some peculiarity in the act of
recognition , but the allocution forbidding communication with the Grand Mark Lodge appears to the English mind to savourof ancient intolerance and to be a absurd act of angry and impracticable " Boycotting . " The authorities of most the Grand Mark Lodge seem only to have acted for the benefit of their own English members and to those who cling to the English Lodges at Montreal . And this we believe is the real offence . That the position of the English
lodges at Montreal is legal and Masonic we in England have never doubted . And we cannot affect to submit to the " dogmata " of unauthorized writers or the modern theories of American State Grand lodges on the subject . And then conies the serious question of the position of the Quebec bodies as before the Laws of the Land . If both the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Quebec are illegal bodies by Statute Law , if they are nothing but illegal secret societies ,
they lose " ipso facto any claims to Masonic acknowledgement , just as they forfeit any right of Masonic jurisdiction . We cannot see how American Grand Bodies can recognize them anymore as an Order . To be legal Masonic jurisdictions they must be legal also by the laws of the land , If they require legalizing , as it is said , until they are legalized , as regards law abiding Masons , they do not exist , can demand no acknowledgement , can exact no obedience .
* * * AND thus 1 S 83 has ended for our Masonic life and Masonic world . It witnesses , as our readers will have noted , of much Masonic vitality , of much M asonic progress , of many noble results of charitable effort , of all
that constitutes the reality of true Freemasonry . May 1 SS 4 , when it is passing away in turn , present the same happy record and demonstrate the same auspicious results ; and may our good old Craft , weathering every gale , speed on its goodly mission , lovingly and truthfully , unfurling without fear and without distrust before the world its sacred and venerable banner
of charity , loyalty , toleration , and peace . * *« DEATH , as usual , has been very busy with our Fraternity during the past twelve months , and the seriousness of our reflections on this inevitable proof of mortality , this unavoidable fate of our human race , is removed by the fact that we do not even in the pages of the Freemason record a tithe of
those upon whom the pitiless " Destructive" has lifted his ice-cold hands , tak ing away vitality , and trust , and hope alike . Among the more notable of our losses recorded in the Freemason we may fitly and specially mention Bros , the Earl of Wemyss and March , Past Grand Master Mason Scotland ; Sir Henry Meux , Bart ., No . 357 ; Lord Sherborne , P . P . G . M . Gloucestershire ; John Wordsworth , P . G . S ., P . P . G . W ., & c , West Yorkshire ; J . Whyte
Melville , Past Grand Master Mason Scotland ; John Saffery ( Savaricus ); Alderman Pryce Morris , Dr . Wilson lies , D . P . G . M . Herts ; and Henry Murray , P . Dist . G . M . China . The general list is as follows : J . E . Scott P . M . and Sec . No . 1563 ; Dr . Bolton Barton , P . P . G . M . \ V . Jndia ( l . CO ; John Allen , P . M . 1297 ( Morning Post ) ; John Entwisle , P . M . 221 , & c . ; Rev . John De Renzy , B . A . ; W . G . Harrison , Q . C ., G . S . D . ; Dr . Ambrose Cecil
Hughes ; Alderman Sir Thomas White , W . Holmes , P . M . 3 S 7 ; Ralph Davison , P . P . G . Std . Br . N . and E . Yorkshire ; R . H . Marsh ( Henry Marston ); Capt . James Turvey , Henry Tarrant Dashwood , Lewis Finch , P . P . G . D . C . Kent ; John Coombe , P . M . 450 , P . P . G . D . Cornwall , & c . ; Hugh Spencer , 1036 , 1086 , & rc . ; A . J . Duff Filer , P . G . S . B . ; W . H . Lucia , Prov . G . Sec . Suffolk ; E . K . Wilkinson , P . M . and Sec No . 7 ; Capt .
Standish , District G . M . Yictona ; E . T . Inskipp , P . P . G . Sec . Bristol ; Captain Matthew Webb , No . 22 ; Chevalier Edward Meugens , Benjamin Terry Hodge , P . P . G . D . and P . P . G . S . N . Devon ; H . J . Du Jardine , P . P . G . T . Jersey ; Edward M . Hubbuck , P . G . S . ; G . M . Felton , C . C . ; John Deighton , P . G . D ., D . Prov . G . M . Cambridgeshire ; James Shuter , M . D ., F . R . C . S . ; Thomas Clement Cobbold , M . P . ; Capt . Hanham , P . P . G . S . W . Dorset ; and Joseph Eglese , P . M . and Sec . 569 .
Earl Of Mornington Lodge. No. 2000.
EARL OF MORNINGTON LODGE . No . 2000 .
This lodge—which seems to form a great Masonic land mark—was consecrated on the 19 th inst ., at No . 33 , Golden-square , by the R . W . Grand Master of the Province of Surrey , General Studholme Brownrigg , C . B . The intention of the founders , we believe , is the cultivation of vocal harmony in the hours of refreshment , and the music of the consecration and at the subsequent banquet may be regarded as a promise for the future . We have no doubt that the Earl of Mornington will take high rank among musical lodges .
1 he consecration ceremony was ably performed by the distinguished officer named , and after the reading of the warrant the Rev . C J . Arnold , P . G . C ., Dep . P . G . M . for Surrey , delivered a beautiful and impressive address on the subject of Masonic loyalty . Bro . Henry Gadsby ' s ode , " Great Architect on High / ' followed , under the direction of the composer , being sung by
the brethren who were afterwards appointed to offices in the lodge , accompanied on the organ by Bro . Jekyll , P . G . O . Other music , by Bros . W . A . Barrett and Gadsby , was afterwards performed , and the new lodge was formally dedicated . Upon the lodge being resumed in the Second Degree , Bro . J . S . Lavies , M . D ., was installed W . M . of the lodge by the D . P . G . M . Berks and Bucks , the Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , M . A .
Among the guests , several of whom assisted in the ceremony , were Bros . H . D . Sandeman , P . D . G . M . Bengal ; Capt . N . G . Philips , P . G . S . D . ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D . ; Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec . ; Bradshaw Browne , W . M . No . 1 ; and others , and letters of congratulation were announced as having been received from Bros , the Earl of Northesk , Lord Leigh , Sir Albert Woods ( Garter King at Arms ) , General VV . Wyllie , and others .
The brethren dined together at the Holborn Restaurant , and glees and part-songs were sung by the brethren in a very satisfactory manner , eliciting frequent and enthusiastic marks of approval , no one leaving until after the final glee by the late Bro . S . Webb , " The mighty conqueror , " had been given , and the Tyler ' s toast duly honoured .