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PROVINCE OF MIDDLESEX . M . E . Comp . Col . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., Grand Superintendent .. The THIRTEENTH CONVOCATION of the PEOVIWCIAL GRAND CHAPTER Will be held at the ABERCORF HOTEL , GT . STANMORE , On Saturday , 14 th May , at _ o ' clock p . m . precisely . 'Ihe BANQUET will take place ' at the"Abercorn Hotel , -t r p . m . Tickets 8 s . 6 d ., exclusive of Wine . N . B . —Companions intending to remain for the Banquet are requested to send their names to the Pr ov . G . S . E . with a remittance , before Wednesday , 11 th of May , as no Ticket will be issued after that date . ^ , 8 . —In order to make arrangements for the conveyance of the Companions and their Visitors , it is necessary that every Companion should inform the P . G . Scribe E ., not later than May nth , whether he intends to be present or not , and the number of Visitors he intends to bring . Brethren , to reach Stanmore in time for the opening of the Chapter , must leave by Train for Edgware from Moorgate Street 11 . 20 a . m . King ' s Cross 11 . 28 a . m . Broad Street . 12 . 53 P- - King's Cross 1 . 0 p . m . Enquire if necessary to change at Finsbury Park . All change at Finchiey . Conveyances will meet the above-mentioned Trains at Edgware for the "Abercorn Hotel , " FARE IS . each . MORNING DRESS . By command of the M . E . Grand Superintendent . J . F . H . WOODWARD , Comberton , Mowbray-road , Prov . G . Scribe E . Norwood , S . E ., April , 18 S 7 .

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WANTED—The following Editions ofthe CONSTITUTIONS OF FREEMASONRYAnderson's Edition of 1723 . Anderson ' s Edition of 173 S . Entinck ' s Edition of 1756 . DORRELL & - * -ON , 15 , Charing Cross , S . W .

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WILL any Brother help a poor and distressed MASON to obtain any EMPLOYMENT . Occupation lost through tropics affecting eyesight . Brotherly love and relief urgently needed . Address"TRUTH , " at Horncastle ' s , 61 , Cheapside , E . C . SITUATION WANTED , by a Master Mason , with a practical knowledge as STEWARD or WAITER . A Masonic Club or Institute preferred . Unmarried ; unexceptionable references . —Apply , J . R ., 21 , South Parade , East Southsea , Portsmouth .

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THE MASONIC CELEBRATION OF THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE . Secretaries of Lodges desiring to distribute the second circular just issued by the Pio Grand Master amongst the members of their lodges , may obtain copies on application to the Publisher of the Freemason , who will supply them at the rate of five shillings per 100 .

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Portraits of several of the Grand Officers appointed at the Grand Festival on "VVednesday will appear in our next issue . Orders should be sent to the Oflice , 16 and 16 a , Great Queen-street , or through any bookseller or News Agent .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following * , amongst other communications , unavoidably stand over -. — CRAFT—Lodge of Industry , No . 48 ; Emulation Lodge of Improvement , No . 299 . ROYAL ARCH—Volubian Chapter , No . 755 St . Hilda ' s Chapter , No . 240 ; Nicholson Chapter , N 0 . 371 J Sphinx Chapter , No . 1329 . MARK—York Lodge , T . L ; Rose and Thistle Lodge , No . 158 . KNIGHTS TEMPLAR—Faith Preceptory , No . 41 . Consecration of the Francis VVhite Chapter , No . 1437 .

BOOKS . & c ., RECEIVED . " I . oomis' Musical and Masonic Journal , " " New York Dispatch , " " Jewish Chronicle , " "Sunday Times" ( New York ) , " Lancaster Daily Examiner , " "Freemasons' Journal" ( iS'ew York ) , "Sunday Times" ( Loudon ) , "The Era , " " Freemasons ' Calendar for Durham , 1887-8 , " " Masonic Calendar for the Province ot Hampshire and Isle of Wight , " "Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine , " " Keystone , " ' •Masonic Chronicle" ( Ohio ) , " Freimaurer-Zeitung , " " Isle of Wight County Press , " " Berkshire ChroniCiC , " " Masonic World , " " Reading Observer , " " Western Daily Mercury , " " Gibraltar Chronicle and Commercial

Intelligenser , " " Natal Mercury , " " Allen s Indian Mail , " " Natal Advertiser , " "The Freemason" ( Toronto ) , " Orient , " "Masonic Repository , " " Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , " " Proceedings of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Freemasonry of Bombay and its Dependencies , " "Hull and East Yorkshire Tunes , " "Court Circular , ' "The Freemasons ' Almanac" ( Province of Sussex ) , " Public Ledger " ( Philadelphia ) , and " Dereham and Fakenham Times . "

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SATURDAY , APRIL 30 , 1887 . <& ,

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ Wc do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of 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 , ] — IMMEDIATE PAST MASTERS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . "

Dear Sir and Brother , Will some of your readers who are acquainted with the unwritten laws of the Craft , kindly reply to the following questions : — 1 . At an installation meeting , can the retiring Master claim to be invested as I . P . M ., or is the appointment in the hands of the incoming Master , same as the other offices of the lodge ? 2 . Can the retiring Master refuse to accept the office of I . P . M ., and if so what course should the Master take .

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when the refusal arises from contumacy , also when the refusal is unavoidable , as , for instance , when about to leave the country ? 3 . If the Master appoints a P . M . as I . P . M ., who is both able and willing to attend the lodge meetings , but is unwilling to act as I . P . M ., can he refuse to accept the office ? 4 . Can the Master , under any of the above

circumstances , or in the absence of any of them , dispense with the I . P . M . and decline to appoint anyone to that office ? I trust some of your readers will kindly reply to the above , and I shall be glad if you will give us the benefit of your opinion on the subject . I may mention that the bylaws of the lodge are silent on the matter of I . P . M ., the only possible allusion to the question being— "That at the

installation meeting the Master shall appoint and invest his officers , " and I am not sure whether the I . P . M . is an officer or not . April 25 th . W . M . [ There is no such officially recognised ollice as I . P . M .

mentioned in the Book of Constitutions , but by the unwritten law of usage the duties of the Past Master are entrusted to the I . P . M . In his absence , the senior P . M . present performs them , and we hold that the senior P . M . would also perform them in the event of the I . P . M . being present and declining to act as P . M . —ED . FM . \

THE JUBILEE MEETING AT THE ALBERT HALL . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Perhaps you are in a position to settle a point not quite clear to some Masons re the Jubilee meeting at the Albert HaU in June next , and ii you could kindly do so through your columns of next Saturday , it will be a great advantage to many lodges meeting during the next few

weeks . Will any Master Mason be able to attend the big meeting ( if chosen by his lodge as one of the five ) ? or will the five have to be chosen from those eligible for attending ordinary Grand Lodge , viz ., W . M ., P . M . ' s , and Present and Past Wardens ? You will , no doubt , see the great advantage to lodges to have this point settled by authority before they select the five members who may have the privilege of attending . — Yours faithfully and fraternally ,

MASTER MASON . [ The W . M ., if he wishes to do so , will no doubt take upon himself to represent the lodge , and the other four entitled to be present should , we think , be chosen by ballot from those members who are desirous of attending , or from the members of the lodge generally . —ED . FM . \

Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS .

© raft ilasonrg * FRIARS LODGE ( No . 1349 ) . —The installation meeting of lhis lodge was held at ihe Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-street , on Monday , ihe 25 th inst . There was a very large attendance of brethien , the members including Bros . R . S . Sadd , W . M . ; H . Marks , S . W . ; W . Musto , P . M ., Treas . j E . Shoesmith , J . W . ; W . Hogg , P . M ., Sec .,- L . A . Da Costa , S . D . ; J . De Casseres , j . D .: R .

C . Randall , D . C . ; B . Da Costa , I . C . ; E . J . Fiiedenberg , P . M . j H . R . Hallam , P . M . ; and many others . Visitors : Bros . J . R . Moloney , 1625 ; E . Bickerton , 1623 ; T . Pettit , * 76 5 i T . J . Barnes , 933 ; S . Jacobs , W . M . 205 ; E . Solomons , 4194 , N . Y . ; D . Moss , P . M . 1275 ; S . Wilkinson , S . W . 925 ; B . Stewart , W . M . 127 S ; W . Valleniine , P . M . 1017 ; J . Jacobs , P . M . 1614 ; J . Da Silva , P . M .

205 ; G . Gardner , I . P . M . 2012 ; E . Jacobs , P . M . 1348 , - W . W . M . rgan , P . M . 211 ; W . Smiih , l . G . 933 ; C . H . Gary , I . G . 1625 ; A . W . Weston , J . W . 1278 ; T . G . Harris , 127 S ; T . Jacobs , 205 , - J . Seigenberg , 1668 ; L . Solomon , 1 C 6 S ; J . Richmond , 205 ; W . Jacobs , 1437 ; H . Suite , S 61 ; L . Isaacs , 1 S 14 ; B . Toombs , 1445 ; M . Bush , 205 ; J . Levy , 205 ; B . Hyams , 1744 ; B . Franks ,

212 ; D . W . Fowler , 311 ; W . E . White , 2125 J . A ; A . Bretton , iSS ; S . Mordecai , 614 ; H . Jones , g ; L . Roski , 25 j D . Ososki , 158 ; T . M . Coleman , 192 ; H . Chetham , 1317 ; W . W . Lee , 1 S 97 ; and others . Lodge having been opened in due form , the minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed . Bro . Mordecai Da Costa was then raised to the Sublime Degree

of a Master Mason . Bro . H . Marks , S . W ., was presented as W . M . elect , and duly installed into the chair according to ancient custom . The following officers weie appointed and invested : Bros . E . Shoesmith , S . W . ; L . A . DaCosta , ] . W . ; VV . Musto , P . M ., Treas . j E . J . Friedenberg , P . M ., Sec . ; J . De Casseres , S . D . j B . Da Costa , J . D . ; R . C . Randall , l . G . j Fox , D . C . j Jacobs and Rosenthal

, Stwds . j and Young , Tyler . The usual addresses were then carefully rendered by the Installing Master , Brn . Sadd , I . P . M . Ballot having been successfully taken for Messrs . Abraham Jacobs , E . Cox , and E . Barnett as candidates for initiation , they were impressively initiated into Freemasonry by the newly-installed W . M . A handsome P . M . ' s jewel was presented to Bro . Sadd , I . P . M ., by the W . M ., who

expressed the pleasure it afforded him to make the presentation , and hoped the I . P . M . would be spared for many years to wear it . Bro . Sadd , LP . M ., in thanking the lodge for ihe gift , said that in wearing it he should consider the brethren had a moral light to see the jewel at every meeting . On the motion of the I . P . M ., Bro . Hogg , P . M ., was unanimously elected an honorary member , it being under '

stood that he should enjoy the privileges of a subscribing member , in recognition of his services rendered as Secretary of the lodge for many years . Bro . Hogg , P . M ., having returned thanks , and assured the brethren he should continue to evince a lively interest inthe welfare of their lodge , a motion by Bro . DaCosta , raising the visitors' fee , was agreed to nem . con . The circular from the Pro G . M ., with reference to the

subscriotions to the Imperial Institute , and ihe meeting at the Albert Hall , was deferred for consideration at a later date . The lodge was closed in due form , and the brethren adjourned to an excellent banquet . After the removal of the cloth , the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were duly honoured . Bro . Sadd , I . P . M ., proposed "The Healthof theW . M ., " and said the brethren would cordially agree with him that