Table Of Contents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS .

PAGE REVIEWSThe Wimbledon Annual 361 FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND 361 LETTER FROM A BROTHER IN ENGLAND TO A

BROTHER IN SCOTLAND 361 & 362 PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF CORNWALL ... 362 PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVON 363 MASONIC PRESENTATION TO BRO . W . CRESWICK ¦ 364 RED CROSS OF ROME AND CONSTANTINE ... 364 THE

CRAFTProvincial 365 INSTRUCTION 365 BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 366

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 366 WAR 366 MULTUM IN PARVO 367 LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A NEW

CHURCH AT DRUMBO , ONTARIO , CANADA ... 367 THE BELGIAN CLERGY DEMONSTRATION ... 368 CONSECRATION OF A MARK MASTERS' LODGE AT LEEDS 368 GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND 368

ANTIQUITY OF FREEMASONRY 369 PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL AT HANLEY 369 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCEThe 1717 Theory 369 " Is Freemasonry Sectarian ? " 369

Bro . Buchan again ... ... ... ... 369 " Prince" Rhodocanakis 370 The New P . G . M . of East Lancashire 370

POETRYLines to Bally mahon Lodge ... ... ... 370 MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK 370 J OTTING FROM MASONIC J OURNALS 371

Reviews.

Reviews .

—?—Tfte Wimbledon Annual . Clarke , Pater noster-row .

At the present juncture , when the two great military powers—France and Prussia —are about to submit their rival claims for

supremacy to the dread arbitrement of the Zundnadeland Chassepot , everything which relates to our own gallant army of "Defence , not defiance " acquires additional interest .

At the Wimbledon meeting which has just closed , our volunteers have proved their wondrous proficiency as marksmen , and it may be safely said that no other country in

the world can now produce—man for mansuch a body of reliable sharpshooters as the picked riflemen of Great Britain . As a souvenir of this great yearly gathering of

our citizen soldiery , the Wimbledon Annual was projected some three years ago , and each successive issue has proved a greater favourite than its predecessor . The

popularity of the publication may be confidently guaged by the number of advertisements now bound up with the work , it being a well-ascertained fact that advertisements

in nine cases out of ten , are thc true test of circulation . Besides giving thc fullest information as to the competition for thc various prizes in the rifle contests , and thus

becoming a pleasing source of prospective and retrospective intelligence , we find that the Annual presents in a literary aspect many other attractions . Mr . F . Montgomery

contributes the piece de resistance of the book , "A Triangular Story , " which will ampl y repay perusal . " Who Won Miss Macfadgcn ' s Rupees " is the title of an amusing brochure by Ronald M . Smith .

Reviews.

Barney Maglone—a 110 m de guerre , we presume—is the author of a poem entitled "The Silent Land , " which , although it proves that he possesses the divine afflatus ,

is not at all to our taste , and can scarcely be said to enhance the value of the Annual . Let " Barney" try a good cheery rifleman ' s song next time , and give us a

rattling chorus . He has the stuff in him , if he likes to try , and will leave off extracting fun out of such dismal subjects as " churchyard rats " and " blood-gorged worms . "

The talented editor , Mr . Charles Clarke , supplies " A Post-Prandial Paper , " in which he shows us a variety of panoramic views , introducing episodes in the careers of

Wellington , Napoleon III ., Sir Fitzroy Kelly , Garibaldi , the late Prince Consort , and allusions to the Crimean war , the Exhibition of 1862 , the entrance of the Princess

of Wales into London , and the literary success of " . Uncle Tom ' s Cabin , " whose unworthy authoress has since be-muddied her fair fame by raking up atrocious calumnies

against the illustrious dead . " Tennyson Topsy-Turvy" is , as its name implies , a humorous inversion of one of our poet ' s best

known works , " Enoch Arden . " We can confidently commend the Annual to our Volun ^ teer readers as an interesting souvenir of the Wimbledon camp and its surroundings .

Freemasonry In England.

FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND .

BY THE SON OF SALATHIEL . ( Continued from page 349 ., )

THE SCHISM . Thc Marquis of Carnarvon ( aftenvards Duke of Chandos ) succeeded Lord Carysfort in the office of Grand Master of England in March 1754 , He began his administration by ordering the Book of Constitutions to be reprinted , under the inspection of a committee , consisting of the Grand Officers

and some other respectable brethren . The Grand Master's zeal and attention to the true interests of the society were shown on every occasion . He presented to the Grand Lodge a large silver jewel , gilt , for the use of the Treasurer , being cross keys in a knot , enamelled with blue ; ancl gave several othc proofs of his attachment .

Soon after thc election of the Marquis of Carnarvon , the Grand Lodge took into consideration a complaint against certain brethren for assembling without any legal authority , under the denomination of Ancient Masons ; and who , as such , considered themselves independent of thc society , and

not subject to thc laws of the Grand Lodge , or to thc control of thc Grand Master . Dr . Manningham , thc Deputy Grand Master , pointed out thc necessity of discouraging such meetings , as being contrary to thc laws of the society , ancl openly subversive of the allegiance due to the Grand Master . On this

representation the Grand Lodge resolved , that the meeting of any brethren under the denomination of Masons , other than as brethren of the Ancient ancl Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons , established upon the universal system , is inconsistent with the honour and interest of the

Craft , and a high insult on the Grand Master and thc whole body of Masons . In consequence of this resolution , fourteen brethren , who were members of a lodge held at the Ben Jonson ' s Head , in Pclham-strect , Spitalfields , were expelled from the Society , ancl that lodge was ordered to be erased from the list .

No preceding Grand Master granted so many provincial deputations as thc Marquis of Carnarvon . On the 7 U 1 of October , 1755 , his lordship appointed a Provincial Grand Master for Durham , ancl soon after a very respectable lodge was constituted at Sunderland under his lordship ' s auspices .

In less than two years the following patents were issued by his lordship : 1 , for South Carolina ; 2 , for South Wales ; 3 , for Antigua ; 4 , for all North America , where no former provincial deputation was appointed ; 5 , for Barbadoes , and all other his Majesty ' s islands , to the windward of Guadaloupc ; 6 , for St . Eustatius , Cuba , and St , Martin ' s Dutch

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Caribbee Islands in America ; 7 , for Sicily , and the adjacent islands ; 8 , for all His Majesty ' s dominions in Germany , with the power to choose their successors ; and 9 , for the County Palatine of Chester , and the City and County of Chester . The greater part of these appointments appear to have

have been mere honorary grants in favour of individuals , few of them having been attended with any real advantage to the society . The Marquis of Carnarvon continued to preside over the Fraternity till the 18 th of May , 1757 , when he was succeeded by Lord Aberdour ; during whose

Mastership the Grand Lodge voted , among other charities , the sum of fifty pounds to be sent to Germany , to be distributed among such of the soldiers as were Masons in Prince Ferdinand's army , whether English , Hanoverians , or Hessians ; and this sum was soon after remitted to General

Kingsley for the intended purpose . These were the principal proceedings of the Fraternity during the reign of George 11 ., who , on the 5 th of October , 1760 , expired at his Palace at Kensington , in the 77 th year of his age , and the 34 th ol his reign . -

This period seems to have been the golden era of Masonry in England ; the sciences were cultivated and improved , the royal art was diligentlypropagated , and true architecture clearly understood ; the Fraternity were honoured and esteemed ; the lodges patronised by exalted characters ; and charity , humanity , and benevolence , appeared to be the distinguishing characteristics of Masons . ( To be continued ) .

Letter From A Brother In England To A Brother In Scotland.

LETTER from a BROTHER in ENGLAND to a BROTHER in SCOTLAND .

[ COMMUNICATED . ] Freemasonry , we are taught , is no respecter of persons , but that eminence is only to be

acquired by the just and perfect man , and by him alone . Upon entering the lodge the trappings of state and rank are said to be laid aside ; peasant , peer , and prince meet upon the same level , and the only qualification for position

amongst us is that derived from the gift bestowed upon us by the Great Creator . All meet as brethren , free and equal ; and the only rivalry which can exist , is in the laudable ambition of

each to press onward in the paths of science and virtue . This , truly , is the pronounced doctrine of our Order * but like many other pronounced doctrines , it dies in the expression .

It is very true that crowns and stars and garters , with guns , swords , boomerangs , and Colt ' s revolvers are not permitted to be worn in lodge ; but the king does not cease to be king , the peer to be noble , or the rich man to have the

advantage of his wealth ; while the poor brother finds his own level in the assemblies of the Craft , just as readily as he finds it in the outer world . As surely as cynicism , by its morbid hatred of luxury , imposed upon the Anctents , so has the

brotherly love of the Freemason imposed upon the Modems—with this difference , that the Cynics tried to follow out their doctrines , while the Freemasons write theirs upon tablets of stone , without often caring for putting precept into

practice . The common saying , " That it dearly loves a lord , " holds true in a lodge . Now , we have no objections to a lord * on the contrary , we have the greatest respect for the title when borne by a gentleman of honour ,

sense , learning , and fidelity . On the other hand , we have a hearty contempt for the title when its possessor lacks these qualities . In this we differ from the Freemason who cares not what arc the antecedents of a man so long as he has a title .

We do not , then , object to a lord or man of position in our body so long as he is of sterling character , and we would as lcive have him as a Grand Officer as not .

Now , if Freemasonry really was the society it pretends to be ; if brethren were chosen to office not for the extraneous advantages of rank and f ortune , but by reason of their mental qualities