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TO THE EDITOR OF THE " FREEMASON . " Dear Sir and Brother , MAXELL'S HOTELS , LONDON AND BRIGHTON . Permit me to draw the attention of the Craft to the fact that in the alterations and additions to my Hotels I have made provision for the reception of Masonic Lodges . I courteously ask for an inspection , and am Dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , EDWARD NELSON HAXELL , P . M .

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p REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS FROM LONDON . To SKEGNESS , August 30 th , September 1 , 6 , 8 , 13 , 15 , 20 , 22 , 27 , and 29 th , and to SUTTON-ON-SEA and MAI 3 LETHORPE August 30 th , September 1 , 13 , 15 , 27 , and 29 th from Moorgate-street 6 . 37 a . m ., Aldersgatestreet C . 39 , Farringdon-street 6 . 41 , King ' s Cross ( Great Northern ) 7 . 0 , Holloway 6 . 59 , Finsbury Park 7 . 10 . Passengers by the Saturday Trains may return on the Monday or Tuesday following at slightly higher fares . To ST . ALBANS and HARPENDEN every Saturday afternoon until September 27 th , inclusive , from Moorgatestreet 2 . 15 , Aldersgate-street 2 . 17 , Farringdon-street 2 . 19 , King ' s Cross ( Great Northern ) 2 . 40 , and Finsbury Park 2 . 46 . FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 5 th , for four days to EDINBURGH ( Exhibition ) and GLASGOW ; and on FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 19 th , for 11 days , to Northallerton , Darlington , Newcastle , Richmond , Durham , Berwick , Edinburgh , and Glasgow , and SAME DATE for five or n days to Stirling , Perth , Dundee , Montrose , Aberdeen , Inverness , & c , from London . To CROMER ( Beach ) and YARMOUTH ( Beach ) , September Sth and 22 nd , by the new route , from King's Cross ( Great Northern ) 6 . 15 a . m . and Finsbury Park 6 . 22 . Return fare , Third Class , 5 s . For further particulars see bills , to be obtained at Company ' s Stations , Town Parcels Receiving Offices , and of Messrs . Swan and Leach , 3 , Charing Cross , and 32 , Piccadilly Circus . HENRY OAKLEY , General Manager . King ' s Cross , London , August , 1 S 90 .

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SAP . DOES IT RISE FROM THE ROOTS ? EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON TREES AND OTHER PLANTS , BY J . A . REEVES . PRICE THREE SHILLINGS . CONTENTS . Introduction — Extracts of diverse opinions — Capillary attraction—Leaf Suction—Root-pressure—Transpiration—Protoplasm — Endosmose — All the forces — Hypothetical forces—Vertical cells in wood—Grafts—Why does sap rise in spring ? — Spongioles and root-caps — No rise of sap through wood—Moisture in wood—Growth of wood—Lesson from Nature — Elaboration of sap—Stomata — Gases in plants—Odours from plants—Fruit-trees ( prolific)—Dead soil—Manure—Function of roots—Laws of vegetable substances—Inorganic matter in plants—Knots in straw stems —Silica in straw stems—Inorganic matter ; how obtained —Carnivorous plants—Falling sap—Buds and seeds—Gravitation on plants—Fly-wheel experiment—Water required —Roots grow towards water—Lopping and pruning—Standard rose trees—Nursing of plants—Time for lopping—Knots in wood—Barking oak trees—Growth of trees—Hoop round a tree—Grafting—Fruit trees to raise—Ringing a tree kills it—Fruit trees to plant—Flabby cabbages—Hay stack on fire—Eucalyptus and Miasma—Grass under trees —Heat under _ hand-light — Leaves retaining moisture-Bloom on fruit—Grape growing—Carbon in soil—Roots from cuttings—Growths from old trees—Faraday's experiment—Suckers do not kill—Mode of growth—How roots enter soil—Salt kills plants—Soil not exhausted by growth —Rotation of crops—Gardener ' s motto—Nature improves soil—Parasites—Fungus does-not kill—Blight of roses-Blight of trees and vines—Growth of vines—Experiments . EXTRACTS FROM GOOD AUTHORITIES . Bentley—Huxley—Johns —Humboldt—Chambers—Large Map—Flammarion—English Mechanic—Albany Country Gentleman—Darby Brown—Landsborough—Sternberg—Hanks—Jackson — Reid—Aitkin—Ville— Molisch—Warrington—Du Hamel—Smee—Tristam—Seeman—Darwin . LONDON : GEORGE KENNING , 16 AND I 6 A , GREAT QUEEN STREET , W . C .

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Price Ss . MASONIC ORATIONS , by Bro . L . P . METHAM , P . G . D . Eng ., P . D . Prov . G . M Devon , & c , delivered in Devon and Cornwall , from A . D . 1 S 66 , at the dedication of Masonic Halls , Consecration of Lodges and Chapters , Installations , & c . With an Introduction by Bro . WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN , P . G . D . Eng ., P . Prov . S . G . W . and G . Sec . Cornwall , Sic , on Freemasonry in Devon and Cornwall , from A . D . 1732 to 1889 . Edited by Bro . J CHAPMAN , P . M . 1402 , & c , P . Prov . G . D . Devon , Author of "The Great Pyramid and Freemasonry . "

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Price Ss . HISTORY OF THE APOLLO LODGE , YORK , in relation to Craft and Royal Arch Masonry ; with Brief Sketches of its Local Predecessors and Contemporaries ; the "Grand Lodge of All England" ( York Masons ); the Provincial Grand Lodge ; ancf various Lodges from 1705 to 1 S 05 . By WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN , Author of " Origin of the English Riteof Freemasonry , " & c . With valuable Appendices . London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Oueen-st ., W . C .

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Price 3 s . LET'S RALLY ROUND THE STANDARD , a Red Cross Song , composed by H . PARKER ; Words by R . W . LITTLE . GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-st ., London , W . C . Now ready , price Ss ., Cloth Gilt , THE ENGRAVED LIST OF REGULAR LODGES for A . D . 1734 , in facsimile , with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN , Past Senior Grand Deacon of England ; Past Senior Grand Warden of Iowa ; P . Prov . S . G . W . and P . Prov . G . Sec . of Cornwall ; & c , & c , & c . GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-st ., London , W . C .

To Correspondents.

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S & IAAAMJ ^ ^^ A AA V ^ AAjX W ^ m ^^^^^^^^^^^ SATURDAY , AUGUST 30 , 1890 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

It will be seen from the agenda paper of the Grand Lodge , which we publish in another column , that the newly-formed " Grand Lodge of New Zealand" and the " Grand Lodge of Tasmania " have applied for recognition , and that the subject will come before Grand Lodge at its meeting on the 3 rd prox .

* * * Since the last meeting of Grand Lodge warrants have been granted for ei ght new lodges—viz .. the Felix Lodge , Felixstowe , Suffolk ; the James Terry Lodge , Cheshunt , Herts ; the Hardwick Lodge , Chesterfield ,

Derbyshire ; the William Shurmur Lodge , Chingford , Essex ; the Hilbre Lodge , Hoylake , Cheshire ; the Carnarvon Lodge , Leyland , West Lancashire ; the Royal Connaught Lodge , Ahmednagar , Bombay ; and the Fenwick Lodge , Woolloongabba , Brisbane , Queensland .

Some little commotion has been created in New Zealand Masonic circles through the action of Bro . Sir Robert Stout , Past Grand Deacon of England , in opening a lodge in that colony under the Grand Orient of France . One would have thought that the

commotion had arisen through the fact of the Grand Orient being ostracised from English-speaking Masonry some years ago , when it thought fit to excise from the qualifications of candidates the essential sine qua uon of belief in the Great Architect of the Universe . Our

Colonial brethren , on the other hand , are irate from a totally different cause , namely , that , now there is a Grand Lodge of New Zealand , the planting of a constituent of a foreign body in their midst is an invasion of territory .

* * * The London Correspondent of a San Francisco paper has been interviewing Grand Master Vrooman and his companions at the Hotel Victoria . He called on them , he says , and they were about going to the

banquet given by the " Anglo-Saxon " Lodge . This , although a slip of the reporter , suggests an excellent name for the next new lodge—broad and cosmopolitan enough to satisfy the staunchest objector to class lodges .

* * * We regret we should have placed an interpretation that was never intended on a remark made b y Bro . the Rev . J . N . Palmer , Past Grand Chaplain , when proposing the health of Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P .

Provincial Grand Master , at the recent annual banquet of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hants and the Isle of Wig ht . But it seemed to us only natural that the rumour we had heard of the probable appointment of Bro . Beach to the office of Deputy Grand Master of

England should have found its way into the province which has been so ably presided over by that distinguished brother for the last 21 years , and that the Rev . Bro . Palmer might have had it in his mind when he

suggested that the appointment would be an excellent one and most gratifying to the brethren of Hants and the Isle of Wight . It seems , however , that our reverend brother had no idea that , in paying a compliment to his chief , he was giving " form and substance " to anything

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beyond the compliment . Hence this present expression of our regret that we should have attributed to what he said a meaning he never intended . * * * Through an unfortunate oversight , the concluding

words of the opening sentence of our last week ' s article on the " Surrender of Warrants " were omitted . The sentence should have run : " We have always been strongly of opinion that a late ruling that the law in our Book of Constitutions which provides for the

surrender of lodge warrants was not applicable to those cases in which a lodge determines by a majority of votes to secede from the parent jurisdiction and . . . . " could not be justified . A careful reading of the sentence in question will show that it was incomplete , while the

tenour of our argument throughout the whole article will make it clear that some such words as we have just supplied in italics were necessary in order to give it completeness . * # *

What we intended to say , and what we did say later on in another form was , that there was nothing in the S terms in which the said law was laid down , or in any other law in our Book of Constitutions which , in our

humble opinion , in any way justified the non-application of this law to the particular class of cases which the Grand Registrar has decided must be excepted from its operation . ^^

* * * The law is stated clearly and unequivocally , without the slightest reservation of any sort or kind in favour of any particular class of cases , and it is difficult to

understand how so learned an expositor of law of every description could have discovered an exception which is manifestly not provided for in the law itself , and which , so far as our knowledge goes , is not set forth in any other part of the Book of Constitutions .

This law lays it down that " Should the majority of any lodge determine to retire from it , the power of assembling remains with the rejt of the members , but should the number of members remaining at any time be less than three the warrant becomes extinct . "

It will be seen from this that , provided only the minority which remains consists of three or more members , it may retain the warrant and carry on the lodge . Nothing whatever is said as to the reasons which have led to the retirement of a majority of the

members from any lodge . They may have determined to retire for private and personal reasons which are shared amongst them in common ; because they are desirous of forming a new lodge under the Constitution they belong to ; because they are desirous of forming

a lodge under another Constitution , or for any other reason which may seem to them good and sufficient . But whatever the reason may be which determines them ( the majority ) to retire , the minority , provided they are not less than three in number , have it in their

power , under the law as above quoted , to retain the warrant and continue working the lodge if they are so minded . Of course there is nothing to prevent the minority from surrendering the right thus conferred .

but on the other hand there is nothing either in the law itself or elsewhere in the Book of Constitutions , which , as far as we are able to see , can deprive them ( the minority ) from exercising this right if they are minded to do so .

* * * That the law , which ever way it may be interpreted , whether in accordance with the opinion we have ex * pressed , or in accordance with the ruling of the Grand Registrar , will inflict a Certain amount of hardship in

particular cases , is undeniable . The junior lodge in the District of Westland ( N . Z . ) mentioned by our corres * pondent—Bro . John J . Williams , P . M ., P . Z . —~ in which seven voted tor secession and six against it , is one case in

point . Here , if the Grand Registrar ' s ruling is sus- " tained , the lesser half of the lodge will be deprived of its rights as an English lodge in obedience to the will of a majority outnumbering it by only a single vote .

• In the first case the lodge voted by a majority of one voice out of 13 to join the Grand Lodge of New Zealand ; in the second case , we are given to understand that 95 voices were in favour of joining the Grand Lodge of Tasmania and five against it . Hence ,

in the Westland case , if the Grand Registrar is right , six brethren are deprived of their legal rights by seven brethren , while in the Tasmanian case , if our opinion

is just , the 95 who have joined the Grand Lodge of Tasmania will be deprived of their warrant , furniture , and money by the action of their five opponents . We think it is time the law , which we have been discussing