The Right Of Visitation.

he can entertain any such opinion with regard to the visitor who is an utter stranger . The presence of a stranger at all has been known to disturb some lodges , but Article 151 does not contemplate this abstract objection . What should be the object in view to justify a brother in putting every one concerned to the amount of trouble we

have described . One motive has been mentioned , the desire to spend a pleasant evening . The motive is a very laudable one , as it infers a high appreciation of the Order which can bring the lodge meeting into successful competition with all the other means of distraction to be found in our large towns .

The brother who turns up at a strange lodge actuated by such a motive , will certainly be one who is regular and punctual in attendance at his own lodge . Perhaps he comes to learn , another very laudable motive , and one specially recognised by Article 149 of the Constitutions . A Freemason

should be always learning , and the only fount of instruction officially open to him is the lodge meeting . He may be , and in the colonies often is , " down on his luck , " and he hopes to find a friend or two . Now this kind of visiting brother is discouraged , and brethren who make a

trade of this sort of thing are now and then deservedly exposed . But until it is proved that the visitor is making a trade of it , his motive is a perfectly Masonic one , and it is only in accordance with the teaching of the lecture at the North-east part of the lodge that he should receive a warm welcome , and made to feel that there is a disposition to help him .

It is the right of visitation , and the cordial recognition of that right that more than any thing else tends to make Freemasonry what it aims to be—a world-wide Brotherhood founded on the eternal principles of Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth .

At The Sign Of The Perfect Ashlar.

At the Sign of the Perfect Ashlar .

The new Library at Freemasons' Hall was the scene on the 1 st of April of a very pleasant gathering . The room was filled with a large number of Grand Officers and ladies , and the occasion was the presentation of a portrait of himself to the Grand Secretary and Lady Letchworth . It will be remembered that Sir Edward Letchworth was last year the

recipient of numerous gifts and innumerable letters of congratulation on the occasion of his marriage . The Grand Officers , both Present and Past , were naturally among the first to convey to him their good wishes , and also to give expression in some more tangible form to their esteem and affection .

¦ S » < 5 » " »' A small committee was formed with Bro . Sir Horace Brooks Marshall as Treasurer and Bro . Under-Sheriff Langton as Secretary , and although the amount of each subscription was limited to one guinea , a sum of nearly 400 guineas was quickly subscribed ; the name of almost

every Grand Officer residing in England appearing on the list . In selecting the form which the present should assume the wishes of both Sir Edward and Lady Letchworth were consulted , and the desire of the latter to possess a portait of her husband led to the commission being placed in the

hands of Mr . Ouless , R . A ., and the result has been the production of such a work of art as might have been expected from the brush of so distinguished an artist .

e > © o The presentation was made by the Hon . Mr . Justice Bucknill in a characteristically genial and happy speech . To this Sir Edward responded in feeling and grateful terms , and

a vote of thanks to the Chairman , proposed by Sir Edward Clarke , K . C ., seconded by Sir Horace Marshall , terminated the pleasant proceedings . " 3 > * An interesting personality amongst the great ones of

the Craft has recently passed away from our ranks in the person of the late Bro . James Glaisher , F . S . A ., F . R . S ., Past Grand Deacon . Although best known as the most daring atrial navigator of modern times , his fame rested on a more solid basis , for he was not the least authority of

his day on many subjects of scientific research , having virtually created the meteorological department at Greenwich , and founded the Royal Meteorological Society in 1850 .

THE LATH BRO . JAMES GLAISHER . Initiated info Freemasonry in 186 2 , in the Britannic Lodge , No . 33 our late distinguished brother ' s attainments

, in the Craft were recognised ten years afterwards by his appointment as Senior Grand Deacon in Grand Lodge , and Assistant Grand Sojourner in the Royal Arch . He on two occasions filled the chair of his mother lodge , and was the first M . E . Z . of the well-known St . Mary ' s Chapter , No . 63 .

o s > © Not to many of us has been given the experience of such adventures as were experienced by the late Bro . Glaisher . On the occasion of his greatest balloon ascent at Wolverhampton he became unconscious in mid-air , and having in

the meantime ascended to the unprecedented height of seven miles , he recovered to find himself descending at the rate of 2000 feet a minute ! Our deceased brother died in his ninety-fourth year . © <© © The Worshipful Master of the Asaph Lodge , Bro . Louis

Honig , at its recent meeting , paid a warm tribute of admiration and esteem to the memory of the late Bro . W . Meyer Lutz , who was one of its oldest Past Masters and a Past Grand Organist of Grand Lodge . As a composer and