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election , which hy some oversight was not sent to us at the time . —ED . F . M . ] STJCCESSBUn CANDIDATES . Moss , Percy Edward 1307 Stead , James Edward 12 S 9 AndrewsJosiali Hiram 1150

, Dunn , Thomas Hess 999 Bryant , Charles Lyne 931 Belcher , Vincent Henry 875 Bowditch , Owen 863 Shipway , William Hobart 838 Earl , Edward 828

TOTSUCCESSEUIi CANDIDATES . Addison , James 823 IVIace , William Francis 822 George , Edward , 745 Packwood , William Harbottle 622 Hickmott , Henry 60 S LaddAlfred Edward 570

, Hennis , Charles 546 Collingwood , John , 519 Barnes , James Augustus Marsden 496 [ Smith , Walter 475 Smith , Lewis , 464 Cottrell , John Thomas 360 Chappell , Charles Webster 360

Gilkes , Edgar Lawson 248 Dowsing , John Edward 245 Marjason , Josiah . 222 Bentley , Edwin Thomas 217 Wills , Thomas William 192 Fabian , Willliam Grant 163 Eade , Henry Charles 94 AValsha , Herbert 76

Travers , John Harrison Hill 54 Nicholas , Tom Ferdinand 47 Laws , George 31 Bone , Thomas Robert , 7 M'Dowell , William 4 Campbell , Erank Gordon 4 Parsons , George 2 Ellis , George 2 Sinclair , Joseph Harrison 1 Laurence , Dudley Charles 0

Chivalrous Masonry.

CHIVALROUS MASONRY .

' , 10 THE EDITOB OH THE EHEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEIiOE . Dear Sir and Brother , —Being deeply interested in chivalrous Masonry , and having a strong desire to enjoy its advantages , I read the communications in your valuable Magazine with deep interest . Being a clerkaud having a severe bronchial affectionI

can-, , not go out at night , or leave by day , hut am most anxious to be exalted and invested . This has been , till lately , quite hopeless to me-Not entering upon other communications , I find in a late number that a brother of the Rose Cross of Constantino has made several persons in Jersey and

other islands Sir Knights , Yiceroys , and Sovereigns , hy successive ceremonies worked by him . This promises me some relief , for as I cannot get out , and he can , aud this distinguished brother is going about labouring in the cause of Masonic chivalry , I have expectations that he may , as a good Samaritan , come

to my apartments , and induct me as far as he can into the degrees of a Sovereign and Prince Mason . I can promise him a hospitable and kindly reception . I shall be obliged , expense not being the primary consideration , to be informed whether it will be better for me to take the Knight Templar degree , the Rose

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Cross of ^ Constantine , the Order of the Garter , St . John of Jerusalem , or the new degree mentioned in a late number . I have a brother in Japan veiw anxious for these degrees , but cannot come here for them . Can a delegate of these orders or Bro . Harris send him out

the book of the rituals , so that he can read it and take the degrees , solemnly pledging himself to return it when done with it ? My brother is quite willing , if agreeable , to start a chapter or conclave , and induct members , if put in possession of a degree . Yours fraternally , W . H . J . Stamford Hill .

A Theist's Breviary.

A THEIST'S BREVIARY .

TO THE EDITOB OF THE EliEEMASONs' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEEOE ; Dear Sir and Brother , —What interest can yonr readers possibly take in the information by a nameless correspondent that a nameless brother is a devout Theist . Theists , Atheists , and Deists are all equally repugnant to the feelingscommon senseand reliious

, , g opinions of English Freemasons . I am aware that a futile attempt was recently made in France to substitute Materialism for religion in Masonry , but it was signally defeated by our French brethren . Religious discussion is strictly prohibited in all English lodges , and I am sorry to see your pages taken advantage of

to open the subject . At the present time Roman Catholics , Protestants , Dissenters , and Mahommetaus meet each other amicably in lodge ; but this will no longer be the case if this prohibited subject is introduced . This , of course , does not apply to the researches into the history and antiquity of our order ;

these open an ample field for investigation by our learned and zealous brethren , and the greater portion of our symbolism cannot be understood or interpreted without a knowledge of the religion and the public and domestic life of the various ancient races of mankind , and particularly those of Eastern origin ; but

these are subjects into the discussion of which personal feeling or rancour should never enter . I am quite sure the good sense of Brother Cooper will show him that I am actuated by no unkind or personal feeling towards him in these remarks . Yours fraternally , RCSA CEUCES .

LOXBI ? EI , XOW AT THE TEMPLE . —Accompanied by Mr . Charles Kont , tho poet , Mr . Longfellow spent a couple of hours in visiting the Temple Gardens and the Temple Church . Turning out of Fleet-street the American poet found himself suddenly in . an ancient and familiar place , standing on the very spot where Plantagenet and Somerset bade their followers pluck the red rose and tho white rose , —near the old mulberry tree , still in green leaf , under which Bluff Harry courted Anne Boleyn , —

close by the river terrace of Essex House , on which Shakespeare and Southampton loved to walk , and on which still blooms the purple vine ( a cutting from which has been sent to Shakespeare's house , at Stratford-on-Avon ) , beneath tho old sycamore tree , now protected by an iron fence , under which Goldsmith and Johnson used to sit and chat , —and over the great stone outside the Temple porch on which you read " Here lies Oliver Goldsmith . " The church , the libraries , the halls , the fountains and the gardens—all were visited iu turn by the American poet .