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couraged during the period which intervenes between the present and the date at which the Provisional Committee will meet a Special Court . They will know best how to mete out justice , and where to exercise clemency ; and however much our public utterances have been in dispraise
of actions and actors in connection with the recent past , and our pages may still continue to express the opinions of other brethren , we believe we shall not be misunderstood in counselling the observance of a discreet non-interference with the proceedings of that Committee during its exercise
of the authority and powers with which it has been invested . In its turn it will have to submit its report to the Patrons and Governors of the Institution , and , as we hope , receive deserved commendation for what it may have
done ; and , on the other hand , its members may be sure that , apart from unnecessary fault-finding , any error of judgment or abuse of power which might attach to their decisions will be as firmly criticised as have been the errors and abuses they are now called upon to remedy .
Quatuor Coronati Lodge—No. 2076.
QUATUOR CORONATI LODGE—No . 2076 .
The lodge met iifc Freemasons' Hall . London , on Monday . 24 th June , at 5 p . m ., to celebrate the Masonic Festival of St . John in Harvest . The following members attended- —Bros . AV . Simpson , ILL . M . R . A . S .. W . M . ; R . F . Gould , P . G . D .. I . P . M .: AV . H . Rvlands , G . St , ( W . M . No . 2 ) . as S . W . ; Jno . Lane . P . Pr . G . Reg-..- Devon , as J . AV . ; G . W . Speth , sec . ; Prof . T . Havter Lewis . F . S . A .. R . L . B . A .
& c , S . D .: Dr . W . Wynn Westcott . J . D . : T . B . Whytehead , C . Kupferschmidt . as I . G .: F . II . Goldnev . P . G . D .. Prof . W . Mattieu Williams , F . H . A . S .. F . C . S ., and C . Purdon Clarke , CLE . Also the following members of the correspondence circle , viz . —Bros . S . Richardson , E . W . Carus-Wilson . R . Roy , AV . M . Graham . D . P .
Cama ( P . G . treas . ) , J . B . Mackay . R . A . Gow . au , H . Tipper . Max Mendelssohn . G . A . Nock , C . E . Wright , AV . Lake , C . F . Hogard ( P . G . Std . B . ) , and J . Bodenham , P . G . A . D . C . Also the following visitors—Col . Marmaduke Ramsay , Dis . G . M . of Malta ; Dr . B . AV . Richardson , P . M . 2029 ; H . Warner , 2205 ; and S . L . Macg . Mathers . 195 .
The lodge having been opened and the previous minutes confirmed , 3 lodges and 28 brethren were admitted to the membership of the correspondence circle , viz . : —The District Grand Lodge of Natal : Meridian Lodge , No . 1400 , Craydock , Cape of Good Hope ; and the St . Andrew ' s Lodge " Indissolubilis " of Berlin ; and Bros . K . L . Christiansen . Dis . G .. T . AV .. Eastern Archipelago : A . R . Adams ,
Dis . G . A . D . C ., Eastern Archipelago ; E . C . Harte and AA . Portenusall of Penang ; Major J . B . Hendry , M . A ., New York ; O . II . Bate , Barkly East , Griqualand ; E . Hancock , Major J . R . Robertson , C . G . Serruricr , and B . Lapin , all of Johannesburg , Transvaal ; 0 . AV . Kauffman , Breslau , Silesia : A . Duncan , King AVilliam ' s Town . Cape ; CK Bevcridge . E . Hart . J . Lawrence and E . F . Lezard
all of Kimberley . South Africa : A . C . Morasso , Dis . G . St ., Gibraltar ; F . L . Forsyth , M . D . ; AV . II . Scott , and N . L . AVilbur , all of Providence , Rhode Island ; C . Hull , Christchurch , New Zealand ; Lieut . Col . H . Fawcett Purisey , Hull ; C . II . O . Curtis , Bournemouth : II . Tipper , Hammersmith ; J . Nevin , Clayton , Bradford ; T . Hicks , P . Pr . G . J . W . Cornwall , St . Columb ; R . II . Singleton ,
Halifax ; and Col . Marmaduke Ramsay , Dis . Grand Master , Malta . This raises the number of intrants to GOO . The AV . M . referred to the publication since the last meeting of Part I . of the 1889 Transactions . It was a larger number than any previously issued , replete with interesting matter , and a credit to all concerned . The " Notes and Queries " department he thought
would be very valuable ; it afforded an opportunity for the preservation of matter which was perhaps scarcely fitted to form the basis of a paper or lecture , and he trusted that any brother , however inexperienced , who in the course of his reading came across a passage of possible interest , would make an extract for their secretary . Such a course would naturally entail the reception of much
that was already well known , but although the Committee might decide not to reprint it on that account , the services of the correspondent would be none the less appreciated . On the other hand much of great interest might lie brought to their notice and gratefully made use of . He would mention , as a curious coincidence , that the secretary had received for their next number no less tnan four
or five notes on Chinese Masonry from different quarters . Further , since their last meeting , A ol I . of Masonic Reprints had been issued by the lodge . The brethren would be pleased to hear tbat he held the written commands of the M . AV . the G . M . to proceed to Marlborough House and present him with a copy of their publications to date . As soon as the volumes were decently bound for the purpose
he should take the first opportunity of complying . Reverting to the " Reprints , " he was of opinion that from every point of view , masonic , archaiologic , artistic and literary , they were a credit to the editor , the lodge , and he would add . the craft itself . There was one feature of the book which deserved their especial attention . He alluded to the commentary on the Regius MS . by Bro . Gould .
The labour and research involved in its production must have been enormous . He had read it through once , but he intended to apply himself to a study of it , and wished he could have Bro . Gould alt his elbow to answer questions as they rose to his mind . He was informed that it represented nearly twelve months of research and
hard work , and he wished to impress upon the brethren that all this study , thought and toil were rendered by Bro . Gould , freely , cheerfully and gratuitously , out of the abundant love he had for the lodge and its welfare . He would now go through the needless formality of moving a vote of thanks , and had great pleasure in expressing to Bro . Gould what must of necessity be the unanimous
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feeling of the brethren ,, their gratitude for his work , and their appreciation of the result . Bro . Rylands supported the vote , which was carried by acclamation . Bro . G ould said that he was very greatly obliged to the brethren for the v . impliment they had paid him , and he appreciated it the more on account of the kindly remarks of the AV . M .. and Bro .
Rylands . with which the resolution had been introduced to the Lodge . The task of writing a commentary ou the oldest document of the C » aft had been a formidable one , and in setting to work upon it , he had been forcibly reminded of one of those memorable utterances which Cervantes has put into the mouth of Don Quixote . The latter , in enumerating the qualifications which should lie
possessed by a Knight Errant , went on to state , m effect , that he should lie a proficient in everything . In like manner , to do full justice to the ancient legends and traditions of masonry , any person who attempted to commentate upon them , ought to be . not only a student or antiquary of the Craft , but a scholar and archaeologist in the widest sense of the expression . A close study of the Masonic
Poem would have been incomplete , without at least some research into matters not at a first view absolutely connected with it . Thus , the lite ::. ture . the language , the architecture , the history and laws , and the geography of Britain , had each claimed a share of attention . He did not venture to contend that in these collateral studies he had proceeded very far ; but . nevertheless , in the time at his disposal , he
had spared no exertion to qualify himself , as far as he was able , for the execution of the task which had been allotted to him . He thought the presentation of the Regius MS ., in . facsimile , was the best of r 11 possible reproductions with which a new series of their publications could be inaugurated , and if the commentary upon it should be deemed by the Lodge , he would not sny altogether , but
to some slight extent , worthy of its text , and no discredit to the channel of publication through which it had seen the light , he should be amply compensated for the time and labour he had devoted to it . The Secretary described the preliminary arrangements which had been made for a proposed excursion to St . Albans in July , and
handed round for inspection , a photograph of a boss in Peterborough Cathedr . il , forwarded by Bro . Clarabut . Bro . T . B . Whytehead read a very instructive paper on " The Grand Lodge at York , " graphically describing in concise language its history as far as known . The paper is naturally far too long for insertion in our columns ; for its study we must refer our readers to the next number of '" Ars
Quatuor Coronatorum . " A long and interesting discussion ensued , embracing a number of points arising out of the lecture and of the photograph already alluded to , in which the AV . M ., and Bros . Gould , Speth , Rylands , Goldney , Dr . Richardson , and Whytehead took part . A written commentary on the paper from the pen of Bro . Hughan was also read .
Hearty good wishes having been tendered , Bro . Col . Ramsay , Dis . G . M ., Malta , begged to thank the brethren , as a visitor , for the good work they were doing , and for the opportunity afforded him of being present at such an interesting meeting . He was happy to say , however , that through their kindness in electing him that evening , although he entered their Lodge a self-invited visitor , lie
should leave it a member of their widely-spread correspondence circle . The brethren then adjourned to refreshment . As usual , the speeches were few and short , the brethren appearing to find more pleasure in Masonic conversation and discussion than in after dinner oratory . Noteworthy , however , were two speeches . Bro .
AVhytehead , in reply to " Prosperity to the Lodge , " recounted his fruitless efforts to connect himself with Masonic archaeology , a desire which he at length partly gratified by joining the Rosicrucian Society of England . Since , however , the establishment of the Quatuor Coronati , which he joined immediately after its formation , the outlook for an intelligent and intellectual Mason had
considerably changed lor the better . Ihe example set by this lodge was spreading , and already Yorkshire boasted of two Masonic literary societies—one at Bradford and one at Wakefield—of both of which he was a member . The prosperity of the lodge was assured . The periodical issue of their transactions , the publishing of such a volume of reprints as had just seen the light , with the certain hope
of more to follow ; the industry , organising power , and energy of their secretary ; the literary and scientific status of many of their members ; and the extent of their correspondence circle—t > C 0 members in every quarter of the globe—made failure simply impossible . Bro . Dr . Richardson replied for '" The Visitors " with all his well-known eloquence . He congratulated the lodge on its past ,
present , and future . The failure of all previous attempts at an analogous society , in some of which brethren then present had participated , had failed to frighten the founders of the Quatuor Coronati , and quite rightly so , for the repeated attempts proved the demand , and the failure was probably due to causes which No . 2070 had known how to evade or surmount . He had only lately become
aware of their existence , and was indebted to his friend , Bro . Williams , for bringing him there . It was a red-letter day for him : the most enjoyable he had ever spent in Masonry , and he trusted that the indulgence of the brethren , when they came to examine into his qualifications , would soon place it out of his power to return thanks as a visitor .
the J . elect was unable to be present . The other officers were invested . There being no other business before the chapter , the companions adjourned to the banquet . Comp . AV . M . Stiles , M . E . Z . 19 , P . P . G . P . S ., Middlesex , and Comp . H . Lovegrove , P . Z . 72 , 1519 ; P . P . G . treas ., Middlesex , responded to the toast of the " Visitors , '' of whom there were more than members present . .
BKLUKAVK CHAPTER . —The installation meeting of this Royal Arch Chapter was held at the Ship and Turtle , on Friday , the 28 th June . Comp . H . E . Collin was installed as M . E . Z ., and Comp . J . J . Thomas as II . by the outgoing M . E . Z ., Comp . AV . A . Scurrah , Prov . 1 st A . S ., Middlesex , in a very able manner . Comp . Simner ,
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couraged during the period which intervenes between the present and the date at which the Provisional Committee will meet a Special Court . They will know best how to mete out justice , and where to exercise clemency ; and however much our public utterances have been in dispraise
of actions and actors in connection with the recent past , and our pages may still continue to express the opinions of other brethren , we believe we shall not be misunderstood in counselling the observance of a discreet non-interference with the proceedings of that Committee during its exercise
of the authority and powers with which it has been invested . In its turn it will have to submit its report to the Patrons and Governors of the Institution , and , as we hope , receive deserved commendation for what it may have
done ; and , on the other hand , its members may be sure that , apart from unnecessary fault-finding , any error of judgment or abuse of power which might attach to their decisions will be as firmly criticised as have been the errors and abuses they are now called upon to remedy .
Quatuor Coronati Lodge—No. 2076.
QUATUOR CORONATI LODGE—No . 2076 .
The lodge met iifc Freemasons' Hall . London , on Monday . 24 th June , at 5 p . m ., to celebrate the Masonic Festival of St . John in Harvest . The following members attended- —Bros . AV . Simpson , ILL . M . R . A . S .. W . M . ; R . F . Gould , P . G . D .. I . P . M .: AV . H . Rvlands , G . St , ( W . M . No . 2 ) . as S . W . ; Jno . Lane . P . Pr . G . Reg-..- Devon , as J . AV . ; G . W . Speth , sec . ; Prof . T . Havter Lewis . F . S . A .. R . L . B . A .
& c , S . D .: Dr . W . Wynn Westcott . J . D . : T . B . Whytehead , C . Kupferschmidt . as I . G .: F . II . Goldnev . P . G . D .. Prof . W . Mattieu Williams , F . H . A . S .. F . C . S ., and C . Purdon Clarke , CLE . Also the following members of the correspondence circle , viz . —Bros . S . Richardson , E . W . Carus-Wilson . R . Roy , AV . M . Graham . D . P .
Cama ( P . G . treas . ) , J . B . Mackay . R . A . Gow . au , H . Tipper . Max Mendelssohn . G . A . Nock , C . E . Wright , AV . Lake , C . F . Hogard ( P . G . Std . B . ) , and J . Bodenham , P . G . A . D . C . Also the following visitors—Col . Marmaduke Ramsay , Dis . G . M . of Malta ; Dr . B . AV . Richardson , P . M . 2029 ; H . Warner , 2205 ; and S . L . Macg . Mathers . 195 .
The lodge having been opened and the previous minutes confirmed , 3 lodges and 28 brethren were admitted to the membership of the correspondence circle , viz . : —The District Grand Lodge of Natal : Meridian Lodge , No . 1400 , Craydock , Cape of Good Hope ; and the St . Andrew ' s Lodge " Indissolubilis " of Berlin ; and Bros . K . L . Christiansen . Dis . G .. T . AV .. Eastern Archipelago : A . R . Adams ,
Dis . G . A . D . C ., Eastern Archipelago ; E . C . Harte and AA . Portenusall of Penang ; Major J . B . Hendry , M . A ., New York ; O . II . Bate , Barkly East , Griqualand ; E . Hancock , Major J . R . Robertson , C . G . Serruricr , and B . Lapin , all of Johannesburg , Transvaal ; 0 . AV . Kauffman , Breslau , Silesia : A . Duncan , King AVilliam ' s Town . Cape ; CK Bevcridge . E . Hart . J . Lawrence and E . F . Lezard
all of Kimberley . South Africa : A . C . Morasso , Dis . G . St ., Gibraltar ; F . L . Forsyth , M . D . ; AV . II . Scott , and N . L . AVilbur , all of Providence , Rhode Island ; C . Hull , Christchurch , New Zealand ; Lieut . Col . H . Fawcett Purisey , Hull ; C . II . O . Curtis , Bournemouth : II . Tipper , Hammersmith ; J . Nevin , Clayton , Bradford ; T . Hicks , P . Pr . G . J . W . Cornwall , St . Columb ; R . II . Singleton ,
Halifax ; and Col . Marmaduke Ramsay , Dis . Grand Master , Malta . This raises the number of intrants to GOO . The AV . M . referred to the publication since the last meeting of Part I . of the 1889 Transactions . It was a larger number than any previously issued , replete with interesting matter , and a credit to all concerned . The " Notes and Queries " department he thought
would be very valuable ; it afforded an opportunity for the preservation of matter which was perhaps scarcely fitted to form the basis of a paper or lecture , and he trusted that any brother , however inexperienced , who in the course of his reading came across a passage of possible interest , would make an extract for their secretary . Such a course would naturally entail the reception of much
that was already well known , but although the Committee might decide not to reprint it on that account , the services of the correspondent would be none the less appreciated . On the other hand much of great interest might lie brought to their notice and gratefully made use of . He would mention , as a curious coincidence , that the secretary had received for their next number no less tnan four
or five notes on Chinese Masonry from different quarters . Further , since their last meeting , A ol I . of Masonic Reprints had been issued by the lodge . The brethren would be pleased to hear tbat he held the written commands of the M . AV . the G . M . to proceed to Marlborough House and present him with a copy of their publications to date . As soon as the volumes were decently bound for the purpose
he should take the first opportunity of complying . Reverting to the " Reprints , " he was of opinion that from every point of view , masonic , archaiologic , artistic and literary , they were a credit to the editor , the lodge , and he would add . the craft itself . There was one feature of the book which deserved their especial attention . He alluded to the commentary on the Regius MS . by Bro . Gould .
The labour and research involved in its production must have been enormous . He had read it through once , but he intended to apply himself to a study of it , and wished he could have Bro . Gould alt his elbow to answer questions as they rose to his mind . He was informed that it represented nearly twelve months of research and
hard work , and he wished to impress upon the brethren that all this study , thought and toil were rendered by Bro . Gould , freely , cheerfully and gratuitously , out of the abundant love he had for the lodge and its welfare . He would now go through the needless formality of moving a vote of thanks , and had great pleasure in expressing to Bro . Gould what must of necessity be the unanimous
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feeling of the brethren ,, their gratitude for his work , and their appreciation of the result . Bro . Rylands supported the vote , which was carried by acclamation . Bro . G ould said that he was very greatly obliged to the brethren for the v . impliment they had paid him , and he appreciated it the more on account of the kindly remarks of the AV . M .. and Bro .
Rylands . with which the resolution had been introduced to the Lodge . The task of writing a commentary ou the oldest document of the C » aft had been a formidable one , and in setting to work upon it , he had been forcibly reminded of one of those memorable utterances which Cervantes has put into the mouth of Don Quixote . The latter , in enumerating the qualifications which should lie
possessed by a Knight Errant , went on to state , m effect , that he should lie a proficient in everything . In like manner , to do full justice to the ancient legends and traditions of masonry , any person who attempted to commentate upon them , ought to be . not only a student or antiquary of the Craft , but a scholar and archaeologist in the widest sense of the expression . A close study of the Masonic
Poem would have been incomplete , without at least some research into matters not at a first view absolutely connected with it . Thus , the lite ::. ture . the language , the architecture , the history and laws , and the geography of Britain , had each claimed a share of attention . He did not venture to contend that in these collateral studies he had proceeded very far ; but . nevertheless , in the time at his disposal , he
had spared no exertion to qualify himself , as far as he was able , for the execution of the task which had been allotted to him . He thought the presentation of the Regius MS ., in . facsimile , was the best of r 11 possible reproductions with which a new series of their publications could be inaugurated , and if the commentary upon it should be deemed by the Lodge , he would not sny altogether , but
to some slight extent , worthy of its text , and no discredit to the channel of publication through which it had seen the light , he should be amply compensated for the time and labour he had devoted to it . The Secretary described the preliminary arrangements which had been made for a proposed excursion to St . Albans in July , and
handed round for inspection , a photograph of a boss in Peterborough Cathedr . il , forwarded by Bro . Clarabut . Bro . T . B . Whytehead read a very instructive paper on " The Grand Lodge at York , " graphically describing in concise language its history as far as known . The paper is naturally far too long for insertion in our columns ; for its study we must refer our readers to the next number of '" Ars
Quatuor Coronatorum . " A long and interesting discussion ensued , embracing a number of points arising out of the lecture and of the photograph already alluded to , in which the AV . M ., and Bros . Gould , Speth , Rylands , Goldney , Dr . Richardson , and Whytehead took part . A written commentary on the paper from the pen of Bro . Hughan was also read .
Hearty good wishes having been tendered , Bro . Col . Ramsay , Dis . G . M ., Malta , begged to thank the brethren , as a visitor , for the good work they were doing , and for the opportunity afforded him of being present at such an interesting meeting . He was happy to say , however , that through their kindness in electing him that evening , although he entered their Lodge a self-invited visitor , lie
should leave it a member of their widely-spread correspondence circle . The brethren then adjourned to refreshment . As usual , the speeches were few and short , the brethren appearing to find more pleasure in Masonic conversation and discussion than in after dinner oratory . Noteworthy , however , were two speeches . Bro .
AVhytehead , in reply to " Prosperity to the Lodge , " recounted his fruitless efforts to connect himself with Masonic archaeology , a desire which he at length partly gratified by joining the Rosicrucian Society of England . Since , however , the establishment of the Quatuor Coronati , which he joined immediately after its formation , the outlook for an intelligent and intellectual Mason had
considerably changed lor the better . Ihe example set by this lodge was spreading , and already Yorkshire boasted of two Masonic literary societies—one at Bradford and one at Wakefield—of both of which he was a member . The prosperity of the lodge was assured . The periodical issue of their transactions , the publishing of such a volume of reprints as had just seen the light , with the certain hope
of more to follow ; the industry , organising power , and energy of their secretary ; the literary and scientific status of many of their members ; and the extent of their correspondence circle—t > C 0 members in every quarter of the globe—made failure simply impossible . Bro . Dr . Richardson replied for '" The Visitors " with all his well-known eloquence . He congratulated the lodge on its past ,
present , and future . The failure of all previous attempts at an analogous society , in some of which brethren then present had participated , had failed to frighten the founders of the Quatuor Coronati , and quite rightly so , for the repeated attempts proved the demand , and the failure was probably due to causes which No . 2070 had known how to evade or surmount . He had only lately become
aware of their existence , and was indebted to his friend , Bro . Williams , for bringing him there . It was a red-letter day for him : the most enjoyable he had ever spent in Masonry , and he trusted that the indulgence of the brethren , when they came to examine into his qualifications , would soon place it out of his power to return thanks as a visitor .
the J . elect was unable to be present . The other officers were invested . There being no other business before the chapter , the companions adjourned to the banquet . Comp . AV . M . Stiles , M . E . Z . 19 , P . P . G . P . S ., Middlesex , and Comp . H . Lovegrove , P . Z . 72 , 1519 ; P . P . G . treas ., Middlesex , responded to the toast of the " Visitors , '' of whom there were more than members present . .
BKLUKAVK CHAPTER . —The installation meeting of this Royal Arch Chapter was held at the Ship and Turtle , on Friday , the 28 th June . Comp . H . E . Collin was installed as M . E . Z ., and Comp . J . J . Thomas as II . by the outgoing M . E . Z ., Comp . AV . A . Scurrah , Prov . 1 st A . S ., Middlesex , in a very able manner . Comp . Simner ,