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 CONTENTS.

PACiK

RE-ELECTION OP THE GRAND MASTE R - - - 1

CONTEMPLATED AMALGAMATION OF THE ASYLUM AND
BENEVOLENT ANNUITY FUNDS 5
AWFUL RETRIBUTI ON - - - - - 7-
ON FREEMASONRY - 9
STRICTURES UPON PAST AND PRESENT FREEMASONRY - 16
JEWISH BRETHREN - - - - - - - 1
ON THE STUDY OF MASONIC ANTIQUITIES 20
FREEMASONRY IN LIVERPOOL - - - - 25
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A LEGEND OF SIRIAD - - - - - - - 2 9
FREEMASONS ' LEXICON - - - - - -32
COLLEGE MUSINGS - - - - - - - 3 6
WATSON S GREAT PICTURE OF BURNS 41
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - - - - - - 42
CONTINENTAL LODGE S - - - - - 47 -
POETRY - - - - - - - - -
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE :
UNITED GRAND CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS
OF ENGLAND - - - - - - 7 - 6
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND . . 67 .
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION - - - - 68
THE GRAND CONCLAVE - - - - - 'J l -
THE STATUE OF HIS LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS THE
DUKE OF SUSSEX - - - - - ^3 -
THE CHARITIES . . . . - . . 73 .
THE REPORTER - - - - - - 78 -
- MASONIC CHIT CHAT - - - - - - 81
OBITUARY - - - - - - - - 86
PROVINCIAL - - - - - - - - 8
SCOTLAND - - - - - - 105
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IRELAND - - 107
FOREIGN - - - - -- -- H3
WEST INDIES - - - - - - - 115
CANADA - - - - - - - - 119
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UNITED STATES - - - - _ . - 120
INDIA - - - - _ - - - - - 124
L I T E R A R Y NOTICES - - - - - - - 129
TO CORRESPONDENTS - - 131
 THE JEWISH BRETHREN.
BERLIN.—March 2.—MOST IMPORTANT.
At a Meeting of the Grand Lodge, held this clay, it was Resolved ,
"That the request of the Earl of ZETLAND , that English Certificates
should be unreservedly admitted, could not be complied with , and that
a letter to such effect be written to the Grand Secretary of England."

SUPREME COUNCIL OP R ITES . Dublin, March , 18. — The report

reached us too late ; there is some friskiness in the wind , and we may
probabl y have to "box the compass " in our next.
THE GIRLS' SCHOOL . March 26.—Even if it were not too late, we
should hesitate to allude to the subject until after the maturest con-
sideration , but a "steward " may be assured of our vigilance.
LINCOLN .—The Rev. J. Osmond Dakeyne, chairman of the " Oliver
Presentation ," has been appointed Grand Superintendent for this
Province.
THE LATE R OBERT FIELD .—Our too brief notes of this excellent
Mason, as recorded in the Obituary, was worked off before we received a
very well written notice b y "a friend. " The following private parti-
culars will supply some of our own deficiency. Brother Field was born
at Lyng, near Reepham, Norfolk, where his father had a farm for many
years, and brought up a family of fourteen children . He is still alive,
at the age of eighty-five, and his mother at seventy-five, both in good
bodil y health ; the latter, however, has become " dark ," but painfull y
alive to the last sad visitation. So hale is the good old father, that lie
can even now walk from his residence at Brixton to London , and part of
the way back. R OBERT, on leaving school , came to London to the mer-
chant's counting-house, and rema ined there unt.i his serious illness led
to his services being dispensed with.
OBITUARY . March 23.—Mt. 32, Bro. the Hon. W.N. Ridley Col-
borne, M. P., P. G. W., and Dep. P. G. M. for Norfolk. He was son of
Lord Colborne—the cause of death was the bursting of a blood vessel.
On March the 21st, ret. 29, at his Chambers, Gray 's Inn, Bro.
Thomas Martin , second son of the late Simon Martin , Esq., of Norwich ,
member of the " Lodge of United Friends," Yarmcuth , No. 392.
 THE

FREEMASONS '
QUARTERLY REVIEW.
SECOND SERIES—MARCH 31, 1846.

" I have ever fel t it my duty to support and encourage its princip les and practice, because
it powerfully developes all social and benevolent affections; because it mitigates without ,
and annihilates within , the virulence of political and theological controversy—because it
affords the only nemral ground on which all ranks and classes can meet in perfect equality,
and associate without degradation or mortification , whether for purposes of moral instruction
or social intercourse. ''— The E AIIL OF D U R H A M on Freemasonry, 21st Jan. 1834.
" This obedience, which must be vigorously observed, does not prev ent us, however, from
investigating the inconvenience of laws, which at the time they were framed may have been
political , prudent—nay, even necessary *, but now, from a total change of circumstances and
events, may have become unjust , oppressive, and equally useless. * * *
"Justinian declares that lie acts contrary to the law who, confining himself to the letter ,
acts contrary to the spirit and interest of it."—H. R. H. the D U K E OF S USSEX , April, 21, 1812 .
House of Lords.

RE-ELECTION OF THE GRAND MASTER.

At the last Quarterly Communication , the Right Honourable Thomas
Dundas, the Earl of Zetland , was unanimously re-elected Most Wor-
shipful Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England for the
year ensuing, amid the acclamation of the Brethren , who testified their
sentiments with enthusiastic and affectionate respect. His Lordship
may be assured that he lives in the esteem of his Brethren, who always
regret his absence. Each succeeding year convinces them of his ap-
priate fitness for the high dignity to which a United Grand Lodge have

* THE SUPPLEMENTARY N U M B E R . WAS PUBLISHED ON T H E 15th OF MAY 1613.

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 raised him ; and however th ey may contemplate a successor , it is loss
with hopefulness of that successor 's ability to exceed the Earl of
Zetland in Alasonic attainment, than that he may look ori the well-tried
capabilities of that Noble Brother, as the best model for emulation.
The Earl of Zetland will be installed in April next for the third time.
The annual appointment of Grand Officers is looked to with more than
usual interest.

A motion for a grant in aid of the Library was negatived on grounds

the most futile. The opponents could not agree in argument , for one-
party considered the proposed grant as paltry, while others thought that
there being ninety pounds in hand , it was unnecessary. It is a sin-
gular anomal y in Masonry, that with many there should be a desire
to continue behind han d with all the world in the very elements of
Science. However, agitation will teach a useful lesson.

A motion in favour of annuities for the Widows of Masons was un-

successful in the vote. But as no person ventured to question the
propriety of the motion, we presume now that the wedge has been
applied , that after several notices of motion duly to be given , and as dul y
to be rejected, the cause of the "Hel p less Widow " will ultimatel y triumph.
It is a common saying that "Rome was not built in a day. " The
mover imp lored some one to bring forward a more liberal motion than
his own, that he might support it. Such a sentiment is worth y of a
Mason , and will ultimately prevail .

TUB ADDITIONAL SALARY .

WE had not intended to have noticed the subject, but to have been
contented with leaving our readers to commen t on the report of the pro-
ceedings at the last Grand Lod ge; "a good natured friend," however,
having expressed himself with more zeal than discretion on the motives
of the Brother who moved the amendment, which he terms an abandon-
men t of the former liberal policy of the said Brother, whose motives are
moreover hinted to be of a personal nature, disposed us to enter into an
examination of the question . We should further state, that the "good-
natured friend" is of opinion that it is indecorous to oppose any motion
suggested by the Board of General Purposes, because such motions are
certain of being carried !
It is true, the "good-natured friend" fi ghts behind a mask, availing
himself of anonymous protection ; on this account he should be treated
with contempt , but he has dared us to the conflict by a declaration that
 we should quail at hinting the conclusions to which he has arrived ;
we have also a further reason for publicity arising from the fact , that
certain eaves-droppers hav e pretty plainly hinted something of the sort.
It becomes due, then, to the Masonic reputation and moral courage
of the party alluded to, to make (Scottiee) " a clean breast of it." Let
Aristides (!) such is the name this correspondent assumes, and those
who think with him , reflect thereon and ponder well.
We will first deal with the alleged abandonmen t of liberal views. Is
there the shadow of proof _ Surel y, mere anonymous assertion is none.
But as the shadow of coming events , what are reall y the signs and tokens ?
Unceasing endeavours to obtain shelter for the aged Brethren ,and annuities
for their widows. Next, as to personal motive. We ask who first , with
determined and successful energy, proposed and supported an increased
salary to the same party some fourteen years since, when it was very
strenuousl y opposed ?
And now to the point, as to " the indecorum of opposing the motions
suggested by the Board of General Purposes, because such are certai n
of being carried. " Of all inconsistencies that of impudence is the most
impertinent—according to such reasoning, your Board of General Pur-
poses would become the governing power—the Grand Lodge its puppet.
Star t not!—such would be the substance, not the shadow ;—the form of
an election for Grand Master and the Board might be faltered through ;
but away to the four cardinal winds of heaven would go English Free-
masonry. How long would any other system of the Order exist after-
wards ? It is well known that, as Masonic Journalists, we have been
much in the habit of thinking for ourselves, and having done so, com-
municated pretty freel y our considerate thoughts to others. We lay no
claim to infallibility, but we have a satisfactory pride, in the conviction
that we have no necessity to withdraw, or even to soften down , any
opinions we have ventured to give to the Masonic public. We have
been guided by the "philosoph y " of common sense, and honesty of
purpose, and so far from feeling satisfied with such an interpietation of
the power of the Board of General Purposes, we frankl y state that then-
power is limited to the ministerial not the legislative office ; and that in
all cases, when they recommend any subject to the attention of Grand
Lodge , it should he done after the gravest deliberation—with the utmost
delicacy, and the fullest explanation. 'Was this course pursued in the
case in question ? Certainl y there was no " suggestio falsi," but there
appeared something of the " suppressio veri ,"—for the recommendation
went "per saltum" for an increased grant.
We understand that in all well-regulated societies , when the conduct
of secretaries or clerks is to be taken into consideration, an ample
statement is shown in contrast to tiie inadequate remuneration , for the
requital of service. Now , was the sli ghtes t allusion made to the amount
 of salaries—was it intimated directl y or indirectl y, that the amount hacl
been gradually raised from Ml. to 250_ . as stated in Grand Lodge, but in
reality exceeding that amount, as we have been since informed, for in one
branch of the Masonic office there has beenvery recently a small addition ?
No,—mystery presided, and until the mover of the amendment, probabl y
struck by the evident silence on such important fact, eliminated the
truth , the Grand Lodge naturally considered their clerk to have been
sadly under paid. It requires some amount of moral courage to examine
into the niceties of an arrangemen t suggested b y "the Board"—and still
more to oppose them , especially wh en supported by "troops of friends,"
who to their credit adopt the mere side of generosity. But our view of
the case would have taken a far higher range in the case of long ser-
vice. A three months' notice of motion , for so large an annual grant,
should have been given, showing the true grounds of its propriety.
The provinces who are more interested in the result could have sup-
ported the grant , or by silence have acquiesced;—but there was no
'•' Aristides" to teach a public duty. The affair was certainl y legal,—but it
was also sudden , electric, final. We say final , for confirmation must
follow—and it ought to follow. It would be ungenerous were it other-
wise—for Masonry enjoins the minority to yield gracefull y to the
majority—and as the Brother who has thus received so liberal an in-
crease of income, is in the full vigour of manhood and physical power,
we hope that another twenty years may pass ere he require a retiring
pension.

THE GRAND H ALL .—This noble hall has been entirely re-decorated ,
and we must award due praise to the artist who has succeeded in thus
restoring our noble temple to its ori ginal freshness. For architectural
beauty, size, and general effect, it is unequalled in the metropolis—per-
haps in the whol e world ; and , as now lighted by the chandeliers, under
the superintendence of Professor Faraday, presents a trul y magnificent
appearance. We have heard that the artist who has thus successfull y
worked out such effects, has lost considerabl y by the contract. We hope
this is not the case ; but should it be so, we then advise that the Board
recommend that not only the artist be paid iu full , but that a vote of
thanks from the Grand Lodge be presented to him. Masons should be
just as well as generous.
 THE CHARITIES.
To state that all the Charities of Eng lish Freemasonry are flourishing,
is scarcely to breath e the glorious truth. There is a promise of fruitful
abundance—such as has never before been presented. On the occasion
ofthe Festival in aid of the Boys ' School on the l l t h instant, upwards
of six hundred pounds were collected. The promise of still greater
generosi ty at the Festival of the Girls' School, in May , will no doubt be
realized , for the requirements are m ore extensive. And then in June
will be the Festival in aid of the Aged Mason , which surely will not be
forgotten b y the kind-hearted ancl the generousl y disposed. Would we
could add a fourth Anniversary Festival in aid of Masonic Widows.
We clo not despair—our faith is strong. " Justitia? soror fides. "

CONTEMPLATED A MA L G A M A T I O N OF THE ASYLUM AND BENEVOLENT

ANNUITY FUNDS.
PREJUDICE has at length been compelled to y ield to consistency.
This most desirable object has attracted the attention of the Committees
of both institutions; and sub-committees from each are appointed to
consider on what may he the most desirable m eans of accomplishing an
end so devoutly wished for. In the present state, we purposel y defer
any observations , leaving to the intelligent Brethren to whose care this
great question is committed , to deal with it as a "holy one." And may
their labours be crowned with success.
The Election of Annuitants will take place on the loth of May .
The circular of the Asylum to the Lod ges and the Craft in general ,
is deserving of serious attention , and will, we hope , meet with a liberal
support.

THE SUPREME GRAND CONCLAVE OP ENGLAND h ave elected Sir

Knigb t Colonel C K. K. Tynte as their most Eminen t and Supreme
Grand Master, who is to be installed on the Srd proximo. The august
ceremony will be celebrated with due solemnity. It has attracted the
attention of the various Encampments, and a full attendance is expected .
The Duke of Leinster has been invited to assist in the cercmonyf but
we regret to learn that His Grace cannot avail himself of such invitation.
The Order of Masonic Kni g hts Templar may now look forward with
hope. " Sperate, et vo'smet rebus servate secundis. '

I NDIA .—The re-union 'in Bombay was of a most stirring nature .

Dr. Grant , thc Prov. Grand Muster of Bengal , under the Eng lish Constitu-
 tion , on his way to Calcutta, became the guest of the Prov. Grand Mastei
of Bombay, Dr. Burnes, under the Grand Lodge of Scotland , who asso-
ciated upwards of one hundred Masons to greet Dr. Grant. Our report,
alth ough but an outline, is worth y attention . The following extract
will mark the spirit and intelligence of the various addresses :—
" Among the anomalies of the physical world, accounts have been
given by some who have gone clown to the deep in ships and seen the
wonders therein displayed, of founts of living fresh water in the midst
of the sea ; and in arid deserts the weary traveller has been comforted
by spots of loveliness and verdure. It is even so in the moral world. In
these cold utilitarian days, whatever clings to the past or cherishes the
tender and the ideal, is apt to be looked upon with leer malign , by ma-
terial philosophy ancl worldl y wisdom. Springing up from the dim depths
of remote antiquity, like freshets of the ocean, preserving their sweet-
ness amid the waste bittern ess around , the institutions of Masonry from
primeval eras, even through the darkness of the middle ages, athwart
whicli they gleamed star-like, have ever evinced a salient power, and
living freshness of their own , not to be overborne by barbarism ancl
tyranny, or to be annihilated by political changes and revolutions."

A MERICA .—Freemasonry in this hemisphere is resuming its ori g inal

sway ; the mists of error on the part of its opponents are passing away,
and the pri n cip les of Washington, Franklin , De Witt , Clinton , and
others of the noble-minded are in the ascendant. We doubt not that
Masonry may even neutralize the deadl y upas poison of conflicting
politics, ancl that Brethren of one common stock , and speaking one
language, may be kept from that fatal collision which submerges all
in the curse of desolation and ruin. The Grand Master , Peabod y,
in his address to his Grand Lodge, after commenting on the necessity
" of strengthening peace and the bonds of concord between two nations ,
kindred in laws, reli gion, and language, and which should never have
been at variance ," observes, that "pursuant to a provision recentl y in-
corporated into our Constitutions , two Englishmen ,""" who have become
hi ghl y distinguished b y their zeal and devotion in the cause of the Craft
and of humanity, have been elected honorary members of this Gmna
Lodge." This compliment from American Masons is doubl y valuable
at this momen t, when the political horizon is so much overcast.

CA N A D A .— Freemasonry is thriving. Thc Provincial Gran d Lod ge

is about to be revived.

* Di:.. Oliver am. t'l uet'l....

 AWFUL RETRIBUTION.

"At the time the lightning was most vivid , a party of men and
women had assembled at the Milton 's Head public house, on Tollhouse
Hill, ancl, during its vivid flashes, one man , named Alfred Greenwood ,
residing at Radford , kept continuall y uttering oaths, and wishing thai
the lightning might strike some of the women blind. Scarcely had he
uttered the wish than a more vivid flash than usual entered the apart-
ment and struck him to the earth. On being taken up it was discovered he
was totall g blind . His eyes were completely turned up, and the whites
only visible ; he onl y spoke once, which was to say 'Oh ! God—my
ami !'•—Mr. Darb y, surgeon, was immediately fetched, and he soon dis-
covered that he was irrevocably struck blind. He was then placed in a
Fly and conveyed home, where he now lies blind and dumb."—A CCOUNT
OF "A T ERRIFIC STORM AT NOTTINGHAM ," on Sunday, 6th July, 1845.

O LEARN , ye wicked ! ye profane of tongue !

Whose hearts are darken 'd by the cloak of crime—¦
Learn here an awful lesson .'—There is ONE
Who hears and sees all creatures upon earth ,
Who knows the countless acts of heedless man ,
Traces his footsteps o'er the course of Life,
And searches the deep fountain of his thoughts !
Uupon the golden Throne, where Mercy sits,
Eternal Justice watches from on high
The reckless millions that from clay to day
Degrade humanity, and ev 'n defy,
In impious language, and with brutal voice.
The boundless pow 'r that form 'd the won drous world !
Oh ! base and horrible are words of men
Who dare defy the awful will of Heav'n !

A wretched creature utters, with an oath,

The sinful wish that others may be struck
¦With blindness—that the lightning 's burning flash
May wound his fellow-creatures, and destroy
In them the blessing they received from Goi>,
Who gives all blessings for the good of all.—
The wicked wish is spoken , and the words
Are heard by Him whose judgment cannot err:—
An awful beam of sul p h' rous tire descends .
And instantl y thc mortal speaker falls
Prostrate, in hel pless agony !—His eyes
Roll in their sockets , but the darkness round
Is horrible. The gift of li ght from him
Who felt no gratitude that he was blest,
Is gone for ever !—How he groans ancl sighs !
His tongue would utter what he feels, and ask
For hel p fro m those whom lately he could curse ,—
But double wretchedness is on him now,
For blind and speechless is the stricken man !—
The awful jud gmen t of an angry GOD
Forbids that he shall e'er again behold
The lovely things of Earth.—The hills and dales,
The beauteous flow'rs, the plan ts, and shad y trees,
The flowing rivers and the glittering streams,
The grassy meadows and the harvest fields,
The waving groves that cool the summer breeze—
The glorious sun, the moon , the twinkling stars ,
The varying aspects of the changing year,
And every lovely scene that Nature gives
To raise the grateful soul from Earth to Heav 'n,—
Are all to him a dark and dreary blank !
The boundless light of Heav 'n is closed from him
For ever !—Bitterness of spirit clings
Round his chill'd heart, and Conscience wakes within
The fri ghtful recollections of the past,
That bring no comfort to his hapless mind ,
But sad increase of misery !—His soul
Is overwhelm'd with wretchedness : he longs
To speak of what he suffers ; but he sighs
And pines in silence, for 'tis Heav 'n's decree
That he shall speak no more !—
O wicked men .'
Be warn'd—be warn'd , ere yet it be too late—
And learn that He who giveth life and death
Will not be mock'd by impious words and oaths
From creatures subject to His awful pow 'r.

W. H ERSEE .
 ON FREEMASONRY .

BY THE REV. GEORGE OLIVER , D. 1).

I have often wondered how it could happen that our forefathers , the
Freemasons of England , should have omitted to work out the details of
Masonry in a more particular and perfect manner than we find it accom-
plished iu the p ublications of the last century ; although it was generall y
believed, even then, that such discussions were extremely advantageous
to the Order, being calculated to dissipate the mists and prejudices which
biased the minds of men, and indisposed them for the reception of truth.
Numerous evidences of this fact are scattered over the writings of the
few Masonic authors, which distinguished that period. " The best way,"
says Laurie, in his preface, "of refuting the calumnies which have been
brought against the fraternity of Freemasons, is to lay before the public
a correct and rational account of the nature, ori gin, ancl progress of the
institution, that they may be enabled to determine whether or not its
principles are, in any shape, connected with the princi p les of revolu-
tionary anarchy, and whether or not the conduct of its members has
ever been similar to the conduct of traitors." And from the publication of
such sentiments, it must be evident to every Brother 's experience, that
the feeling against Freemasonry, which displayed itself so openly only
a few years ago, has assumed a much milder form , if it be not entirely
rem oved.
It will not, however, be difficult to account for the dearth of Masonic
writers in a preceding age. Before the eighteenth century, symbolical
Masonry had no lectures ; and , consequentl y, while it was confined to a
simple ceremonial, needed no illustrations; because, as the science was
chiefl y operative, the secrets would be those which had a reference to
building—to the scientific ornaments and decorations of each particular
style of architecture as it flourished in its own exclusive period , and
these mysteries were communicated graduall y, as the candidate rose
through the different stages of his order or profession .
There appears to have been one general principle which extended
itself over every style from the earl y English to the florid , decorated ,
and perpendicular, and constituted one of the most ineffable secrets
of the Masonic Lod ges. It is now known to have been the hierogly-
phical device styled vesica piscis ; "which may be traced from the
church of St. John Lateran, and old St. Peter 's at Rome, to the church
at Bath, one of the latest Gothic buildings of any consequence in Eng-
land. It was formed by two equal circles, cutting each other in their
centres, and was held in hi gh veneration,having been invariably adopted
by Master Masons in all countries. In bas-reliefs , which are seen in the
most ancient churches , over doorways, it usually cir cumscribes the fi gure
of our Saviour. It was indeed a princi ple which pervaded every build-
ing dedicated to the Christian religion, and has been exclusively attri-
buted to a knowledge of Euclid."1
The prevailing secrets of the Lod ges in these early times, were the
profound dogmata of Geometry and Arithmetic, by the use of which all
their complicated designs were wrought out and perfected. Thes

(I) Keirich. m A-'cilice. 1. vol. xvi. p. _*.__ .

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 sciences are inseparable from the system ; and accordingly have heen
faithfull y transmitted to our own times. " The secret meetings of the
Master Masons," says Dallaway, "within any particular district , were
confined to consultations with each other , which mainly tended to the
communication of science, and of improvement in their art. An eviden t
result was seen in the general uniformity of their desi gns in architec-
tu re, with respect both to plan and ornament , yet not without deviations.
We may conclude that the craft or mystery of architects and operative
masons was involved in secresy, by which a knowledge of their practice
was carefully excluded from the acquirement of all who were not en-
rolled in their fraternity. Still it was absolutely necessary that when
they engaged in contracts with bishops, or patrons of ecclesiastical build-
ings, a specification should be made of the component parts, and of the
terms by which either contracting party should be rendered conversant
with them. A certain nomenclature was then divulged by the Master
Masons for such a purpose, and became in general acceptation in the
middle ages."3
The abstruse calculations which accompanied the sciences of geometry
and arithmetic , are no longer necessary to Freemasonry, as an institu-
tion purely speculative ; and they were accordingly omitted in the
revised system as it was recommended to the notice of the fraternity by
the Grand Lodge in 1717, aud we retain only the beautiful theory of
these sciences , with their application to the practice of morality, founded
on the power and goodness of the G. A. O. T. U. in the construction of
the system in which we live.
It would be an injustice to our Brethren of the last century to believe
that they did not entertain a profound veneration for the princi ples of
the Masonic Order. But the customs and habits of the people of Eng-
land, living in that day, differed materially from our own. They were
times when conviviality and a love of social harmony prevailed over the
more sedate pursuits and investigations of science, in which such an
astonishing progress distinguishes the present times. In the seventeen th
ancl eighteen th centuries London was an atmosphere of clubs, and a
society of this kind existed in every street for the peculiar use of its in-
habitants , besides those which were exclusivel y frequented by persons
possessing similar tastes or habits of amusement. And it will be no
disparagement to Masonry, if we believe that its private Lodges did not
sustain a much higher rank than some of these celebrated meetings ; for
the Kit Cat , the Beefsteak, and other clubs, were frequented by the
nobility and most celebrated literary characters of that polished era.
It was the organization of Freemasonry that gave it the distinctive
character which elevated its pretensions above the common routine of
club life ; and although it is admitted that the members of the latter
entertained a strong attachment to their several institutions, yet none
were so enthusiastic as those who had enlisted in the cause of Masonry,
as we may learn from the few testimonies which remain. A Mason of
high standing, a hundred years ago, thus expresses his feelings respecting
the Order. "Masonry is the daughter of heaven ; and happy are those
who embrace her. By it youth is passed over without agitation , the
middle age without anxiety, and old age without remorse. Masonry
teaches the way to content, a thing almost unknown to the greatest part
of mankind. In short, its ultimate resort is to enjoy in security the
(2) Da-lawny. Archit. p 410.
 things that are, to reject all medlers in state affairs or religion, or of
a trifling nature ; to embrace those of real moment and worthy tendency,
with fervency and zeal unfeigned, as sure of being unchangeable, as end-
ing in happiness. They are rich without riches, intrinsically possessing
all desirable good ; and have the less to wish for by the enjoyment of
what they have. Liberty, peace, and tranquillity, are the only objects
worthy of their diligence and trouble.''3
But this, as well as almost all the testimonies of that period to its
superior excellence, is confined exclusively to morals.
Modern revision has however extended the limits of scientific investi-
gation in the Order of Freemasonry beyond what was intended by those
who decreed that " the privileges of Masonry should no longer be
restricted to operative Masons, but extend to men of various profes-
sions, provided they were regularly approved and initiated into the
Order." And Dr. Hemming and his associates, at the Union in 1813,
thought it expedient to add some peculiar disquisitions from the system
of Pythagoras, on the combinations of the poin t, the line, the superfi cies,
and the solid, to form rectangular, trilateral, quadrilateral, multilateral
figures, and the regular bodies ; the latter of which, on account of their
singularity, and the mysterious nature usually ascribed to them, were
formerl y known by the name of the five Platonic bodies ; and they were
so hi ghly regarded by the ancient Geometricians, that Euclid is said to
have composed his celebrated work on the Elements, chiefl y for the pur-
pose of being able to display some of their most remarkable properties.
These disquisitions usually conclude with an explanation of the forty-
seventh problem of Euclid, which is called the Eureka of Pythagoras.
Our transatlantic Brethren have improved upon this still further. Some
of the Grand Lodges have given a public sanction to the introduction of
literary and scientific subjects, not contained in the usual lectures, and
the open discussion of them at the private meetings of the society. And
a committee of the Grand Lodge of New York, in their report for
the year 1842, decided that "Masonic periodicals, if judiciously con-
ducted, are calculated to accomplish a vast amount of good , by diffusing
more extensively those sound, moral, and benevolen t principles, which
so eminently characterize this venerable institution ; your committee ,
therefore, recommend those publications to the liberal patronage of the
Fraternity."
To promote this laudable purpose, the Gran d Lodges have recom-
mended to the Fraternity temperance ancl early hours ; a general obser-
vance of which, I am persuaded, would not only afford ample leisure for
scientific investigations, but would also operate very favourably both for
the welfare and credit of society ; and it is much to be wished that such
a system of disci pline could be established by auth ority in our own
Lod ges ; for a laxity of practice in these particulars is calculated to intro-
duce loose and incorrect habits, which cannot fail to prove injurious to
the popularity of the Order. If a Lodge be opened beyond the prescribed
time, its labours may be protracted , particularly if its members are too
much attached to its refreshments, to a late hour, which is inconsistent
with domestic comfort , and promises to create female dissatisfaction , and
perhaps hostility.
There is a delicate sensibility in the female mind which is easily ex-
cited , and an impression may be made in a moment, which will be found

(-) Pocket Companion , p. 29G,

diffi cult to eradicate. The members of a Lod ge, therefore, ought to be
particularl y on th eir guard that an unfavourable prejudice against the
Craft be not crea ted ; because, in such a case, every little deviation ,
which , under extraordinary circumstances, may he unavoidable, will be
magnified into a serious fault. Ancl when transgressions, even though
they be imaginary, are multiplied in the bosoms of those who ought to
be most dear to every Free and Accepted Mason , and whose happiness it
is their duty to promote by every attention in their power; an estrange-
ment of heart may be occasioned, which will embitter domestic comfort,
and produce misunderstandings and disagreements, for which the plea-
sures ancl enjoyments of Freemasonry will in vain be expected to com-
pensate.
Nothing can supply the loss of domestic comfort, which is the one
great source of happiness which an all-wise Creator has provided for us
on earth. If, therefore , a fear of injuring the interests of Freemasonry
fail to induce the observance of decorous hours in the conduct of a Lod ge,
let this consideration be superadded—let an attention to the comforts,
and a respect for the prejudices of their families, prompt the Fraternity
to avoid late sittings. It is a practice which answers no one good pur-
pose—which secures no valuable end—which conveys no true gratifi cation
in the enjoymen t , and embitters the reflections of the ensuing day. And
beyond all this, it places in jeopard y those fireside comforts—those do-
mestic virtues, which the religion we profess, the Masonry we practice,
and the reason with which the divinity has endowed us—alike concur in
stimulating us to cultivate and adorn.
To carry out all these points, and to bear'harmless the Order during
the process , much depends on the knowledge and judgment of the
Master ; and it is of such importance to the prosperity of Freemasonry
that this officer be judiciously selected, that it behoves every candidate
to consider well his capabilities for the office before his election. It
is not enough that he is au f a i t at the openings and closings of the
several degrees, and well acquainted with all other routine ceremonies ;
he ought also to be conversant with the history, the antiquity, and the
philosophy of the Order; and the tenden cy of its mysteries and pursuits
to promote the practice of Christian morality, for on this knowledge will
the success of his administration depend. In these day s bodies of men
meet together for other purposes than to hear the repeated recitation of
a series of common-place maxims, which soon lose their interest, ancl
becom e as sounding brass and a-tinkling cymbal. Even an acquaintance
with the traditions of Freemasonry is not without its utility. They lead
to something of a hi gher character, and are intimately connected with
its philosophy. The most minute legend, although abstractedl y it may
be con sidered trifling and unmeaning, is not without its use, and if traced
to its elements , will be found to bear a relation to facts or doctrines con-
nected with our best and dearest interests.
It appears to me, that in the revision of the lectures at the Union , a
great omission occurs which it would be well to supply, and in the pre-
sent taste for scientific lectures and investi gations, nothing would tend
to elevate the character of Freemasonry more than to afford an oppor-
tunity for its indulgence by furnishing the m eans of carry ing out the
references of the Order , by the introduction of a hi gher range of science.
Freemasonry, to be completel y successful, should take precedence in
science, as it does in morals ami the exercise of heaven-born charity ;
and there is no institution under the sun which equals it in the walks of
benevolence. Its charities are unrivalled. It cherishes the orphan—it
supports thc widow—it relieves the destitute—and it provides for the
worth y aged Brother an asylum from the storms of penury and indigence,
at that helpless period of life when he is no longer able to wrestle with
adversity.
It is true the seven liberal sciences are referred to in the second degree ;
but, with the exception of Geometry, they occupy no important place
in the lecture. And for this reason, I suppose, that in ancient times the
Order is said to have been denominated Geometry. On this science,with
its application to architecture, our disquisitions are abundant and power -
full y interesting; and why should not a lecture on the elementary prin-
ciples of other sciences be equally grati fying to the members of a Lodge ?
Arithmetic, or the science of Number, is nearly allied to Geometry ; we
patronise M usicin practice, but hear nothing of it in theory; and of Astro-
nomy we are merely tol d that " it is an art by which we are taught to
read the wonderful ivorks of God in those sacred pages, the celestial
hemisphere. While we are employed in the study of this science, we
must perceive unparalleled instances of wisdom and goodness, and
through the whole of the creation trace the glorious Author by his
works."
It is however my chief intention in this paper, to offer a few desultory
remarks on the science of Number ; which, although the institution of
Freemasonry is based upon it, has no authorized lecture to illustrate its
fundamental p rinciples—no scientific disquisitions to display its myste-
rious properties . At every step we take we find a triad reference, but the
reasons wh y this occurs are not satisfactoril y explained. The monad ,
the duad, the triad, and the tetrad, meet us at every turn , and though
these numbers constitute the foundation of all arithmetical calculations,
the candidate is not full y instructed how they operate or in what manner
they ought to be applied.
A large portion of the Egyptian philosoph y and reli gion seems to hav e
heen constructed almost wholly upon the mysterious properties of num-
bers ; and we are assured b y Kircher,1 that every thing in nature was
explained on this princi p le alone. The Pythagoreans had so high an
opinion of number, that they considered it to be the first principle
of all things , and thought a knowled ge of numbers to be a know-
ledge of God. The founder of the sect received his instructions in this
science from the Egyptian priests, who taught that " the monad pos-
sesses the nature of the efficient cause, while the duad is merely a pas-
sive matter. A point corresponds with the monad , both being indivisible ;
and as the monad is the principle of numbers, so is the point of fines.
A line corresponds with the duad, both being con sidered by transition.
A line is length without breadth , extending between two points. A
superficies corresponds with the triad, because in addition to the duad ,
length , it possesses a third property, viz. breadth . Again , setting down
three points , two opposite, the third at the juncture of the lines made b y
the other two, we represent a superficies. A solid or cube represents
the tetrad , for if we make three points, and set a fourth over them, wc
have a solid bod y in the form of a pyramid, which hath three dimensions ,
length , and breadth ; and thickness."
In expressing their opinion of the Platonic bodies, the followers of
Pythagoras argued that the world was made b y God in thought not in

(4) CEdi p. Egypt, torn. ii. p. 2.

 time. He commenced his work in fire and the fift h element: for there
are five figures of solid bodies, which are termed mathematical . Earth
was made of a cube,f ire of a pyramid , air of an octaedron , water of an
icosaedron , the sphere of the universe of a dodecaedron. And the com-
binations of the monad , as the principle of all things, are thus deduced.
From the monad came the indeterminate duad , from them came num-
bers ; from numbers, points ; from points, lines; from lines, superfices ;
from superfices, solids ; from these solid bodies, whose elements are four,
viz., fire, water, air, earth ; of all of which, under various transmuta-
tions , the world consists.
This great philosopher, Pythagoras , who, by the superiority of his
mind , infused a new spirit into the science and learning of Greece, and
founded the Italic sect, taught his disciples Geometry, that they might
be able to deduce a reason for all their thoughts and actions, and to
ascertain correctly the truth or falsehood of any proposition by the
unerring process of mathematical demonstration . Thus being enabled
to contemplate the reality of things, and to detect imposture and deceit,
th ey were pronounced to he in the road to perfect happiness. Such
was the discipline ancl teaching of the Pythagorean Lodges. It is
related, that when Justin Martyr applied to a learned Pythagorean to he
admitted as a candidate for the mysterious dogmata of his philosophy,
he was asked whether , as a preliminary step, he had already studied the
sciences of Arithmetic, Music *Astronomy, and Geometry, which were
the four divisions of the Mathematics, according to the system of Pytha-
goras. Ancl he was told that it was impossible to understand the per-
fection of beatitude without them, because they alone are able to abstract
the soul from sensibles, and to prepare it for intelligibles. He was told
that, in the absence of these sciences, no man is able to contemplate what
is honest, or to determine what is good. And because the candidate
acknowledged his ignorance of them he was refused admission into the
society.
Above all other sciences or parts of the mathematics however, the
followers of Pythagoras esteemed the doctrine of Numbers, which they
believed to have heen revealed to man by the celestial deities. And they
esteemed arithmetic the most ancient of all the sciences, because "being
naturall y first generated , it takes away the rest with itself, but is not
taken away with them. Thus animal is first in nature before man ; for
taking away animal we take away man, but not in taking away man do
we take animal." They considered the creation of the world only as the
harmonious effect of a pure arrangement of number. Thus Dryden—
From harmony, from heavenly harmony.
This universal frame began ;
From harmony to harmony,
Through alt the compass of the notes it ran ,
The diapason closing full in man.
Pyth agoras asserted, according to Censorinus, that " the world is
made according to musical proportion ; and that the seven planets, which
govern the nativities of mortals, have a harmonious motion , and in-
tervals corresponding to musical diastemes , and render various sounds
according to their several distances, so consonan t that they make the
sweetest melody, but inaudible to us by reason of the greatness of the
noise, which the narrow passage of our ears is incapable of receiving. "
According to the above doctrine, the monad was ci t ;emed to be the
father of Number, and thc duad its mother ; whence the universal pre-
judice in favour of odd numbers, the father being had in greater honour
 than the mother. Odd numbers being masculine were considered per-
fect and applicable to the celestial gods, while even numbers, being
female, were imperfect, ancl given to the terrestrial and infernal deities,
Virgil has recorded several instances of this prediliction in favour of odd
numbers. In his eighth Eclogue he says,—
Tenia tibi h_cc primum triphei diversa colore
Lieia circumd; terque ha_ c altaria cireum
Effig iem duco : Numero deos imparegaudet.
Thus translated by Dryden— ¦
Around his wasen image first I wind
Three woollen fillets of three colours join 'd;
Thrice bind about his thrice devoted head ,
Which round the sacred altar thrice is led.
Unequal numbers please the gods.
The eastern nations at the present day appear to reverse this principle.
When two young person s are betrothed , the number of letters in each of
their names is subtracted , the one from the other, and if the remainder
be an even number, it is considered a favourable omen , but if it be odd ,
the inference is that the marriage will be unfortunate.
There are some curious superstitions still existing in our own country
in favour of particular numbers. A Scottish minister, who wrote a
treatise on witchcraft in 1705, says, " are there not some who cure dis-
eases hy the charm of numbers, after the example of Balaam, who used
magiam geometricam ?—build me here seven altars, and prepare me
seven oxen and seven rams, &c. There are some witches who enjoin
the sick to dip their shirt seven times in "water that runs towards the
south." Sir Henry Ellis has collected many instances of the use of odd
numbers, in his notes on Brand's Popular Antiquities, to which the
curious reader is referred.
The superstition of divination by number, called Arithmancy, ivas so
firml y planted in the mind of man by the observances of ancient times,
that it appears impossible entirel y to eradicate it. An old writer quaintly
remarks, on the authorities at the foot of the page ;s "I will not he super-
stitiously opinionated of the mysteries of numbers, though it be of longe
standing amongst many learned men , neither will I positively affirm that
the number of six is fatall to women , and the numbers of seaven and nine
to men, or that those numbers have (as many have written), magnum
in tota rerum natura potestatem , great power in kingdoms and comon-
wealths, in families, ages, of bodies, sickness, health, wealth, losse, &c.,
or with Seneca and others, septimus quisque annus , &c. Each seaven th
year is remarkable with men , as the sixth is with women. Or, as divines
teach, that in the number of seaven there is a misticall perfection which
our understandinge cannot attaine unto, and that nature herself is ob-
servant of this number."
I may probably resume this subject on a future occasion.

(5) Censor, de die nat. c. xii. Philo de leg. I. i. Boilin de Repub. 1. iv. c. 2. Varro in Cell.
I. in. Jerom in Amos. 5. Practice of Piety, fol, 410, _ic .&c.
 STRICTURES UPON PAST AND PRESENT FREEMASONRY
BY SIT LUX.
TO THE EDITOR.
Sir and Brother ,—In a communication with the above title addressed
to you in the last number of our Masonic periodical , I find so many
objectionable remarks upon the origin ancl nature of our reallg catholic
system of Brotherly love, that I cannot refrain from at once entering
my caveat against them. I shall do so in as brief, but decided a manner,
as the very singular remarks themselves will admit; and I readily appen d
my official designation ancl name to this protest , because I sincerel y think
the real interests and character of Freemasonry so affected by those
remarks, that, whatever prestige the name may hear in the Craft, so
much m ore weight will be attached to my open and emphatic dissent
from their truth .
Freemasonry undoubtedl y a Christian institution in its origin ! Then
what on earth is the M. W. G. M. about in withdrawing his representa-
tive from the Royal York Lod ge, at Berlin ? According to tbe writer
of the article " Past and Present Freemasonry," the Prussian Lodges
are correct in excluding the Hebrews, making their Masonic rule the
symbol of a sect ! Freemasonry a vile, sordid , narrow-minded sect!
That general system of ethics cut clown, cribbed , ancl cabined to the
wretched confines of a maundering human intellect! The universal love
of every son of Adam as a hrother of the dust pinched and compressed
to the contracted circle of a sect ! For such is the inevitable inferences
of Sit Lux's remarks. Such li ght as regards Freemasonry one would
think had been kindled by the torch glare of fanaticism.
It is a trite say ing, you may prove too much. If that writer's ground
of argument be defensible, then exit the ancient and honourable frater-
nity : it becomes foolishly situated. A brother clergyman, only six clays
ago, objected that Masonry was made a substitute for Christianity. Now
if Sit Lux were ri ght, such objection is sound. With that person 's views,
the Order or society is usurping a sphere it has no authority to entrench
upon. If she be a teacher of Christianity, as some persons more than
broadl y insinuate, she is not merely the teacher of a sect, but she has no
call for her vocation. Her mission is finished according to the halluci-
nations of certain writers, and she ought therefore to be reckoned among
the things that have been.
I cannot conceive that the premises adduced b y Sit Lux in his letter
to you, can be consisten t with the views entertained of Freemasonry b y
the Craft at large. If such they were, I should consider it my duty as
a clergyman to abandon it to-morrow. My sphere as a Christian minister
is full y adequate to attain whatever good might be achieved among those
who believe in Christ ; and , therefore, I should conscientiousl y reject
any such auxiliary for the purpose as a Lodge of Freemasons. The
thing is to me in this aspect most ridiculous, and itself opposed to the
position in which our over zealous Brother Sit Lux would attempt to
place the Craft.
No, no; if Freemasonry, illimitable, as our M. W.G. M. observed,
embracing all, rich and poor, Christian and Jew, and his lordship might
have added , Turk and Hindoo, within her range ; if she be that sublime,
transcendant , and expansi ve mother of mankind, she cannot possibl y
partake of that sectarian nature which Sit Lux 's remarks would lead us
 to conclude. For myself, I confess to have sought initiation into the
mysteries of Freemasonry, ancl to have comprehended from its peculiar
constitution , and the light thereb y diffused into my understanding, a
sense, purport , and object, utterl y dissimilar to what Sit Lux propounds.
I found the Christian religion did not extend its divine tenets and
doctrines throughout every habitable region of the globe, whatever it may
ultimatel y do wh en the times of the Gentiles shall be fulfilled. Mean-
while, its precepts taught me universal love and benevolence of mind ;
that they who knew not ancl yet had done things worthy of stripes, should
be beaten with few stripes ; and that they who sinned without law should
perish without law ; and a thousand similar benignant princi p les. I
therefore eagerly seized hold of the opportunity to ioin a societv whicli
professed, as a pervading fundamental institute, to bring me into closer
contact with my fellow-man, separated from me by a diversity of creed ,
by a difference of race, government , and station , in order that the attri-
butes of Jesus mi ght exercise their influence over the human heart, even
where His name was not yet known , or not acknowledged to the extent
of my belief.
Now reduce Freemasonry to the limits of any particular religious
institution , and you de facto annihilate its usefulness as a common bond
of humani ty . Declare it to be in its maxims, rites, and ceremonies,
exclusive in its character , and you a priori debase it to that anti-social
position wherein the most rancorous passions of the human heart have
raged, to enkindle wrath, envy, hatred , and discord among mankind.
Christianity is essentiall y, and for all moral practical beneficence,
Freemasonry, but Freemasonry, in a dogmatical sense, is not Christianity :
and whenever she encroaches upon , or assumes that designation , her
destiny will be suicidal. Ecclesiastical history developes no such pre-
tensions. The traditions of the Craft give a very different construction
to her polity ancl origin.
If the bitter acrimony of the Greek towards the Latin or Roman
church, is to be a type of the results of these new-fangled notions of
Freemasonry, then away with such an addition to the alread y multi plied
moral and social pestilences on the earth.
If the anathematising spirit of the Roman towards the English church,
is to be inoculated into the system of Freemasonry, then begone all simu-
lated assumption of genuine brotherl y love.
If the prejudices, piques, and j ealousies, which avowedly exist even
among the various Protestant denominations , are to be introduced among
the divine elements of concord admitted to prevail on all reli gious and
political points ancl distinctions within our Lod ges, then farewell the
harmony, peace, and rational order which pre-eminentl y distinguish
Brother Masons from all other sections of the human famil y.
1 could assign an infinitel y better reason why our secret Order is
obnoxious to certain divines , as well as certain potentates, than the one
given b y Sit Lux. Where on earth has the man been living, not to
know the species et hoc genus omne ? Surel y he is but a neoph yte.
The objections about the prayers of our Lod ge invocations not ending
with the mediation is insupportable , in defence of those clergymen who
do not choose to come among us. It is perfectl y frivolous.
If ever the customary mediation used in Christian forms of devotion
were emp loyed in our Masonic rites, I both doubt its accuracy and pro-
priety. If Freemasonry be what is represented in the constitutions,
vor,. iv.
 charges, and other authorities, then the impropriety of such a mediation
being adopted must be self-evident , a fortiori.
If it ever was adopteel in the Lod ge ceremonial , either it was done
through ignorance, or Freemasonry is not what it is at presen t proclaimed
to be ; an cl therefore as a sect of Christian ori gin ancl instruction , pal-
pabl y out of joint with the age we live in. There is no evading these
logical deductions , ancl consequently the sooner the Craft is extinct the
better. But, on the contrary, I take Freemasonry to be what we moderns
conceive of it—a humane, benevolent, thoroughl y liberal, social institu-
tion—which , in the eloquen t words of our late eminent D. G. M.—
" powerfully developes all social and benevolent affections; mitigates
without , and annihilates within , the virulence of political and theolog ical
controversy ; affords the onl y neutral ground on which all ranks ancl
classes can meet in perfect equality, and associate withou t degradation
or mortification , whether for purposes of moral instruction or social
intercourse. "
Ilia verba in tabulis ccrosis scripta et cum Uteris aureis in memoria
latomorum perpetua sunt ! On those great ancl noble-minded princi p les
shall I ever advocate Freemasonry, ancl manfull y defend it against the
insidious attacks of those who would degrade such admirable moti ves of
the human heart, to the petty-minded sentiments of sectarian bigotry.
If the Anglo-Indian clergy, or the Roman Catholic priesthood , or the
Bishop of Exeter , or Mr. Blunt, or some others of the clergy, to whom
Sit Lux refers, feel so very squeamish at our prayers in Lodge omittin g
thc mediation of Christ, how is it that THEY repeat the Lord's Prayer,
or Paternoster , no less than ten or twelve times, perhaps, in the course
of a sabbath's liturgical services, when no mediation of Christ is ex-
pressed in that most simple and devout of all forms of prayer, and
taught too by Christ himsel f to his disci ples ?
If such nicel y scrupulous persons discoun tenance Freemasonry on so
weak a ground , precisely on the same should they quit ancl resign the
privileges and emoluments of the church. This, in fact, amounts to the
argumentiim ad absurdum. Freemasonry wants no such grafts to make
its germs produce sour grapes.
The conclusions of Sit Lux 's letter go to demonstrate that Freema-
sonry was a sort of secret brotherhood , established b y the earl y Christians
to protect themselves ancl their worship, under symbols and emblems,
from the persecutions of the heathen . If so, although I do not believe
in such an hypothesis, my opinion would be confirmed , viz., that Free-
masonry is now an excrescen ce upon our social stem that may be cut
off' ; the fraternity may now safel y be put to bed , consigned to oblivion ,
ancl their parap hernalia sold to augment the fund for building churches
and endowing a priesthood. Then Phil potts , cum multis aliis , will
certainl y sanction defunct Freemasonry with their p ious patronage.
Yours fraternally ,
II. R. SLADE , D. D.
Wolverhampton , The P. O. Chaplain for Slallimlsliiiv .
.I -tll. J7, 1110. and U. P. G. M. in,, tern.
 OUR JEWISH B R E T H R E N , ALSO SIT LUX.
TO TIIE EDITOR .

Sin AND B ROTHER ,—In the Freemasons ' Quarterl y Bevicw for De-
cember, IS 45, I have read with much interest the tone expressed , and
the umbra ge felt by the Grand Lodge of England, respecting the unma-
sonic conduct of the Grand Lodge of Berlin , by refusing admittance to
our Jewish Breth ren. I have also perused in the same periodical tiie
communication of " Sit Lux," which seems to be chiefl y founded on
part of a speech of the Rev. Bro. Oliver, upon the occasion of a testi-
monial being presented to him in Lincoln, when that worth y Brother
said—" In 1813 or 1814 a numerous and flourishing Lodue was hold,
amongst the members were several Jewish Masons , and they possessed
sufficient influence to direct the committee to withdraw from the lectures
every reference to Christianity." '* Sit Lux " seems (if I understand
him ri ghtly) not over warm to the Jewish Masons, if its origin be
Christian ; and asks—" is Masonry or is it not of Christian orig in ?"
In Blue Masonry every member of the Craft will find in his certificate
that the date of Masonry commenced f o u r thousand years previous lo
Christianity ; the same in the Royal Arch degree; the priestly ord er
commenced three thousand three hundred and thirty-six years before
Christianity, consequentl y if these dates are correct, and we have no
shade of proof to the contrary, Masonry must have been established
amongst the Jews; all the ceremonies, particularly in the Royal Arch
degree, historical, emblematical, ancl mystical bear too strong a character
to contradict , and proves it was introduced , cultivated , ancl cherished b y
the then unchristian kings, princes, ancl most influential individuals of
those times, four thousand years before Christianity, consequentl y the
degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft , Master Mason , ancl Royal
Arch degree are of Jewish ori gin ; ancl on what ground can the Lodge of
Berlin , or any other Lodge, assume or arrogate to itself, with justice, the
ri ght of expelling a Jewish Brother from their meetings ? when at that
very time, perhaps (particularl y in the Royal Arch degree), every signal
respect and loyalty is expressed in memory towards Moses, Abraham ,
Isaac, ancl Jacob. Any Lodge which can thus act inconsistentl y, hy
refusing a Jewish Mason admittance , acts unconstitutionall y, and proves
its utter ignorance of Masonic duty and brotherl y love.—" Junclus
amor virtute local miner rp .the.ra Fratvcs "
The hi gher degrees of Masonry are of Christian origin, viz., Knights
of St. John of Jerusalem , Knights of Malta, Kni ghts Templars, &c,
the latter 's certificate commences with the words—" In the name of the.
most Holy and undivided Trinity, Father , Son , and Hol y Ghost ,"
(at least my certificate of Kni ght Templar, granted to me by 1 .otlge,
No. 272, at Belfast , under the registry of the* Grand Lodge of " Ireland ,
does), this and the drinking vessel, in which the Kni ght Templar
pledges himself, are proofs in evidence of these degrees being of Chris-
tian ori gin, from these degrees Jews are excluded , an cl none but
Christians can or will be admitted. TheOrder of Kni ght Templars com -
menced about seven hundred and twenty-ei ght years ago, at the time of
the crusades, and as those Kni ghts hacl frequentl y occasion to cross the
seas ancl divers countries of non-believers in Christianity, th ey were
instructed and provided with certain passwords, signs, and tokens , to pass
their way unmolested , among the Algerines and Moorish Masons, and a
mutual agreement between the believers and non-believers in Christ.
The Mediterranean Pass, (a degree onl y given to the Kni ght Templars ,
and afterwards to the Knights of Malta.) was given to them to make
use of in case of obstruction or hindrance. Even by their greatest op-
ponents, in respect of reli gion, it was given, received, ancl responded to
with every token of Brotherl y love ond friendship ;* by this, th en, it
proves clearly, that an amicable Brotherl y agreement was established
between Christian , Turk , Moor , ancl Jew , to be recognised as Brothers
of the same family, and children of the great Architect of the Universe.
I have heen a Mason since 1806, have visited most of the princi pal
Lodges in France, Germ any, Holland , Poland, Prussia, Hanover,
Sweden, and Denmark, and declare in all the numerous Lodges I have
been present (in the Master Mason's degree), never have I heard , or
seen, a properl y initiated brother Jew Mason being refused admittance ;
nor have I ever heard in their Masonic workings an allusion , direct or
indirect , to Christianity, nor witnessed the many prayers as introduced
amongst the Brethren in the English system of working in Masonry,
particularl y so since the year 1813 ; and yet those countries clo, ancl can,
boast, of as good ancl worth y Masons as ever were initiated in any Lodge
of England. Away, then , with those uncalled-for inuendoes of " Sit
Lux ;" if the Craft is to be ruled by a spirit of bigotry, then there is an
end to genuine Masonry.
I remain, Sir ancl Brother,
Yours, Fraternally,
L. C. D E LOUDE ,
R. A., K. M., K. T., H. P. P.
Wolverhampton , January Uth , 1040.

ON THE STUDY OF MASONIC ANTIQUITIES.

BY BRO. THOMAS PRYER , OP THE OAK LODGE .

CHAPTER 1.—Introductory.
THE NATURE AND MEANING OF THE TERM FREEMASONRY.

AMONGST existing institutions Freemasonry stands boldl y pre-eminen t

as the only system capable of universal adoption , in which scientific
attainments are rendered directl y subservient to moral culture , and
spiritual instruction is expressl y blended with intellectual improvement.
It is this peculiar and intimate union of science with morality, which
forms one of the distinguishing characteristics of the Order, and , inde-

* Not later than about thirty years ago a small craft, a trading vessel , with a valuable
cargo on board , was sent from a trading port in Ireland to a commercial town ou the Medi-
terranean coast. She was manned by a captain or master, a mate, and seven sailors , they were
overtaken by a calm , when an Al gerine piratical vessel cam e up to them , under a heavy dis-
charge of its guns, hailed them to surrender as captives; the captain and male Ij cinc both
Masons, the former a Knight Templar, as a last extremity, took the ship 's speaking t r u m -
pet , and with a stentonous voice , vociferated M * » *, &e. when immediately a signal of the
Algerine pirate was responded : they came on board , sahilcd each other , and after Brotherly
demonstrations of Love, departed in friendshi p, leaving the Irish vessel and crew unmolested
to pursue their course.
pendentl y of its other beneficial tendencies (and these are manifold),
renders Freemasonry worth y the attention of every man , desirous of pro-
moting the welfare , and increasing the happiness of his fellow-creatures.
A society thus constituted , connecting together all its professors in the
ties of BROTHERLY LOVE —inculcating with powerful energy the purest
doctrines of MORALITY and VIRTUE —breath ing the holiest aspirations of
an und ying FAITH — leading to the blissful HOPE of a glorious immor-
tality—and teaching with impressive force the practice of UNIVERSAL
CHARITY —a society thus constituted would not be less worthy of notice
though its origin could not be traced beyond the presen t age. But the
spirit of Freemasonry, though radiant in her beauty, like the day-star of
the morning, ancl still fresh with the purity of holiness and grace, is no
longer young.
Originating in periods of the most remote antiquity, Freemasonry has
outlived the fall of empires, and survived the mutations of ages. Based
on the rock of truth — TRUTH , immutable and eternal —having the wel-
fare of man for its primary object, and the glory of God for its ultimate
aim , it has resisted ancl triumphed over all the assaults of its enemies.
Passing through the fiery ordeal of persecution, it has become, like gold,
purified b y the trial.
The history and antiquiti es of the system , therefore, irrespective of its
beneficent princi ples, awaken our curiosity, and become deepl y interest-
ing, particularl y when we find that the investigation increases in interest
as we proceed, and finally opens a wide and apparently boundless field
of inquiry, not ' only to the moralist and p hilanthropist, but also to the
historian, the archaj ologist , and the divine.
Great minds have occasionally been engaged in this investigation—
many learned Brethren have enlightened the fraternity by their erudite
researches—but our Rev. Brother, Dr. Oliver, completed the crowning
labour, and to him the honour is due of having, unaided and by the most
unremitting perseverance, collected the materials from their widel y scat-
tered sources, and prepared the most complete and interesting exposition
which we yet possess of Masonic antiquities, and the progress of the
science amongst the early nations of the earth. The works of Dr. Oliver
place Freemasonry in its proper light before the world , and they, more
perhaps than any other external circumstance, have tended to raise the
institution to the commanding position which it now occupies.
The dignity of the science, regarded in its speculative character , de-
mands that all philosop hical investigations into its ori gin, progress, and
principles should be encouraged , in order that it may retain its hi gh
position , intellectuall y as well as morall y, and never be allowed, through
the inatten tion of its m embers, to degenerate into a mere form or ri tual,
and become like a bod y without spirit , or life without soul.
As in aE other departments of science fresh discoveries are continuall y
increasing our store of knowledge, so we find that archceolog ical researches ,
particularl y amongst the existing monuments of those countries where
ancien t Masonry more especiall y flourished , are constantl y adding to the
num erous facts already collected, and rendering us better acquainted
ivith Masonic anti quities. Each labourer should therefore contribute
his mite of information. Though at the time of no apparent value, sub-
sequent research may show its ultimate importance. The Rosetta Stone
was at first regarded as a mere mutilated fragment of anti quity ; its dis-
covery, however, led eventually to the art of deciphering the Egyptian
hieroglyphics, an art which had been lost for fifteen centuries ; and
 thereby opened to the worl d a flood of information , which had long heen
hidden in thc darkness of by-gone ages.
It is not intended h ere to enter into a full consideration of thc va rious
topics involved in the stud y of Masonic anti quities. Indeed , it may be
asked , where is the intellect sufficientl y powerful to fathom the depths ,
and embrace a full comprehension of the sublimities of speculative Free-
masonry ? My present purpose is simply to offer such remarks upon
the anti quities of Masonry, as may, perhaps, in some sli ght degree he
useful in directing Brethren desirous of entering into the investigation of
a subject so highl y interesting, ancl also tend to corroborate the views
of th ose who have written upon the hi gh anti quity and sacred character
of our venerable institution .
In pursuing such an investigation it is, however , necessary, in the
firs t place, to endeavour to arrive at a correct idea as to the nature of
the term " Freemasonry," and the sense in which , in speaking of thc
institutions of antiquity, it is used, otherwise we may he apt to form very
incorrect notions upon the subject. The term it is clear, amongst many
writers, is not correctly understood , or at all events its extensive and
general signification is not at all times borne in mind , otherwise wc
should not have so many conjectures as to the real ori gin of Freemasonry.
Some writers have considered Freemasonry as an institution of compa-
rativel y modern origin; others have imagined that it ori ginated in the
middle ages ; some again profess to trace its commencement amongst
the primitive Christians; whilst others attempt to show that it was insti-
tuted by the Hebrews at the time of their Exodus. Several have sup-
posed that it was first develoiied on the plains of Shinar, in order to
enable a chosen few, notwithstanding the confusion of tongues, to com-
municate together through the medium of its universal language. There
are again others who contend for an ori gin even more remote, ancl trace
the system through antediluvian ages.
Such then is the great difference of opinion which exists as to the true
ori gin of Freemasonry, ancl it must be admitted that unless the subject
is viewed in a most comprehensive sense, plausible arguments may he
adduced in favour of the views entertained b y either party. But we
imagine that when the subject is thus regarded, all difficulties vanish ,
and we are enabled to trace back the true "li ght " to the earliest period.
Let us, therefore, as a preliminary, but most important step in our
researches, endeavour to form a correct idea as to the true meaning of
the term " Freemasonry." To do this effectually we must view the
Order under its differen t phases : for it is not solelv as an oper ative
society, nor yet entirely as a speculative or spiritual insti tution , that
Masonry presents itself to our notice at various periods. Sometimes it
has, in fact, partaken more exclusivel y of the former character, and at
other periods of the latter. The "true li ght " has, however, at all times
remained essentiall y the same, although circumstances may at various
eras have caused it at one period to burst forth with resplendant majesty,
and at another to shine with subdued lustre.
If it is imagined that those who contend for the great anti quity of
Freemasonry are endeavouring to prove, or indeed deem it essential for
the purposes of their argument to show, that the institution as existing
precisel y at the present time has been handed down without deviation
from immemorial ages, such an idea is entirel y erroneous, and based, as
has been before observed , upon an incorrect notion as to the true meaning
of the term. Though , as has been remarked, Freemasonry has some-
 times appeared exclusivel y in one of its separate characters, yet for many
ages, and in various parts of the globe, these two separate princi ples have
been united , and the distinctive appellation of Masonry merged in the
more comprehensive designation of " Lux."
In further illustration of this subject, it will be necessary to observe,
that Freemasonry as now known ancl practised in this country, did not
assume its present peculiar form of ritual and constitution until the com-
mencemen t of the last century. Previously to that period the members
of the society were composed of individuals who were architects or
builders by profession , although occasionall y men celebrated for scientific
attainments were admitted to the Brotherhood. Such appears to have
been the state of the Craft in England during the period which elapsed
between the reformation and the reign of George II. Before the
reformation the Freemasons existed as a peculiar bod y, to whom were
entrusted the erection of all the cathedrals, abbeys, ancl sacred structures
throug hout Christendom ; ancl at this period the peculiar system of
symbolism still preserved in our lod ges was unquestionabl y known , and
its spiritual application perfectl y understood.
The societies of Freemasons of the middle ages were, as a fraternity of
builders or holy workmen, undoubtedl y descended from the colleges of
artificers who flourished during the palmy clays of tbe Roman Emp ire,
ancl obtained such extraordinary celebrity in the Augustan Era. These
artificers in great measure derived their knowledge from the Grecian s,
who had previously received their instructions from the descendants of
the builders of the Temp le, from the Bab y lonians, and also the Egyp-
tians. By a chain of evidence, therefore, perfect in every link, the
societies of builders (regarding Masonry solel y in its operative sense) can
be traced back to the earliest ages—but when we turn from the operative
princi ple, and endeavour to trace the science in its speculative sense, the
investigation becomes less difficult , the chain of evidence more complete.
In Egypt ancl in many other nations of anti quity, where practi cal
Masonry flourished—the priests were not only ministers of reli gion , but
instructors in scientific knowled ge, and it is in this particular union of
character that I am disposed to believe the present peculiar system of
Freemasonry originated, for we cannot otherwise clearly account for the
union which , during so man y consecutive ages, existed between the
science of practical architecture ancl the conservation of the hi ghest r eli-
gious mysteries. Knowled ge during the early ages was in the hands of
few , and initiation was the onl y key by which its secret treasures could
be unlocked. It could be obtained by unremitting perseverance onl y,
and it was imparted to those alone who upon strict probation were found
worth y. Its lessons were imparted by a series of gradations progres-
sively advancing in the scale of perfection, and they were taught in a
manner best calculated to make a deep impression upon the student, and
to imprint the princi ples of all learning and science indelibly upon his
mind. Amongst the ancient sciences it is evident , for obvious reasons ,
that geometry would occupy a prominent station—and practical AI asonry,
in which the principles of geometry are more especiall y developed,
would necessaril y engage particular attention , and lead eventually to the
erection of those stupendous edifices still existing in various parts of the
w orld , which thoug h of the most remote anti quity, are yet magnificent
in their decay, and speak eloquentl y to the mind in proof of thc con-
summate skill of their constructors. In order to form a just estimate
of the glories of ancient operative Masonry, let us contemp late thc ruins
of Memphis and Thebes—Luxor ancl Carnac—the Sph ynx—th e Pyra-
mids—and those other imperishable relics of ancient grandeur , the
temples and palaces still remaining in the fertile valley of the Nile, or
standing in silent majesty upon the verge of the desert. Let us regard
the mysterious temples of Elora, so symmetrical in their proportions,
yet hewn entirel y out of the living rock—the wondrous caves of Ele-
phanta, and those ancient fortresses in central Asia , laboriously shaped
into form by the persevering efforts of the chisel. Let us regard Balbec
and Palmyra — the temple-crested Acropolis—and the grandeur of ancient
Rome, ancl we shall thus see that from the earliest times, and in almost
every habitable part of the globe, abundant evidence still remains to shew
the connection which formerl y existed between operative and speculative
Masonry, an union as clearl y perceptible in ancient Egypt, Greece, and
Rome, as in England during the middle ages.
Included , however , in speculative Masonry, which embraces a range
of thought as wide as it is possible for the human intellect to penetrate,
is an attribute which is worth y of being separatel y considered. 1 allude
to Masonry in its mora l character . Iu this sense Freemasonry is to be
regarded as a system bearing corroborative evidence of the truths of reve-
lation—leading to the knowledge of the true God—unfolding the sublime
doctrines of resurrection from the dead and the immortality of the soul
—and enforcing with the most impressive energy the precepts of universal
benevolence, and the practice of every virtue which can ennoble the
min d , and endear man to his fellow-creatures. It is in this respect that
Freemasonry presents itself to us in its most attractive guise ; it is,
in fact , the character which it assumes when properl y practised at the
present day—and as investi gation will shew, it is the character under
whicli it first appeared when mankind was blessed b y its earliest advent.
It may, however, be asked , how can Freemasonry answer this de-
scription , ancl constitute a school of religion and morality unknown to the
rest of the world ? The answer simply is, that Freemasonry does not
assume to teach a system of morality differing from revelation , but that
in fact it teaches, in their most exalted sense , the practice of all the
Christian virtues. This, however, is done in a particular manner , cal-
culated to impress these doctrines more forcibly on the mind, Freema-
sonry being in fact "a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory
and illustrated by symbols."
In this view then , Masonry appears before us in its most sublime cha-
racter, and in conducting our researches into its anti quity, it is in fact
the presence of these peculiar allegories and symbols, which must con-
stitute the object of our search in endeavouring to determine its exist-
ence in any particular age or country. We must take care not to be
dazzled by any false light, however alluring; but if the peculiar mode
of symbolical and spiritual illustration existing amongst the Fraternity,
can be traced to have been in active operation in any particular country
or amongs t any particular class of people, we may reasonably assume,
and in most cases prove to demonstration , that they formed part of that
comprehensive and universal system which is at present designated under
the term Freemasonry, and that the light shined in darkn ess, though
the darkness comprehended it not.
Now it is evident, that to embrace a subject so vast in its nature , the
term " Freemasonry," as applied solel y in its ordinary and popular sense,
is totall y insufficient to convey any tiling like an adequate meaning. Wc
must , therefore, give it a more extensive signification , and its original
 designation of " Lux " is unquestionably more approp riate, because, in
order to obtain a clear conception of the subject, we must investi gate
into the nature of that moral and scientif ic light,winch was first kindled
by the Almi ghty Architect of the Universe—which was never entirel y
quenched even in the darkest periods of man 's history—and still through
the divine blessing continues to endure.
These remarks seem necessary, in order to direct to such a course of
study as will be necessary to arrive at a correct elucidation of the subject
of Masonic anti quities. In tracing the history of the Order, therefore,
we must not alone confine our atten tion to the various colleges, lodges,
and societies of builders, and the history of their works (wonderful as in
many instances they must be acknowledged to be) ; but we must regard
the rise ancl progress of the arts, the influence of peculiar systems of
reli gion , the development of the intellect , and the advancement of know-
ledge. This will enable us to trace the history of the human mind ancl
the march of science, a study far more interesting than the sanguinary
records of conquests , wars, and massacres—and will teach the initiated
Brother to appreciate more highly the excellen ce of that peculiar system
which for so many centuries, and in such different regions, has attained
results so vast and lasting, though its operations have for the most part
been " veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols."
This course of study must necessaril y open a wide and most discursive
field of enquiry, and it will be seen, that in order to investigate it cor-
rectl y. Masonry must be regarded in its speculative and moral , as well
as in its operative character (and this too in the most extended sense),
otherwise we shall be unable either to form a correct jud gment ourselves,
or understan d those who have already made laborious researches , and
given luminous exposi tions upon this most interesting subject.
END OP CHAPTER I.

FREEMASONRY IN LIVERPOOL.
1he unmasonic attacks which certain scribes who are uninitiated into
the mysteries ancl privileges of Freemasonry are prone to make upon
what they conceive to be its princi p les, always render the duty of
impugning the wisdom of the government of any particular Lod ge, and
questioning the prudence and justice of the course which the Brethren
connected with it may deem proper to pursue, in the hi ghest degree
painful , as we never wish to moot matters which may have even a
remote tendency to give a colourable excuse for their prejudicial inter-
ference : still , as the accredited censors of the Craft and an admitted
authority in points affecting its doctrine and discipline, we dare not
shrink from the due performance of our obligations, though we may
be required to animadvert upon the proceedings of one of the oldest
and most respected assemblages of the Brethren , holding a warrant
under the Grand Master of England , in the provinces. Indeed , in
such a case we feel ourselves the more responsible to condemn a
departure from the ancient landmarks and true spirit of the Order , on
account of the warning which is exhibited to less prominent Lod ges
against falling or being led into similar error.
VOL . iv. E
 Wc very much regret to hear that in the St. George 's Lodge of
Harmony, No. 35, held at the Adel phi Hotel, Liverpool , a course of
action has been admitted, which , if not at once corrected and discarded ,
must prove dangerous to the credit ancl integrity of the Order. It
has been deemed so insulting to an honourable and zealous Brother
as to occasion his secession, and cannot for one momen t, with pro -
priety, be maintained as consistent with the rules and spirit of genuine
Masonry,
The facts have been communicated to us, and are as follow :—
Brother Augustus Robert Martin was regularly received into Free-
masonry on the 24th day of January, 1842, and was admitted to the third
degree on the 24th of April following. The readiness which he invariably
evinced to advance the interests of the Order , and the capacity which he
displayed to render it the best service, soon drew to Mm the attention
of the Worshi pful Master presiding, as a fit and proper person to be
entrusted with office. During eighteen months he acted as the Inner
Guard , and acquitted himself so ably that at the commencement of the
nex t year tbe incoming Master requested him to undertake the Secretary-
shi p. For the mode in which he discharged those duties he was greatl y
.complimented, was admitted into the Chapter , appointed Scribe N. and
invested with the bad ge of a Provincial Grand Steward. The Worshi pful
Master for 1S45 solicited him to undertake the Senior Wardenshi p, which
he filled for the year so successfull y as to elicit a comp limentary notice
from the Deputy Provincial Gran d Master. His general conduct in the
important offices which he had occupied so won the good feeling of the
Brethren who attended the working of the Lodge, that on the approach of
the usual period for the election of Woz'shipful Master lie was spoken of
as deserving to be elevated to that exalted position. The wishes of the
Brethren who designed this compliment having been communicated to the
Provincial Gran d Registrar (a Past Master of the Lodge), who had never
once attended the working, and but twice visited for refreshment during
the four years in which Bro. Martin was doing his best to promote the
harmony, utility, efficiency, and conviviality of the Lod ge, the very
unmasonic objection was raised that " Bro. Martin 's position in life did not
warrant him in aspiring to preside over so ' aristocratic ' a Lodge as 35,"
and the Past Master referred to indulged in the insulting remark, but in
somewhat coarser terms, that "no assistant editor of a newspaper, nor
any editor either , should ever be permitted to occupy the chair which he
had sat in whilst mayor of . Liverpool. "
On this hint others of the Brethren , who did not attempt to dispute
Bro. Martin 's deserts, entered upon an active canvass , not altogether in
favour of another Brother whom they had selected , and who, though
entitled to the confidence of the Lodge from the length of time with which
he had been connected with it, did not wish to have the office forced upon
him , but against the younger Brother, representing that if the latter were
elected several subscribing Brethren, wh ose wealth and standing in thc
town are supposed to give a tone of respectability to the Lodge, woul d
resign.
The result of their exertions was apparent on the day of election.
There are seldom more than fourteen or fifteen Brethren in attendance on
such occasions, but this time there were thirty-four present, twenty handing
in their votes for Bro. Foster and fourteen for Bro. Martin.
Thoug h Bro. Martin felt severely that the article of the Constitution ,
" that all preferment among Masons is, or ought to be, grounded upon real
worth and personal meri t alone ," had been violated in this election , that he
had fairl y earned the honours from which he had thus been ungenerousl y
excluded , and that as far as the Lodge was concerned , thc princi pl e of
 equality amongst Masons hud been destroyed , lie ri gidl y adhered , for t he
evening, to thc Masonic virtue of silence ; b u t fit the ensuing meeting he sent,
in t h e subjo in ed lett e r , whi c h w a s read imme d iatel y after the Installation .

Mail ( Newspaper) Oilitie ,

Liverpool , January 26th, 1846,
AVORSHIPFUL M ASTER ,— I have ascertained, beyond the possibility of denial , that a verv
¦unmasonic canvass , on MOST UNMASONIC G R O U N D S * was prosecuted against me , out of
doors, by several o f t h e Brethren in reference to the MASTERSHIP.
This canvass was responded to , within the Lodge, hy the votes of a majority, and though
I am willing to believe that more tJian a moiety of that majority were uninfluenced by any
views derogatory to the genuine principles of the Craft , yet I am well convinced that the
remainder tuere prompted by very unworthy feelings in opposing my election.
Admitting, to the fullest extent, the justice of Bro. Foster's claims to the preference , I
should have repressed the desire of my friends to see me so earl y elevated to that hi gh and
responsible position , on the instant that I was infovvned he v _ onUl accept the oiliee if
conferred , but that I was anxious to give the Lodge an opportunity of repudiating that
SPURIOUS M ASONRY which certain of the Brethren sought to introduce.
I shall ever remember with satisfaction that THR .EE Masters of 33 deemed me worthy,
though unreeommended hy the external advantages of rank and fortune , to fill successively
three of the most arduous offices in their gift , that I was twice permitted to discharge the
duties of the Master in the Chair, and though only Sen ior Warden allowed to give the First
and Second Degrees, and that fourteen ofthe Brethren voluntarily tendered their votes in my
favour, as Worshipful Master, notwithstanding the influences which were brought to bear
against me.
But, in the deep conviction that I cannot expect my just dues from the Lodge , on account
of the unmasonic feeling that has unhappily been brought within its walls, an cf if not openly,
at least tacitly encouraged by those who have gained an ascendancy there , I am reluctantly
compelled to withdraw my name as a subscriber to its funds , until I find that the spirit of
true Masonry is regarded by the members as wel l as the observance of its mere forms.
i remain, Worshipful Master ,
Yours fraternall y,
A UGUSTUS R OBERT M A R T I N .
To the W- M. of the St, George's Lodge of Harmony, No. 35.

This letter , some of the Brethren , including Past Masters of the Lodge ,—
who must have discarded from their memory all recollection of the per-
sonal insult offered to the writer—affected to consider "intemperate," and
moved that the resignation be accepted , which was agreed to. After
refreshment one Brother suggested, that "as the letter mi ght have been
penned under excitement , for which there had evidentl y heen some just
reason , the resolution should be withdrawn , and that probably at the next
meeting he might be enabled to submit a proposition which should satisf y
Bro. Martin 's wounded feelings, remove a stigma from the Lod ge, induce
him to continue amongst them , and again place him on good terms with all
the members. This Brother was told that the motion could onl y be made
when the minutes should be brought forward for confirmation at the next
meeting. It is doubtful , however, that the Olive branch will be thus held
out , as the Brethren .most active in the canvass against Bro. Martin have
intimated that the proposal cannot be legally entertained ,* and if made
would be rejected.

These are the facts of the case as they have been communicated to
ns, and we believe their truth is unquestionable. Bro. Martin does
appear to have been exceedingl y ill-used and to have come to au
accurate conclusion , that the treatment which he experienced was
altogether unmasonic. There must be some allowance made for the
natural irritation which such conduct must of necessity have produced
upon a sensitive mind. It was doubtless excessi vely annoy ing to him
to find the poetry of a system which he seems to have pursued with
ardour, so ruthlessl y destroyed by his Mother Lodge, to which he hacl

* Which is (juite an error,-

 given his entire confidence. He may have been wrong in holdinn- the
Lod ge responsible for the improper acts of some of its members" but
we cannot learn that there has been any attempt on the part of the
former to disclaim participation therein. The Past Masters, in ouv
op inion, on the first approach of division ought collectivel y to have
interfered for its avoidance. They should have assured Bro. Martin
that they deprecated the introduction of the unmasonic objection taken
by individuals to his further promotion , and that as far as they were
able they would not permit it to have any influence in the Lodge.
They were, unfortunately, passive in the matter, and their very passive-
ness was open to the construction of a jealous and susceptible mind
that the objection had their approval . We are instructed that since
the election, and before the above letter was sent in , one of them can-
didl y told Bro. Martin that so strong was the feeling which had been
excited against him , that had he been elected he could not have ruled
the Lodge, and another with equal candour admitted that there was no
chance of his ever being elected. This, of course, must have been a
great mortification to an ard ent aspiran t for masonic honours, who had
pursued his labours with untiring, zeal , and in whose favour the ton gue
of good report had ever been heard. Had there been any dislike to his
profession , which is rather difficult to conceive, it should have been
stated when he was proposed as a candidate for admission into Masonry,
and not for the first time announced just as he was attaining to well-
deserved honours and in the prime of his usefulness. It is too bad
that such an objection should be raised after the Lodge has received his
money and availed itself of his services for four years, during which
space of time it is admitted his demeanour has been that of an accom-
plished Mason. It is somewhat puzzling to imagine why the Lodge
has all at once assumed an " aristocratic " air, as we are informed that
it has not scrupled to admit within its walls artists, actors , musicians,
paper-hangers, watchmakers, inn-keepers, share-brokers, cotton dealers ,
and others rejoicing in the comprehensive title of merchants. Surel y
an intelligen t conductor of a public newspaper—celebrated as one of
the most powerful in the provinces—mi ght be received on a footing of
equality with any of these, in any society, irrespective of the Bro ther-
hood of Freemasonry.
But the grievance does not rest in the injustice above complained of.
There is an understanding in the Chapter attached to Lod ge 35, that
the Worshi pful Master for the year shall always be the Third Chief,
and fill the other chairs successively, and thus Companion Martin , at
present Scribe N., is not only prevented ascending in the Lod ge, but his
advancement in the Chapter is stopped , even though he mi ght be pro-
moted to the Mastershi p by any other Lodge. A double injustice'has
been done to him , and the whole affair must receive Masonic con-
demnation.
£Since the foregoin g was placed in type, we have been informed that an
attempt of the late W.M. of the Lod ge to obtain a postponement of the
confirmation of the minutes, as far as regarded the resolution accepting
Brother Martin 's resignation , and with a view to reconciliation , was
repelled , and the minutes , as they stood , were adopted.]
 A LEGEND OF SIRIAD.

" You still aro, what you were.'1

VOJ.PO-.K , on TUB Fox.
" Since it is, as it is, mend it
For your own good. "
SHAKSr-i.iiE.

In the days immediately succeeding the death of Cainan , the pos-

terity of Seth were in great danger of contamination , from occasional
intercourse with the children of Cain, who had departed greatly from
the pure worship of the Most High, and given themselves up to vain
delusions, worshi pp ing the starry host of heaven ; thus preferring the
handiwork of the Creator to the divine essence itself.
The simple yet efficient form of worshi p, as handed down from
Adam, was interwoven with vain forms, and rendered captivating to
the deluded multitude by the adventitious aids of music, poetry, paint-
ing, and gorgeous, though unmeaning spectacles. Led away by th ese
gilded pageants of their neighbours, many of the seed of Seth were
tempted to renounce the pure faith of their fathers and attach them-
selves to the less spiritual , though more dazzling system of the children
of Cain.
At that time there lived a man of most excellent understanding,
whose mind was stored with the wisdom of the past, and comprehended
in its prophetic nature the wisdom of the times to come. His age
was so considerable, that the oldest of his contemporaries could not
remember him but as an old man in their greenest youth. His name was
Masonicus, and the voice of tradition ascribed to him a divine origin
untainted by the dust of human nature. The aim of his being seemed
to be the alleviation of human anguish, and the diffusion of peace and
goodwill. Grieved at the apostacy he saw daily spreading around him ,
he called a meeting of the rulers of the people and explained to them
the inevitable consequences which would result , were not some means
adopted to stay the defection of the people. The wisdom of his words
was at once perceived , and by the unanimous voice of the rulers and
the people themselves, he was deputed to draw up such a system of
morality as his knowled ge of human nature and vast wisdom should
suggest. Thus solicited, he immediately commenced those godlike
- labours which he fondl y hoped would secure to the children of Seth
both temporal and eternal felicity.
Convinced that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, he
commenced his system with a revelation of the power, wisdom , and
goodness of the Great Architect of the universe ; he explained to them
their utter dependence upon His providence, and showed them His
power and willingness to aid all those who sought His assistance. He
taught them the moral and social virtues, and explained to them the
divine truth , that next to the love of God is the love of our neighbour.
He then taught them to read the heavens and the earth , and to draw
from their expressive pages fresh proofs of the wisdom of Him who
formed them. Then advancing still higher , he taught them to consider
this life but as a prelude to a more perfect state of being, whicli.
 when the spiri t had shuffled off this mortal coil , would dawn upon the
soul, a perfect day, whose sun of li ght and jo y should never set. Aware
of the danger whicli would ensue, should the wicked and profane be
permitted to enter the hol y brotherhood , he ordained that no one should
be initiated into the light of their mysteries unless he were a lover of
ri ghteousness and integrity. Having finished his labours, and received
the solemn promise of the people that they would religiously adhere to
them, his form was changed into an intense and dazzling speck of
light , from which spread circle after circle, until the whole multitude
were embraced in its folds, when it graduall y blended with the arch of
heaven and faded from their view.
Awe-struck at the miraculous translation of their spiritual guide and
father, they threw themselves upon the earth, and with one voice swore
unwavering adherence to a system of morality so signally stamped as
an emanation of "li ght " itself.
The beard had ripened on the chins of many who at its advent were
unborn, and still the system worked prosperousl y; producing rich fruits
and budding prospects of future excellence.
At that time there lived a man of large possessions, whose name was
Negligence. Careless of the morrow, and in possession of large flock s
which his young men tended, he lacked those qualities necessary to
increase his stores, or even perpetuate that whicli had descended to him
from his fathers. At the close of a summer's day he had sauntered
some distan ce from his tents, and had entered a wood of considerable
extent, when he was roused from his dreamy reveries by a startling.
danger. A large lion, maddened by hunger, was rushing upon him
with dreadful roarings : his fate appeared inevitable ; for with his usual
thoughtlessness he was unarmed and without means of defence. With
eyes starting from their spheres, he stood contemplating his approach-
ing death , when a well-aimed shaft transfixed the monster at the
moment of making the fatal plunge. His first impression was, that
it was a bolt, thundered from heaven for his deliverance, but looking
round he saw a mi ghty hunter of the seed of Cain , called Power, from
whose practised hand had sped the shaft which saved him. Indebted
to Power for life, Negligence expressed his thanks with warmth and
entreated him to go to his tent, where he abode three days.
From this occurrence an intimacy sprang up between them, the result
of which was the initiation of Power into the mysteries of Masonicus.
Power had six brothers, Pride , Self, Envy, Intemperance , Hypocrisy,
and Lewdness, who, by him and Negligence were introduced into that
oi-der, whose purity ought never to have been exposed to the contami-
nation of their presence. From the date of th eir admission a visible
change was apparent in the manners of the hitherto healthy community.
Luxury, with feasting and revelry, took the place of Temperance and
Charity.

And there was a great feast in the land—and to it were gathered

many—their brows were crowned with flowers, perfume played around
them , music breathed its voluptuous swell, and their spirits mounted
high and hi gher, as wit sparkled and beauty smiled approving. As
thus they revelled in delight, an aged form tottered to the centre, and
displaying, to all, the wants which embittered its being, prayed an alms
of the glittering throng. Vexed at the interruption to their festivity,
they bade the stranger begone, nor intrude her wants upon the atten~
tion of ears unwilling to listen or assist. At once the tattered garments
fell from the limbs of the stranger , the wrinkles of age fled from her
cheek and a being of surpassing loveliness stood before them . Her
form was clothed in the purest white, so light and ethereal it looked
like the fleecy clouds that wanton round the summer 's moon . Her
lio-ht blue eyes shone with a starry lustre, and from her lofty brow the
li ght locks flowed in soft luxuriance. The frown upon her features
was scarcely seen, so benificen tly shone her loving spirit from her mild
blue eye. "Profaners of the holy name ye bear," she cried , "desecrators
of the hoiv ground whereon ye stand—know ye not, that without me ye
are but as the sand of the desert, or the feather in the air : as the tree
without the fruit , as the stalk without the ear ! Hunger and thirst
have importuned you , and ye have not said 'Be filled :' want and
misery have sought you , and ye have not said 'Be comforted. '
Hypocrites and dissemblers ! think ye mere profession ivill do in the
place of me—or that the offering of the lip will suffice without the
incense of the heart ? H ypocri tes and dissemblers, unless my hol y fire
be a living truth within you , ye are but as the flesh without the spirit;
and the doom of the flesh is death." Abashed they bent their eyes to
earth in confusion , and when they again raised them the beautiful
vision had fled.
At that moment Virtue entered the hall, having just returned from a
victorious expedition against Sin and Ignoran ce. Acclamations ren t the
air, and with hearts still thrilling with the voice of Charity the merited
reward was voted with enthusiasm. But theirs was the fate of the
prodi gal, they had not wherewith to carry out the good intent.
Seizing the occasion, Prudence rose, and in vivid colours portrayed
their errors. "In the arms of Luxury, in the bowers of riot and extra-
vagance," said he, "have ye expended the revenues of Charity and
wasted the muscle of your power : nothing now remains of the glorious
means you once had , but the remembrance of follies to be repented of,
and the consciousness of your inability to perform the noble purpose
you now entertain. This comes of your admixture with the sons of
the murderer ; Negligence is at the root of the evil : you have through
him admitted Selt^ Pride, Intemperance, and their kindred spirits
among you, and until you purge yourselves of them the order will be
but as tbe temple of the soul from which the animating spark has fled
for ever. 'Tis they who soften and loosen the cement, without which
there can be no stability, and expel from the temple she hath reared ,
the priestess of the order, Charity."
He ceased—but as the pattering of the rain upon the brow of Ararat,
was the voice of Prudence in the councils of Folly. The influen ce of
the vices, backed b y Power, was too great to be shaken ; and after the
lapse of years, when the divine anger was made manifest by an awful
visitation , Noah and his three sons alon e escaped from the sweeping
deluge of the all-destroy ing waters.
CATO .
 THE FREEMASONS' LEXICON.
(Continued from pa ne 440, vol. 111., N. S.)

Goldgulden Goldthaler oder Johanisopfer. Gold Guilder, Gold Dol-

lar , or Ut. John 's offerings. —Those offerings are a remnant of the Union
of the Strict Observance, which had derived them from the times of the
ancient Order of Kni ghthood, and each Brother was bound to make one
of those offerings to the Lodge on St. John 's day. They are generall y
v alued at one dollar and sixteen groschen , about four shillings. In many
Lodges this St. John 's gift is still customary.
Grade oder Stuffen. Degrees.—Why are there degrees in Freema-
sonry ? The reason why this question is asked by the men of the world,
is because they are men and not schoolboys who are initiated ,and because
the whole of the Order could be communicated to them at one time. But
still there are degrees, or steps, and trul y for this simple reason, as there
is no art or science which can be communicated at one time, so neither
can Freemasonry ; and although they are men of mature age who are
initiated, yet they require to be proved step by step. Freemasonry is a
science which requires both time ancl experience, ancl more time than
many Masons, especiall y government officers or tradesmen , can devote to
it; the only time they in fact can appropriate to this purpose being their
hours of recreation. It is, therefore, good that it is communicated by
degrees. Those degrees are communicated in the Lodge at the end of
certain determined periods, or immediately after each other, according to
the regulations of the Lodge, or the candidate's power of comprehension.
1 hose who are accepted commonly remain two years apprentice, and one
year Fellow Craft. Wieland was initiated in his seventy-second year, and
to have allowed such a man to wait three years before he received the
Master 's degree would have been unjust. There are three St. John 's
degrees, and in England no more are legalised, as is also the casein many
German Lodges. But there are many so called higher degrees, which
are wrought in some Lodges. In Germany they amount to seven, and
in France to three-and-thirty. Many other Lodges, instead of having
hi gher degrees, have what they call degrees of knowledge (Erkentniss-
stufen).
Fon Grolman, Ludwig Adolp h Christian.—Died Consistorial ancl
Government Councillor at Giessen , the 25th of December, 1809. He
wrought as W. M. of the St. John's Lodge, at the Three Golden Lion s,
in Giessen , also published anonymously a pamphlet in 1794, with the
title, " Final fate of the Order of Freemasonry."
Grosse Logon oder Mutter Logen. Grand Lodges or Mother
Lodges.—By the former title we do not understand a Lodge which has
a great number of subscribing members, or which has a large Lodge
room, but the Direction or Government of a Union formed of many native
and foreign Lodges, and as such Directories or Governments found or
warrant new Lodges, so are they also called Mother Lodges. In the
place where there is a Mother Lod ge, there must also be several St. John 's
Lod ges, and a selection of their members form the Grand Lod ge without
their ceasing lo be members of the St. John's Lodges. It thus appears
that the labours of a Mother or Grand Lod ge must bo quite different from
 depends entirely upon the W.M
the labours of a St. John 's Lodge, which to the ritual of the first
The labour of the Gran d Lod ge is according consist of a new or higher degree
degree an tl a Grand Lodge does not other members of the St. John s
bufis an assembly of the W. M.'s, and for the genera welfare of the
Lod ge, Sected for the purpose of consulting the regulation of all the St. John s
Ord?r and forming rules and laws for di sputes and ™der-
Lodges which dependupon it, and in settling all individual Brethren who
standin-s of the subordinate Lodges, or of to new Lodges where
appeal fo them , and also granting warrants
Freemasonry in a Grand Lodge ,
required. No one can be initiated into which the
thk mnst be clone in a St. John 's Lodge. On those clays in
the management
m mbeTsof the GrTudLod ge are solel y emp loyed with admittance, or if
cannot claim
tf the Order, members of private Lodges celebrate a fesdva
admitted , are not allowed to vote But when they No St. John s
every one, even an apprentice, is allowed to be present.
itself into a Grand Lodge, but several of the former must
Lcl^ e can elect _ oage. i>euuer
unite, and they can then constitute themselves a Urand J
's Lod ge call itself a Mother Lodge for she has no
can any St. John
Lodge when all its
daughter. A Gran d Lodge ceases to exist as a Grand predicate Mother
daughter-Lod ges leave her, but it can still keep the
Lod ge, for she was a Mother.
Grossmeister und Grossbeamte. Grand Master and Grand Officers.
head stands the
—The Grand Lodges have their own officers , at whose bt.
Grand Master. The other officers are the same as the officers of a
their tit es as
John 's Lod ge, only the little word Grand is placed before Master
Grand Lectu. er, Grand Secretary, &c. In Eng land the Grand
is generally a person of the highest rank, and in other countries many
ruling princes have filled this office.
Gruss. Salute.—As operative Masons and other mechanics have a
so-called sign or pass-word, especially when upon tramp, so hacl we also
formerly a proper form for saluting strange Brethren. At present the
salutation " from the Worth y and Worship ful Brethren of the Hol y
who
Lodge of St. John ," &c. &c. is not required from a foreign Brother
him than
is pay ing a visit, because something more is demanded from
this ancient method of legitimation.
V. Gugomos, Freiherr. —Markgrave of Badenburg, Privy Councillor,
&c, appeared as a Freemason in Upper Germany m 1775, and nothing
more is known of him than that he gave himself out for an ambassador
from the unknown chief, and called himself High Priest of the Holy
Stool of Cyprus, Knight, Dux, &c. He assembled a convent ancl pro-
mised to raise spirits, transmute metals, discover the hidden treasures of
the Knights of the Temple, and perform wonders of every description .
His impositions being discovered by the Freemasons, he was obliged
to fl y, and afterwards publicl y recanted.
Hamburgh.—Grand Lodge of Hamburgh founded from London 6th of
December, 1737. This Grand Lodge was united with London until 1773,
then joined the Strict Observance, re-established itself with London, 5th
of July, 1786, and so far was opened afresh 24th of August, 1786. But
she was driven from her union with London throug h the events of the
war, and the closing of the Continent to England, so that she was com-
pelled to assume an independen t existence, which was acknowledged by
the Grand Lodge in London in 1814. To this grand Lod ge, belong in
Hamburg,
VOL . iv.
r
 St. John 's Lod ge, Absalom , founded 2nd
October 1740
St. George, z Ur gmnenden Fichte
, founded 2ith
September , 1743.

" " d u den 3 steraen - "

Emanuel zur Maienblume , founded Gth July,
1744
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 sixth medal which was struck by the Grand Lod ge in 1778, in honour
of their Grand Master, Gottfried Jacob Janisch , one side contains his
bust, the oth er the necessary inscription.
We furth er find in Hamburg a Provincial Grand Lod ge of Lower
Saxony, founded from the Grand Lodge in Berlin , to which belong
John 's Lod ge, zu den 3 Rosen, founded 24th January, 1770
„ „ zur Goldnen Kugel „ 29th August, 1770
„ „ zum Rothen Adler „ 14th May, 1774
„ „ zum Pelican „ 16th Mar ch , 1771
„ „ zur Unverbrucldichen Eini gkeit, founded 6th Fe-
bruary, 1817. The two last work upon the Hamburger Berge.
Hammer. With this small working tool the Master of a Lod ge
governs the most numerous meetings. The blow of the Master's hammer
commands industry, silen ce, or the close of labour , and every Brother
respects or honours its sound. In so far the hammer is a symbol of the
power of the Master. The hammer must never be lost sight of at the
meeting of the Lodge, and should the Master be unavoidabl y compelled
to leave the Lodge-room , he must deliver it to his Deputy or Past
Master , or some other skilful Brother. The Wardens do not govern
the Lodge with their hammers, they onl y direct attention by them to
the commands of the W. M.
Handschuh. Gloves.—The operative Mason cannot use gloves at his
work, but we can , and that too, of the purest white, at ours, thereb y
intimating that every action of a Mason ought to be pure and spotless.
It is also customary with us to receive a pair of lad y's gloves at our
initiation , with the command to present them unto her with whom we
are united in holy wedlock , or to her whom we think of espousing.
These gloves are also white, ancl they should not only show our pure
respect and love for the female sex, but they should also serve as an
inducement to the wife or the betrothed of a Freemason to act with cir-
cumspection in her journey through life. Young Brethren can make a
most importan t present with those gloves on their wedding-day, ancl
they deserve, although of coarse material , to be prized as a valuable
ornament by the bride.*
Hanover. In the Kingdom of Hanover we find in many cities
excellent Lod ges, and Freemasonry is as much protected b y the state
here as in England. In the City of Hanover we have to mention beside
two Lod ges which are extinct.
The English Provincial Gran d Lodge of the King dom of Hanover,
formed from London in the year 1755.
To which belong
Joh n 's Lodge, Frederick zum weissen Pferde , founded 1746.
John 's Lod ge, zum schwartzen Bear, founded 17th March , 1774,
belonged for a time both to the National Grand Lod ge and to the Gran d
Lod ge at the Three Weltkugeln in Berlin.
John 's Lodge, zur Ceder , founded 20th September , 1777, and
afterwards also belonged to the Grand Lod ge in Berlin. In the year
1808 she again joined the Hanover Grand Lod ge.
The Hanoverian Provincial Grand Lod ge was active from her forma-
tion up to 17_ _>5, when the Stri ct Observance commenced in Germany,
* It is scarcely necessary for mo to remark that although we have no such custom in
England it is customary in Germany and Holland Translator.
 with which she would have no connection. In the
commenced to work by the English Ritual year 1786 she again
S
Her first P. G. M nominated from London was the
tionsrath von Hmueber. geheime Lega-
b d
°
Then flowed in ] 76o the Landrost Graf von Kielmannsegge.
178b until 8 6, the former Governor of Hanover ,
and
Grossherzog Carl Ludwig Fnedrich von Mecklenburg-Strelitzafterwards
S °f C Hel"Z V °n Me <*lenburg-Strelitz were,
iLll
Un til Vsno ! Kamroer
1809, der Tf rF - , t
Presiden und Staats Minister Graf von
Kielmannsegge.
Un til 1812 , Consistorial Rath Kaufmann.
Until 1816 , General und Commandant von Hedemann
Besides Hanover , this P G. L. has Daughter Lod
ges in Alfeld
LUneberS MMnto
Sbu^anfos?S, ' ' ^^ ™** -.

C O L LE G E MU S I N G S .
THE STUDENT 'S DIARY AND FARTHER
, RAMBLES TO ANCIENT MONA OR
ISLE OP MAN, IN SEARCH OP THE ,
PICTURE SQUE.
(Continued from pa ge 315, Vol. 3. N . S )

CHAPTER V.

June 19th. -B.ose this morning earlier than

by my d yspeptic disorder, which I attributed common . Much oppressed
to a want of exercise and
therefore took a turn upon the sands before
breakfast The sho e'here
.W, en ding &r about two mile or more
a V6
t n L, f°one extremity
i nlength
in T P^ being protected b y a fearful bed of rocks and
heights running som e five hundred feet
perpendicularl y from Wgh water
a d reaChlnS 3 fer as the h arbour of
™_ ! , " tI 3pS _ Whitehaven ThesTare
Sea C,,artS St Bees ' He ds
Mow
blovvs aTJ^ f
gale from either , '
^ of two particular * > •«•«! when the wind
points of the compass tW
d e n Bati0n that »—
Indee ?t
indeed i. not
it is " ™ i^mineml y TngerS
^ an un common occurrence for vessels in the winter
season , taken m a stress of weather , to be run
than encounter the certain and inevitable aground in the bay rather
those tremendous and fearful rocks, where—destruction?f wrecKea wrecked upon

' e Cr0WS ani1 guI l s that w i

n£ th e midni ght air:
aFJ? scarce -so gross
Show as'beetles:
sa
hat Half way down
"e Bathers m ,,hire : dreadful trade .
Mml?f_,t
Melhinks , he^ seems no bigger than his head : '
1 he fishermen , that walk upon the beach,
Appear like mice, anil yon tall anchoring
Diminished to her cock ; her cock , a bnov bark.
Almost too small for sight: the murmur ing
surge
B
rilf ^i, ' ur'numlJer 'd idle pebbles chafes,
Cannot be\°
heard so high."
To be sure there is a li gh t-house on the hi
land between St. Bees' and Whitehaven ; ghest point of the heid
but L briUiant beacon in .he
dismal darkness of the storm y ni ght onl li
y ghts the despairingMariner
 to his shipwreck grave among the roaring cavities of the froivning piles
of granite-stone beneath . The shore loses its elevation at the other
end of the bay, though not its rocky-bed, which , however less in mag-
nitude, would be equally fatal to the hapless ship that adverse winds
might drive upon them. The aspect of the country adjoining the coast
is dreary in the extreme, as not a tree or shrub of any observation will
grow near the sea. The natives attribute this arborial barrenness to
the violent winds which prevail during some months in the year, blow-
ing from the sea ancl bringing with them clouds of briny mist. The
air is certainl y for the most part of the year very humid, and with some
constitutions has a strong relaxing tenden cy. For myself I never
enjoyed perfect health there, and was always ailing.
Partook slightly of the breakfast viands which are generally profuse
in quantity in that hospitable part of the world. Afterward s resumed my
studies. In the course of the day, going out for another stroll on the
sea-shore, which being covered with shingles, and at low water by a fine,
firm , level san d (and upon which , being the only level ground in the
parish, I had instituted the noble game of cricket, a science before
unknown among the northern lads of the school) makes a deli ghtful
promenade, I was highly amused at seeing a large group of females,
being too far off" to distinguish their rank, bustling down to the water to
bathe like so many Naiads of dripping Neptune's court. It is the
custom there for the ladies to robe themselves in a sort of Esquimaux
suit of flannel drapery, and when the tide is up to walk into the ocean.
I believe my aristocratic squire-arch relative was the only person who
introduced a bathing machine. I used to be surprised that some specu-
lative capitalist never tried to establish it as a watering-place for local
resort. The situation , in many respects, for two or three month s in the
summer is so well adapted by nature, and the bathing ground so exceed-
ingly agreeable, that I am satisfied it would answer.
Dressed to pay a visit at the seat of my guardian , very pleasantl y
situated, as Robins, the prince of auctioneers would say, amid o'er-
hanging groves, and from its adjacency to the sea and the lakes , afford-
ing a most eligible summer residence for a wealthy weaver who wished
to retire with his family, for the benefi t of their h ealth, from the smoke
and steam of some cotton factory in one of the busy towns of Lan-
cashire. N'importe. It is a delightful abode for those who can remove
themselves at pleasure to gayer scenes and crowded cities. I found
only Mrs. B. at home, and escorted her down into the hay-field ,
where I met with her husband , busy (for he is a mi ghty active per-
sonage) among the "jovial crew of merry hay-makers. The whole
scene, gilded by the rays of a setting sun, called forth involuntarily my
rapturous admiration. Its extreme luxuriance, and the mansion peep-
ing out through the interstices of the rich and variegated foliage of the
woods around ,—truly, I had not beheld a more picturesque scene of
the kind since my sojourn hereabout. Mr. B. ancl his wife—the host
and hostess—returned soon after my arrival. I met her cold ladyship
on horseback, of which exercise she is remarkably fond , and rides well,
but I do not admire its unfeminine character. We m erely greeted each
other with the ordinary enquiry, "How d'ye do ?" There is too great
a want of cordiality about the woman to please my ardent temperament.
It is difficult to tell whether it proceeds from a natural iciness of dis-
position , or from hauteur , or from feminine reserve, or from an inward
repugnance to her match. It was one of those sort of marriages which
 are made by families for famil y aggrandisement. She and her spouse
were betrothed to one another when babies. I can hardl y jud ge which
were the greatest babes, they or th eir paren ts ! It poignantly grieved
me to learn some years afterwards that the most heart-rending and
miserable consequences to one of the parties had been the result, perhaps ,
of this ill-assorted connubial contract. But no more ! The reflection
is in the hi ghest degree painful to him who, though he could not love
them , for they never tried to cultivate his affection , yet preserved , in
recollection of some particular acts of kindness, a sense of gratitude.
I could never comprehend her—changeable as a cameleon—sometimes
very affable—redolent of sincerity—at others distant and formal. I
often suspected , may she forgive me if I jud ged uncharitabl y, her
demeanour so fluctuating was the impulse of temper , which the effort to
screen it from vul gar eyes made her manners sometimes forbidding. I
enjoyed a sweet moonli ght walk home afterwards , listening to the sin-
gular chirping of the Corn-crake, or Land-rail , and ruminatin g upon
the people I had just quitted.
June 20th.—The whole morning passed away as monotonousl y as
usual. I relished an exquisite dip in the sea, but found the temperature
of the water cooler than hith erto. Uneasy after dinner from my old in-
testine tormentor. If it can be called any satisfaction to one's own suf-
ferings, all literary men, from the great Dr. Johnson downwards, have
experienced the pains and torments of d yspepsia, with all its hideous
train of nervous maladies. After an earl y dinner , which my fashion-
able readers in the south may denominate, a luncheon, I adonised for a
tea-party at three o'clock ! .' You may sneer, my lad y, but now suppose
I alter names a little, and you will perceive what slight reasons you have
for putting your lovel y face out of countenance by that satirical expression
of the lips, formed for every action but that of ill-nature. Fashionabl y
speaking, you never dine til! nine , but you lunch or tiff in at two. I have
seen lords and ladies, and many of the leaders of haut-ton , eat at that meal
what vulgar folk would call a dinner , and when their dinner appeared ,
was it surprising that th ey should afterwards be able to taste nothing,
unless a trifle , or a condiment equall y meagre and vap id! In my situa-
tion , without a being of my own caste , either in thought or circumstances
of life, I was anxious, sojourning in a dull and comparativel y solitary
quarter of the world , to have some variety for my amusement , ancl there-
fore equipped myself for the party, though arranged at so unfashionable
an hour. Contrary as it was, however, to all established ideas and rules
of town society, I never spent so charming an afternoon the whole period
of ray rustication. Miss B was very ouizzical. a talent 1 think verv
unbecoming in young ladies- I played several rubbers at whist, and hatl
her for my partner , but never held worse cards. The circumstance
looked ominous , and I thought if I reall y entertained any serious , idea
on the subject, it foreboded no future good to our acquaintance. We all
bade our friendl y host and hostess farewell for the evening, equall y de-
lighted with their entertainment and with each other. Bending my steps
homeward alone , I halted to contemp late the silent grandeur of the moon
¦—that just emblem of calmness and solitude—rising in all her silvery
lustre from the bosom of the ocean . Oh ! celestial are such contem-
plations to a forlorn and melanchol y soul like mine. Beauteous orb !
thou art oft the companion of my midni ght wanderings. She guided
me to my couch. By the way, I must not forget to mention exerting
my musical talents for the en tertainment of the company during the
 evening very much to my own self-satisfaction ! Thus vanity closes
this day 's transaction s.
June 21st. - Little transp ired to day. I made a call to inquire after
some of the party last ni ght , and just "dropped in " time enoug h to have
the pri vilege of a ramble with two of the young ladies up a very rural
avenue locally called Wood-lane. Every village that I ever visited has
its lover 's alley, where all the tender nothings of courtship are whispered
by doting swains to willing maidens. The passion of love is incontro-
vertibl y an universal impulse whether among "Jew, Greek, or Barbarian ,
bon d, or free, Turk, Infidel , Savage, or Heretic."
June 22nd.—Heartil y wearied with my tedious progress in the labours
of revision , I at last completed my orations with most buoyant pleasure.
Composed a pasquinade on a certain affected daughter of Eve. Cannot
bear airs, and artificial modes of any kind , either in male or female.
Always a sure token of an imbecile understanding, or an un cultivated
mind. Lieutenant P , R. N., rode up while^I was committing direful
devastation among the strawberry beds. Conveyed to my conception the
most perfect idea of a fine, bluffj veteran naval officer ; wholl y devoid
of the mawkish politeness of the studied urbanity of a civilian , and with-
out the coarseness of the Jack Tar. Perused the "Sunday Times," latest
edition from the Metropolis. It was my favourite n ewspaper , from its
independance and impa r tiality. While noting remarks upon the public
Journals, I cannot refrain from expressing my disgust on readin g the
various disclosures of venality and corruption exhibited during the pre-
sent great and general election throughout Great Britain.* All the warn-
ings of the public press will not deter such mercenary hirelings from
hawking their rights and freedom to the highest bidder, and bartering
the liberties of their country for a drunken carousal ! Oh ! the moral
and politi cal degeneracy of John Bull !
June 23rd.—Up with the lark this morning. Dreadfull y annoyed
with my old complaint ; some say it is often hypochondriacism. A long
word for want of sympath y in the infirmities of our fellow creatures.
After breakfast read a chapter in Parry's last days of Lord Byron ; a book
that interested me exceedingl y, from the apparent unartificial, frank , and
sincere manner in which the author addresses his readers, and discloses
to them the most absorbing particulars of that illustrious individual' s life.
I had hitherto been rather prejudiced , more from rumour and misrepre-
sentation than any substantial grounds against that great man 's general
character. Alas ! what ills and unhapp iness do such unfounded reports
disseminate in almost every society. But this narrative , if authentic ancl
accurate, indubi tabl y altered my sentiments on many points of his lord-
ship's reputation , and convincingly demonstrates that Greece lost her very
best friend when death so prematurel y carried him off the scene of his
active succours in her manl y cause. The author seems correct in his
opinion , that Byron 's dissolu tion was hastened by extreme irritation of
min d , augmented b y a thousand vexatious annoyan ces, and especiall y by
improper treatment in the remedies prescribed for his recovery by his
inexpert physicians. His death-bed opinions and sentiments on the
Christian religion, which I here extract, most satisfactorily develope his
real views on that all-important topic. " Christianity, " his Lordshi p
writes, "is the purest and most liberal relig ion in the world ; but the
numerous teacher s, who are continually worryinq mankind with their

* That took place about five years previous to the passing of the Reform Act.— E D .
 denunciations, and their doctrines are the greatest enemies of relig ion. I
have read with more attention than half of them the Book of Christianity,
and I admire the liberal and truly charitable princi ples which Christ has
laid down . There are questions connected with this subject, which none
but Almighty God can solve. Time and space who can conceive ?—
None but God,—on Him I rel y !" I never read any modern publication
with more zest than this book by Mr. Parry.
June 24th .—Rose this morning not in the best spirits. This sultry
weather very oppressive. It totall y unfits me for any exertion men tal
or bodil y. I amused myself the whole morning copying some of Moore 's
favourite and popular Melodies. O how sweet is the poesy of those bal-
lads ! Nature and heart in almost every line. Singing them recals the
happiest images to one's mind. Lovely rhyme set to plaintive strains.
I am seized every day after dinner with a stupifying torpor, which exces-
sively annoys me, and to which the calori c state of the atmosphere, I
suspect, greatl y contributes. I detest saying any thing about one's
repasts, they are so utterly void of all interest , as regards any part but
the eating. Started for Whitehaven , meditating on men and things the
whole perambulation , for the purpose of securing a passage to the Isle
of Man. Went on board a sloop bound to Douglas Town. Saw the
mate, and settled to sail next week.
June 25th.—Sunday. Nothing exempt from the usual monotony
occurring this day, except going to church, where, from the variety of
gewgaws, airs, and graces manifested, the women appear to verify the
motto , "spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsae." I could not
help regarding two pretty girls, who appeared to possess that genuine
feminine innocence of demeanour I so much admire in the fem ale sex.
After dinner sauntered out with a charming string of young ladies upon
the rocks, which at low water afford an excellent route to a very romantic
cove with its appropriate cavern , where many native gems or pebbles
peculiar to that shore are picked up by the connoisseur in mineralogy.
Some of them , when cut ancl polished , are of a most rare and beautifnl
graining. The colours are various, but wh en set in gold by the art of
the j eweller, they have a most delicate and elegant appearance. The
stones are quite peculiar to that part of the coast, and are supposed to be
washed thither from some other clime. The name b y which they are
designated, is moss agates, &c, ancl they are perfectl y distinct iu their
nature and quality from the Scotch pebble or Hi ghland flint. It requires
some practice to discern them from the ordinary stran d of shingles. It
was a beautifull y calm evening, and the green sea looked like a smooth
mirror. I much regretted there was no boat to enjoy the pleasure of an
evening row. The Isl e of Man , though some considerable distance off,
appeared so contiguous, and such was the exceeding thinness of the air,
that we could perceive the smoke of Douglas ascending from its chimney
stacks. 1 had the happ iness of moralising before going to bed upon the
relative difference in the virtue of the " busy bee " and the hornet, a
nest of which we discovered. I took good care to keep a respectful dis-
tance. The formation of the nest is wonderfull y curious. Challenged
F to a game of chess, at which , woe is me from being out of prac-
tice, I was beaten. Philosophicall y succumbed to my ill-fortune. Before
retiring to rest, I was first occupied with massacring a cock-roach,
which with spiders, ear-wigs, toads, and snakes, are my abhorrence.
To-morrow, if the wind be fair, I sail for Mona.
 BROTHER WATSON'S GREAT PICTURE OF BURNS,
IN TUB CANONCAT -- KILWINNING LODGE.

In our last number we alluded , by report, to the progress of this Histo-

rico-Masonic painting,- a personal inspection has since full y realised , and
more than realised our most sanguine antici pations as to the result. We
had, it must be owned , some doubts as to the capabilities of the subject
in an artistic point of view ; more particularl y had we apprehensions
that the precise and orderl y attitudes of a number of Masons in a formal
Lod ge assembled, would prove any thing but objects favourable to that
free and full development of fi gure, ancl of character, necessary to give
variety and expression to the scene. We were, therefore, most agreeabl y
disappointed in finding all our pre-conceptions entirely at fault, on be-
holding the varied and picturesque groups, and individuals starting
forth from the canvass in all the " regular irregularity " of constellations
and their several stars. Nor is the composer unauthorised in this avoidance -
of the more strict observance of Masonic formality ; for oft have we
beheld within the hall of St. John 's Chapel, on occasions of far less
interest and importance , the precise arrangements suddenl y broken up,
ancl the eager Brethren in various attitudes and motion s pressing with
anxious regard towards the dais to witness the induction of some esteemed
or distinguished individual.
The assemblage of the Brotherhood exhibited in the p icture would
appear to have been under some such influence as this, from the varied
and irregular groups into which they are for the moment thrown—the
point of time chosen being that in which the poet is appointed laureate.
Some are seated, others arestanding, or peeping forward,all,however, under
the evident influence of the great object of attraction ,—Caledonia 's Bard,—
who is here represented in an erect attitude, the shoulders sli ghtl y inclined,
with one foot raised on the steps leading to the dais, and immediatel y
below the Master 's chair. The fi gure is firmly and manfull y set, expressive
of perfect self-possession—the right hand is placed significan tl y yet natu-
rall y on his breast, while his large and lustrous eyes are glancing towards
the Master 's hand, which is stretched forth to bind the poet 's brow. It
is not easy to conceive how his person could have been depicted in a
position more imposing or more dignified. Indeed, no other could have
been so appropriate, natural, and characteristic, as the nicel y balanced
posture in which "the inspired ploughman " is placed. The counte-
nan ce of the poet is a master-piece of the painter. His eyes appear
glowing with confessed deli ght as he stands to receive the Masonic
coronal—a tribute paid to his poetic fame, and not the less prized b y him
on account of the quarter when ce it emanated—his "Dear Brethren of the
Mystic tie." The Master of the Lodge, at the period of this event, was
Alexander Fergusson, Esq., of CraisdaiToch. one of the heroes in
Burns' song of "the Whistle of Worth," and father of the late R. Cutlar
Fergusson , M. P. All the other " dramatis personte " represented were
men and Brethren more or less connected with the Bard as his corre-
spondents, convives, or patrons; such as Dunbar , Ainslie, Dr. Wood ,
Professor Stewart, Sir W. Forbes, Henry Erskine, Lord Monboddo ,—
in all, sixty portraits. The whole form a study worth y alike of the
connoisseur ancl the Broth er Mason. Some biographical account of the
characters, we understand , is in progress to illustrate the picture, which
we trust will ere long be exhibited to the public at large. 11 would make
a fine subject for an engraving. Subscribers would not be wanting
either iu Edinburgh or London.
VOL. IV. n
 TO THE EDITOR.
SIR ,— I am induced to send these few rem arks to you, because, in my
poor opinion , a great error has crept into the Order, and is spreading
rapidly. The error I allude to, is in the geometrical fi gure made use of
to describe the form of the Lod ge. It is owing, I think , to the mouth-
distorting word given to the fi gure which describes its form correctl y ;
but of the two evils, it were better for our mouths to be distorted than
that error should take the place of truth.
Nine out of ten Masons whom I have heard, describe the form of the
Lodge as an oblong; which fi gure circumscribes its extent in as great a
degree as sundry other matters circumscribe the sphere of its useful-
ness. An oblong is but a superfice , which gives but a meagre idea of
that which is as "high as heaven ; deeper than hell ; longer than the
earth ; and broader than the sea." The fi gure which represen ts its true
form is a parallelopipedon ; a solid fi gure, contained by six quadrilateral
fi gures, whereof every opposite two are parallel.

In which we have a point , a line, a superfice, and a solid; representing,

as an oblong never can , the form of a Freemasons' Lodge.
I am , Sir and Brother ,
Fraternally yours,
CATO .

TO THE EDITOR.
SIR ,—A warrant for opening a new Lod ge in a colony, where there
is no Provincial Lodge or Grand Master, is granted by the Grand Lod ge
of England, and sent out by an officer of that Lod ge, named in the
charter. In order that such Lodge be constituted or installed, is it neces-
sary to obtain any further authority from the Grand Secretary to the
W. Master of a Lodge in the colony ? Or is the W. Master of the Lodge
applying to the Grand Lodge for the new charter , on its being presented
to him in open Lodge, acting illegally or unconstitutionally in install-
ing it ?
Yours trul y, A SENIOR WARDEN .
[Where there is no provincial authority in a colonial district , the
reception of the warrant is a sufficient direction to any installed Master
near at hand to constitute the Lodge in the best manner he can.—ED .]

TO THE EDITOR.
SIR AND BROTHER ,—As an individual member of the Order, I cannot
but admire the courage and constancy with which Dr. Crucefix has
advocated the cause of the widow, and deplore the temporary failure of
his benevolent enterprise.
I use, advisedl y, the term "temporary," because it is impossible that
 a scheme whicli commends itself so forcibl y to the sympathies of every
manl y bosom, and which is so palpably jus t, can endure more than
temporary defeat.
I am inclined, however, to view it under another aspect; and to this
I invite your attention. As Masons, religion is dear to us. This is no
new principle. Henry VI. writes of them in his MS. in 1440—"Ma-
£onnes techedde mankynd relygyonne." Now religion, to deserve that
holy name, must have a close affinity to this inspired description of it—
"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit
the fatherless and WIDOWS in their affliction , and to keep himself
unspotted from the world."
Another point. Do we desire our Order to flourish ? Do we covet
for it—not the praise of men which is fleeting and capricious—but the
blessing of THE M OST H IGH ? Then let us remember that in His book,
no being is treated more tenderl y, is compassionated more frequently,
or towards whom succour, mercy, and pity, are so expressly enjoined as
the widow. If we desire God to be with us, our first care must be the
succour of th ose helpless ones over whom H E watches with so merciful
and compassionate a regard. If we are deeply and earnestl y concerned
that our fellow men should give us credit for sincerity, we must vindicate
our truly Scriptural creed by corresponding Scriptural practice. H E to
whom reference is so incessantly made in every Masons' Lodge, proclaims
himself loudly and emphatically "the GOD of the widow."
Trusting these remarks may not be deemed inopportune, believe me
Yours fraternally,
A BROTHER , AND A SUFFOLK R ECTOR .

TO THE EDITOR.
Inverness, February 2_, 184G.
SIR AND BROTHER ,—I wish to state to you not only my own opinion
but the opinion of all the Provincial Brethren, with whom I have spoken ,
upon the method of electing annuitants upon the Royal Masonic Bene-
volent Annuity Fund. While the election is conducted as it is now, it
is utterl y impossible that any Provincial Brother can be elected except
by the votes of the London Masons. I am aware that the committee
have decided every year that a certain number of London and a certain
number of Provincial members should be elected , and they of course
must be elected according to the decision of the committee, otherwise
the election is void ; now the alteration I would wish to see would be
this—supposing that London subscribes 5001. per annum , and that the
provinces each subscribe 100/. per annum , or any other sum, then
I would say, in fairness and justice, let the London Masons elect twenty-
five annuitants, and keep them there until a vacancy occurs by death,
or a larger subscription enables them to put another on , then let them
fill up the vacancy, so likewise let the Masons of that province which
subscribes 20/. elect one annuitant. Those who subscribe 40/. two, and
so on (I of course mean nett subscription s, after deducting expenses and
permanent fund , &c.) This would at once convince every Provincial
Grand Lodge, that whatever sum they subscribed, they would have the
disposing of either to their own distressed members or to those of the
neighbouring provinces .
 Wh y do so few provincial Masons subscribe to the boys ' school ? Wh y
is there not one subscriber to that charity in the Province of Durham ?
Wh y should the provinci al Members cease to subscribe to the Annuity
Fund altogether ? I will tell you, they know that the voice which these
subscriptions would give them would never be heard at the annual
meetings, or if heard , it would be so weak as to produce no effect, they,
therefore, prefer keeping their subscriptions at home, ancl doing as much
good with them as they can.
The Members of a Durham Lodge will try the Annui ty Fund this
year, and then it is their intention to give it up, and give their subscriptions
to a poor Brother they all know , unless that there is such an alteration
made in the manner of electing annuitants as will secure to the province
of Durham the election of as many annuitants as their subscriptions
will pay.
How much money is wasted annuall y with tbe ballottin g papers ancl
postage , enquiry papers and postages, circulars from petitioners and
postage. 1 have not my Quarterl y with me, but just read the Secretary 's
or Treasurer's Report for last year, ancl you will see ; now all this might
and would be avoided, if every petitioner was personally examined by the
Grand Lod ge of the province where he resides, and they elected the most
worth y of the candidates, which election would onl y have to be confirmed
by the Grand Lod ge.
I am , Sir and Brother ,
Yours fraternall y,
G. W.

TO THE EDITOR.

SIR AND B ROTHER ,—If any thing could add to my great respect for
Dr. Crucefix , it would be the recollection of his manl y explanation at
the last Grand Lodge as to the salary of the First Clerk in the Grand
Secretary 's office—which , as I then collected amounts to very nearl y, if
not quite, £250, a salary in my opinion quite sufficient for services ren-
dered. The additional grant of £50. would have been better devoted to
paying a third under clerk — that is much wanted. I am a plain humble
Brother , but I have found so much difficulty in obtaining information
at the office , that however hi ghly the Board of General Purposes may
estimate the qualifications of their clerks, I trust they find more "civility "
than I have done when applying for certificates and books of constitu-
tions. Pray, Sir and Brother , how can the increased salary remove the
difficulty I complain of? as to twenty years ' service, it is a/nere nothing;
and be it observed , this is the third time the salary has been raised, ancl
if it is continuall y to progress, it will in time exceed that of the Gran d
Secretary himself, which, if I am ri ghtl y informed, is but £450. Veril y
our financial system is out at elbows. We pinch the poor peti tioner at the
Board of Benevolence and are lavish on an official ! I rem ember in my
earl y days being told that it was of no use caring for the spigot and
neglecting the bung.
I remain,
Your obedient Servant,
L OHTANA .
 TO THE EDITOll.
interest you have for years
Sm AND BROTHER ,—From the very great
nast taken , ancl demonstrated by your zeal and labour , for the benefit ot
for your consi-
the Craft I am induced to take the liberty of suggesting " To contain a 1
deration , the publication of a " Grand Lod ge Report.
and of all
decisions of the Grand Lodge, Board of General Purposes , and his
question s submitted by Masters of Lod ges to the Secretary,
the Book oi
answers thereto, &c, from the period of the publication of
Constitutions in 1841, and to be continued quarterl y by an appendix to
will prove
the Masonic Review. Such a publication, I humbly conceive, Lodges ;
of very great utility to the Craft, and tend to save disputation m
duties ot
rendering the oSce of Grand Secretary less onerous, ancl the
our
Master more agreeable. It will also be instrumental in harmonizing
labours, and greatly enhance the value of the Masonic Quarterl y Review.
With these observations, I leave my humble suggestions m your able
hands , ancl shall be glad to hear from you on the subject in the meantime.
A M ASTER OF A L ODGE .
Kingston, Jamaica,
23rrf Januar y, 1840.

TO THE EDITOR.
SIR AND BROTHER ,— Some of the motions of last night at the Quar-
terly Communication, deserve a m ore calm discussion than generally
attends a public debate. I, therefore, abstained from making any obser-
vations at the time, well knowing, from what constantly passes in that
hall, that most questions are settled , before the debate begins. We will
not stop to enquire, at this time, by what invisible agency so many im-
portant questions are sometimes smothered—at others carried—when
they ought not.
In the debate last night respecting our library, one speaker certainly
displayed more zeal than good taste. I think it easy to prove that we
do not want a library of general literature. At any, and every, Quar-
terl y Communication, cast your eyes round the room , ancl say whether
you think one quarter , or one tenth , of the members present are persons
in such situations of life that they are likely, after the labours of the day,
to pass the evening in deep study ; or whether they will not more pro-
babl y be poring over their ledgers, or reading a novel or a newspaper to
themselves or families. Doubtless there are some who employ their
leisure hours in study ing the arts and sciences ; but, I ask, cannot these
find the works they want much nearer home than Great Queen Street ?
In the present day, information , upon every subject, is published in such
cheap forms, and literary institu tions , book clubs , &c, are so numerous,
that almost every man belongs to some one or other of them.
Although we want not a library of general literature , we do require a
Masonic library, where the Brother who looks beyond the outward
trapp ings awl festivities of the Craft , may find works calculated to show
him the connexion Masonry has with all his social, moral , and religious
du ties—calculated to show him , not the properties of steam, or the means
of accumulating worldly riches, (he will find amp le instruction for such
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Yours fraternall y,
17, Pavement , Finsbury Square THOMAS PRY ER.
1st Febr uaru , 1840.
[Our readers will please to notice the very
necessary carn _ ction.-E0.]
 CONTINENTAL LODGES.
We have great pleasure in presenting to our readers lists of the work-
ing and dormant Freemasons' Lodges at present registered in Belgium,
France, Germany, Holland, and their colonies, and are persuaded they
will be found not only useful but of considerable importance to every
traveller on the Continent. It has long been a desideratum that fists of
Lodges abroad should exist in the English language, in order that the
members of the Craft when visiting a continental town may know if a
Masonic Lodge existed therein, in order that a closer intimacy might be
created by the interchange of visits. We had hoped to have been enabled
to give the days and places of meeting, but as we are not authentically
or officiall y informed, we deem it better to abstain from giving the infor-
mation we possess, which might be found incorrect and mislead the
Brethren ; it will be very easy for them now, knowing that a Lodge is
at work in the town they happen to be, aud likewise having the name,
to ascertain where and when its meetings occur. We are mainly in-
debted for the information herein contained to the Latomia, and also
the Globe, a French Masonic periodical ; Annuaire Massonique, a Bel-
gian , and the Netherlandish Year Book, a Dutch Masonic publication.
A short history of continental Freemasonry will be found in the volume
for 1844, of the present series of the Freemasons ' Quarterly Review.

DUTCH AND BELGIAN LODGES.

The letter [a) Indicates Lodges not at work.
(&) Isolated Lodges, or not under warrant of a Grand Lodge,
(c) Those declared irregular.
Town. Kingdom. Name of Lodge. Date of Warrant.
Antwerp, Belgium, Lodge of Perseverance . . . 1818
Friends of Commerce (a) . . , 1804
Alkmaar, Holland, North Star . . . . .1800
Amsterdam , .. Concordia Vincit Animos . . . Z757
.. Lodge of Peace . . . 1757.
Lodge of Charity . . . 1757
.
Good Friends . . . . 1757 .
William Frederick . . . .
1814
Ath , Belgium , Regeneration . . . . . 1S39
Amheim, Holland, the Brotherhood of Guelderland . . 1786
Bruges, Belgium, Tolerance . . . . .1839
Brussels, .. Grand Belgium Orient . . . .
Supreme Council of Belgium .
True Friends of the Union . . . 1782
Philanthronic Friends . . . 1799
.
Friends of Progress . . . . 1838
Peace and Candour (a) . . . 1802
.
Work . . . . . . . 1840
Hope (a) . . . .. 1805
Bergen , Holland, Inseparables . . . . . 1767
Breda .. Het Vrij Geweten . . . 1789
.
Bengal, East Indies, Solomon (a) . . . . . 1759
Firmness (a) . . . . .
1773
Berbice, America, Coelum non Mutat Genus (a) . . . 1799
Briel, Holland, Aurora (a) . . . . . . 1761
 Batavier , Java , Star of the East . . . . . 17(ify
Cape of Good Hope, Good Hope (a) . . . . 1772
Good Truth (a) . . . . 1802
Colombo, Ceylon, Faithfulness (a) . . . . 1771
Un ity (a) . . . . .1791
Courtray, Belgium , Friendship . . . . . 1S03
Charleroi .. Future . . . . . . 1837
Dinunt .. Children of Kindness . . . . 1838
Delft , Holland , Silence . . . . . . 1801
Dcwenter .. Prejudice vanquished . . . . 1784
Dordrecht .. Rocket . . . . . . 1814
Demarara, America, St. John of the Union ( a ) . . . 1771
Eustache, St. .. Concord (a) . . . . . 1793
Reunion (a) . . . . . 1800
Ghent, Belgium , The West (c) 1811
Felicity and Kindness (c) . . . . 1805
True Friends (c) . . . . . 1819
Fidelity . . . . . . 1837
Gorkum , Holland, Order and Duty . . . . . 180G
Groenegen .. Union of the Province . . . . 1772
Masonic Union . . . . 1815
Gouda .. Real Brotherl y Union . . . . 1802
Huys, Belgium , Friends of Perfect Intelli gence . . . 1809
Hague, Holland , Grand Orient of the Netherlands
Royal Union . . . . . 1757
Union is Strength . . . .1797
Union of Frederick . . . . 1816
Haarlem .. Vicit vim Vertus . . . . 1788 .
Helder .. William Frederick Charles . . . 1826
Hertogenbosch.. Lodge of Honour . . . . . 1808
Kampen .. Profound Silence . . . . 1769
.
Lodelinsart Lez-Charleroi , Belgium, Industry . . . 1838
Louvain .. Constancy . . . 1808
Liege .. Perfect Intelligence and the United Star (c) 1775
Leeuwarden , Holland, Liberal Truth . . . . . 1782
Leyden .. Virtue . . . . . 1757
Martin, St., America, Unity, No. 3 (a) . . . 1800
Charity ( a ) . ¦ . . .
Middleburg, Hollan d, Philanthropy . . . . 1758
The Lasting Company . . . 1770
Mechlin , Belgium , Regeneration r 1870'
Mons .. Perfect Union . . . . . 1800
Military Lodges .. Friends of Order . . . . 1833
.. Defenders of Leopold and the Country (Namur) 1834
.. Brethren United , third division of the B. army 1835
.. Shield of Bel gium , infantry fourth regt. of the line 1835
.. Military Union . . . . . 183G
.. Holland, Neufchatellers United . . . . 1790
Military Union . . . . . 1799
Namur, Bel gium , Good Friendship . . . 1771
.
Nivelles .. Discreet Friends . . . . 1807
Nicholas , St.. Pleasantness (c) . . . . 1819
Negapatnam , India , Wished-for (b) . . . . . 1774
Oudernarde, Bel gium , Aurora . . . . . 1811
Puntogale, Ceylon, Conqueror (b) . . . . . 1772
Purm erend , Holland, Louise Auguste . . . . 1826
Rotterdam .. Unity . . . . . 1781
.. .. Roval Frederick . . . . 1786
Rotterdam , Holland , Three Columns . . . . 1815
Schiedam .. Reigning Lion (b) . . . . 1800
Sluice .. Friendshi p without End (/;) . . . 1784
Sural, India, St. John of Peace (J) . . . . 1776
Surinam, America , Zeal (b) . . . . 1767
Concordia . . . . . .1773
Union (6) 1773-
Solitary (6) . . . . . 1776
Cura et Vi'gilantia (6) . . . . 1770
Firmness (6) . . . . . 1776
Samarang, Java, Constan cy and Fidelity . . . . 1801
Surabaya .. Friendship . . . . . 1810
Saardam , Holland , Anna Paulina .. . . . . 1817
Sneek .. Corcordia res Parvae Cresceunt . . 1817
Tour-nay, Belgium , United Brothers . . . . 1770
Tholen , Holland , Sweet Harmony . . . . . 1807
Utrecht .. Ultra Jeetina . . . . .1830
Venloo, Belgium , Simplicity . . . . 1829
.
Vervier .. Philadel phians (c) . . . . 1800
Vianen , Holland , Firmness and Faith . . . . 1824
Vlissingen .. Star of the East . . . . .1793
Williamstadt .. Unity (6) . . . . . 1832
Ypress, Belgium , Friendship . . . . . 1838
Zeiriksee, Holland , Star in the East . . . . 1800
Zwolle .. Fidus Mutua . . . . . 1802

F R E N C H LODGES.
Paris, Grand Orient of France.
Supreme Council (Scotch ritual).
.. College of Rites (under the G.O. of France for the 33vd degree).
.. Admirers of the Universe . . . . . 1808
.. Admirers of Brezin . . . . .
doubtful
.. Eagle of the Desert . . . . . . . .
.. Alliance . ¦ . . . , . . .
.. Friends of Virtue . • . . . . . .
.. Kind Friends and United Imitators of Osiris . . 1829
.. Friends of Peace . . . . . • 1789
.. Friends of the Country . . . . 1818 .
.. Friends of Order . . . . .1823 .
.. Faithful Friends . . . . . 18.13.
.. Triumphant Friends . . . . . 1809 .
.. Friendship . . . . . . . 1773
.. Friendshi p Proved . . . . . . 1834
.. Athenian Strangers . . . . . 1806.
.. French Athens . . . . . 1829 .
.. Good Union . . . . . . 1773 .
.. French Shield . . . . . . 1821
.. Centre of Friends . . . . . 1789.
.. Chapter of the Gauls . . . . .
1721
.. Encampment of the Gauls . . . . .
1823'
.. Kni ghts of the Cross . . . . 1805.
.. Merciful Friendship . . . . . . 1805
.. Sincere Hearts . . . . . 1790 .
.. United Hearts . . . . . 1766 .
.. Commanders of Mount Tabor . . . .1807
.. Cosmopolite . . . . . . 1834 .
von. iv. u
Paris, Disciples of Fcnclon . . . . . . 1832
.. Disciples of Paul of St. Vincent . . . .. 1812
Scotch Disci ples of the Heroes of Humanity . . 1824
.. Inseparable Scotch . . . . . doubtful
Competitors of Hiram . . . . 1822 .
.. Faithful Scotch . . . . . doubtful
.. French Sons of Hiram . . . . 1832 .
.. Brotherhood of the People . . . . . 1833
United Brothers Inseparable . . . . . 1775
.. United Intimate Brothers . . . . 1775.
.. Henry the Fourth . . . . . . 1817
.. Hosp itallers of Palestine . . . . 1822 .
.. French Hospitallers . .' . . . doubtful
.. Isis . . . . . . 1808 . .
.. Jacques de Molay . . . . .doubtful
Scotch Jerusalem . . . . . 1S07 .
.. Mars and the Orbs . . . . . . 1806
.. Mount Sinai . . . . . doubtful
.
.. Chapter of Arras . . . . . 17G9 .
Chevalier of the Cross . . . . doubtful
.. Nine Sisters . . . . . .1776 .
.. Modern Thebes . . . . . . 1825
Patriots . . . . . doubtful
.
.. Persevering Friends . . . . . 1825 .
.. Phcenix . . . . . 1804
. .
.. United Philanthropists . . . . doubtful
.. Philonone . . . . . 1816
. .
.. Moral Philosophy . . . . doubtful
.
.. Ri gid Scotch . . . . . . . . .
.. Rigid Observers . . . . . 1819 .
Tuli p Rose Regenerated . . . . . 1801
. Rose of Perfect Silence . . . . 1812 .
.. Saint Anthony of Perfect Contentment . . . 1785
.. Saint John of Jerusalem . . . . 1779.
.. United Brothers of Saint Louis of Martini que . . 1762
.. Saint Peter the True Friends . . . 1780
.
. .. Saint Peter the expert . . . . 1787
.
.. Seven United Scotch . . . . . 1809
.
Sincere Friendshi p . . . . . 1835.
Temple of Friends, to the Honour of France . . 1820
.. Temple of the Union of tbe Peop le . . . . 1S31
.. Temple of Virtue and Art . . . . . 1812
.. Tolerance . . . . . 1834
. .
Trinitarians . . . . . doubtful
.. Trinity . . . . . . 1783 .
.. Trisophane . . . . . 1816 . .
.. Perfect Union of Perseverence . . . 1779.
6M-UM.S OF PARIS.
Bagtign olles Monceaux, The Polar Star . . . . 1839
Belleville, Constancy Crowned . . . . . 18=1 1
The Masonic Progress . . . . 1839 .
Boulogn e, Saint Augustus the Beneficent . . . . 1819
(Jhapelle , Disciples of Zeno . . . . . 1829
Gentill y, United Benefactors . . . . .
1839
Puteaux , United Friends of Jerusalem . . . . 1829
St. Denis, Admirers of Montyon . . . . .1836
Philanthrop ic Union . . . . . 1838
 Ternes, United Friends . . . . . 1832 .
Vaugirard , Zealous Philanthropists . . . . . 1835
Vincennes, The Globe . . . . . . 1839
PROVINCIAL.
Agde, Herault, Perfect Union . . . . . 1781
A gen, Lat Garonne, United H e a r t s . . .. . 1807
Aillard Sur Tholon , Yonne, Friends of Morality ¦ . . doubtful
Ajaccio , Corsica, The Reunion . . . . . ]821
Alby, Tarn, The Threefold Unity . . . . . 1779
Perfect Friendshi p . . . . 1805 .
Alengon , Orne, Fidelity . . . . . . 1764
Angers, Maine Loire, Constancy Crowned . . .. 1818
Perseverence . . .. 1838
Angouleme, Cbarente, Friends of Peace . . . . 1806
. .. Star of Charente . . . . 1837
Arney Le Due, Cote D'or, Perfect Friendship . . . 1803
Arras, Pas de Calais, Constancy . . . . . 1783
H o p e . . . . . doubtful
Aubagne, Rhone, Perfect Union . . .. . 1819
Auxerre , Yonne, True Zeal . . . . . 1812
Avignon, Vaucluse, Union of Arts and Trades . . . 1839
True Friends United . . . . 1808
Aviye, Marne. True Friends of Order . . . . 1830
Barraux, Isere, Silence of the Alps . . . . . 1841
Bar Sur Aube, Aube, Union of Hearts . . .. 1810
Bastia, Corsica, Concord . . . . .. 1803
Perfect Harmony of France . . . 1804
Bayonne, Pyrenees, Zeal . . . . . . 1771
Beaume, Cote D'or, Friends of Nature and Humanity . . 1805
Bedarieux , Heraul t, True Friends Reunited . . . 1821
Bernay, Eure, Intimate Reunion . . . .. 1811
Besangon , Doubs, Constant Friendship . . . . 1812
Sincerity and Perfect Union . . doubtful
Bc-ziers, Heraul t, Reunion of Chosen Friends . . . 1810
Blois, Loir Cher, United Friends . . . . . 1813
Union of Arts and Trades . . . lg03
Bordeaux, Gironde , United Friends . . . . . 1804
English . . . . . 1778
Future . . . . doubtful
Candour . . . . . 1785
Essence of Peace . . . . 1788
Star of Gironde . . . . 1813
French of Aquetaine . . . . 1781
French ; cotch Lodge of United Friends . 1761
Free Kni ghts of St. Andrew of Scotland . 1826
Sincerity . . . .. 1784
Triangle . . .. . 1805
Truth . . . . . doubtful
Boulogne, Pas de Calais, Friendship . . . . 1818
Bourg, Ain , Brotherl y Friendshi p . . . . . 1838
Bourges , Cher, Caroline . . . . 1840. .
.. Saint Solange . . . . . 1785
Brest, Finistere , Disci ples of Sully . . . . 1839.
Bri gnolles, Vav , School of Wisdom . . . . . 1789
Buxy, Saone Loire, Perfect Union . . . . . 1808
Caen , Calvados, St. John of Themis . . . doubtful
Cttmbray, North , Themis . . . . . . 1786
 Castres, Tarn , Universal Harmony . . . . 1770 .
Chalons Sur Sahone , Sahone Loire, True Zeal . . . 1808
.. .. Perfect Equality . doubtful
Chateau Dun , Eure Loire, French Honour . . . 1831
.
Chateau Thierry, Aisne, John of Fontaine . . . . 1833
Chollet, Maine Loire, Perfect Union . . . . 1829 .
Clermont Ferrand , Payde Dome, Perfect Harmony and Sacred Fire 1829
Condom , Gers, Royal Friendship . . . . 1840 .
Decazeville, Aveyron, Brotherhood . . . . . 1839
Dieppe, North Seine, Crowned Hop e . . . 1826 .
Scotch Lodge Desire . . . doubtful
Dole, Jura, The Valley of Love . . . . 1813 .
Draguignan, Var, Triumph of Friendship . . . 1784 .
Dunkirk , North , Friendship and Brotherhood . . . 1756
Trinity . . . . . 1784
.
Virtue . . . . . 1819 .
Fayence, Var, Concord and Friendship . . . .1837
Fumel, Lot Garonne , Children of the Union . . . 1825
Givet, Ardennen , Friends of Humanity . . . . 1839
Gray, Upper SahOne, True Concord Desired . . . 1836
Grenoble, Isdre, Arts Reunited . . . . 1824
.
Havre, Seine, Pleasantness . . . . . 1775 .
.. Three H's . . . . . 1793
.
Isigny, Calvados, New Alliance . . . . . ] 839
Lagnon , Gironde, Brotherhood . . . . .1771
Laval, Mayence, Constancy . . . . . 1805 .
Libourne, Gironde, School of the Moral . . . . 1832
Lille, North, United Friends . . . . doubtful
.. Chapter of Lille . . . . . 1785
.. Fidelity . . . . . . 1781
Limoges, Upper Vienne, United Artists . . . 1827 .
Perfect Union . . . doubtful
Lonjumeau , Seine Oise, Ceres and the Friends of Agriculture . 1836
Longwy, Mosel, Philanthropic Reunion . . . . 1819
Lorient, Morbihan , Nature and Philanthropy . . . 1838
Scotch Unity . . . . doubtful
Lugon , Vendee , Constancy Crowned . . . . 1807
Lyon, Rhone , Asylum for the Wise . . . . 1828
Candour . . . . . .
1783
Knights of the Temple . . . . 1835
Children of Hiram . . . . 1825
Square and the Compasses . . . . 1824
Polar Star . . . . . 1826
.
Perfect Silence . . . . . 1763
Simplicity and Firmness . . . . 1830
Sincere Friendshi p . . . . 1782
.
Union and Confidence . . . . 1824
Lyon La Guillotiere, Suburb of Lyon , Friends of the Arts . 1840
Lyon Croix Rousse .. Beneficence and Friendship 1831
Macon, Saone Loire, Arts Reunited . . . . 1820
Mans, Sarthe, Arts and Commerce . . . . . 1833
Marmande, Lot Garonne , Napoleon the Great . . doubtful
Marseille, Rhone, Disciples of Solomon and Amiable Wisdom . 1801
Friends of Amiable Wisdom . . . 1801
Pupils of Minerva . . . . 1802
Scotch . . . . . . 1840
French of St. Louis . . . . 1786
Inseparables . . . . .1806
Marseille, Rhone, Perfect Union 1828
Perfect Sincerity . . • • . 1767
Reunion of Chosen Friends . . . 1801
Regenerated Brothers . • • doubtful
' . . . . 1784
Melu n, Seine Marne, United Hearts . 1841
Children of Hiram . . •
. ¦ • 1829
Metz , Mosel , Friends of Truth . •
School of Wisdom and the Triple Agreement united doubtt.
Mezilles, Yonne, Brothers of the True Light . . • 1825
. ¦ • • x ™t>
Mezin , Lot Garonne, Wisdom • ¦
Moissac , Tarn Garonne, Perfect Union . . " ™?
Montauban .. Arts Reunited • 1821
Perfect Union . ¦ • doubtful
Montbrison , LOire, Commanders of the Phoenix . . • 1829
. ¦
Moulins , Allier, Peace ancl Union . •
¦ \°f
• v
Miihlhausen , Upper Rhine , Perfect Harmony . . 1808
Nancy, Meurthe , St. John of Jerusalem . . . . 17/-
Nantes, Lower Loire, Mars and the Arts . . . . l»UU
Peace and Union . • • . l i/b
¦
Niort, Both Sevres, Friends of Order . • • ™
Orleans, Loiret, Hiramites . .
Parthenay, Both Sevres , Happy Reunion of Mars
-
^ ' , , '
and the Arts . 1838 .. ' „„
¦,. „
Peri gueux, Dordogne, Persevering Friends i , ' i ,^
Perp ignan , East Pyrenees, Regulari ty of the Arts ot St. John . 1700
Union . . • • • l < °°
Pertuis , Vau cluse, Triump h of Friendsh i p . . • • |786
Pezenas , Heraul t, Reunion of Perfect Friendship . . - i7»b
Pethiviers, Loiret, Admirers of the Great Architect . • 1Mb
Poitiers, Vienne, Reunited Friends . . • • " {qno
True Harmony . y "*
Reims, Mame, Sincerity |S04
Rennes, Ille Velaine, Perfect Union . {748
¦ My
Roanne, Loire, Scotch of Roanne
Rochefort, Lower Charante , Perfect Peace . . dou °""*
Rochelle .. Perfect Union . . . 1752
Arts Reunited . . ¦ 1809
Rodez, Aveyron , Perfect Union . 1762
Rouen , Lower Seine, Arts Reunited . . . . 1807
Perfect Equality . . . . 1785
Perseverance Crowned . • • 1817
Sincere Friendship . . . . 1822
Constancy Proved . . . . 1823
..
' .. Truth 1835
18-4
Rueil, Seine Oise, Believers of Hiram .
SabltS, Sarthe, Industry and Friendship . . . . 18d/
. • ¦ 18d/
Saint Aignan , Loir Cher, Perfect Concord
Saint Die, Vegesen, Incorruptible Friends of the Vosgesemans . 1809
Saint Esprit Les Bayoime, Landes, Perfect Reunion . . 1806
Saint Etienne, Loire, Tbe Elected . . . . . 1828
Saint Germain En Laye, Seine Cise, Good Faith . . . 1820
Saint Mihiel, Maas, Mysterious Forge . . . . 181J
Saumur, Maine Loire, Perseverance . . . . 1835
Sens, Yonne , Concord . . • • ¦ ¦ 1777
Sezanne , Marne, Consolatory Friendshi p . . . . 1810
Strassburg, Lower Rhine, United Brothers . . . • loll
Toulon , Var, Peace and Perfect Union . . . . 1SOU
.. Reunion j 7°g
., True Egyptian Friends United . • • 18U^
 Toulon , Var, True Friends of the Arts ,o,
Toulouse , Upper Garonne, Reunited Hearts ' ' ' f ~J
.
Constancy . ,0/!*
Encyclopedical . ' _' ,707
French , St. Josep h of the Arts ! 1777
Perfect Harmony . . jgo c
Wisdom . . '
_ , Z
J J
Sincere Union . JO? Q
„ •• , ,. , •• _ True F "ends Reunited ' '
Pournon , Ardech . . 1770
e, Perfect E quality " ! „,
Tours, Indre Loire, Children of the Loire ' ' ' itto
Valenciennes , North , Perfect Union and St. John
of the Desert
Reunited . . 17 oQ
Vernon Sur Seine, Eure, Star . ' , '£?
Versailles Seine Oise, Philanthr op ic Friends ' ' '
Vesoul, Upper Saone, United Hearts . " 7 q,2
. ' f of'
¦
Vienne, Isere, Concord . . . ' " *°*~
.. Perseverance . ' ;! ,'
Villefranche , Aveyron, Cordiality . ' i—J .
Rhone, Perfect Union ' ' ' li' .
Vitry, Le Frangois, Marne, Virtue Reunited " " ' j gfo
MILITARY LODGE ."
10th Regt. Infantry, Cirnus . lg2 .
COLONIES .
¦Africa.
Algiers, Algerine, Belisarius . . . „
183
„ •• •• African Regeneration . ,0. 7
B6na .. Ishmael ' '
• • . .'
Inseparabl e Arts . " iffi
TR qo
Budscha .. Numidian Brothers .
Jegelli .. Scipio . . . ;
• • ,0^
}|36
than .. French of the African Union . ' ' l ooi
Setit .. Children of Mars . ' ' {o, 2
St. Andre , Island of Bourbon , Reunited Friends ' ' i s9i
St - Denis Perfect Harmony ' ' '
•• . J775
Friendshi p . . . doubtful
America.
Basse Terre, Guadaloupe , St. John of Scotland 17fi q
Cayenne, Guinea, Perfect Union . ' Jo™
Fort Royal , Martini que, Tri gonometry . ,„,
Marie Galante , Guadaloupe , Brotherhood . ' '
' ' 1090
Pointe a Petre .. Peace . . . '_
•• Disciples of Hiram . ' f^
low
••
. .
St. Pierre, Martinique , Concord . . " jg™
Harmony .
-
. ; ; I803
Reunion of Arts . 1010
•Trinity .. St. Trinity - . . '
. '
. 1841
FOREIGN .
Europe.
Brussel, Belgium , True Friends of the Union \a v.
Frankfort , Germany. Frankfort Eagle . \ay>
Geneva , Swi tzerland , Star of Leman . J OM
Brotherhood . . ' ^
j ^nn
 Asia.
Colombo, Ceylon , Union . . . . . 1822
.
Poudicherry, East Indies, Cosmopolitish Brotherhood . . 1821
Africa.
Cape Town , Cape of Good Hop e, Hope . . . 1.S24
Port Louis, Mauritius, Fifteen Articles • . . . 1786
Peace . . . . 1790 .
Triple Hope . . . 1778 .
St. Louis, Gambia, Perfect Union . . . . 1824 .
America.
Guayaquil , Ecuador, Philanthropy . . . . doubtful
Porto Rico, West Indies, Restoration . . . 1804
.
St. Jago de Cuba, West Indies, Brotherly Love . . doubtful
Savannah , United States, Hope . . . . 1819 .
I NACTIVE on D ORMANT LODGES .
Paris, Brother Artists . . . . . . 1841
.. Phoenix . . . . . . 1842 .
Abbeville, Somme, Perfect Harmony . . . 1842 .
Agen, Low. Garonne, Reunited Hearts . . . 1842
.
Avignon, Vaucluse, Benificent Reunion . . . 1842
.
Bastia , Corsica, Perfect French Harmony . . . 1841.
Calais, Pas de Calais, Arts Reunited beyond the Seas . . 1841
Chartres , Eure Loire, French . . . . 1841.
Dijon , Cote d'Or, Seven Philanthropists . . . 1842 .
Douay, North , Perfect Union . . . . . 1842
Grandville, Manche, Masonic Interpreter . . . 1842
.
Grenade, Upper Garonne , Beneficence . . . 1810 .
Libourn e, Gironde, School of Morals . . . . 1841
Lyon , RhOne, Square , Rule , and Compasses . . . 1842
Marseille, Rhone, United Brothers . . . . 1841
Montditier, Somme, Perfect Equality . . . . 1841
Montpellier, Herault , Friends Reunited in Good Faith . . 1840
Morlaix, Finistere, Loyal Union . . . 1842
.
Nimes, Garol, Anonymous Benefit . . . 1842
.
.. Philanthropy . . . . 1842.
Pont-a- Mousson , Memthe, Regeneration . . . 1840
Strasburg, North Rhine, Faithful Hearts . . . 1841
True Brotherhood . . . 1841
Sully, Loiret, Union . . . . . 1841
.
Toulouse , Upper Garonne, Wisdom . . . . 1840
M ILITARY L ODGE ,
Cavalry—2nd Regiment of Lancers.
Mars and Union . . . . 1842
.
Basse Terre, Guadeloupe, St. John of Scotland
Nyon, Switzerland , True Helvetic Union . . . 1810
.
Rio Janeiro, Brazils, French Shield . . . . 1835
 G E R M A N LODGES.
-Ajx-Ja- Chapelle, Pruss 'n . Constancy and Concord .
Alfeld, Hanover , Louise Auguste (a) . . ' 177°
Altenberg, Saxon Altenber g, Archimedes . i
Altona , Holstein , Charles of the Rock . . " " 7a .
Alzey, Hesse, Charles at the New Light
Anclam , Prussian Pomerania , Julius of the Three Sensitive
Angerburg, East Prussia , Louise and the Consoling Angel (a)Hearts 1770
Arnsbei-g, Prussian Westphalia , Union of Westphalia 1811
if A r ,
Aniswaldc, Prussia , Frederick William of Hope . " ls '
Arolsen , Waldeck , George at the Growing Palm ' ' 99
. lajf
Ashersleben , Prussia, Three Leaves . ' ' j- .?-
Aurich , Hanover, United Freedom of the East ' '
Bautzen , Saxony, Golden Wall . .
Bayreuth , Bavaria , Grand Lodge, the Sun . _ ' 1S09
. . 1?4j
Eleusis of Silence
Beeskoiv, Prussia , Immortality . . '
Berlin, Prussia, Grand National A.other Lodge of Prussia 181 r
, called
the Three Globes . . . i 7iJ0
Grand Lod ge of the Kingdom . . . 1773
Grand Lod ge of Prussia , called The Royal York
flf* T^YIpTirlcliin _.
r Age ofV TUnion
Lod • ' . ' • • • 1752
. 1 7S .
.. Flaming Star . . ' '
. . . 1770
Three Serap liims . 1774
Secresy . . . . . '
1775
Three Golden Keys . 17Ra
' '
Golden Ship . . . .
' \y J.
Pegasus . . . . 1? 7,
•• Constan cy \ 1775
Pilgrim • 1776
Golden Plough .
Ram - . .
'
.
' ' J77 6
.' I77(j
Frederick William and Crowned Justice .
Conquering Truth . . . . '
Immortality . .
•• • ¦ Pythagoras , Flaming Star . . '
Bernburg, Anhalt Alexes , Constancy . ' io ]7
Birkenfeld , Oldenburg, True to Duty ' ' fj,i
Boehum , Prussian Westphalia , Three Rose Buds ' 7 705
Boitzenburg, Mecklenburg Schwerin , Vesta at the Three Steeples '
-Brandenburg, Prussia, Frederick Lodge, Virtue 1822
Braunsberg, East Prussia , Bruno at the Double Cross ' 1770
Brunswick , Brunswick, Charles's Crowned Pillar ' 18 _fi
Bremen , Hans Town , Olive Branch . . ' 174.1
' J ? ,J
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Breslau , Prussian Silesia, Frederick at the Golden Sceptre .
1776
Provincial Lodge of Silesia
Three Death Gri ps . ' 1741
™m '
•• • • • • . : 1774
Bell . . . .
Grand Provincial Lodge of Silesia . ' I77fi
' 1816
Horus . . . igjo
Brieg, Prussian Silesia, Frederi ck at the Rising Sun ' '
Bromberg, Prussian Posen , Janus . . . ' 1783
' ' J 7 84
Burg, Prussia, Prov. Saxony, Adam at the Holy Castl e .
Butzow , Mecklenbur g Schwerin , Urania of Concord ' J82I
. 18?1
 Calbc, Prussia , Prov. Saxony, Firm Castle . . . 1820
Camin, Prussian Pomerania , Holy John (<z) . . - .. I78O
Celle, Hanover, Brilliant Star . . . . .
Charlottenberg, Prussia, Louise, the Crowned Beauty (a) . . 1801
Chemnitz , Saxony, Harmony, (the Hohenstein Lodge is incorporated
with this) . . . . . . . . 1799
Cleve, Rhine Province , Prussia , Hope . . . . 1775
Coblentz , Rhine Province, Prussia, Frederick Love of Country . 1817
Coburg, Saxe Coburg, Truth, Freedom and Ri ght .
Colberg, Prussian Pomerania, William , Manual Strength . . 1809
Coloene, Rhine Province, Prussia , Minerva , United Countrymen . 1815
Agrippina, formerly Secret of
the Three Kings , . 1824
Conitz , West Prussia , Frederick of True Friendship . . 1790
Cosel, Prussian Silesia, Triump hant Truth . . . .1812
Coeslin , Prussian Pomerania , Maria . . . .1777
Cottbns, Prussia, Well in the Desert . . . 1797
.
Custrin, Prussia, Frederick William . . . . 1782
Dantzic, Prussia , Eugenia . . . . . 1777
.
Union . . . . . 1790.
Darmstadt , Hesse, John the Evangelist, Union . . . 1817
Delitzsch , Prov. Saxony, Prussia, Victor (a) . . ¦ 1821
Dresden, Saxony, Grand Lodge of Saxony . . . . 1812
Three Swords . . . . . 1739
Golden Apple . . . . 1739
.
Duisburg, Rhine Province, Prussia , German Castle . . 1820
Dusseldorf, Rhine Province, Prussia, Three United . . 1806
Eimbeck, Hanover , George . .
Eisleben , Prov. Saxony, Prussia , Blossoming Tree . . 1816
Elbei'feltl, Rhine, Prussia, Plerman at the Land of the Hills . 1815
Elbing, Prussia, Constantia of the Crowned Union . . 1773
Embden , Hanover, True Faithfulness (a) . . . . 1789
Peace and Concord (a) . . . .
~ Emmerich, Rhine, Prussia, Pax inimica Malis . . . 17S8
Erlangen , Bavaria, Lebanon of the Three Cedars .
Erfurt , Prov. Saxony, Prussia, Charles of the Three Eagles . 1787
Frankenthal , Rhine Prov., Bavaria, Liberality on the Rhine
Frankfort-on-the- Maine, Hanstown, Mother Lodge of the Eclectic
Union
Concord . . . 1742
Socrates and Firmness
Charles and the New Light .
.. Frankfort Eagle
Rising Morning Li ght . 1817
Frankfort-on-the-Oder , Prussia , Plonest Heart . . . 1770
Freiberg, Saxony, Three Hills . . . . .1798
Furth, Bavaria, Truth and Friendship . . . .
Gardelegen, Pro v. Saxony, Prussia, Frederick True to Country (a) 1820
Gera, Reuss, Archimedes Eternal Union . . . . 1803
Giessen, Hesse, Louis and Truth . . . . .
Glatz, Prussian Silesia, Three Triangles . . . . 1766
Glogau, Prussian Silesia, Virtuous Union . . . . 1803
Gnesen , Prussia, The Wreathed Cube . . . . 1804
Gorlitz, Prussian Silesia, Crowned Serpent . . ¦ 1816"
Goslar, Hanover, Herzynia . . . . . 1809
^otha , Saxe Gotha , Ernest . ¦ . . . . 1774
Gottingen, Hanover, Augusta . . . . .
Graudenz , West Prussia , Victoria . . . . 1799
.
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 Greitswald , Prussian Pomerania , Charles of the Three
Gumlnnnen , West Prussia , Golden Lyre . Grips ' 1 7r, "
' ±
Gustrow , Mecklenburg. Schwerin , Phosbus Apollo ' ' ' }S
Halbers tadt, Prov Saxony, Prussia , Three Hammers . ' £
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Halle , Prussia , Three Swords . ' 1776
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Hamburg h, Hanstown , Grand Lod ge of Hambro _ _
' . 1740
Absalom . ,-.,,
St. George . ' ' "
. . . ] m3
Emanuel . . .
Ferdinande Caroline . _ ' 177-1
Ferdinand of the Rock . . ' 1770
1705
Provincial Lod ge of Saxony
Three Roses . . . ' "
Golden Ball . ' 177Q
i 77n
Pelican . $°
Red Eagle .
Inseparable Union . . .
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IT. ™ VI , Hanover, "• „ , Boaner f? es and Brotherl y Love . . 1832
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Oak, («) '
Hamm , Prussia , Brilliant Light ' ' '
' ,_ .„.
Hanover , Hanover , Grand Lod ge of Hanover ' ' ' '
Frederick ' " ' ITVuo °
Black Bea r . ' " ,,,.
, ••
Haarburg
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Cedar . . "
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Hayelberg, Prussia, Temple of Friendship and Charity ' '
Heihgenstadt, Prov. Saxony, Prussia , Temple of . 180'!
Helmstadt , Brunswick, Caroline Friends),/,,
nuiw,mp .' |« mm 0
.
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H ^ r !, Prov.
Hettstadt « J. '
Saxony, Prussia , Hol y Fire, (a) .
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Hi dburghausen , Saxon Meini gen, Garland . '
Hildesheim, Hanover, Temple of Silence . of Rue fi) ' '
. . . 17G2
,T . ;; •• Gates of Eternity .
Hirshberg, Prussian Silesia, Test Source . ' ' ' 18"> -i
Hof, Bavaria, Morning Star (c) '
•¦ •¦ Golden Scales .
Hohenstein , Saxony, (See Chemnetz _ '
iioya , Hanover, St. Albans of the True Fire (a) '
Inowraclaw, Prussian Posen, Cross of Kni ghthood ; ' '
Insterburg, East Prussia , Prussian Eagle ' ] 8->o
Iserlolm , Prussian Westphalia , German Honesty _ ' '
Jever, Oldenburg, Silver Kev (a lA * " ii7n 7 J fi
b
ni burg aSt
THr^, LowerT '^ ?mssia Prus sian Castle of St. John _ _ 1804
Juhch Prussia , Truth' and
Concord of the Seven United
„ . , , Brethren . ; -, qit:
Komgsherg and Schwedt , Prussia (in the New Mark)
Temple Brandenburg;
. of Virtue, meets at Schwedt 1770
Komgsherg, East Prussia , Three Crowns .
{J Q Q
Provincial Lodge of Prussia
Death's Head 1 , .
„ •• •• Phcenix have united, • • "'* 7779
Krotoszyn , Prussian Posen, Temple of True Duty ' '
.
Kyntz Prussian Brandenburg,.. Constantia . . " T7K4 L„
an^Jerg St. John . j !y£
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San "'' '' ' ° "* ^^^ ™
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Leipsic, Saxony, Minerva (_ )
' 18
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.. Baldwin (6) . \™
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•• • . . : ; 17 99
 Liegnitz , Prussian Silt'_i„, l' ythngortis to the Three Hei ghts • 1812
Loeweuberg .. Road Pointer . , . . 1795
Lubeck , Hans Town, Cornocop iu . . . . . 1772
Globe . . .. . 1779
Luckenwalde, Prussian Brandenburg, Star of Plope («¦) . . 1812
Lunehurg, Planover, Celina, of the Three Steeples .
Luxemburg, Luxemherg, Blucher of Wahlstadt . . . 1821
Magdeburg, Prov. Saxony Prussia , Ferdinand of Felicity . . 1761
Harproerates . . . .1826
Mayence, Hesse Rhein, Friends of Unity . . . .
Marienhurg, West Prussia, Victoria . . , . . 1764
Marienwerder .. Golden Harp . . . . 1803
Meiningen, Saxon Meiningen , Three Carnations .
Memel, East Prussia, Memp his . . . . 1776
.
Merseburg, Prov. Saxony Prussia , Golden Cross . . . 1805
Meseritz, Prussian Posen , Louise of Immortality . . . 1818
Minden , Prussian Westphalia, Wittekind , 1780
Muhlbausen , Prov. Saxony Prussia, Herman . . . 181.7
Mulheim, Rhine Prussia, Broich . . . . 1839.
Munden , Hanover, Pythagoras of the Three Streams
Munster, Prussian Westphalia, Three Beams of the New Temp le 1778
Naumburg, Prov. Saxony Prussia, Three Great Lights . . 1827
Neidenburg, East Prussia, Strong Castle on the Neid (a) . . 1812
Neisse, Prussian Silesia, Six Lilies . . . . . 1811
White Dove . . . . 1773
New Brandenburg, Mecklenbevg Strelitz, Union of Peace . . 1815
'
New Ruppin , Prussian Brandenburg, Ferdinand . . . 1811
Nienhurg, Hanover, George . . . . .
Nordhausen, Prov. Saxony Prussia, Crowned Innocence . . 1790
Nurnburg, Bavaria, Joseph of Union . . . .
Three Arrows . . .. .
Offenbach , Hesse, Charles and Charlotte, Faithful (a)
Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Golden Stag . . . .1753
Oel s, Prussian Silesia, William , . . . . 1824
Oppeln .. Psyche . . . • . 1817
Osnabruck, Hanover, Golden Wheel . . . . 1806
Osterode .. Temple of Concord (a)
Paderhorn Prussian Westphalia, Bri ght Flaming Sword . . 1803
Parchim , Mecklenburg Schwerin, Frederica Ludovica , Faithful . 1818
Perleberg, Prussian Brandenburg, Pearl at the Hill . . . 1829
Plauen, Saxony, Pyramid . . . . . .1789
Posen , Prussia, Temple of Concord . . . . .18P6
Potsdam .. Teutonia of Wisdom . . . . 1809
Minerva . . . . . . 1708
Firmness . . . . . . 1788
Prenzlau .. Truth . . . . . 1795
Rastenburg, East Prussia, Three Gates of the Temple . . 1818
Rathenow, Prussia , Faith and Strength (a) . . . . 1817
Ratibor, Prussian Silesia, Frederick William and Justice . . 1835
llegensburg, Bavaria , Charles (b)
Reichenbacb , Prussian Silesia, Aurora of the Metal Chain . . 1813
Rendsburg, Holstein, Charles (a)
Rostock, Mecklenburg Schwerin, Provincial Lodge of Mecklenburg
Temple of Truth . . 1800
Prometheus . , . 1821
Irene of the Three Stars . 1760
Provincial Lodge of Mecklenburg
Schweri n and Strelitz .
Three Stars . . . 1760
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Schwedt , (see Konisberg) . " " • - 1820
Schweidnitz , Prussian Silesia , Hercules _ 1778
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Stargard , West Prussia , Urania («) " " ._ ,„
S argard Prussian Pomerania , Julius ' ' ' J?J?
to Union
Stendal , Prov. Saxony, Prussia Gnldw, A™ , _ ' " • l/7o
Stettin , Prussian P ^em^l^^™™ ' ¦
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Stolp, Prussia Pomerania, JondnfS *"* Fai 'h J

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Thorn , West Prussia , Basket of Beans ' " " 1813
I llsit , East Prussia, Louise fa) ' ' *' - 1793
Irene " ' / • 1799
Torgau, Prov. Saxony, Prussia , Frederick ' - ] 824
William (a)
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Treptow on th'e Rega, Prussian Pome^' W ' }«'?
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Warendorf , Prussian*West^haliaf Ga "_ f 1?* ' "^
Weimar, Saxon Weimar , Amelia feion («)
™teeuon . . 1817
Weissenfels, Prov. Saxony, Prussia , '
Three White Rocks " '
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Wesel , Rhine, Prussia, Golden Svvord lrCle °f Unity(a) " " 1817

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 P O E T R Y.

THE EXPRESS TO OGYGIA.—ODYSS. V.

(iN ENGLISH TROCIIAICS.)

THUS he spoke ; and him the Herald , Argus-slayer , strai ght obey 'd.
Bracing on the beauteous sandals, heav 'nly, golden, that upstaid
Li ght in air his footsteps speeding with the spirit of the winds,
O'er the boundless earth and ocean , then took he the rod that binds
Mortal eyes in soothing slumbers, or at will loosens from sleep.
Bearing this in hand , strong flew the Argus-slayer, till the steep
Pieria gaining, down he darted throug h the ether on the waves.
Like the larus bird, that 'mid the vast and barren sea-gul phs laves
Frequent in the spray its pinions, hunting for its finny prey,
So o'er many a billow sweeping, Hermes hastened on his way.
But when he had ni gh'd the islet , set afar amid the sea,
From the azure depth ascending onward by the beach went he,
Till he reach'd a mi ghty grotto. There the fair-tress'd nymph did dwell.
Her within he found ; a huge fire blazed there , sending fragrant smell
Of split cedar and frankincense o'er the islet. She in song,
From within was sweetly warbling, while her web she ran along,
Weaving with a golden shuttle. All around the grot had grown
Verdant groves of scented Cyprus , poplar, alder. There had flown
Many wide-wing'd birds to roost—owls, hawks, and divers with long-
tongue,
Dwellers by the deep, whose business is the ocean paths among.
Round the cavern 'drock a young vine, spreading, hung its clustering load,
While from four con tiguous fountains, streams of limp id waters flow'd.
Now near, now 'apart meand'ring through soft meads of violets blue,
And green parsley. Had a god alighting looked upon that view,
Even he would have admired , and felt his spiri t pleasure-thrill'd .
There the Herald , Argus-slayer , pausing, gazed with rapture fill'd.

ToxOTES.
 THE THREE STARS.
(From the Gentian of __ . C'ramoUni.)

BY UnO. C. A. AUSTIN , OF LODGE 698.

Know'st thou the brightest Paradise of Souls,

Au Eden, where the plants of heaven bloom ,
A portion that the Master great bequeath'd
When came the dreadful hour of his doom ?
Know 'st thou it then ?
'Tis Faith, 'tis Faith so bright,
That strengthens, elevates, ancl leads us
To Eternal Light.

Know st thou that lofty feeling of the breast,

That self-denying doth for oth ers plan,
That soothes a Brother 's pain, a Brother's pleasure shares,
Beholds with tears of joy the happiness of man ?
Know'st thou it then ?
'Tis love, 'tis sacred Love
That lights the gloom of night , ancl calls
The sunshine from above.

Know st thou the Star that shines e en in the grave,

Through Life's dark voyage a bright heavenly Guide,
That when Earth 's happiness hath sunk to dust ,
As Masons "yet a greater far " shall teach us to provide ?
Know'st thou it then ?
'Tis Hope dispels the gloom ;
For her sweet flowers blossom
E'en around the lonely tomb.

The RIasons ' workshop then, adorn these three,

Bright Faith, and Love, and Hope, for ever kind;
Thus Brethren , hail I our Masonry—
Thus are the Future's portals open'd to the mind.
Receive Salvation 1 Know the Light divine,
Ancl Heaven itself hereafter shall be thine.
 LINES.
SUGGESTED ON THE BIRTHDAY 01? MY ONLY CHILD , WHILST ON MV
VOYAGE TO AFRICA , SEPTEMBER 1, 1845.

Go, twine me a chaplet that 's fresh and sweet,

Of spring-buds both young ancl wild ;
'Tis a m orn of joy, and fain would I greet
The birth of my only child !
O linger ye not, lest the fleeting hours
Bring a change which may spoil the votiveflowers.
They must smiling come from the meadowy vale,
Where no step has sought to tread
On its velvet bosom, nor unkind gale
Hath rudely swept o'er their head ;
Where no grazing herd nor ungenial showers
Have disturbed the hope of these votive flowers.
In the fragrant hedge-rows they free must grow.
Unseen to the passer-b y.
In swelling beauty, all eager to blow
In smiles of the vernal sky.
Such only are meet for affection's bowers,
Ancl these are the sweetest for votiveflowers.
Or haste to those haunts of our earlier days—
The embow'ring greenwood lane;
Or the stealthy copse, where the sun 's fierce rays
Seek an envied place iu vain ;
Those sacred spots of our happiest hours,
And for innocence pluck the votiveflowers.
No meadows of green, my beautiful child,
No melodious lanes are here ;
No fairy-copse—but an ocean wild,
And a waste of waters drear ;
There 's the foaming billow , the cloud which lowers
So oft with alarms, but no votive f lowers !
Yet a father 's anxious heart can yield,
And his thoughtful love supply,
What never yet grew in the richest field,
Nor bloomed in the warmest sky—
The tearful hope, and daily prayer,
That thou and thy mother may know no care.
Ancl the kiss and tear I '11 dail y bestow
On thy p icture next my breast .
And supplian t for thee and thy mother bow,
That both may by heaven be blest
With graces of soul, which y ield sweeter powers.
To soothe ancl adorn, than all votiveflowers.
THOMAS E YRE POOLE , __. M.,
Colonial and Garrison Chaplain,
Sierra Leone, Africa.
 TO LADY C N,

ON HER FINAL DEPARTURE FROM NASSAU , N. P., BAHAMAS.

T HE tributary tear may cease to flow .

Which glistens now in many a downcast eye ;
But grateful memory will not soon forego,
Nor let thee in oblivion quickly die.
The fairest flower itself, which fills the air
With blooming fragran ce, and provokes delight ,
Must pass away; yet long will linger there
The charm upon the heart, when lost to sight!
Thy last adieu will soon be heard no more,
Borne far away with thee upon the wind 1
Yet recollection oft will trace the shore,
And sadly call the parting scene to mind.
For, oh, too closely to each heart hath found
Thy cheering worth—too long endear'd this spot—
Too strongly by its genial influence bound
Our best affections, soon to be forgot!
Thine were the manners of the chasten'd mind ,
Which rank adorn, without inflicting pain ;
Thine was the learning of the heart—to find
By Christian deeds to teach , nor teach in vain 1
Thy charity,* to Heaven's exemplar true,
And tender e'en the lowliest to offend ;
No harsh degrees of caste, nor colour knew,
When suffering virtue pleaded for a friend.
Rear'd in religion's lap, it purely glow'ci,
By no forbitWing rule of envy bound ;
In one unvaried stream of kindness flow 'd,
And pour'd its healing balm on all around !
Oft will the blessing with thy name ascend
From many a palm-thatch'd cot of Afric's race ;
Oft will the voice of humble sorrow blend
Its pray er for thee, before the Throne of Grace !
Farewell ! the whispering breeze, the restless sail
Invite thee to thy dear—th y native land ;
There may thy virtues, as they shine, prevail ;
Respect, more true, they never can command.

* This excellent lady, no less respected for her pri vate virtues than public example , was
a sincere friend and liberal supporter of the cause of Freemasonry during her residence in
Nassau , which she invariably upheld by word and deed.
 Yet, take this wish. AVhen Time shall droop his wing
Upon thy form, with years ancl blessings rife;
Oh, may an honour 'd age around thee fling
The dying graces of an honour'd life !
And, when shall come the hour of life's long night,
By God decreed for thee, as all, to die—
Oh, may th y spirit calmly wing its flight,
To scenes of blissful immortality !
THOMAS E YRE POOLE, A.M.
Written Auguit, 1844.

THE MASON'S BOWL.

COME quaff the Mason 's drink !
Fill high the Mason's bowl :
Till o'er its crystal brink ,
The drops of nectar roll.
As sunlight to the fiow'r,
As flow'ret to the bee ;
As Hope in Sorrow's hour;
The luscious draught will be. -
Then quaff,"&c.
Fear not with thirsty lip,
Thejewell'd cup to drain ;
He never yet did sip
Who quaffed it not again.
'Tis gracious dew distilled
From heaven 's richest vine.
By Love the cup is filled
With Charity divine.
Then quafl^ &c.
No barren toast was e'er
Drunk in its living stream.;
No promise, light as air,
To cheat with mocking beam.
For moral health, and light,
At once are his who drains
The fountain of delight,
The Mason's cup contains.
Then quaff, &c.
W. SNEWINO .
Robert Burns Lotl ge.

VOL. IV. K
 THE SWEET GIRLS OF DERRY.

(SONG .)

OOH the sweet girls of Derry

Are comel y ancl merry,
They have li ps like the cherry,
And teeth like the snow ;
But it is not in nature
To dwell on each feature,
That every sweet creature
In Derry can show.
Och hone, so pleasant and merry,
They 're quite captivating—the sweet girls of Derry.

What can I compare to

Their soft silken hair too ?
It would'nt be fair to
Thus rival the crow ;
And och , 'neath its creeping,
What fair necks, are peeping
Besides—all in keeuins—
A freckle or so.
Och hone, so charming and merry,
They bother 'd me quite—did the sweet girls of Derry.

To see their eyes glitter,

It made my heart twitter ,
But their frown—och its bitter ,
When clouded their brows ;
Then their dear little noses
Seem made to smell posies,
And their breath shames the roses,
'Ti s sweet as the cow's.
Och hone, so comely and merry,
They 're beauties outright—are the sweet girls of Derry.

So sweet too each voice is,

Its music so choice is,
M y heart still rejoices
To think of the strain;
And to shew how they bind me ,
I left them behind me,
But soon they shall find me
In Derry again.
Och hone, so pleasant and merry,
I'll live till I die—for the sweet girls of Derry.
J. E. CABPENTEII ,
Windsor Cottage, Leamington.
 MASONIC INTELLIGENCE.

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS

-GF ENGLAND.
Q UARTERLY CONVOCATION , FEBRUARY 4, 1846.
Present, E. C. R. Alston , T. H. Hall, and B. B. Cabbell , as Z. H. J.,
with other present ancl past Grand Officers, and present and past
Principals of subordinate Chapters.
The minutes of the last Grand Chapter were read and confirmed.
Two new Charters were granted.
The business was not otherwise important, and the Grand Chapter
adjourned at an early hour.

UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLA ND.

COMMITTEE OF MASTERS.

February 25.—Presen t, Bros. Mc Mullen, Savage, Goldswortby, and

L. Chandler.
The Annual Audit reported the accounts of the past year.
The Report of the Board of General Purposes was read—the finan cial
statement was in all respects satisfactory, there being nearl y 10001. to
the credit of the Fund of Benevolence, ancl n early 600/ . to the credit of
the Board of General Purposes.
The Board recommended the addition of Fifty pounds annually to
the salary of the first clerk, Bro. Wm. Farnfield, as a reward for twenty
years' services.
They bad reprimanded the Master of the Neptune Lodge, No. 22,
for misconduct, and admonished the Master of the Robert Burns ,
25, for making an incorrect return of a petitioning Hrother ; they had
also severely reprimanded Bro. W. H. Carlin , P. G. Steward , for enter-
ing Gran d Lod ge in December as a Grand Steward.*
NOTICES OF MOTIONS.

Bro. R. G. A LSTON , J. G. W. — " That any motion rejected , or not con-

firmed b y Grand Lod ge, be not brought forward again for two years."
Bro. SCARBOROUGH .—" That twenty pounds annuall y be granted b y
Grand Lod ge in aid of the library—ancl that ten pounds be allowed to
the assistant clerks to attend until nine in the evening."
Bro. D R . CRUOEFIX .—" That the sum of three hundred pounds be
annually allotted to from the fund of Masonic Benevolence, and app lied
to the payment of annuities to widows of annuitants on the Royal Ma-
sonic Benevolent Annuity Fund, under such regulations as the Com-
mittee of that Charity may submit for the appro v al of Grand Lodge."
* In the case of the Robert Burns ' Lod ge we think the matter might have been passed
over , the offence, if any, was too slight for censure ; and in the case of Bro. Carlin , a direc-
tion not lo repeat the indiscretion would have been more dignified than a severe reprimand .
\yi\t as \lVivme has its Reason , so it appears that Law has its R.uW.
 QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION.
March 4.—Present , R.W. Bro. R. Alston, P. G. M. Essex, as G.M
R. W. Major Shute, P. G. M., Bristol , as D. G. M.
., R. G. Alston , J. G. W., as S. G. W.
„ B. B. Cabbell, P. J. G. W., as J. G. W.,
Together with several Present and Past Grand Officers , Grand Stewards,
the Masters, Past Masters, and Wardens of the Grand Stewards Lod ge,
and the same of many other Lod ges.
The minutes of the last Quarterl y Communication were then read ;
previous to their confirmation , Dr. C RUOEFIX expressed his regret that
such a mere skeleton of the admirable address of the M. W. Grand
Master on the grea t question of the Prussian Lodges and the Jewish
Freemasons hacl been suffered to be recorded, it was more than unjust
to their Gran d Master.
The Grand Master in the Chair coincided in the opinion. The
minutes were then confirmed.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Z ETLAND was then , by general acclam a-
tion , elected Most Worshi pful Grand Master for the year ensuing. The
Brethren rose simultaneousl y and paid his Lordship grand honours.
THE R EPORTS of the Boards of Benevolence were approved.
T HE R EPORT of the Board of General Purposes was then read and
ordered to be entered on the minutes.
Bro. R. G. A LSTON with drew his notice of motion " to prevent any
rejected or non-confirmed motions from being renewed for two years.'
THE MASONIC LIBRARY.
Bro. SCARBOROUGH rose and addressed the Gran d Lodge on the subject
of his motion for granting twenty pounds annuall y in support of the
Masonic Library, and expressed his surprise that so vital a subject,
which had occupied the attention of that highly educated and talented
Brother , the late Brother Harrison , should have been suffered to drop.-
After a lapse of so many years there was nothing but empty shelves,
and no prospect of any books; this was a discredi t to the Grand Lodge,
and a disgrace to those to whom the collection was entrusted. He
hoped the subject would elicit opinions from those better qualified than
himself, and he would therefore not occupy the time of the Grand Lodge
any furth er.
Bro. CRUCEFIX briefl y seconded the motion , and intimated that the
ori ginal projector of the library was not the late Bro. Harrison , but
the living Bro. Henderson , Past Grand Registrar, a Brother to whom
the Craft was greatly indebted , but for nothing more so than for 'the
zeal and spirit he infused at the time into the Brethren in support of
the library. He (Bro. C.) was among the first contributors, and he
remembered to have heard the late Lord Monson sta te his admiration
of the proposition , and that he would send his contributions, and among
them ah antique stone chair for the museum. Dr. Oliver and others
had sent in contributions. But for some untoward circumstances which
damped the ardour for intelligence at the time, the library would have
been by this time extensive, it was not too late to make it so, and not
suffer a libel on the Craft that it was behind every Mechanic's Institu-
tion in the world.
Bro. Mc M ULLEN said it was impossible to form a library, that some
time since 100/. was voted by the Grand Lodge, and could not be
expended , that few or no persons called to examine the books , &c. that
were collected , and that if they went into the subject to the exten t
required , the sum moved for was too small for any useful purpose.
When the 100/. was expended , the Board could appl y for another grant.
Bro. E LLIOTT spoke at some length and with much point in favour of
the grant , ancl was satisfied , if there were a proper Library, he for one
should be glad to avail himself of its inspection , and that many persons,
to his knowled ge, had called without being able to find the necessary
accommodation.
Bro. DOBIE enquired of the Grand Secretary how much of the 100/.
had been expended , and was informed abou t ten , certainly not more
than twelve pounds. He observed that the hours would be inconvenient
ancl the remuneration insuffi cient.
Som e other Brethren stated that to their kn owledge the want of
accommodation alone had prevented them from taking advan tage of the
present Library.
Bro. SCARBOROUGH in reply observed , that having hardly expected to
be seconded , he could but rejoice in the discussion , which, whatever
mi ght be tbe result, proved the necessity of enquiry into the case. It
was curious to look at the inconsistencies of some who hacl addressed the
Grand Lodge. Some members of the Board argued as if a Library
could not be procured , yet if they looked at page 124 of the Calendar,
they would find not only that between two and three hundred works
has been collected , but that the Grand Lodge hacl determined that
genera] works of history and science should be procured, yet strange to
say, the Board suspended their labours and kept 90/. unemployed. He
did not advocate so much Masonic as general literature ; the Masonic
works, even th ose by Preston, Oliver, and others were, in his opinion ,
all trash, and he called on the veteran Bro. Goldsworth y to say what
books on Masonry he hacl ever read.
Bro. CRUCEFIX , " I hope the observation on Dr. Oliver's Masonic
reputation arose from inadvertence."
Bro. GOLDSWORTHY , " I have never read any Masonic works but the
Ahiman Rezon and the Book of Constitutions. "
Bro. SCARBOROUGH then concluded his address. On a division the
motion was lost.
Bro. SCARBOROUGH rose and expressed his hope that the remainder of
the 100/. would be expended in a proper manner.
Bro. Mo M ULLEN then moved the addition of 50/. annually to the
salary of Bro. W. Farufield, ancl grounded his motion on the continued
services of that Bro ther for twenty years, which being seconded ,
Bro. CRUOEFIX objected to the gran t, for the reason that the salary
had been alread y twice raised , and that in addition Bro. F. received 50/.
as Secretary to the Benevolent Annuity Fund , which made his salary
altogether nearl y, if not quite , 250/. per annum , an amount in his
opinion, sufficient not only for services rendered , but for the require-
ments of any respectable person. That any superfluous means should
be devoted to the legitimate claims of the aged Breth ren. If any
exception should be taken to his view of the case, on the plea that 50/.
was paid by the Benevolent Annuity Fund and not by Grand Lodge,
it should be observed that the services of Bro. F. were abstracted in
proportion from the Grand Lod ge. He considered that further assist-
ance was required for the duties of the Secretary 's office , and not
 increased payment. He at the same time disclaimed any intention to
disparage the personal character or services of the Brother in question ,
but that the gran t was uncalled for, and not supported by any necessity
whatever ; he should therefore move as an amendmen t, "that such
portion of the Report of the Board of General Purposes be not con-
firmed."
Some discussion ensued, and the ori ginal motion was carried b y a
large majority.
ANNUITIES TO WIDOWS .

The Gran d Master in the Chair then called on Bro. Crucefix to pro-
ceed with his motion for Annui ties to Widows, which having been read
by the Grand Secretary,
Bro. CRUCEFIX briefly entered into the explanation of the subject ,
which was of too obvious and important a nature to require a lengthened
development ; it was a subject that came home to every thinking mind
ancl feeling heart—that the Grand Lodge having that evening rewarded
the twenty years' services of their clerk—would they refuse to cheer the
desolate home of the bereaved widow, m ore especially, as the means at
hand were most amp le for the purpose ; was she, whose husband had by
her permission supported Freemasonry, to he told when Providence had
removed her sole support, that she was to be cast on the desolation of
poverty in mockery and derision ? He spoke with less pain and greater
hope than ever, in the belief that the claims of the widow would at
length be met by a just ancl honourable acknowled gment, he would say
no more, ancl hardl y antici pating any occasion to reply, he moved the
resolution , which was seconded b y Bro. the Rev. W.J. Carver.
Bro. DOBIE thought that Bro. Cru cefix having held up his hand
against the grant to Bro. Farufield , was not warranted in alluding to that
matter in the support of his own motion , to which , however, he (Bro.
D.) did not otherwise object, than that it was not sufficientl y definite ,
and should be deferred for consideration and amendment. He would
enquire if the widows were to undergo election; in fact , there required
man y alterations in the motion before it could succeed.
Bro. P EARCE (Penzance) observed that widows at present were relieved
by the Board of Benevolence;—could not that mode of relief be
increased ?
Bro. Mq M ULLEN thought that a future time the motion would be en-
tertained with some prospect of success, but not at present. The Com-
mittee of the Benevolen t Annuity Fund , at the commencemen t of their
labours, intimated their desire, when that system was matured, to con-
sider the subject of annuities to widows, but they had twenty-five
annuita n ts, and a vast number of candidates , from which but f ew could
be selected at the next annual meeting; he trusted , th erefore, the mover
would withdraw the motion for the present.
Bro. W HITE (G. S.) entered into a very elaborate statement of the
Fund of Benevolence from 1840 to the present time, shewing that ,
although for the first three years of that period , the Grand Treasurer
hacl always been in advan ce ; that , subsequently, the case was otherwise,
for that the balance had so gradually increased in its favour , that on an
average of the last seven years there was an excess of income over expen-
diture of two hundred ancl fifty pounds. He thought it his duty to give
these particulars, but was not desirous of offering any opinion.
Bro. CRUCEFIX, in reply, congratulated the Grand Lodge on the mani-
fest advance towards a just appreciation of the cause he had espoused.
It hacl been observed , that because he held up his hand against a grant
he did not approve, he should not have used that case in illustration ofhis
own argument, nothing could be more fallacious, but, for a moral contrast ,
many things would go wrong. He should always act as he thought best
for his case, bearing in view the necessity of good manners. He hardl y
expected his motion to pass exactly as he had framed it, but it was open
to improvement. It hacl been observed , that the widow was relieved at
the Board of Benevolence, and that such relief mi ght be increased. True,
the widow was relieved by a five-pound note once, and once onl y, but
where was the annuity ? He hacl been told that evening, that the Com-
mittee of the Annuity Fund intended some time or other to think about
the widows. He (Bro. C.) implored the Grand Lod ge not to postpone
until to-morrow what might be done to-day ; it was unjust , and unfeel-
ing ; if his motion did not go far enoug h, because it limited the benefit
to the widows of annuitants, he was most grateful for the correction , for
he would open the door to all who were deserving. Some con sidered
that his having increased the amount from 200/. to 300/. required expla-
nation—the increase in amount arose from very serious deliberation , and
he most cordially thanked the Grand Secretary who had most clearl y
proved an excess of income over expenditure of 250/. for the past seven
years, but clearly of upwards of 400/. for the past three years 1 Under
all circumstances, however promises might be made, he distrusted them
all, nothing but action would satisfy the case. He had hoped for a most
liberal amendment, for which he should have voted in preference to his
own motion ; it was sufficient for him to have brought the subject for-
ward , he should have been thankful to have yielded the palm to any
other Brother, but in the absence of any amendment , he certainl y
would not withdraw but press his motion to a division .
The question being put, the motion was lost. The Grand Lod ge was
then closed and adjourned.

GRAND CONCLAVE (OF ENGLAND AND WALES ) OF

THE ROYAL ORDER OF H.R.D.M., K.D.S.H.,
PALESTINE.
(Circular .J

Sir Knight,—You are requested to attend the duties of the GRAND

CONCLAVE at FREEMASONS' H ALL, on the 30th day of January, 1846,
at THREE o'clock in the afternoon precisely, for the purpose of nomi-
nating a M OST E MINENT AND SUPREME GRAND MASTER of the Order
of Masonic Knights Templar.
. . 1846, A.O. 728, A . C. 532.
A , i,. 5850, A D

W. H. WHITE, Grand Chancellor and Registrar ,

Vrcemasons' Hall , Lovulou,
15th Jan uary, 11140.
 Jan. 30.—A Grand Conclave was holden this day. Presen t, Sir
Knight J. C. Burckhardt, and many other Sir Kni ghts, at which Sir
Kni ght C. K. K. Tynte, the Provincial Grand Commander for Somer-
setshire, was duly nominated M OST EMINENT AND SUPREME GRAND
M ASTER of the Order of Masonic Kni ghts Templar for England and
Wales. The election was appointed to take place at Freemasons' Hall ,
on the 27th of February, 1846.
Feb. 27.—Present, Sir Knight J. C. Burckhardt, and many other Sir
Knights. The minutes of the Grand Conclave held on the 30th January
last, were read ancl confirmed ; whereupon it was moved , seconded , and
unanimously resolved, that Sir Kni ght Col. C. K. K. Tynte, who was
duly nominated , be, and hereb y is, elected the MOST EMINENT AND
SUPREME GRAND MASTER of the Order of Masonic Kni ghts Templar
in England and Wales.
It was resolved— "That, pursuant to the statutes of the Order , "the
installation of the Grand Master do take place on the Srd April next, at
Freemasons' Hall, at three o'clock precisel y, aud that a ban quet be after-
wards held at six o'clock.
"That His Grace the Duke of Leinster , the Grand Master of Masonic
Kni ghts Templar in Ireland , be invi ted to attend the Installation ancl
banquet.
" That the following Sir Kni ghts be a committee to conduct the pro-
ceedings of the Installation and banquet—Sir Kni ghts Cabbell, Crucefix ,
Clayton, Gibbins, Goldsworth y, Spencer, Stuart, White, and Wy ld ; of
whom three to be a quorum ."
Sir Knight Burckhardt requested Sir Kni ght Crucefix to act as Grand
Director of the ceremonies on the day of Installation , which request was
complied with. Sir Kni ght Gibbins was appointed Treasurer, pro tem.
March 3.— The Committee.- Presen t, Sir Knights Crucefix (in the
chair), Cabbell, Clayton, Gibbins, Goldsworthy, and White.
The proceedings of the Grand Conclave as relating to the duties of
the Committee, were considered , and the following circular was directed
to be issued forthwith.

Most important and immedia te.

Freemasons' Hall, 3rd March, 1846.
SIR K NIGHT ,— At a GRAND CONCLAVE holden at FREEMASONS '
H ALL on Friday the 27th day of February, 1846, the Eminent Sir
Knight Colonel C. K. K. Tynte, Provincial Grand Commander for
Somersetshire, was unanimously elected MOST EMINENT AND SUPREME
GRAND MASTER of the Order of Masonic Kni ghts Templar in Englan d
and Wales.
At the said Grand Conclave it was also resolved unanimously,—
That the Installation of the Most Eminent and Supreme Grand Master
do take place in the N EW T EMPLE , FREEMASONS' H ALL, on FRIDAY ,
the Srd A PRIL nex t, that being the day appointed by the Statutes of the
Order for the celebration of such august ceremony. The ceremony to
commence at THREE o'clock in the afternoon .
That after the Installation, a banquet do take place in the Freemasons'
Hall, at six o'clock precisely, to which Masonic Kni ghts Templar be
invited to attend.
That His Grace the Duke of Leinster, the most eminen t and Supreme
Grand Master of the Order of Masonic Knights Templar in Ireland , be
most respectfull y invited to attend the Installation ancl banquet.
That Sir Knights Burckhardt , Cabbell, Crucefix , Gibbins, Golds-
worthy, Spencer, Stuart, and W y ld, together with Sir Kni ghts White
and Clayton, the Grand and Grand Vice Chancellors , do form a com-
mittee to conduct the proceedings of the Installation and banquet.
That all Sir Knights presenting a ticket for the banquet be admitted
to witness the ceremony of Installation .
That the Sir Kni ghts do dine in costume.
That the Eminent Commanders, both in London and the provinces,
be requested , where possible, to convene Encampments of Emergency,
and take prompt means of noti fying the contents of this circular to every
member, in order that all possible measures be taken to pay a suitable
mark of respect to the Eminent and Suprem e Gran d Master.
That an early reply be made to this communication , that the com-
mittee may be timely prepared to complete the necessary arrangements.
That tickets, one guinea each, may be obtained at the office of the
Grand Chancellor, Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street, London, and
of the members of the committee.
WILLIAM H. WHITE,
Grand Chancellor.

THE STATUE OF HIS LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS

THE DUKE OF SUSSEX.

Feb. 4.—A meeting of the committee appointed by the Grand Lodge,

was held this day, to decide on the inscription to be cut on the pedestal
under the statue. It was determined that it should be as brief as
possible, and in English.

THE C H A R I T I E S.

BOYS' SCHOOL.
It will be interesting to the Patrons of this excellent Charity to know
that their generous support effects much good to society, and among
numerous proofs, is that of the Widow Smyth , who some few years since
emigrated with her children to the Cape of Good Hope in the service of
a gentleman and his wife. It appears that the widow was not altogether
well treated by her employer, but she found friends, and among them
Bro. Gierke Burton , the Prov. G. M. for South Africa. Her boys are
going on well, and give practical proofs of the utility of the Masonic In-
stitution where they were educa ted—the widow has been obliged to seek
another situation , and is separated from her children. Her daughter is
respectabl y married. This brief report is given at the earnest request of
VOL. I V . 1'
Mrs. Smyth , who begs at the same time to present her dutiful respects to
the Governors of the Institution , to whose fostering care herself and
children are so much indebted.
T HE A NNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of the Institution was celebrated at
Freemasons' H all on Wednesday the l l t h of March , under the super-
intendance of the following
BOARD OF STEWARDS .

Bros. John Havers, (5), President; John Braithwaite, (4), Vice-

President; JohnB. King, (66), Treasurer ; Ebenezer Day, (218), Hon.
Secretary ; Thomas I. Miller, (1) ; Rowland G. Alston , J. G. W. (6) ;
Clement Tudway, (8) ; Joh n B. Gibson , (14) ; Joh n S. Robinson , (30) :
Henry Tipper, (32) ; Arthur Pratt Barlow, (38) ; Nicholas Bradford ,
(54) ; Robert Henry Forman , (72) ; John P. Oldershaw, (109) ;
Thomas Pryer, (225) ; Thomas Baker, (233); William Carruthers ,
(281); Henry S. Westmacott, (324).
Bro. the Hon. Fox Maule, P. G. W ., presided ; and was supported
by the Lord Suffield , P. G. M. (Norfolk) ; R. Alston , P. G. M (Essex) ;
Bros. Lawrie, Mc Mullen , D. Pollock , and other Grand Officers. The
Brethren altogether mustered upwards of 200. W. Timms, a very in-
telligent boy, received the medal for good conduct. The procession of
the boys elicited warm feelings of admiration , ancl the liberality evinced
by the meeting was proved by a subscription exceeding six hundred
pounds. We gratefull y record this proof of Masonic Benevolence, as
the best mode of reproving Dr. Bourke, and other detractors of our
Order, whose daring assertions are only equalled by their ignorance of
all Masonic princip les.
The Stewards were most assiduous in their attention in the Hall; and
if possible still more so in the Ladies' Gallery.

THE GIRLS' SCHOOL.

QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT.
Jan. 8—Present , B. B. Cabbell, Esq., Treasurer, in tbe Chair, and an
unusually numerous attendan ce of Governors.
The general business having been proceeded with , Mr. BAUMER
proceeded with his notice of motion.
" That no grant for money should be moved , unless due notice be
given at a previous meeting."
The mover stated that, at a General Court in Jul y last, a sum of money
had been voted in violation of the rules of the society, for that, in order
to make up a quorum , the Collector was called in, and with the Secre-
tary, the number sufficient for a quorum was made, and that to prevent
any such occurrence in future, he had though t necessary to bring for-
ward the motion.
Mr. Bossi seconded the proposition.
Dr. CRUOEFIX full y agreed in the propriety of guarding the Institu-
tion from the sudden invasion of any improper votes of money, but
disclaimed , on the part of the General Court in Jul y, any intention to
violate the laws and regulations of the society—indeed the mover of the
resolution was altogether out of Court, so that he regretted the course
 he had taken. First, the Collector was NOT called in to make up a
quorum , and if he had been , he was as good a Governor as any one else.
No one could question the vote of the Presiden t, the hi ghest officer of
the society, wh y should a slur be attempted to be cast on the lowest ?
Next, the Secretary, in whose favour the gran t was moved , was re-
quested to retire, that the subject might be entertained with due
decorum. If the number present was not sufficien t in the mover's
opinion , wh y not object to all the proceedings ? why sanction the
acts of all previous Committees ? wh y sanction the dotations to the
excellent Matron ? wh y, in fact, object to a vote in favour of unex-
ampled service, honourable conduct, and successful advocacy ? To
no previous officer of the Institution was the charity more indebted
than it was to Bro. Crew, ancl he (Dr. C.) felt grateful for those ser-
vices, ancl proud of the opportunity of aiding in acknowledging them.
He ( Bro. C.) considered the absence of those Governors in July as cen-
surable, but was the business of the charity to stand still ? no question
was raised on any other point, and it savoured of an unmasonic feeling
to take exception at a part of proceedings, the whole of which were unex-
ceptionable. He (Dr. C.) was aware that the notice of motion did not
in terms affect Bro . Crew, but it was impossible, nevertheless, from the
observations made, not to infer that it was so intended, and to these
observations he objected ; in other respects, as a simple motion , he agreed ;
but the mover must understand, that all money grants to the Matron and
others must be subject to the sam e notice.
Mr. BAUMER .— " 1do not mean that."
Dr. CRUOEFIX .—"But you must be consistent."
Some discussion took place, in which Bro. Henderson and others took
part.
It was afterwards settled that a new notice of motion must be given,
and the subject dropped .
The vacancies in the school had been arranged, but some change
therein was determined on.
Dr. CRUOEFIX inquired the reason why the petition of Bro. Kernot ,
in favour of his daughter, had been rejected, and being told on account
of its not being considered within the contemplated scale of distress, he
assured the Court that the applican t was the more necessitous from having
lost much of his business as a chemist, and that the suffering tradesman ,
struggling to maintain his family with the appearance of respectability,
was a m ore striking case of distress than that of a m ere mendicant, he
hoped the case would be kindl y dealt with .
Mr. B URCHELL , of Watford , supported this view, and spoke at length
in favour of the case.
Mr. C ABBELL was of the same opinion.
It was recommended to renew the petition—the other bu siness was
proceeded in, and the Court adjourned.
The petition of Bro. Kernot has since been received and approved.
The An nual Festival in aid of the Institution will take place on the
20th of May, under the superintendance of a numerous Board of
Stewards.
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BOARD OF STEWARDS :
Bros. J. Hod gkinson , President; S. H. Lee,
Wright , Treasurer ; J. Whitmore/ Hon . Vice-President- W T
Secreta y ; B os w' A p J|
J. Bacon I. B. Barnard , J. Barnes,
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throughout the Craft.
ASYLUM FOR AGED FREEMASONS.

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Worshi pful Master,-The Suit in Chancery,

for A ged and Decayed Freemasons has latel iu which the Asvlnm
terminated , the Committee feel it their y been e J^4d being now
duty
circumstances which compelled the Charity to expla ^to the Craft the
to adopt this ast rresource
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I rus tees, ancl who had permanen t
dividends of the stock helnnJ^Ttn fT
Chari ty to the amount of 188/. ISs. Zd ., had
names of the Trustees , and that the funds nevefnivested S n t
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conduct to the Meeting, and of pay ing over and investing the trust
monies received by him.
Mr. Rowe did neither, ancl the only course for the Meeting to pursue
was, eith er to permit the funds of the Charity to remain useless, and
the objects of the Institution entirel y frustrated , or to take the onl y
means in their power, by a Bill in Chancery, to remove him from his
situation of Trustee.
The General Meeting, without hesitation, adopted the latter alterna-
tive, ancl by their direction a Suit in Chancery was instituted against
Mr. Rowe, for the investment and payment of the Charity monies in
his hands, and to remove him from the Trusteeship.
By this suit the Institution has obtained all that it sought, except
the payment and investment of the monies in Mr. Rowe's hands, which
was only prevented b y his becoming a bankrupt. The Court imme-
diately ordered the removal of Mr Rowe from the Trusteesh ip, and the
other provisional Trustees having most kindly and liberally offered to
resign, in order to allow the appointmen t of permanen t Trustees , the
Court of Chancery has now appointed the following distinguished and
valued Breth ren Trustees of the Charity, viz., the Right Hon. the Earl
of Aboyne, the Ri ght Hon. Lord Southampton , Colonel the Hon. George
Anson , M.P., B. B. Cabbell, Esq., F.R.S., and R. T. Crucefix , Esq.,
LL.D., in whose names the Charity funds , amounting to 3353/. 18_ . lid.
consols, have been invested.
The result of the suit in Chancery is most satisfactory. The Society
has now its funds clear of all interruption, ancl in the hands of a bod y
of Trustees, whose names alone are a guarantee for their application in
such manner as will best carry out the intentions of its benefactors
and subscribers.
Yet this benefit is coupled with the usual drawback of a Chancery
suit, the costs, Mr. Rowe's bankruptcy preventing the Society from
compelling their payment by him ; 'and although the suit has been but
of short duration , ancl comparativel y light in its expense, yet your
Committee regret to say that the costs will am ount to nearly 350/., and
this, with the monies due by Mr. Rowe, makes a loss of nearly 700/.
through his misconduct.
This the Committee respectfull y submit to the kindness and liberality
of the Craft. They have struggled many years against difficulties
arising, not onl y from misrepresentation and prejudice abroad , but the
misconduct of one of their own body, but this is now all past. They have
removed their delinquent Trustee, and they have now reason to believe
that their motives and intentions are full y appreciated and understood ,
that prejudice is giving way before sincerity and truth , and that it is
now generall y felt that no Charity can surpass that which provides a
shelter and a home for Aged and Poor Freemasons.
The Committee will thank you to lay this letter before your Lodge.
They have explained the causes for the extraordinary step of a suit in
Chancery by a Masonic Charity, because they have been led to believe
that their motives have been misconceived and misconstrued. Relying
firml y on the soundness of the original plan , and the practical benefit
to Masonry which must result from its developement, they have never
in all their difficulties ancl troubles swerved from their first design.
They only hope that their perseverance will induce their fellow Masons
to consider the subject earnestly and sincerel y, assured that, the greater
the atten tion bestowed , the more will all sincere Freemasons concur with
 them that no money can he so well bestowed as in providing a shekel
and a home for the Freemason whose onl y faults are age and poverty,
With Masonic respect, I remain ,
Worshi pful Master,
Very fra ternall y, your obedient servant ,
J OHN WHITMORE , Secretary, ad interim.
125, Oxford Street.
Subscriptions and Donations will be thankfull y received and dul y
acknowledged by the Bankers , Messrs. Prescott & Co., 62, Thread-
needle-street, London ; the Treasurer , Dr. Crucefix , Grove, Gravesend ;
and by the Secretary, ad interim, Mr. John Whitmore, 125, Oxford-
street, London.

CONTEMPLATED AMALGAMATION OF THE ASYLUM

WITH THE BENEVOLENT ANNUITY FUND.
That this desirable object may be obtained must be the heartfelt as-
piration of every true friend to Masonic Charity. For the presen t we
confine our information to giving the names of the two sub-committees
engaged in the preliminary steps.
Asylum : Bros. Brewster, Dr. Crucefix, Dr. Lane, Sangster, W, L.
Wri ght.
Benevolent Fund : Bros. Dobie, Havers, Mc Mullen , Parkinson
W. H. White.
A nd may the Great Architect crown their labours with success !

THE REPORTER.
CHAPTER OF FIDELITY , (N O. 3,) Jan. 2.—The Installation of Prin-
cipals took place at the London Tavern on the 2nd January, under the
auspices and with the able assistance of Companion J. A. Chase,
Past Z., &c.; and the respective Chairs were filled as follows :—Com-
panions John Hod gkinson , Z., R. H. Forman , H., and W. M. Best, J.
A very elegan t Masonic ring was presented to Companion J. A. Chase
for his services to the Chap ter. A strong muster at the festive board
partook of the good things provided , under the social influence of
Companion John Hod gkinson. Among the visitors were Companions
Dr. Crucefix , Whitmore and others, and the evening passed in a most
happy manner.
March 6.—The business of this Chapter keeps pace with its hos-
pitality, few Chapters equal it; after the exaltations to-day the Prin-
cipals installed the Secon d Princi pals of the Croydon and Ewell
Chapters into th eir respective Chairs.
JERUSALEM CHAPTER (N O . 218,) Feb. 10.—There were two exalta-
tions this evening, admirabl y conducted; one of the candidates was the
grandson of the late Dr. Waugh , the celebrated preacher at Well-street
Chapel, Oxford-street. The other candidate, Comp. Endell , delivered
an excellent address on the occasion .
IRIS CHAPTER , (NO . 317, Richmond.)—The superior working of
this Chapter , under the supervision of Companion the Rev. T. T. Haver-
field , B.D., will repay the visitor. Comp. H. imparts a peculiar
impressiveness to this important ceremony : of this, Comp. Leander
convinced , that in
Starr Prov G. Sup. for Nova Scotia , was so deeply
addressing the Chapter he stated that until that occasion he had
and that
never witnessed the true reality of the Royal Arch ceremony,
the
he shoul d feel it his duty to make his opinion known through
American Journals. w
GRAND STEWARDS ' L ODGE .-March 18.— Pub lic night.—Bro. W.
to the
Thodey Smith W. M. The first lecture was most ably worked ,
satisfaction of a numerous meeting of visitors, by the following
Brethren :-Bros. W. T. Smith , W. M., Gibbins, Eml y, I'orman , Cox,
Shaw, Savage, Norris, Acklam.
T HE R OBERT B URNS' L ODGE , (No. 25.)—Good sometimes comes out
subscription
of evil The error of this Lodge in mistaking the date of
having
from a petitioning Brother, formerl y a member of the Lodge,
subj ected the W. M. to admonition , has led to the consideration of a
Benevolent Fund to be attached to the Lodge. We applaud this truly
M asonic sen timent, and recommend the Master and Past Masters to
adopted
obtain information on the subject from other Lodges that have
a similar charitable view, we in particular refer to the Bank of England
Lod_;e, who have set aside 100/. , with accruing interest, for the Asylum
The United
and have a considerable fund for members in adversity.
Prudence, 98, has a fund of man y thousand pounds which is
Lodge of
disposed of to decayed members.
OLD K ING 'S A RMS L ODGE , (N O . 30,) Feb .25.— Circular.— Phe Wor-
shipful Master of the Old King's Arms Lodge, informs the Brethren that
the decision of the meeting of the Board of General Purposes on Tuesday
last was to the effect 'that the charges broug ht against various members
bv Bro. James Gibbins, P. M., Bro. A.H. Thiselton , P. M. and others,
were not proved.' The Board expressed their wish that all disputes
should cease, and the Lodge resume that character of Peace and
Rrotherlv Love, for which it had hitherto been so highly distinguished.
The W M. anxious to give the fullest effect to the kind recommenda-
tion of the Board, calls upon each member to assist him, in restoring
to the Lodge, that harmony which ought always to characterise Masonic
Meetings." „ . . , .,
It is to be regretted that differences of opinion should exist; we
trust, now that these have undergone examination by a competent
authority that the wishes of the W. M. will be responded to.
LODGE OF R EGULARITY , (NO . 108,) Feb. 26.-Bro. 1.J. Archer was
installed W. M. Bro. J. Pennington was elected Grand Steward A
very numerous party afterwards partook of the hosp itality of the Lodge.
Among them Bro. Crucefix , Webster, F. Chatterton , &c.
B URLINGTON LODGE , (N O . 113,) Feb . 19.-The proceedings of this
pillar of the Aged Masons' Asy lum were to-day unusually interesting.
The three degrees were conferred on the several candidates, ancl Bro.
P.
H ODGKINSON ^ M., was installed once more as Master. After the
banquet several addresses were delivered , but that by Bro. H OD GKINSON ,
the W. M., was well deserving attention ; he took a wide range of the
Masonic principles, and dwelt especiall y on two points. 1. The very
high compliment paid to Dr. Oliver and Dr. Crucefix by a Grand
Lod ge in America , which, however well deserved by those iiretnren ,
was the more to be admired at the present moment as the triumph ot
Masonic principles, for it proved how truly great ancl noble are those
princi ples, when the virtues of Masons are considered aud rewarded at
the very time when the threatenings of war and tumult were haplessly
in the ascendan t in the political world. He trusted , however , by the
blessing of the Great Architect, that peaceful efforts mi ght yet prevail.
The other point of Bro. H. 's address was equall y interesting. He ad
verted to the newly initiated candidate , a Russian merchant , and by
whom proposed , by an officer in the Polish army ! These two gentlemen
had made each other 's acquaintance in Englan d, the happy home of the
brave and the free. A native of Poland had that day proved the excel-
lence of Freem asonry by introducing a native of Russia into the Order.
May such a happy instance be the prelude to many others ! M AJOR
BENIOWSKI , the Polish Brother alluded to, on his health being drunk
delivered a very impressive address on Masonic princi ples.
L ODGE OF FAITH , (NO. 165,) Jan. 27.—The W. M. Bro. J. R.
Dudley, after initiating two candidates, installed his successor , Bro. John
Mott, in the presence of twenty installed Masters. The ceremony was
conducted with great correctness. The banquet lost none of the usual
charm imparted b y Bro. Rackstraw 's attention , and the social hour was
enlivened by excellen t harmony and p leasing addresses; many absent
friends were remembered , and we are desired to assure Dr. Crucefix
that he was not forgotten.
ST. JOHN 'S L ODGE , (N O . 107.)— Masonic Ball At the meeting of this
Lod ge on the Sth January, our esteemed Bro. Lee was duly electee! for the
second time to preside in the East, his conduct as W. M. for the past year
having given universal satisfaction. The occasion was celebrated by a
splendid Ball ancl Supper , at which one hundred and thirty were present.
The Lodge-room ancl whole suite at Radley 's were thrown open, and the
whole affair passed off with great spirit. The supper was served up in
excellent style, and all the arrangements were admirable. The health
of the W. M. was given and dul y responded to, but the toast of the
evening was "The Ladies Present;" this, it is needless to say, was
given most enthusiastically. Indeed , the fair Sisters present seemed to
catch the excitement, and rose simultaneousl y to acknowledge the com-
pliment. The Grand Sword Bearer was deputed to return thanks for
them which he did in a very neat speech. After supper dancing was
resumed, and this truly happy party did not separate until five on the
following morning. The St. John 's Lodge have set a very excellent
example, which we hope to see speedil y followed. The ordin ary
Masonic banquets unquestion ably partake of a selfish character, how
much greater the satisfaction , when , as in the presen t instance, the
enjoyment of the meeting is partici pated in by those we love. Reunions
so deli ghtful as these advance Masonry, b y dispelling prejudices whicli
unquestionably in too many instances are indul ged in by the fairer por-
tion of the creation , but, from the gratified remarks we heard on every
side, we feel convinced that every "Sister " present at the St. John 's
Ball, will lor the future bear with her "the tongue of good report,"
the harmonious feeling which pervades the whole fraternity, being so
eminentl y conspicuous upon that occasion.
ST. L UKE'S LODGE , (N O. 168,) March 2.—It is due to this excellent
Lodge to record its palmy state, tbe working is really good, and we
understand that on Good Friday the lectures will be regularl y worked.
LODGE OF UNIONS, (NO.318,) Feb. 17.—This Lodge well maintains its
character as the parent stem of the Emulation Lod ge of Improvement.
The Master, Bro. Mountain , assisted by Bro. Marriott , P. M., and the
Wardens worked a portion of the lectures in excellent sty le. Several
members of the Bank of England Lodge visited, and were entertained
with true Masonic hospitality .
 BA N K OF E NGLAND L ODGE , (Nr o. 329.)—A gloom is passing over
this Lodge, caused by the decease of Bro. R OBERT FIELD , P. M., the
father of the Lodge. The Lod ge is ordered to be put into mourning
on the melanchol y occasion. In our quarterl y obituary we have
adverted to this painful event at some length.
Z ETLAND L ODGE , (N O . 752,) Feb. 15.—This new Lodge, constituted
last year by Dr. Crucefix , is in full work ; the three degrees were prac-
ticall y illustrated to-day to the several candidates, and afforded instruc-
tion to a very numerous meeting of the members ancl their friends.

CHIT CHAT.
A R OYAL M ASONIC PRESENT .—Some time since a chest was des-
patched to London , bearing the royal arms of France. This chest con-
tained a complete trousseau of toilettes:—mornin g toilette, evening
toilette, ancl two ball toilettes. This present was addressed to the doll of
the Princess Royal. King Louis Philippe gave carte blanche to one of
the most eminent modestes of Paris , who executed her commission with
the utmost good taste. Each gown is a perfect chef 'd ' ceuvre, especiall y
the ball chesses , which would excite the euvy of our most fashionable
duchesses. One is of gros de Naples , the second of pink gauze with
velvet flowers, exquisitel y made. The small embroidered and trimmed
pocket handkerchiefs, the small silk stockings, shoes, slippers, Indian
Oachmere shawl, bonnets, muffs, a black lace scarf , &c, have all been
made purposely, and with incredible care. There is also a jewel-case
with diamonds of the purest water, bracelets , ear-rings, ancl fillet for the
forehead ; and all these minute curiosities are carefully arranged in the
drawers and cases of a beautifull y constructed little wardrobe.
King Louis Philippe is a Mason ; Her Majesty, the daughter ancl
niece of Grand Masters.
T HE LATE M EMBER FOR AVINDSOR .—Bro. Joh n Ramsbottom , Esq.,
who died at the Albany, on the Sth of October , had sketched out his
will roughly on a scrap of paper in bis own hand-writing, on the 2nd of
March , 1844, which was dul y signed and witnessed, whereb y he gave
to his two sons the whole of his property, but appointed no executor :
at the conclusion there was an obliteration of some half-dozen lines ,
which, from that part of the will being turned down at the time of sign-
ing, was not observed by the witnesses. The op inion of the Court was
taken. The will was to this effect:—" 1 hereb y declare, that in case of
anything occurring to me, and I should be unable to make a regular
will, this is my disposition. I give my two silver salvers which were
presented to me, to my son John : my silver tea-kettle ancl appur-
tenances to my son Somerville ; the silver trowel to my daughter Mary
—her fortune places her above any necessity for assistance from me";
the silver tea-pot formerly belonging to the Duke of Wellington , to mv
daughter Susan ; 1000/. to Mrs. Sarah Townsend for life, and at her
death to her daughter Sarah absolutel y ; the residue to my sons equally.
£The remainder was obliterated.] The jud ge, observing that it being
expressl y declared to be a temporary or provisional will, in case the tes-
tator made no other , and from the appearance of the signature it would
seem that the obliteration and si gning were contemporaneous acts, decreed-
VOL. IV. M-
 administration, with the will attested as it now stands within the lines
expunged ; and the same was granted to the deceased's eldest son, as one
of the residuary legatees.
A MERICA .— "We have received the very gratif y ing intelli gence from
the United States, that the Grand Lod ge of Massachusetts has paid an
expressive but justly earned tribute to the merits of those distinguished
Brethren of our Grand Lod ge, the Rev . Dr. Oliver, ancl Dr. Crucefix,
by unanimousl y conferring on the former the rank of Past Deputy Grand
Master, ancl on the latter , that of Past Senior Grand Warden . This
compliment comes with greater force from the circumstance of its being
the first occurrence of the sort on the part of the Grand Lodge referred
to; and affords very conclusive evidence of the great moral effects which
these eminent and exalted Brethren exercise, even in a distant hemis-
phere. Their names run parallel in Masonic history, the one as the
unrivalled expounder of doctrine and illustration , the other as the most
accomplished proficient in disci pline and practice. As Freemasons we
cordiall y concur in the propriety of this act , by tbe Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts , ancl very sincerel y wish that our estimable Brethren"may
wear their well-earned honours through many a year of utility ancl hap-
piness. "—(From the London and Provincial papers.)
DISSENSION S AMONG THE JEWS .—A disruption has taken place among
the Jews of London , which promises to be productive of momentous
results. It appears that for some time past a feeling has been growing
up among the more enli ghtened and liberal of the English Jews that very
great reform ought to be made in the ritual of the synagogue , and that
they are not bound to abide by the interpretations given by the rabbis,
but are at liberty to put their own construction on difficult passages. As
a necessary consequence they repudiate the authority of the Talmud , ancl
resolve to acknowled ge no other standard of truth than the law and the
prophets. The result has been that great divisions have occurred among
the Jewish congregations in the metropolis. A number of the seceders
have opened a new synagogue for themselves in Burton-street , where
they statedl y meet for worshi p. Mr. Goldsmid ancl several of the most
influential persons belong ing to the Jewish persuasion have joined the
new sect.
I HE JEWS .—At Athens the splendid Jewish synagogue was destroyed
by fire, with all which it contained ; the heaviest part of the loss being
the Sacred books, many of which were of the grea test anti quity. The
collection of the Sepher- Thora (Book of the Law) was composed of
forty-rolls of parchmen t , and was one of the richest in the world. This
book contains a MS. of the Pentateuch ; ancl , to shew the value of a
copy, we were informed that it is at Jerusalem onl y that the rabbins may
devote themselves to this labour. Years are consumed in the production of
one of these copies ; for the sligh test error, the smallest erasure, the most
minute imperfection or inequality in the letters, necessitates the recom-
mencemen t of the work. The letters of the book are coun ted , and are
two millions in number. With the exception of that at Bordeaux the
,
edifice destroyed is said to have been the finest Hebrew temple.
A NOBLE JEW .—The sudden death of Mr. Isaac Cohen , the bro-
ther of Mrs. Rothschild , long a leading and hi ghl y respectable member
of the Stock Exchange , has produced a considerable sensa tion amongst
the elder class of his associates, and universal regret amongst the Hebrews
Mr. Cohen is supposed to have died worth about half a million sterling
und for many years past , we are credibl y informed , he made a rule
 distribute twenty-five per cen t of his current annual expenditure in un-
ostentatious charity . The loss sustained by the recipients of his bounty
by his sudden demise may therefore be better conceived than described.
Mr. Cohen had also rendered himself consp icuous for assisting unfortu-
nate members of the Stock Exchange when th eir conduct merited such
support ; and many individuals owe their success in life to the interest
he took in their welfare. Mr. Cohen sat down to dinner with his famil y
in apparent good heal th, when he was suddenly seized with an apopletic
fit, ancl survived onl y a few hours.
THE J EWS .— The Berlin Jews have made an appeal to the Jews of
Europe generall y, in order to raise a fund by shares for the foundation
of a Jewish colony in America.
T HE TWO BAPTISMS .—We find the following affecting inciden t in a
Hamburgh paper :— " A few months ago we were informed by some
papers of the baptism of a company of Russian soldiers, Israelites by
birth , into the Russo-Greek Church , on which occasion the neophytes
were marched into the river, near which the reg iment was encamped ,
and were thus converted as one man , with all the prompt precision of a
military exercise. Here is another instance of a Russian bap tism , as
copied from the Grenzbote , a German periodical:- ' At a naval review,
latel y honoured by the presence of the Emperor himself, two sailors
evinced so much skill and boldness in the execution of various nautical
manoeuvres that his Majesty on the spot raised one to the rank of
captain , ancl gave the other a lieutenancy. The rear-admiral in com-
mand hereupon modestly dropped the remark, that the two honoured
subjects were both Jews. The Emperor, unwilling to retract his
word , now called on the two seamen to enter the Greek Church ; but
no reply being mad e, the Czar addressed them harshl y; whereupon the
seamen having previousl y contrived to interchange a few words unin-
telli gible to those around , requested leave of their soverei gn to exhibit
another and still more astonishing feat of seamanship, in which th ey
fancied themselves most expert. A sign of approbation having been
vouchsafed , the two Israelites grasped each other firml y round the waist,
made a sudden plunge into the Baltic, ancl were seen no more. '"
THE P AWNBROKER 'S WINDOW .—There is more philosoph y of life to
be learned at a pawnbroker 's window than in all the libraries in the world.
The maxims and dogmas which wise men have chronicled disturb the
mind for a moment, as the breeze ruffles the surface of the deep still
stream, and passes away ; but there is something in the melanchol y
grouping of a pawnbroker's window, which, like a record of ruin ,
sinks into the heart. The household goods—the cherished relics—the
sacred possessions affection bestowed, or eyes now closed in death had
once looked upon as their own—are, as it were, profaned; the associa-
tions of dear old times are here violated ; the family hearth is here out-
raged ; the ties of love, kindred, rank , all that the heart clings to, are
broken here. It it a sad p icture, for, spite of the glittering show , its
associations are sombre. There hangs the watch, the old chased repeater,
that hung above the head of the dying parent, when bestowing his
trembling blessings on the poor outcast, who parted with it for bread ;
the widow's wedding-ring is here, the last and dearest of all her posses-
sions ; the trinket, die pledge of one now dead , the only relic of the
h eart's fondest memories: silver that graced the holiday feast; the gilt-
framed miniature that used to hang over the quiet mantel-shelf ; the
 flute, the favourite of a dead son, surrendered b y a starving mother , to
procure food for her remaining offspring; the locket that held a father's
hair ; or more gloomy still , the dress, the very covering of the poor , is
there, waving like a flag of wretchedness ancl misery. It is a strange
sight. To those who feel ari ght, there are more touching memorials to
be seen at a pawnbroker 's window than in all the monuments in West-
minster Abbey.
PRUSSIAN H EROIN E .—We find in the Prussian papers some parti-
culars of interest , relating to a heroine of a remarkable description ,
Grace Darling enlarged into gigantic proportions , residing in the town
of Pillau. This woman , Katherine Kleinfeldt , is the widow of a sea-
man , with whom , for upward s of twenty years , she made the long-sea
voyages ; and since his death she has devoted her life, for his memory 's
sake, to the noble and perilous task of carrying aid to the drowning.
Whenever a storm arises, by day or ni ght, Katherine Kleinfeldt em-
barks in her boat, and quits the harbour in search of shi pwrecks. At
the age of 47, she has alread y rescued upward s of 300 individuals from
certain death. The population of Pillau venerate her as something
holy, and the seamen look upon her as their guardian angel . All heads
are uncovered as she passes along the street. The Prussian and several
other governments have sent her their medals of Civil Merit; and the
munici pality of Pillau has conferred on her the freedom of the town .
Katherine is of athleti c form and strength ; of masculine ph ysiognomy,
softened onl y b y its look of gentleness and goodness ; and better fur-
nished , in all save courage and humanity, for such wild scenes ancl hi gh
deeds as make th eir common fam e, than the frail girl who has for years
filled a grave far from the scene of her generous daring in the Fern
islands.
H EROICS .—-"Blanchard and Jerrold had serious thoughts of joining
Lord Byron in Greece ; they were to become warriors, and to assist the
poet in the liberation of the classic land. Man y a nightl y wandering
found them discussing their project. In the midst of one of these dis-
cussions they vyere caug ht in a shower of rain , and sought shelter under
a gateway. The rain continued ; when their patience becoming ex-
hausted , Blanchard buttoning up his coat exclaimed , 'Come on , Jerr old ;
what use shall we be to the Greeks , if we stand up for a shower of
rain?' So th ey walked home and were heroicall y wet through."—
Lytton's Blanchard .
DEATH OF ONE OF THE FEMALE IOWAY INDIANS IN P ARIS —The
loway Indians have sustained a severe loss. O ke-our-mi, the wife of
Little-Wolf, died of an affection of the lungs, brought on by grief
for the death of her young child in London. Her husban d was un-
remitting in his endeavours to console her ancl resto re her to the love
of life, but she constantl y replied, " No, no 1 M y fou r children recal
me. I see them b y the side of the Great Spirit. They stretch out
their arms to me, and are astonished that I clo not join them." The
Little- Wolf had not appeared at the exhibition for some days, not
having quitted his d ying wife for a minute , watching over her ni ght and
day, and suffering no one else but himself to perforin the offices of ten-
derness which her condition required. She charged him to make her
acknowled gments to the ph ysician s who had kindl y attended her ,
directed the dress she was to be buried in , and requested that a medal of
the Virg in Mother of the Great Spirit of the Christians, which she wore
round her neck, mi ght not be removed. The three other women wept
over her corpse, although she belonged to a different tribe , the Sioux,
who were enemies to the Ioways.
THE N EW Y ORK H ERALD says, the venerable Hiram Withington
has been sentenced, at Dedham, to pay five dollars ancl costs, for kissing
Mrs. Horson. Rather a costly kiss !
UMBRELLAS.—When Jonas Hanway first appeared in the streets of
London with an Umbrella, he was looked upon with a feeling similar to
that with which the an cient prophet of that name was regarded. The
novel example of such effeminancy was ridiculed as quite insufferable ;
and , preferring the rays of the sun to the shower of missiles with which
he was assailed, he quietly put it down ancl took shelter in a cutler 's
shop.
D OMESTIC MEDICINE .— Under this title we have had several claims to
our attention , but we disregard all that we do not find on conviction of
their utility, to be deserving of commendation . Of all complants to
which "flesh is heir to," few, if any, more seriously affect the health
and animal spirits than irregularities of the liver and digestive organs,
which, if disregarded , lay the foundation of serious disease, ancl of
course render the care and attention of a medical adviser indispensable.
When this is the case all " domestic medicine " should y ield to the art
and science of the practitioner. But in the general state of primary
irregularity, we have found by experience, that the antibilious pills
prepared by Bro. Benjamin Gall, of Woodbrid ge, are a very important
and mild remedy. Our attention was first drawn to the subject by
some readers of the advertisement] that appeared in our own columns,
when we examined further , and feel justified in bearing testimony to
the medical character of the antibilious pills, which are so gentle that
ladies who are nurses may use them, ancl in weaning they are especiall y
serviceable. As a dinner pill one may be used "ante prandium ," as a
preven tive of the effects of too good living; and in a case of excess, two,
or at most three, will restore the stomach to its natural action . Thus
much for our own experien ce. We understand that Lord Bloomfield
and his illustrious patron , King George the Fourth , used this medicine
with considerable advantage, so that Bro. Benjamin Gall has some hi gh
Masonic authority in his favour.—| JED . F. Q. R.]
MARRIAGES .— Dec. 16. At Bandm an House, Perthshire, Brother
Henry Smyth Pigott, Esq., of the Royal Scots Greys, second son of John
Hugh Smyth Pigott, Esq., of Brockley Hall, in the coun ty of Somerset,
of Lodge 327, to Elizabeth , third daugh ter of James Drummond
Nairne , Esq., of Dunsinane.
Dec. 18.—At Stoke Damerel, Devon, Captain John Foote, R. N., to
Isabella Fanny, second daughter of the late Dr. John Olive, of Staines ,
Middlesex, and Emily, now the wife of Bro. Dr. J. H. Freer, of Sutton
Coldfield.
Feb. 10.—By the Rev. Thomas Willis, at St. Michael's Church ,
Frederick Bevan, Esq., son of Frederick F. Bevan , Esq., of Camass, to
Rebecca, relict of the late James Bold , Esq., late of Lodge 109. Imme-
diately after partaking of a splendid dejeuner the happy pair left for
Caherelly Castle, the hospitable seat of Michael Furnell, Esq., D.L.
BIRTHS .— Dec. 26.—At Bankside Villa, Charlton Kings, Chelten-
ham, the lady of Bro. Captain A. A. Younge, of the late St. Helena
Regiment, of a daughter.
Lately, the wife of Bro. Joh n Purnell, Charterhouse-square, of a
daughter.
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Jan. 9.— A LEXANDER MALCOLM DAVIES, tet. 23, whose prospects of
a promising career in his profession surrendered to that fatal disease
consumption. He was the son of Bro. David Davies, solicitor , Henrietta-
street, formerly of the Bank of England Lodge, 329.
Jan. 30. Mt. 82, at his residence Upper Charlotte-street , Fitzroy-
square, Bro. Joseph Constan tine Carpue, F.R.S., initiated in Paris,1788.
As a Mason, the deceased Brother was distinguished for affability, kind-
ness, ancl love to mankind; he never took any part in Masonic polity.
As a man he was distinguished for hi gh-mindedness, honour, integrity;
in these great qualities he was unsurpassed. As a politician he was
characterised by independent advocacy of Reform , and enjoyed the
friendshi p of Fox, Sheridan , Nelson , Home Tooke , Romilly, Major
Cartwright , ancl the others of the good and the great. As a surgeon ,
Carpue was before his time ; educated professionall y abroad , he had an
early preference for new inventions, but always respected the opinion of
others. He attended the late Princess Amelia, ancl was a favourite with
the Prince Regent. His method of lecturing was amusing and instruc-
tive ; we well remember the den (we believe since converted by Miss
Kell y into a dramatic theatre) in which he delivered those lessons of
deep philosophy in simple truths to those who were about to enter the
navy, army, and India service, for to such was his class generall y
limited, ancl how at that time his most excellent system was derided by
the aristocrats of the day, yet Carpue's boast was, "no pupil of mine
was ever rejected." We have said that he was a-head of his clay, but he
lived to see every medical school adopt his plan, but not his manner,
that was Carpue's alone. We may possibly refer to the biography of
this great ancl good man h ereafter at some greater length , but of his
benevolent kindness the writer of these few remarks is not ashamed to
give the following instance : being about to proceed to India , Mr. Carpue
sen t for him and frankly stated that he had heard his sea-chest required
some additions, ancl enquired what sum would suffice—that sum was
doubled—bu t for this timely aid, what might have been the privations of
a youth about to leave home and coun try ? Bless th y memory, dear
and valued friend ! Reader ponder on the grave of Carpue.
Feb. 18.—Bro. William Hawes, the musical professor, at his residence
on the Adelphi-terrace, aged 61. Mr. Hawes was almoner and master
of the boys at St. Paul's Cathedral , gentleman, ancl master of the boys
at the Chapel Royal. He was father of the highly-talented vocalist ,
Miss Maria B. Hawes, ancl Honorary Member of the Prince of Wales'
Lodge.
Feb. 20.—Bro. J. D. Loder, leader of the Ancient and Philharmonic
Concerts, &c, aged 58. Bro. Loder used to lead the concerts at Bath,
in the palmy days of the celebrated Rauzzini. His disease was con-
firmed dropsy.
Feb.—A letter from Berlin announces the death of Bro. Baron de
Bulow, ex-Minister of State. A malad y, which he had contracted of late
years, from excessive application to business, was the cause of his death.
March 3.—Mt: 48, at Tibberton-square, Islington, Brother R OBERT
FIELD, who for upwards of 30 years had most faithfully served as clerk
in the house of Messrs. Edward Robinson & Co., of Cheapside, London .
A mind too severely taxed by the devotion to the respon sibility of his
situation, and a constitution far from strong, yielded to the encroaches
of a severe nervous disease, which brough t about a softening of the
 Field be-
brain and the gradual obliteration of all nervous power. Bro
taste, all vanished, and
came' blind next the senses of hearing, touch, the ear of the
the last si<di of a dear friend was softly breathed into A widow
aneel of peace ; the last moment told the secret of the heart. an affec-
and several children remain to lament the bereavement of
tionate husband and father. , , . _.,. .. i
It is to be 'hoped that the commercial firm who, for thirty years, have
benefited by the unceasing devotion to their interests of this faithful
steward may be induced to extend towards the famil y some aid; for
the sake' of humanity we trust this will be the case ; seldom was a case
presented more deserving, or more requiring sympath y.
Could such a man as Robert Field be other than a good Mason ? Pie
was the illustration of what a Mason should be ; to be as he was, you
must walk humbly before God, uprightly before man. Bro. Field was
initiated in the Bank of Eng land Lodge, served every office , up to the
Chair, to which he was twice called, (and was P. Z. of the Royal Arch
Chapter, No. 3;) acted as Secretary and Treasurer for many years, and
only resigned the latter office last year. He was at the time of his de-
cease the Father of the Lodge. The Lod ge has been put into Masonic
mourning, and the members mourn as Brothers.
Bro. Field was, as may be expected, among the early supporters of
the Asy lum for his aged Brethren , and on the retirement of Bro. Farn-
field from the Secretaryshi p to that Institution, he eagarly sought and
readily obtained the appointment ; into this cause he threw the great
powers of his intelligent mind; no difficulty presented itself that was
not to be overcome; he took his post by the side of the Treasurer ; re-
ceived his instructions and obeyed them to the letter ; any difference of
op inion was conveyed with the kindness of a friend , and his ow„n
op inion was frequentl y y ielded, when perhaps it mi ght have been of
greater advantage ; but Bro. Field always supported the views ancl ob-
jects of his leader with readiness and grace.
Generous as to his means, being hopeful of the future, he liberall y
contributed to the cause, ancl carried on an extensive correspondence.
As a secretary he was a pattern to imitate. His votes in Grand Lodge
were always given on the side of Independence and Freemasonry, and
his loss as a man of considerable reasoning powers will be felt ; there
are very few of his class of thinking well informed Masons. To con-
sult Robert Field was to seek intelligence, to profit by it was a privilege.-
His resignation as Secretary was only tendered when he felt that to con-
tinue in office was altogether impossible, and then it was written with-
sincere regret a few months since ; and the letter containing the resig-
nation evidenced marks of great ph ysical decay, it was probably the
last he ever wrote. The Committee of the Asy lum directed a vote of
thanks for his valuable services to be presen ted to him , as a mark of their
unfeigned affection and esteem. It was done; but, alas! vision was denied
to the eye, and hearing to the ear, of him to whom honour was due.
A Lewis of Bro. Field may probably live to witness in such testimony
a record of his father 's worthiness. All that now remains for the Mason
is to condole with the widow and fatherless, imploring for them the pro-
tection of an All-powerful ancl merciful Father in Heav en.
Kind shade look with complacency on this feeble tribute to friend-
ship, that commenced with our first introduction to each other , and
ended but with th y last expiration ! Sweet, in your case, must be the
sleep of death .
 PROVINCIAL.
HE
^g= T G ENERAL COMMITTEE OF THE A SYLUM FOR.A GED AND
DECAYED FREEMASONS most earnestl y direct the attention of their
Provincial Brethren to the state of the Funds of that excellent Insti-
tution , and trust , that by the aid of Lodges and private Contrib utions ,
the serious expenses to which the Charity has been subjected may be
met by the kindness and liberality of the Craft.
Post Office Orders , Bank paper ,or references on London Houses, will
be thankfully acknowledged bg the Bankers , MESSRS . PRESCOTT AND CO.,
6a, Threadneedle Street , London; the Treasurer , DR . CRUCEFIX ,
Grove , Gravesend , K e n t ; or the Secretary, ad interim , M R . JOHN
WHITMORE , 125, Oxford Street , London.
H YTHE , December 27.—The festival of St. John was celebrated b y
the Brethren of Prince 'Edwin 's Lodge, No. 147, at which time Bro.
W. H. Pullen was installed Worshi pful Master for the year ensuing.
The ceremony was performed b y Bro. AVatson , from London.
UXBRIDGE . R OYAL UNION CHAPTER , February 20. A Chap ter of
Emergency was held for the purpose of admitting the Rev. Bro. Cooke,
of Hillingdon , and Bros. Lake, Pullen, and Bedborough , all of the Royal
Union Lodge, No. 536. Hitherto the exaltations, since our resuscita-
tion , have been chiefl y of London Brethren ; the present accession of
strength from the province affords a pleasing indication of increased
stability.
OXFORD . A LFRED LODGE , Dec. 27 , 1845. The initiations during
the last two or three years have far exceeded any former period , while
the addition that has been made to the Masonic ranks has been such as
to give increased stability to the Lod ges, ancl additional weight and in-
fluence to Masonic princi ples. The election of Bro. W. Thompson to
the chair is as creditable as it was unanimous. His father laboured for
upwards of thirty years to place Freemasonry in that pre-eminence
which it was his lot to witness before departing to "that bourne whence
no traveller returns." For Senior Warden , we have Bro. Belcher, son
of the late Mayor of Abingdon ; Junior Warden , Bro. James Wyatt,
jun., eldest son of Bro . Aid. James Wyatt , a veteran of the Craft ;
Senior Deacon , Bro. James Embling ; Junior Deacon , Bro. E. Kent ;
Inner Guard , Bro. J. Rose ; Stewards, Bro. C. Hickman and Bro. H .
Gibbs ; Treasurer , Bro. H. Jebber ; Secretary, Bro. J. Betteris.
At five o'clock the inauguration dinner took place in the banquet-room
of the Masonic H all. The Worshi pful Master, Bro. Thompson, pre-
sided, and gave, in appropriate terms, the usual loyal and Masonic toasts.
The CHAIRMAN said he had infinite pleasure in proposing the health
of a bod y of Masons who had conferred great benefit on this Lod ge
and Freemasonry generall y. He alluded to the Past Masters, to whom
they were so much indebted (cheers) ; and although he had no wish to
be invidious, by speaking of one more than another , he could not for-
bear mentioning the name of one, Bro. P. M. Musgrove (loud cheers),
who had been a true and staunch friend to the Lodge, and who had-
 filled its highest office no less than six times (cheers), which was the best
testimony of the high estimation in which he was held by the Brethren .
Nor could he overlook the great services rendered by the W. M. of the
past year, Bro. Jubber, who had done all in his power to promote the
best interests of the Lodge. There was a circumstance, too, on which
P. M. Jubber might p ride himself, that during his year of office , he
had initiated more Brethren than any previous Master. (Cheers).
P. M. M USGROVE acknowledged the toast.
P. M. J UBBER begged to propose 'the health of the Worshipful
Master, and felt that it was unnecessary that he should dwell on his
merits ; the Lodge could not but feel highly gratified that they had
elected a Brother so hi gh in character ancl firm in principle to fulfil the
duties of Worship ful Master for the year ensuing (loud cheers).
THE WORSHIPFUL M ASTER replied at some length , and concluded b y
stating that he would endeavour to discharge the duties uprightly and
with a due regard to the character and dignity of the Lod ge, so that
when he had completed his year of office he might be able to return the
bad ge of honour as pure and unsullied as he hacl received it from his
predecessor, P. M. Jubber. (The W. M. sat down amid much cheering.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the Senior Warden and
the Officers for the year.
Bro. B ELCHER , S. W., acknowledged the toast.
The CHAIRMAN begged to propose prosperity to their Sister Lodge,
the Apollo ; and afterwards gave the " Stewards," and expressed the
great satisfaction which they had given in all they had undertaken.
Bro. Hickman , P. M., acknowledged the toast.
Among the many toasts that followed were— "Success to the Masonic
Charities," "The Officers of the past year," "The Mayor and Corpo-
ration ," "The Vice-Chancellor ancl prosperity to the University," " The
City Members," " The County Members," " The Ladies," " Our next
merry meeting," &c.
Feb. 18.—There was a large attendance of the Brethren of the
City ancl University Lodges. The minutes of the last meeting having
been read and confirmed , the P. G. M. congratulated the Brethren
on the progress which Masonry had made in the province since
they were last assembled. After pay ing a tribute of respect to the
memory and virtues of a deeply lamented Brother (Bro. E. Standen of
this city), who had been snatched from them since their last Provincial
Meeting, he stated th at had it p leased the Great Architect of the
Universe to spare his life it was his intention to have conferred upon
him the highest honour which as P. G. M. he had in his power to bestow,
as a mark of the esteem which he entertained for him. The P.G. M.
then appointed the following to be his officers for the year. The ap-
pointments which have been made from both Lodges, have given the
greatest satisfaction to all.
Senior Grand Warden , Bro. T. W alker ; Junior Grand Warden, Bro.
Rev. C. J. Meredith, Line. Coll. ; Grand Chaplain, Bro. J. T. B. Landon ,
Magd. Coll. ; Grand Registrar, Bro. W. Thompson ; Grand Secretary,
Bro. Rev. G. T. Thomas, Wore. Coll.; Assistant Secretary, Bro. J. G.
Betteris; Senior G rand Deacon , Bro H. Jubber ; Junior Grand Deacon ,
Bro. S. Burstall , Univ. Coll.; Grand Superintendant of Works, Bro. G.
Saunders, Wor. Coll. ; Grand Sword Bearer, A. C. Masters, Univ. Coll. ;
Grand Director of Ceremonies , Bro. R. J. Sp iers ; Grand Organist ,
VOL. TV_ v
 Bro. B. Sharp ; Grand Pursuivant, Bro. J. Bossom ; Grand Stewards,
Bros. H. Gibbs, J. Wyatt , R. Cattlev, Wor. Coll., Rev. W. Bousfi eld ,
Line. Coll., H. E. C. Stapyltcn , Univ. Coll., ancl T. Randall. The
P. G. M. having thanked the Brethern for their attendance, the Lod ge
was closed in clue form and order.
In the afternoon of the same day the Brethren of the Apollo Lodge
gave their anniversary dinner in the banquet room at the Masonic Hall .
The Master of the Apollo Lod ge, Bro. the Rev. C. J. Meredith , pre-
sided ; supported by the Provincial Grand Master , Bro. the Rev. C. J.
Ridley ; a Past Master of the A pollo Lod ge, Bro. J. Boy d, ancl the
present W. M. of the Alfred , Bro. W. Thompson , and the Officers and
Brethren of the two Lod ges, amounting to about fifty, ancl Bro. Green-
bank , the distinguished Professor of Elocution. The usual preliminary
toasts were given , after which the Chairman gave the "Provincial Grand
Master, the Rev. Bro . C. J. Ridley " (loud cheers) , and he proposed his
health in a double capacity, as a Member of the Apollo Lod ge, over
which he hacl presided with so much success ancl so much ability
(cheers), and as Provincial Grand Master.
The toast was received with Masonic honours and cheering. On its
subsiding
The P. G.M. (who was prevented by a sudden attack of sciatica from
dining, but who joined the party on the removal of the cloth) said , he
felt the greatest pleasure in meeting the Brethren on the present occa-
sion , and regretted it hacl been diminished by a circumstance which
prevented his joining the festive board at an earlier moment. He had
come from London expressl y to hold a Provincial Grand Lod ge. He
concluded an admirable address by observing, that the Masonic princi ple
would work its way, whether it was in our own country or in far distant
lands—be it Northern climes where wintry storms prevail, or in the
sunny South , to use the poet 's words,
" Where showers fall as though they weep,
And winds breathe as a child asleep.''

The P. G. M. again rose and said, he begged to propose the health of

one who was deserving of all praise ancl all commendation , the W. M.
of the Apollo Lod ge, Bro. Meredith (loud ancl continued cheering). If
any thing afforded him (th e P. G. M.) additional p leasure in attending
this meeting, it was the knowledge that he had the privilege of proposing
the health of one who was so hi ghl y esteemed , and who so justly de-
served their approbation , not onl y for his zeal in Masonry, but for the
way in which he carried out its princi ples (loud cheers).
The W. M. said , if in proposing to their consideration the health of
the P. G.M. who was so worthy of their approbation , he felt a degree of
diffidence , how much m ore so must he feel at the present moment in
rising to acknowledge those encomiums and compliments which had
been made in his behalf. He wished he was deserving of but half of
what had been kindl y said of him , but his endeavour had been in the
discharge of his duty not to sink the Apollo Lod ge in estimation if he
could not raise it In conclusion , he begged to propose the health of
his predecessor, Past Master Boy d, and the Past Masters of the Apollo
Lod ge (much cheering).
Bro. BOYD , P. M., acknowled ged the compliment.
The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of the Worshi pful Master, the
Officers and Breth ren of the Alfred Lod ge, and remarked that in that
 He rejoiced to see such unanimity
Lod^e he was initiated into Masonry. nothing would
prevailing between the sister Lodges, ancl trusted that
ever occur to disturb it (cheers).
Lod ge,
Bro THOMPSON returned, on behalf of himself and the Alfred
manner in which the
their unfeigned thanks for the kind and flattering by the
toast had been proposed by the Chairman, and responded to
Brethren.
The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of the Visiting Brethren.
Professor G REISNBANK acknowled ged the toast.
The C HAIRM AN then gave, in comp limentary terms, the Officers of
the A pollo Lodge.
The Senior Warden, Bro. Rev. BOUSFIELD , responded.
The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of " The Stewards," and the
'
newly initiated Brethren , after which the entered Apprentices song was
given with good effect by Bro. Bossom.
Some excellent songs were sung during the evening by various
Brethren , ancl considerable p leasure was afforded b y Professor Green-
bank , who gave, at the request of the company a recitation of Hood s
celebrated composition-the "Song of the Shirt." ^
March.—The A poll o and Alfred Lod ges have hel d their meetings,
at which several addresses were delivered with much good taste, in par-
ticular those by Bros. Haskings and Spiers, as well as by the Rev . Bro.
Dixon , a visitor from Carlow.
BIRMINGHAM , Jan. 15.—The Grand Lodge of the Province of W ar-
wickshire met at Bro. Dee's, Royal Hotel, Birmingham, by command ot
the Deputy Grand Master of England and Grand Master of the Pro-
vince, the Right Hon. the Earl Howe. The usual business of the Lodge
having been disposed of his Lordship proceeded to appoint the under-
mentioned Brethren officers of the Lod ge for the ensuing year, viz. Bros.
Bell Fletcher , M.D., (Lod ge of Li ght, 689) Deputy P. G. Master;
James Motteram (St. Paul's, 51), P. G. S. W.; William Greatwood
(ditto), P.G. J. W.; William Lloy d (Lod ge of Light, 689), Past
S. G. W., P. G. Treasurer ; William Broomhead (ditto), P. G. Regis-
trar ; G. I. Kain (Shakespear Lod ge, 356), P. G. Secretary ; H. Louis,
P. G. S. D.; Wy ley (Trinity Lodge) P. G. J. 1). ; Empson (St. Paul's
Lod ge) P. G. Superintendant of Works; Adams (Guy 's Lod ge), P. G.
D. C.; Dee (Lod ge of Li ght), P. G. Sword Bearer; Cohen (.St. Paul's),
G. Organist ; L. Sbarpe (Shakespear) , P. G. Pursuivant; Morris Banks
(Lod ge of Li ght) ; ancl P. W. Banwell, P. G. Stewards; Thomas Hewett,
P. G. Tyler.
A procession was formed in order ; embracing, first, two T ylers,
with drawn swords, music, Committee of Council, Officers , Students,
and Medical Officers of the Queen 's College—The authorities of the
town—Masons , not members of any Lodge, two and two—th e Lod ges
according to their numbers, juniors preceding—The Provincial Grand
Lod ge in full cortege.
On arriving at St. Peter 's Church , the Brethren opened to the right
and left—facing inwards—when the P. G. Master passed up the centre.
Divine service was read by the Rev. C. Craven, and a most eloquen t
discourse was delivered by the Worshi pful Brother, H. R. Slade, D. D.,
D.G. M , pro tem., and Grand Chaplain of the Staffordshire Grand Lodge.
A collection in aid of the funds of the Queen 's Hospital was sub-
scribed by the Brethren present.
 The Lod ges then formed in reversed order , and returned to the
Royal
The Banquet. —At five o'clock about one hundred and thirty
down. The noble Brother , Earl Howe , presided at the centre table sat
Brothers Torre, Past D. P. G. M., ancl Bell Fletcher, M. D., D. P G '
M. Presidents, at the tables on the ri ght and left of his Lordshi p
The cloth having been removed the usual Royal, Loyal, and Masonic
toasts were given and heartil y responded to by the Brethren In pro-
posing the health of the most Worshi pful Grand Master, the Earl of
Zetland , his lordshi p paid a just tribute to that nobleman for his great
attention to the interests of the insti tution. He remarked , that he
be-
lieved it was the wish of their present Grand Master to follow
in the
steps of the late Grand Master , H.R. H. the Duke of Sussex, ancl he was
convinced they would all allow that he could not take a better model.
The toast was heartil y responded to.
Bro. TORRE, Past D. P. G. M., then rose, and said he hacl a pleasimr
duty to perform , that of proposing the health of the distinguished Bro-
ther who now presided over them. After pay ing a just eulog ium to the
noble lord for his exertions in behalf of our beau tiful institution he
concluded by proposing the health of the Earl Howe, Deputy Grand
Master of England , ancl Grand Master for this Province.
This toast was received with rapturous applause.
Earl H OWE , in returning thanks , said that he should always make it
his stud y to be at his post whenever it was possible. He thanked them
for the honour conferred , and although he should be sorry to resign the
high office he h eld as their Grand Master, yet he should be willing to
do
so provided they though t it desirable to be presided over by one more
immediatel y connected with the province. This he would say, they
could not find one m ore deeply devoted to the interests of the Craft
His Lordshi p concluded by eulogising the sermon they had heard that
day, and said that he had never heard a more Christian-like discourse
from the lips of any minister. He called upon the Brethren to drink to
the health of Brother the Rev. Dr. Slade, the Chaplain of the Stafford-
shire Grand Lod ge.
1he Rev. Brother returned thanks in a very pleasing manner and
gave success to the Grand Lod ge of Warwickshire, and the health of
Dr. Bell Fletcher , the Deputy Provincial Gran d Master.
Dr. FLETCHER returned thanks in an excellent speech expressing a
wish to carry out Freemasonry on a broad princi ple, as he considered it
was well calculated to promote the temporal and spiritual welfare of all
who embraced it. He concluded b y very appropriately proposine the
health of the retiring D. P. G. Master, Bro. Torre.
E A R L H OWE rose and paid a just tribute of respect to the toast he
could not allow it to pass without his more especial notice. '
Bro. T ORRE returned thanks in a very feeling strain ; it was sixteen
years since he first took office , and he had been honoured by having his
warran t ren ewed b y three different Grand Masters. There were a very
few Lodges in the province when he was first appointed by the late
lamented Earl Ferrers. He now retired , leaving half a score. He felt
highly gratified b y the com pliment paid to him, and he returned thanks
with a heart as overflowing as his glass.
Earl H OWE then rose and gave "Prosperity ancl increased utili ty of
the Queen 's Hospital. "
Bro. Dn. BIRT DAVIES responded thereto , and said , that valuable insti-
 tution was much indebted to the Freemasons of the Midland districts for
the great assistance they had rendered in promating its interests. He
considered it an institution based on Masonic princi ples, the basis of
which is Charity, ancl the value of the services rendered by them to the
poor in their affliction , he hoped was multiplied a hundred fold as they
went forth into the world.
The next toast was the Visiting Brethren , which was responded to by
one of the visitors, who solicited permission to give the health of a most
distinguished Mason , one whose writings on Masonry he had often read
with deep interest—the Rev. Dr. OLIVER .
Earl H OWE then rose and said , the time was drawing near when some
of them would have to join the fair sex in the ball that ni ght, and as a
parting toast he would give them "the ladies." He was convinced his
Brethren would agree with him , that to them we were indebted for most
of the comforts of life , and on all occasions they proved themselves
man 's greatest blessing.
The n oble Earl then retired amidst the cheering of his Brethren , and
the Chair was taken for a short time by Dr. Fletcher , at the request of
his Lordshi p.
The Ball at the Town Hall, was attended by a highly fashionable
company, about fourteen hundred being present. The military band of
the 6th Dragoons performed during the evenin g the most fashionable
music.
I he scen e presented was trul y magnificent—the galaxy of beauty,
hei ghtened by the most fashionable and attractive dresses, the Masonic
costumes, studded with the jewels of the various Orders, collars, and
aprons, from the Masonic blue to the gorgeous red and purple.
Upwards of five hundred pounds have, by the smiles of beauty
beaming on the liberality of men of honour, been made available for the
diseased ancl afflicted of the Queen 's Hospital.
It is to be hoped that a similar ball will take place next year in aid of
the funds of the different Masonic charities.
[[Hear this, ye Brethren of the Provinces ! Five hundred pounds
gleaned by the smiles of beauty. O, woman ! blessed gift of God to
man—wh y are not your boundless powers always enlisted in such a
cause so purel y your own as charity ?"]— ED .
UTTOXETER , Jan. 9.—The Foresters' Lodge, 670, in this clean agri-
cultural town , held its annual festival at the Red Lion Inn and
installed their W. M. elect, Bro. R. Lassiter, surgeon. The Brethren
to do honour to the occasion , had speciall y invited the D. P. G M
Bro Dr. Slade, who took the opportunity of officiall y inspecting
the
condition of the Lod ge, and partaking of the festivity of the day
l h e W. Brother expressed himself hi ghl y satisfied with the neat
ap-
pearance of the Lod ge, and the efficien t manner in which
Moriey, P. M and P. G. Sword Bearer (an old serjeant of Bro.
._ usileers) conducted the cerem ony the Sth
of Installation. The rare old boy
is the hair trigge r of the happy pastoral knot that
comprise
resters Lod ge. Long life to the veteran soldier Mason ! Thisthe Fo-
Lodge
^3 commenced reSular ty taking in the "Freemasons 'Quarterl y
Review "
WOLVERHAMPON , Dec—The feast of St. John the Evangelist
year was celebrated with more than ordinary this
eclat. The suffrages of
the Brethren had been given in favour of Bro. G. A. Vernon ,
a Mason
 of superior degree ; ancl his induction to the Chair of the Lodge was
attended with peculiar circumstances of felicitation . The male branch es
of his family are all Freemasons of old standing, and it imparted in-
describable feeling to the even t of the day by its being graced and indeed
solemnised by the presence of his venerable father, General Vernon ,
who has not been in Lod ge for many years, accompanied by his two
other sons, the eldest, and his youngest brother, Captain Vernon , of
Her Majesty 's 68th foot. Bro. Vernon , the now W. M . of St. Peter 's
Lod ge, is himself a captain of the Coldstream Guards. A bri gh ter
epoch in the prosperity of this Lod ge could not have dawned upon its
career. Dr. Slade had inspired into its decaying frame fresh life and
vigour, ancl there is now every reasonable expectation that St. Peter 's
Lod ge, 607, under the rule of Bro. G. A. Vernon , will entitle itself to
the motto of his regimental standard, nulli secundus in the province.
To signalise the occasion, the W. Bro. H. C. Vernon, Past P.G.S.W.,
who has been many years a member of St. Peter 's Lodge, presented a
set of new collars for the several officers , ancl clothing for the T y ler.
The solemn ceremony of Installation was conducted by Bro. Lloyd,
P. G. Treasurer. The attendance of the Brethren was very gratif y ing,
and among the visitors we recognised Bros. W. Kettle, P. M., 51,
De Loude, F. Dee, P. G. S., J. H. Davis, R. Kettle, barrister, Gordon ,
P. M., &c. &c.
The Lod ge opened at three o'clock at the Assembl y Rooms, and was
adjourned to Bro. Law 's, at the Star and Garter Plotel, for dinner.
After the usual loyal and Masonic toasts from the chair,
Dr. SLADE rose and proposed thehealthof theW.M. Bro. G.A.Vernon.
He said be knew of no Brother within the province more gifted with
Masonic virtues than he whom the Brethren of St. Peter 's Lod ge had
deli ghted to honour. Bro. Vernon had a status loci in society which
would give an impulse to the progress of their esoteric principles, added
to which the real respect his family was held in throughout the nei gh-
bourhood, could not fail to recommend those princi ples, as essentiall y
conservative of the Throne, the Altar, and the Commonwealth. What
can be a more hallowed aspect than the one in which we contemplate
the genial and benign spirit of Masonry at this moment? We behold
around our board elements of the different grades of our artificial state
of society. Let me (said the doctor) tell those children of darkness
that while Masonry teaches Christianity, their Christianity does not
teach Masonry. While we teach the ri ghts of lawful sovereigns, and
inculcate obedience to states, we do not forget the claims of citizens to
the privileges of freeborn men. Prudence, temperen ce, fortitude, and
justice are among our leading maxims, but we do not recognize in
our code of laws any claim as teachers of mental and moral li ght to
enslave the mind with superstitious fears, and, through the dogmas of a
particular institution, attempt to accomplish the sinister ends of tyranny
and oppression. For this reason Freemasonry has always been persecuted
by a priesthood that pretends to infallibility of opinion and universality
of reli gious dominion ; and is looked upon with a jealous eye by all
who dread that the emanci pation of the human intellect should deprive
bi gotry and fanaticism of its influence and gains. Bro. Slade con-
tinued ,— What scene could more beautifull y display the sp irit of
Masonry than the one before them ? A gallant officer of a most distin-
guished corps occupied the seat of an instructor in a peculiar system of
morality; he had laid aside the sword to handle the square and com-
 passes—symbols that taught tbe most enduring truths. He was sur-
rounded by his father, a veteran of hi gh military rank , who hacl lon°-
appreciated the blessings of amity and peace, which our Order ever
propagates—his eldest broth er, an excellent specimen of the English
country gentleman , a well-tried Craftsman of the mystic tie—his youngest
brother, another gallant companion in arms—b y learned members of
the church , the law, and medicine—by men of commerce and busy
artizans; each in his place filling up the common level, order prevailing
over every action , harmony cheering every bosom—each emulatino- the
other in fraternal anxiety to see ancl make one another happy, the genius
of Masonry presiding over all hearts. Such was an apt illustration of
the social good of Masonry. It brought classes into communion with
each oth er , sanctified by obligations of the most sacred nature , and
associated by the most solemn tokens, to improve and ameliorate the
condition of tbe human race.
1he evening was much enlivened b y very good sing ing, particularly
by Bro. Ironmonger , whose song of " Tubal Cain ," was equal to the
best professional talent. The veteran General entered into the spirit of
the reunion with feelings and affability that won all hearts.
The W. M. in returning thanks for his health, which was drunk with
the highest Masonic honours , very gracefull y alluded to the compliment
the Lod ge had passed upon him in taking him , as it were, almost upon
trust. His best efforts should be devoted to the prosperity of St. Peter's
Lod ge, and he hoped , when his year of office had expired , he should lay
down the gavel assured of their unanimous approbation.
The W. Bro. H. Vernon 's health was drunk with other P. M. and
P- G- officers , which were sev erall y acknowled ged in appropriate terms.
Phe W . Brother was pleased to express a desire, concurred in b
y a vote
of the Brethren , that the address of Bro. Slade should appear in print
deeming it well calculated to publish the tenets ancl prin ciples of
the
Craft. The W. Bro. Lloyd's health was drunk with every mark of
respect, and his admirable performance of the solemn ceremony
of the
day was warml y acknowledged b y the W. M. and the Brethren .
The Lod ge was closed about nine o'clock , when most of the members
dispersed. It must not be forgotten that amidst the events of this auspi-
cious day, Bro. General Vernon , through his son , theW. M.,
presented
a donation of five guineas to the Lod ge Fund of Ben evolence.
N ORWICH .-Union Lodge, 60. Alread y the advan tage of a govern
ing power is evident. Since Lord Suffield has assumed office:
many
gentlemen have been initiated , and others have rejoined the banner
J. his Lodge in particular has rallied , and commenced the work
of cha
nty. At its last meeting the sums of 5/. 5s. 2/ . 2s. and 1/
respechvely voted to the Annui ty Fund , the Asylum , and Girls'Is were
School
LINCOLN .—Masonry is fast declining in the Province. It
holds up its head but m Lincoln. If the Prov. G. M. by scarcely
ing the H.storian of Masonry has succeeded in nothing supersed-
done so too effectuall y in establishing Ms own views of else, he has

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 KEIGHLEY , Feb. 24.—The foundation stone of the new Parish Church
of Keighley was laid.
The procession met at the Parish Church National School Room at
twelve o'clock, and proceeded to the church yard in the following order:—•
Constables and Churchwardens ; Architects and Clerk of the Works ;
Masons, Joiners, ancl other Contractors ; Building Committee ; Clergy ;
Subscribers and Friends; Superintendents and Secretaries ; Female
Teach ers; Male Teachers, from the different Church Schools of the
Parish ; the Free ancl Accepted Masons of West Yorkshire ; the Royal
Lodge of Odd Fellows.
On the procession reaching the ground, prayers were offered up by
the Rev. Dr. Busfeild , of Carlton , and a h ymn was sung, after which
the stone was laid by Frederic Greenwood , Esq., of Ryshwort Hall.
Mr. Greenwood, ou laying the stone, made an appropriate address.
Dr. Busfeild read certain sentences of scripture, and another hymn
was sung.
Then , Bro. LEE , the Provincial Deputy Grand Master directed
certain officers of his Order to appl y the plumb, the square, and
the level to the stone. This done, he pronounced the stone to be
dul y laid, and said , addressing the rector:— "Think not, Rev. Sir,
that these are idle ceremonies. The plumb teaches us to walk up-
rightly; the level to walk humbl y; and the square to regulate our doings
by God's law."
The Hon. and Rev . PHILIP SAVILE , of Methley, Provincial Grand
Chaplain, then came forward , and poured corn, wine, and oil on the
stone, expressing a hope that the word preached there might fall into
good ground , and bring forth much fruit—that as oil stills the troubled
waters, so might God's grace support ancl console us in earthly trials—
and as wine maketh glad the heart of man , so might the preached word
cheer the minds of those who hear it.
The Rev. WILLIAM BUSFEILD, M.A., rector of Keighley, then came
forward and delivered a long and powerful address.
The concluding prayers were then offered up, and the National
Anthem was sung.
The procession then moved to St. John 's, where an excellent sermon
was preached by the Hon . and Rev. P. Savile, from the words—" Ex-
cept the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it."
The clergy, churchwardens, and building committee afterwards dined
with the Freemasons, at the Devonshire Arms. There were great
numbers of Masons who had come from a distance to be presen t on the
occasion. Such a demonstra tion of good will to the Church has not
been made for a long time in Keighley ; and we doubt not that the
effect of it will last beyond the mom en t. Let but the Church be faith-
ful to her duty, and she will continue to gain the affection of the masses
of our population who have been estranged b y her inability to supply
them with her ministrations. And if she live in the affections of the
people of this country, she will outlive all the storms which assail her.
SUNDERLAND , Jan .—The annual meeting of the Palatine Lodge,
No. 114, was held in the Lodge-room , at the Brid ge Hotel, when the
following members were installed as office-bearers of the Lodge for the
ensuing year :—Bros. T. White , W. M.; E. Smith , P. M.; J. Crowe,
S. W.; W. Dewar, J. W.; J. Crossby, Treasurer ; A. Milne, Secretary :
G. S. Ranson , S. D.; T. Robson , J. D.; J . Crawford , I. G.; and
 J. Dykes, Ty ler. The ceremonies were conducted b y Bro. Hard y with
his accustomed ability. The Lodge was visited by a number of Brethren
from Swallwell, Shields, Gateshead, &c, who witnessed the proceedings
with great pleasure.
K ENDAL , Jan. 5.—Union Lodge, No. 151, met at the house of Bro.
James Barker, the Horse and Rainbow Inn. Bro. Christopher Gibson
was installed W. M. for the ensuing year. After which a numerous
bod y of the Fraternity sat clown to banquet. The duties of the chair
were abl y discharged by Bro . Gibson ; ancl harmony ancl brotherl y
love were the order of the day.
CHESTER , Dec. 30.—The Brethren of the Cestrian Lodge met at the
Royal Hotel , and were honoured with the presence of Lord Viscount
Combermere, P. G. M., and Jj is respected son , the Hon. Wellington
Cotton, John Finchett Maddock, Esq. D. P. G. M., Bro. PIesse, P. G.W.
of the Provincial Lodge, Bro. Willoughby, W. M. of the Mersey Lodge,
and many Brethren from Macclesfield , Stockport , and other Lodges in
this county and North Wales. The Marquis of Downshire and Sir
W. W. Wynn , members of the Cestrian Lod ge, expressed their regret
by letter, that they were preven ted from attending. The Lodge was
opened at two o'clock. Bro. Jenkins was installed W. M. The Brethren
sat down to an excellent dinner, the noble and gallant P. G. M. filling
the chair. The Queen ancl the Craft , and also the healths of the Royal
Family, and the Earl of Zetland , the G. M. of England, with those of
the other Officers of the Grand Lod ge, having been drunk, the health
of Lord Combermere was proposed by the D. P. G. M. John Finchett
Maddock. The noble Lord was hi ghly gratified with the enthusiastic
manner in which his health was toasted , and stated that it afforded him
great pleasure to visit the Cestrian Lodge, and expressed his satisfaction
at the efficiency ancl completeness of the Lodges in this county. Also
his determination to recommend to the Grand Lodge the suppression
of those Lodges where the objects of the Craft were not carried out, at
the same time it would afford him the utmost pleasure to give his support
and encouragement to those which he found worthy. He further inti-
mated his intention to hold a Provincial Lodge at Birkenhead , which he
considered due to the increasing numbers of tbe Brethren there ; lie also
expressed the pride he felt in filling the office of P. G. M. which had
been held by many of his ancestors, and he hoped it might be inherited
by future members of his famil y, if they were found to be worthy of the
distinction , and he assured the Brethren of his unabated zeal for the
welfare of the Craft. The P. G. M. afterwards proposed the health of
the D.P. G.M. John Finchett Maddock , in a highly complimentary
manner and with the most fraternal regard , and which was warml y
responded to by the Brethren present. The health of the Hon. Wellington
Cotton was drunk with the utmost cordiality and respect, to which he
replied in a manner that hi ghly gratified the Brethren, ancl which did
honour to his head ancl heart. The Brethren also drunk the healths of
their absen t Brothers, the Marquis of Downshire and Sir W. W.Wynn ,
and testified their respect in a bumper to the benevolent aud excellent
character of Lady Combermere, and the high estimation entertained
towards her by the Brethren throughout Cheshire. The health of the
new W. M. of the Cestrian Lod ge was drunk with much respect and
fraternal regard. The heal ths also of the visiting Brethren, who expressed
themselves hi ghly gratified with their reception ancl the entertainment
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they had met with. The health of many other excellent members of
the Craft was drunk , and at half-past nine o'clock the Lodge was
closed, after an evening passed with the utmost hilarity, and in the tru e
spirit of Masonry.
Gratify ing Testimonial.—At the Masonic festival of St. John , Lord
Combermere , at the request of some Masonic and other friends, presen ted
Mr. Yarrow, county bridge-master, with a silver tea-service, which bad
been subscribed for by several friends of that gentleman.
BIRKENHEAD , Dec. 29.—The Brethren of tbe Mersey Lod ge, 701,
held their annual festival of St. John 's"Day, in the Lodge-room, Market
Inn, Birkenhead. After the business of the Lodge hacl been transacted
in the spirit of true Brotherhood , the W. M., J. Bach , installed P. M.
J. Kent, to the office of W. M., after which the day was spen t in the
greatest harmony.
LIVERPOOL .—We had entertained sanguine hopes that "proposals
for the erection of a M ASONIC Hall in this second Babylon would have
progressed so far as to have enabled us to announce its probable success.
The Circular has much of promise in it, ancl the projector of the schem e
is one whose zeal for Freemasonry will, we trust, stimulate him onward;
there may be some temporary checks, but let him bear in mind that
these very checks will cause greater attention to the subject, and as the
matter is of an operative as well as a speculative consideration , the
Masonic lieges of Liverpool are not likely to neglect the opportunity if
placed fairly before their consideration.
ON DIT .—There is a talk of a Masonic Herald, the F. Q. R. being
considered unequal to our wants. [We shall bail our promised contem-
porary with much good will, but we caution him before hand as to the
urgent necessity of pioneering his way well before he brings his project
under public consideration ; we wish too well to every thing trul y
Masonic to be pleased with a still-born or abortive publication .—E D .
F. Q. R.J
CARMARTHEN, N O. 699.—Dec. 27.—The Installation of tbe Wor-
shipful Master was performed by Bro. Ribbans in a very able manner.
The W. M., Bro. Walter Lloyd, presided at the banquet at the Bush
Hotel.
SWANSEA .—Dec. 29.—The members of the Indefatigable ancl Beau-
fort Lodge, 288, celebrated the festival of St. John the Evangelist, by
dining together , in their Lodge-room at the Castle Hotel, Swan sea.
The cloth being removed, Capt. E. Morgan was called to the Chair, and
Bro. S. Padley, junior, occupied the Vice-chair. The usual loyal and
Masonic toasts were given , and the hilarity which generally prevails at
these meetings was kept up with great spirit .
NEATH .— Cambrian Lodge, No. 472.—The members celebrated the
festival of St. John , on the 27th December , according to the annual
custom of the Craft , in their handsome new room at the Castle Hotel,
and afterwards dined together, under the able presidency of the newly-
installed Master of the Lod ge, F. Fredericks, Esq., of Dyffryn. The
real pleasure of tbe evening consisted in that combination of benevolent
and charitable feeling, of that national desire to oblige ancl be obl iged,
and of that disposition for cheerful and rational enjoymen t which Free-
masonry is so well calculated to promote and encourage.
 WORCESTER .— Thc Masonic Ball.—Feb. 20.—Shortly after nine
o'clock the assembly room of the Guildhall was thronged with a galaxy
of beauty, loveliness, and fashion, the fair guests being didy supported
by a proportionate number of gay gallants, amongst whom the hos-
pitable Masons, the generous hosts of the evening, shone most eminently
conspicuous, being adorned with the various and rich insignia—jewels,
collars, scarfs, aprons, and other badges—of their ancien t and honourable
Fraternity.
The compan y numbered in the whole, we understood , about four
hundred and seventy, so that, as it may be imagined, the large room,
which was decorated with more than usual care, was filled almost to
inconvenience. We cannot attempt to give any thing like a complete
list of the company present; but we noticed a few of the most distin-
guished guests, amongst whom were the Earl and Countess Beau-
cham p, Lord Southwell, and the Count and Countess San Damiano ;
Hon. W. Coventry and famil y ; Baroness de Thoren ; the Misses
Lechmere, Sir O. P. Wakeman, Bart., Miss Peel , A. Skey, Esq.,
J. W. Isaac, Esq., Mrs. and the Misses Farley, J. H. Allen, Esq.,
W. Dent, Esq. Marriott, Esq., and the Misses Marriott , Conyng-
ham Burton, Esq., Mrs. and Miss Hawkes, W. Ellis, Esq., J. M.
Gutch, Esq., J. Parker , Esq., J. Owen , Esq., W. Candler, Esq., (who
appeared as Master of the Worcestershire Hounds,) M. Pierpoint, Esq.,
and Mrs. Pierpoint, J. P. Sheppard, Esq., and the Misses Sheppard ,
Dr., Mrs., and Miss Maiden, Dr. James Nash, E. A. Turley, Esq.,
Edgar Sheppard, Esq., and Mrs. E. Sheppard , Rev . T. L. W heeler,
Rev. J. Webster C, Sidebottom, Esq., H. B. Peake, Esq., Mrs. and the
Misses Ken t, and a host of others. VVe have not mentioned the names
of any of the Masons, nor of the ladies who graced them. At the risk,
however, of committing a solecism, we cannot refrain from mentioning
the splendid appearance of the .Worshipful Master of the Lod ge,
R. Rising, Esq., ancl Past Master, James Knight , Esq., who were each
richl y attired and decorated with splendid jewels, and wore the cross-
handled swords of Knights Templar, having attained that eminent
degree in the Order of Masonry ; nor should we omit to notice the
peculiarly chaste appearance of the decorations of J. B. Hyde, Esq.,
and the other Past Masters of the Lodge.
Dancing commen ced shortly after the hour above named ; and fair
forms flitted through the mazy intricacies of the quadrille, whirled the
gidd y round of the waltz, revelled in the all-absorbing Polka, or lan-
guished through the voluptuous windings of the Spanish national dances
until half-past one, when the gay assemblage was summoned to a scene
of more than oriental magnificen ce. The two side rooms adjoining the
Assembly-room having been appropriated, the one as a tea and coffee
and the other as a card-room , the lower or entrance hall was fitted up
as a refectory, the courts on the west side of-the hall being concealed
by massive and tastefull y arranged draperies ; above tbe windows on
the eastern side were placed carved and g ilt cornice poles, from which
depended curtains richly fringed ; the spaces between the windows
were occupied with draperies gracefully festooned. Each end of the
hall was brilliantly illuminated with devices in gas, the rest of the light
required being supplied by chandeliers bearing argand lamps, numerous
table lamps, wax lights, and in front of each of the three principal
Chairs, an enormous wax taper on a richly carved candelabrum. The
Worship ful Master presided in a chair placed under a rich canopy, in
the centre of the eastern side of the hall ; the cornice of the can opy
bore the motto " Faith, Hope , Chari ty," in large gold letters ; on
either side were banners, and over the canopy was a banner emblazoned
with the Worshipful Master 's armorial bearings, above which was a
triangular device, borne only by Knights Templar, consisting of a
rainbow proper, springing from clouds, and surmounting a cross. This
splendid banner was supported on one side by the celestial, and on
the other by the terrestrial globe. At the north end of the hall sat the
Principal Royal Arch , Past Master Joseph Bennett , under a gorgeous
golden arch supported by massy pillars also richly gilded, and sur-
rounded by emblematical banners ; over the arch was a brilliant Maltese
cross surrounding a crown , in jets of gas, and on each side the letters
A. R., also in gas. The arch bore the inscription JLvp riKauev, which
we translate for the behoof of the ladies, "we have found." At the
south end of the hall, under a similar canopy, presided the Second
¦Princi pal Royal Arch, Past Master James Knight, who, being a Kni ght
Temp lar , was supported on one side by the ancien t and famous banner
of the Order, argen t and sable, bearing the motto "Beau-seant," and
on the other by his own banner of arms, surmounted by the triangular
device above described. On the right of the Second Principal sat the
Principal Sojourner, Bro. B. L. Stable, ancl on his left the Principal
Sojourner 's Assistant , Bro. Joseph Stephens. Above the canopy was a
gas star composed of eccen tric circles, and on each side an hexangular
star, also in brilliant gas. Along the whole length of the hall ran three
ranges of tables, with seats on each side.
Supper being announced, the Worshi pful Master led the Countess
Beauchamp to the banquet hall, the Master's lad y being led by the Earl
Beauchamp; and around the chief table were seated the most distin-
guished guests. The repast concluded , tbe Worshi pful Master rose ancl
proposed "the health of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen ." The
toast having been enthusiasticall y honoured, the band played the
National Anthem.
The Worshipful Master then again rose, and said that he had to
discharge the gratifying duty of proposing "the health of her Majesty
the Queen Dowager "—(great cheering)—an illustrious lad y, who had
for some time past been one of the brigh test ornamen ts of our country.
(Cheers.) The toast was drunk with enthusiasm , and the band played
"Rule Britannia."
The Right Hon. Earl BEAUCHAMP then rose ancl said—Ladies and
Gentlemen, before we separate I am desirous of givin g one toast , in
doing honour to which I am sure you will all cordially join with me
(applause.) " I beg to propose the health of the AVorshi p ful Master,
Mr. Rising, ancl the Worcester Lodge of Freemasons, ancl thanks to
them for their splendid and magnificent hospitality extended to us this
evening (loud and continued cheering.)
When the applause had in some measure subsided , the Worshi p ful
Master rose and briefl y acknowledged the compliment, saying that
although the decorations of the Masons mi ght perhaps amuse the ladies,
or call a smile to their faces, they might be assured that there was
nothing connected with "the Craft " which was not strictl y in accord-
ance with the principles of justice, truth , honour, and brotherl y love
(cheers.) He called upon Past Master J. B. H yde to propose the next toast.
 Bro. H YDE "proposed a toast, which , he said fortunatel y needed not
thc aid of eloquence to ensure it a most cordial ancl rapturous reception .
He had onl y to say that the toast had reference to their fair visitors—
[Here the worth y Past Master was interrupted b y an enthusiastic burst
of cheering which continued for several minutes, ancl in which the
remainder of the sentence was completely drowned. |—The ladies, con-
tinued the speaker, had that evening for the first time seen the Masons
in all their insignia and paraphanalia; they had seen their banners,
they had seen their Royal Arch, their jewels, their collars, and all the
badges of the various degrees in the order ; but notwithstanding all that,
they had seen nothing, and they knew nothing, of the mysteries of
Masonry (laughter). There were secrets in Masonry which ladies ' eyes
must not pry into too curiousl y, nor ladies' tongues talk about (renewed
laughter). But although the ladies were precluded from participating
in Masonic mysteries, they were not debarred from partaking of Masonic
amusemen ts and Masonic refreshmen ts (hear , hear, and cheers) ; and
for his part he thought that the external portion of a Mason's Lodge
was never so becomingly adorned and graced as when it was sur-
rounded ancl enlivened b y the fairest works of creation (loud and
reiterated plaudits). It had been the earnest and anxious desire
of the Master and Brethren of the Worcester Lodge to render every
satisfaction to their fair friends and guests ; but they were novices
in giving balls, and if any defect should be discovered he hoped
and trusted that the ladies would observe the principles of Masonry,
follow the example of Masons , and be silent with regard to those defects
(continued laughter) . He knew not who would reply to the toast. If
he called upon the eldest unmarried lady to do so, he thought there
would be considerable hesitation and difficulty about the matter (shouts
of laughter) ; but if he called on the youngest, on the other hand, he
feared that too many would be rising at the same time (increased mer-
riment). Should his fair young friend, however, whosoever she mi ght
be, find herself nervous, diffiden t, or in any manner at a loss, he would
recommend her not to hesitate, but without delay to call in the assist-
ance of Dr. Maiden , who was always prepared , at a moment 's notice, to
afford effectual relief in all such cases (great laughter). In conclusion ,
he would propose the health of " the Ladies "—(cheers)—including
Dr. Maiden. [Shouts of laughter and cheers followed this sally in the
midst of which the worth y Past Master resumed his seat.]
Dr. MALDEN returned thanks on behalf of the ladies in a speech of
which we onl y caught the concluding sentence, which was to the effect
that it was customary now-a-clays for representatives—well-disciplined
representatives at least—to consult their constituents. He had con-
sulted his, and had been commissioned by them to propose the health
of Past Master H yde. (Loud cheers.)
That gentleman having iu a few appropriate sentences expressed his
acknowled gments, the company returned to the ball-room , where they
continued to "chase the hours -with fl ying feet " un til the near approach
of dawn, when they separated ; the universal feeling being warml y
expressed that this was the best and most social assembly, the most com-
plete in all its appointments, and the most lavishly profuse in its un-
bounded hospitality, of any that has graced the faithful city for very
many years past . We must not forget to mention in terms of merited
eulogy the polished courtesy and atten tion of the Stewards—the Past
Masters and present Office-bearers of the Lodge—who devoted them-
selves and th eir best energies, with unremitting assiduity, to anticipate
every want and wish of their guests.
D UDLEY , Jan. 27.—The Brethren of the Lodge of Freemasons, held
which
at the house of Mr. Patterson, Swan Inn , held their annual ball,Craft.
was attended by a large number of the " Brethren of the mystic
The room was tastefull y decorated , ancl ornamented with Masonic signs
band
and other emblems. Messrs. Hayward ancl Tilley 's quadrille
was engaged, and contributed greatly to the enjoyment of the evening.
The Brethren of the Craft were dressed in the distinguishing badges ot
their respective orders, which gave the scene a novel and pleasing
appearance.
PLYMOUTH , Jan. 10.—Brunswick Lodge, 185. A beautiful model
with
of a "Lewis," was presented by the Senior Warden, and accepted
the best thanks of the Brethren. This machine has been used in ancient
on the
and modern times for setting stone; it is a three-legged triangle,
the
top of which is fixed an eye-bolt for hanging the blocks ancl tackle :
rope of the tackle is wound round a roller, which has a satchet-wheel
and paul at one end. The stone intended to be set is made of pure
white m arble— a hole is sunk in the cen tre of it to receive the Lewis,
and a dove-tail formed at the bottom. The Lewis is made of three slips
of iron or steel , dove-tailed , the middle one acting as a wedge to keep
the other two firm. This model was designed by Thomas Elwell, Esq.,
governmen t con tractor, carry ing on the public works in our dock yards.
° cele-
SHERBORNE , Dee. 27.-The Lodge of Benevolence, No. 459, the
brated the festival of St. John the Evangelist. After a meeting a
the Brethren
Lodge Room , ancl the transaction of the business of the day,
proceeded to the Antelope Inn , where a most excellent dinner was pro-
pre-
vided by Brother Hippesley. The D. P. G M Brother Percy,
sided, supported by theWBrother Melmoth P M. H^ore Visitois
W M of the Lod ge of Science, Bourton , the P.G. Chaplain,
Royal Clarence Lodge, Bruton , ancl a strong muster of the
from the
The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given with due
Brethren. charity,
honour • and after the exercise of that most excellent virtue,to this an cient
and an interchange of those frien dly greetings, peculiar leasures oi the
institution , the Brethren separated delighted with the p
have
AVEYMOUTH .—We regret to state that a burg lary ami robbery
the last fort-
been committed at the Masonic Lodge in this town within pick-
night. It is conjectured that entrance was effected by means ot a
oi exte-
lock key, or some other mech anical instrument, as no indication were it is
rior force was apparent. AVhoever the parties concerned they must have
evident, from the peculiar manner of their proceedings,
intrins ic value
been well acquainted with the premises, and also with the
nf tbfi nroneftv taken away, as only valuable articles were selected, things
valua-
of minor consideration being left behind. The cases m which the of the
locked up, have been broken open, and the whole
bles were kept
carried off. It ,s said a light was
jewellery and p Plate abstracted and
observe! in the Lodge on the night of Wednesday the 17th of December ,
meet-
but no notice was taken of it then, from the frequency of Masonic
held on that
ino-s held therein; but as there was no Masonic meeting perpetrated.
niSht it was supposed the robbery must have then been suspicion ot
Hitherto there has not been any clue apparen t, leading to
the burglars.
 BunLEion SALTERTON , Rolle's Arms. Lodge of Harmony. No. 509,
Dec. 30.—The annual festival was commemorated , when the W.M.
Brolher John AVilliams was installed in the chair by Brother W. S. Wish ,
P. M., ancl the other officers dul y appointed and invested.
R YDE , I SLE OF AVIGHT . F ast Medina Lodge, No. 204, Dec. 26.—
The Lodge met in full force at their Lod ge room for the purpose of
installing as W. M. for the ensuing year Bro. the Rev. AVm . Moore, one
of the oldest ancl most respected members of the Lod ge, and also to cele-
brate the festival. Many visitors from the Newport and Cowes Lodges
were present. The ceremony of installation was performed by Bro.
J. Hearn, the retiring Master, ancl D. P. G. M. of the Island, ancl at its
conclusion the Brethren partook of a banquet at the Royal Pier Hotel.
The sacred character of Bro. Moore's profession , and his station in society
in Ryde, are likely to be of great service to this alread y flourishing and
increasing Lodge.
March 2.—Some few weeks since the Right Worshipful P. G. M.,
the Earl of Yarborough, received a request from the Royal Victoria
Yacht Club, that he would summon a Grand Lod ge of his Province to
meet ancl assist His Royal Highness Prince Albert in laying the founda-
tion stone of the Club House, ancl which His Royal Hi ghness hacl
graciously signified his intention of doing on this clay, and accordingl y
the necessary summonses were issued.
The Brethren began to assemble at the Town Hall about twelve
o'clock , but a general feeling of regret prevailed at the absence of the
Ri ght Worshipful Prov. G. M., who was unable through illness to be in
attendance. Shortly after one o'clock, the D. P. G. M., J. H. Hearne,
Esq., of Newport, entered the Lodge room. The Lod ge having been
opened , ancl some preliminary business gone through , the order was
given for forming the procession , and which was speedil y arranged in
the street adjoining the Town Hall, including several distinguished
Brethren of the Prov. Grand Lod ge of Hants. The D. P. G. M. beinn-
supported on each side by a Brother of the Province of Hants.
The procession included upwards of one hundred and fifty Brethren.
The Masonic procession was followed by another, composed ofthe Magis-
trates ancl authorities, ancl princi pal inhabitants of the town , and proceeded
to the bottom of the Pier, where they awaited the arrival of His Royal
Hi ghness, who landed shortly after three o'clock, and having taken his
appointed place, the procession was once more set in motion on its return
up the pier until the head of it reached the Royal Pier Hotel, when a
halt was made, ancl a double line having been formed , His Royal Hi<*_i-
ness, preceded by his standard, borne b y a Captain in the Navy, and
accompanied by his suite and several distinguished and noble visitors of
the Yacht Club, was led through the pro cession to the door of the hotel
where an address was presented from the Town. The ban d then took
the lead, followed b y His Royal Hi ghness and suite towards the scite.
The order of the Masonic procession was then reversed , the Prov. Grand
Lodge immediatel y following His Royal Hi ghness into the ground , and
taking their stations around him.
The whole procession having entered ancl taken their appointed
stations, a bottle containing coins was handed to His Royal Hin-hness
b y Bro. G. G. Downes, the secretary of the club, and it having been
deposited by His Royal Hi ghness in the cavity , a brass plate, bearing
an inscription , was laid over it. The silver trowel was then handed to
His Royal Hi ghness hy the D. P. G. M., who accompanied it with a
short Masonic address, explanatory of its use, as he did also with
reference to the other implements subsequentl y delivered b y him.
The mortar having been spread, the stone was lowered, the band
play ing " Rule Britannia ;" and it having been adjusted and proved by
His Royal Hi ghness, with the square , level , and plumb-rule, and the
corn , wine, ancl oil poured over it , His Royal Hi ghness was pleased to
declare it dul y laid. The plans of the intended building were then pre-
sented b y Bro. Huntley, the architect , for the inspection of Plis Royal
Highness ; ancl an address from the club having been presented by
Thomas Willis Fleming, Esq., the commodore, and most graciously
acknowledged and replied toby the Prince, the procession was re-formecl,
(His Royal Hi ghness and suite leading, and followed by the Masonic
bod y in reverse order,) and returned along Pier-street to the Pier Hotel ,
where the Masonic bod y left the Prince, and returned up George-street
to the town hall, when the business of the province was entered upon ;
and this being completed , the Lodge was adjourned to a most sumptuous
banquet, provided by Bro. Rendall, at the Royal Pier Hotel , of which
upwards of sixty partook, and closed the labours of this ever memorable
day in the usual social and rational manner.
N EWPORT , Dec. 29.—Albany Lodge, 176.—The elegantly furnished
Lodge-room was filled almost to an overflow, by the unusual number of
Brethren assembled to celebrate the festival, and to do honour to the
W. M. elect, Bro. John Simeon, of Calbourne, the heir apparent of the
estates of the Barrington famil y in this island, and whose connection
with this Lodge has alread y been so conducive to its prosperity. The
R. W. D. P. G. M., Bro. J. H. Hearn, presided in the Lodge on this
occasion, ancl installed Bro. Simeon into the Chair, ancl which the
Brethren feel convinced will be filled b y him with credit to himself and
advantage to the Craft. The labours of the day being over, the Brethren
adjourned to the Star Hotel , to partake of a banquet, and spent the
evening in harmony and social enjoyment .
RYE , Dec. 29.—The Brethren in this town held their anniversary
at the Union Inn , where an excellent dinner was provided for them
and their friends. Thomas Gy bbon Monypenny, Esq., of Hole House,
Rolvenden, presided, and the day was spent in harmonious conviviality .
 SCOTLAND.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
A M _tsON , A SUBSCRIBER , and A T K M P L A R , are suspected to be "threein one." "Timeo
Danaos et dona ferentes. " Tell your Grand Lodge this , if you have courage to do so. *' Raise
a fund for your poor, educate the children , and protect the widow."

Report points to the probable return home from Bombay next year
of Dr. James Burnes , K. H.; if so, his activity may infuse new life into
the Order of Freemasonry in Auld Reekie. Meantime the results of
the non-Masonic experiment , like that of free-trade, rem ains to be seen.
AVe suspend our jud gment accordingly, hoping for the best. It can
hardly, however, be concealed that the first effects are more than doubt-
ful; for alread y the monthl y nights of many Lodges are suspended by
general consen t, in order to have one great assembly in each Lodge at
the A NNUAL VISITATI ON of the Grand Master , who visits each in rota-
tion. AVhat if this one annual meeting be suspended ? Altogether, we
are not in a palmy state at present.

EDINBURGH .— Canongate Kilwinning Lodge, Dec. 30.—The M. AV.

the Grand Master Mason of Scotland visited, accompanied by a cortege
of office-bearers , and was received by the M. AV. Bro. A. D. Campbell ,
ancl a numerous assemblage of the members. Several deputations from
the sister Lodges also attended , headed by their several Masters. The
proceedings were marked by Masonic dignity, gentlemanly courtesy, and
fraternal sociality, and the assembly separated with feelings of perfect
harmony. Ever in the van , this the leading Lodge of bonnie Scotland ,
con tinues to increase in number and repu tation. Many new and worth y
members have been recently added to its roll.
Militia Templi.—A circular under date the 20th of January, inti-
mates that a reprint of the Statutes, with all recen t alterations and
additions, is in the press, ancl will appear early. A second circular,
under date the l7th of February, announces that a CHAPTER -G ENERAL
will be held on the llth of March, and contains a list of the Grand
Officers to be proposed for election , commencing with the LORD GLEN -
LYON as Grand Master. Directions are therein given as to preliminary
proceedings, ancl announces that a banquet will take place after the
installation , and that " the uniform of the Order , lately superceded , is
admissible, but no feathers in the cap are now allowed." Instructions
are also given as to costume, regulation-swords, &c. A general outline
of the order of procession , and the ordo negotii is detailed.
The Order of the Temple.— March II.—The interesting ceremonial
of installing the Grand Master ancl Grand Officers of this religious and
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military Order took place in the M usic Hall , which was decorated with
the banners of the Kni ghts, and stalls were arranged on each side for
their reception. The Grand Master's throne was placed at the north
side of the altar, under a canopy richly decorated with velvet hangings.
At eight o'clock, the procession entered the hall. The Regent of the
Order, William Burn Callandar , of AVestertow n , took his seat in a stall
at the right of the throne. The Regent addressed the Chapter-General ,
ancl after passing a high eulogium on the virtues and services of the late
Grand Master, Admiral Sir David Milne, of Milnegraden , G. C. B.,
informed the Kni ghts that the Ri ght Honourable Baron Glenlyon , of
'Glenlyon, had been unanimously elected to fill the vacant throne of the
Order.
Lord Glenlyon was then conducted into the hall by the Grand Officers,
ancl after taking the usual oaths , was solemnl y crowned b y the officiating
prelate.
The following Grand Officers aud Kni ghts of the Order were present :
John AVhyte Melville, Preceptor ; the Master of Strathallan , Constable;
James Graham , Admiral ; John Gordon , Hospitaller ; Sir David Dundas,
bart,, Chancellor ; J. L. AVoodraan, Registrar ; A. D. Campbell, Bearer
of the Vexillum Belli ; Sir John Ogilvy, bart., Chamberlain ; AA r . A.
Lawrie, A. D- C.; J. S. Hepburn ; George* Galbraith , Provost of Stirling ;
Walter Laurence, jun., Prior of Kilmainham ; Colonel Macdonald , C.B.
S2nd Reg. ; W. B. D. D. Turubull ; Sir AVilliam Stewart; Captain
AValter Scott, E. I. C. S.; Alexander Penrose Miller, 92nd Reg. ; Samuel
Somerville ; AV. S. Steven , M. D., E. I. C. S. ; D. AV. Balfour Ogilvie;
Captain Drake, 92nd Reg. ; Viscount Suirdale ; G. P. Stanhope ; AVil-
liam Miller ; James Hunter, jun. ; Viscount Kirkwall; Francis Nicoll ;
AV. O'Brien ; H. Buchanan , 92nd Reg. ; Captain Mackenzie, 92nd Reg. ;
Major Thorold , 92nd Reg. ; Colonel Chatterton , K.H., 4th D. G.; the
Master of Kilmaine; C, Bellew, j un. ; James Home, 71st Reg. ; Major
Forbes, 92nd Reg. ; Captain Reczynski, &c.
Frater Stewart AVatson , a Companion of the Order , who was present,
has been requested to execute a picture commemorating the imposing
ceremonial.
It is somewhat remarkable that one hundred years have just elapsed
since AVilliam , Marquis of Tullibardine, ancestor of the present Grand
Master, demitted his authority to Prince Charles Edward , who was
unanimously elected Grand Master, and solemnl y installed as such in a
Chapter-General of the Order, held in the Palace of Holyrood, on the
24th September , 1745.
GREENOCK —St. John 's Lodge, Dec. 26.—After partaking of a sump-
tuous dinner in the Buck Head Hall, the Brethren met in the Assembl y
room s, which was fitted up and decorated in the most tasteful way. From
an early hour in the evening, the Assembly-rooms were honoured with a
large attendance of the fair sex, who were entertained by a well-filled
orchestra , consisting of a choir of fourteen vocal and seven instrumental
musicians, led b y Bro. Inglis, teacher of music, who delighted them with
their beau tiful execution of a variety of anthems, &c. The Brethren and
visitors having joined the choir in singing a sacred anthem, the R. W.
Master expressed his deep regret that the rules of the Craft did not , as
yet , permit them to enjoy the company of the ladies any longer. The
strangers then took thei r departure , much pleased with the attention paid
 to their amusement. The Lod ge being then constituted , the Brethren
continued to enjoy themselves in true Masonic order and harmony till
" high twelve." As one proof of the trul y benevolent principles on
which the Lodge is founded ancl carried on , we may mention that the
income of the Lodge amounts to about 180/, per annum, the whole of
which is expended in relieving the wants of the poor, ancl in supporting
the widows of deceased members. This will be considered a good trai t
even by those who have doubts about the princi p les of Freemasonry.
Right Worshipful Masters elected 1846.—Glasgow , Bro. G. Brid ges ;
Thornhill , AA'illiam Brow n ; Mar , James Farquharson ; Strichen, John
Thomson ; Cullen, James Hay.
A BERDEEN .—Mason Lodge, Bro. T. Blaickie, Lord Provost; St.
Machars, Alex. Hadden ; St. Nicholas, Morris Leon, of Edinburg h,
Proxy Master ; Joh n Manuel, R. AV. M.; St. George, John Booth.

IRELAND.

TO C O R R E S P O N D E N T S .
S. P. R. C. is probabl y a wag, but we differ in our notions, and prefer the "medley " of
lhe Kilwinning, notwithstanding a wouki-be sagacious critique thereon. Sherwood Forest
had its bold Robin Hood , Peer , Peasant, Groom , and Friar Tuck , among whom the Cceur de
Lion himself was said to have been entertained. Our ,_!. W. S. Macdona presides over a
stalwort body, many of whom have been in the van when wanted , and we are pleased to hear
that a pair of silver gobl ets are about to be presented to h i m ; how much we should like to
quad" therefrom a draught of Poteen , or even Parliament-Punch , and drink his health , with
better manners to our correspondent , S. P. R. C.
Several other Correspondents will perceive we have complied with their wishes.

D UBLIN .— Prince Mason 's Chapter , No. 5, Jan. 17.—A numerous

meeting of this Chapter took place at the Grand Lodge Room , for the
Installation of its officers , but more especially to clo honour to their
outgoing Sovereign, Bro. George Macdona , on his vacating the Throne.
The Chapter was opened by the P. M. AV. S., Bro. Malachi Fitzpatrick ,
aud the preliminary business of the Chapter having been concluded,
Bro. Geo. Macdona was led to the foot of the Throne by two Senior
Kni ghts, ancl the following address having been read by the Sovereign ,
was presented to him, together with a magnificent gold box :—
"Address of Chapter No. 5 , of Knights of the Eag le and Pelican ,
Princes Grand Rose Croix, to the Most Excellent Prince and
Brother George Macdona , M. W. S.
" Most Excellent Sir ancl Brother—AA r e gladl y seize the opportunity
of your occupy ing the Throne of our Chapter to express the warm
feelings of fraternal affection which we enter; ain for you personall y as
our Soverei gn. AVe have beheld with p leasure and admiration your
whol e Masonic life, exhibiting a complete illustration of the exalted
and benevolent princi ples inculcated by our Order ; and whether wc
consider your conduct and character as a man or a Mason , we are
alike struck with the ri ght feeling, the sound jud gment , and the manl y
energy ancl decision with whicli you have advocated and supported
every good and ri ghtful cause. AA'e deservedly feel proud of every
Brother who proves by his life that the principles of Masonry help to
make those who practice them good husbands, fath ers, citizens , and
friends , not to speak of those hi gher and nobler subjects to which they
lead us, as members of a religious institution of the most perfect ancl
sublime character. In all those relations of life you have ever acted
with the foremost and the best, and in presenting you with this ex-
pression of our approbation and our love, together with the accom-
pany ing gold box, we gratif y the best feelings of our hearts, ancl indulge
in the earnest hope, that however inadequate they may be to our wishes
or your worth , they may prove an incitement to those coming after to
follow in your steps. That your long career of Masonic usefulness
may be followed by your fullest prosperity both here and hereafter is
the sincere ancl ardent hope of your much attached friends and Brothers
of this Chapter.
" Signed on Behalf of the Chapter,
" M ALACHI FITZPATRICK , P. M. W.S., Secretary."
Brother Macdon a delivered the following reply:—
" Most AVise Soverei gn ancl Brethren —AVith the deepest feelings
of affectionate and respectful gratitude I accept from the Chapter this
magnificent token of their approbation ancl esteem. Proudl y must I
estimate the honour conferred on me , and I must ever feel a grateful
remembrance of the good fortune whicli united me in fraternal inter-
course with the members of this Chapter , and if my future conduct , not
only as a member of the Masonic bod y, but as a citizen , a frien d , or in
any of the other relations of life, shall be such as at the close of my
existence I may calml y look back upon without regret, I trust I shall in
the same hour be able to rejoice that I have never, b y any act unbe-
coming a Mason or a Christian , forfeited a sing le one of those friend-
ships ancl alliances which 1 so hi ghly prize, and which are amongst the
best securities of virtue as well as the most deli ghtful consolations of
life. It is not by any studied combination of words, nor upon any
occasion such as this, that I can hope to express the warmth ancl depth
of feeling with whicli I cordially reci procate the esteem and regard
which has been this evening bestowed upon me. By my life and
actions alone the sincerity of that feeling can he tested—b y my life and
actions alone can I expect to justify any portion, however small , of the
flattering opinions of which this trul y valuable testimonial is the
pledge—neither length of years, nor absence, nor distance , nor any
human change shall ever weary me in acting so, that neither this
Chapter nor any of its distinguished associates, may ever regret pro-
ceedings which confer upon me the hi ghest of all distinctions , being one
not given to rank or to talent , but to honesty of purpose and integrity
of life. "
I he Chapter then adjourned to a sumptuous repast at Jude 's Hotel.
Among the guests were Bros. John Norman , Vice-President of the
Supreme G. C. of Rites ; Thomas AVri ght , Grand Secretary to the
Supreme Council ; Captain W. Laurence , 33rd et Dernier Grade ;
Lord Viscount Suirdale, Order of Mizraim; Hon. G. P. Stanhope ,
N. P. U.; Hercules Ellis, P. M. AY. S.; Henry O'Connor , P. M. AV S •
Henry M'Dona, P. M. AV. S.; Thomas Snowe, P. M. AV . S.; John
Macnall y, N. P. U., &c, &c.
Extract .fro m a Correspondent. —" I am happy to have it to tell that
our Chapter (the Kilwining, late Grand Chapter of Ireland , which
now occup ies the first rank among the Prince Masons of this country,
and which contains upon its roll the most exalted names connected with
Irish Masonry) has resolved upon presenting to its present worth y sove-
rei gn, Bro. Henry Macdona , an address upon his retirement from the
chair. This proceeding has been considered the more necessary, because
the services of Bro. Macdona have been rather substan tial than showy—
the services of unremitting assiduity, continuing perseverance , and indo-
mitable integrity of purpose , rather than those which any man of similar
ability would be tempted to offer upon a great occasion of display. For
many years he devoted himself to the true cause, of all men who adhered
to that cause, he MOST put in peril the consistency of private friendshi p,
yet, above all men who were activel y connected with him in the recent
Masonic struggles in Ireland , he has escaped the censure of those who
were opposed to us. He has neither gained the eclat which he deserves
among his friends, nor has any of his opponents ever foun d an oppor -
tunity or excuse for becoming his enemy. In him the true spirit of
Masonry was implanted by nature, and no honour can be conferred upon
him by his Brethren which will not confer a higher honour upon them-
selves.
"You, Sir, are not, ancl cannot be, acquainted with the facts and acts
which full y justify these encomiums, but which were not the less real ,
because they have been unobtrusive—ancl I feel that I am but perform-
ing my duty in making this communication , in which every member of
the Grand Chapter, especially those who have signalised themselves as its
champions, will most cordiall y coincide , and which the most determined
of our opponents will be amongst the f irst to verify and approve.
" I understan d that an elegan t service of plate has been manufactured
for this occasion. "
I he Rev. Dr. BOURKE , P. P. of Clonmel , is again publicl y denouncing
the Order of Masonry in that town, wh ere its sublime and Christian spirit
is diffusing itself , despite of all hostility. With the simplicity of a man ,
who has been immured all his life in a cloister, and unacquainted with
this world the Rev. Gentleman asks—"AVhere is the asylum Masonry
ever erected or endowed to afford shelter to the needv, or consolation to
the afflicted ? AVhere the hospital for the sick, the almshouse for the des-
titute, or the refuge for the homeless and the wanderer they boast of?"
We should blush for the poor boy in the lowest form of any National
School in Ireland , who could not give an immediate and satisfactory
answer to these queries so discreditable to him , whose garb and station
would indicate a man of general knowled ge ancl academic education.
Masonry is the living essence of Christian love and benevolence, in its
largest and truest sense. Dr. Burke concludes with this unch aritable
reflection upon " a man named Adjutant Kell y, who, at no distan t
period kept a Masonic Lodge in Clonmel. For a time the flow of for-
tune ran in his favour, but a reflux soon set in , which brought ruin
to his prospects , ancl desolation to his home. I am not much given to
the prophetic mood ; nevertheless, it would not be at all wondrous that
our town were destined soon to sec a second Adjutant Kelly." Possibl y
there may not come a second Dr. Bourke.
 Feb.lS.—Mr. Geary 's Concert.—The last of a series of those agree-
able entertainments , was given before a large and fashionable audience,
in the Pillar-room of the Rotunda.
The concert altogether was an exquisite treat, and we regret our
limited space prevents a full description.
Almost at midnight , a song, the music b y Bro. H. O'Connor, the
word s of which were from the accomplished pen of Mr. Hercules Ellis,
was sung by Mr.Geary ; but owing to the interruptions , whicli at that
period of the evening, always ensue in a public concert-room, and
among the avenues ancl passages, we are unable to say whether the song
merited the applause that was bestowed upon it by those who heard it.
AVe do not think, that as the song was composed expressl y for Mr.
Geary, it should have occupied such a position in the programme. AVe
will only add, upon this point , that in all musical societies it should
be enjoined as a rule upon the audience, that they should not move
from their seats, except between the acts.
Upon the whole, Mr. Geary deserves high credit and warm support,
in consequence of his exertions in sustaining the musical character of
this country .
New Improvements in Pianofortes.— " AVe perceive by the London
papers that the Messieurs Collard have recentl y manufactured a piano-
forte, which in the construction of the key-board , differs ver y materiall y
from those now in use.
" This instrumen t was exhibited a few days ago at a concert given by
Mr. Braham, where Mr. Henri Laurent performed upon it with much
eclat. It has been advertised as the invention of M. De Foll y, a French
artist; and we believe that Mr. Collard sets up no claim whatever to
the discovery. The announcement, however, has given rise to a cor-
respondence, which has been published in some late numbers of the
"¦Patrician "—a London paper ably conducted by Mr. Burke, the author
of the " Peerage," and other similar works ; and it now turns out that
this instrumen t is the invention of a gentleman not unknown in this
country as an amateur, (whose nam e bespeaks him to be a fellow coun-
tryman of ours,) Mr. Henry O'Connor of the Irish Bar. Indeed, this
gentleman 's claim has not been denied—th e only question being as to
the merits of the invention itself, which, in Mr. O'Connor's opinion ,
are more than counterbalanced by its disadvantages. ' Be its utility,
however, what it may, the invention is certainly as ingenious in design,
as it is simple in mechanical construction ; and we are always glad of
an opportunity of recording whatever is creditable to Irish talent or
ingenuity.
"It appears that Mr. O'Connor has communicated to the leading
members of the musical profession , ancl other persons, several oth er
curious designs of pianoforte improvements—in particular , one for the
production of harp effects by means of the harmonic notes, whicli ap-
pears to be a favourite with the inventor , and which we understan d
has been pronounced , by competent jud ges, to be a practicable im-
provement."
Lyra Masonica.—The Brethren of the "mystic tie," will be gratified
to learn that the Grand Organist, Doctor Smith, has, under the pa-
tronage of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , completed the arrangement
of a collection of Masonic Melodies, which combine the solemn as well
as the social, culled from the most ancient records of the Art , as well as
several original compositions, which have alread y received the hearty
approbation of all who have been fortunate enough to h ear them. The
collection will be perfectl y Masonic, so as to suit the Craft in every
country and clime where the " light " of this ancient and honourable
Order has diffused itself.
LIMERICK , Dec. 27.—The Masonic Lodges met as usual. The P. G.
Lodge, at hi gh noon , proclaimed ancl inducted the Officers for the en-
suing half year at the Eden Lodge, No. 73. Bro. Doctor Dempster, of
No. 208 , succeeds the Hon. F. Saville, as Deputy Grand Master. The
Pro vincial Grand Master having installed Bro. Bfoore, as AVorshi p ful
Master of the Eden Lod ge, he then proceeded to the Union Lodge,
No. 13, and performed the ceremonials, installing Bro. John Southwell
Brown, AVorship ful Master ; Bro. James Sexton, Senior AVarden, and
Bro. Geo. Furnell, Junior AVarden. The Lodges afterwards celebrated
the festival in the social and fraternal spirit of the Order, and deputa-
tions of love and confidence were interchanged during the evening
between the Lod ges, according to ancient usage.
Jan. 20.—The R.W. Bro. Michael Furnell, Provincial Grand Master
of North Munster, commen ced the Masonic labours of the New Year by
consecrating the Triune Lodge, No. 333.
From the Masonic worth , intelli gence, and experience of the members
we anticipate that this tem ple will prove an advantage to the distiict, and
a permanent ornamental pillar of the Irish Constitution , under the imme-
diate care of the Provincial Grand Master, which ensures its becoming
a constellation of the purest lustre. The code of By-Laws (with which
our Corresponden t has favoured us), is a bijou worthy of the source from
which it emanated.
The officers installed are—Samuel Dixon, AV. M.; H . W . M assy,
S. W.; AVilliam Massy, J. W.; Ed. C. Villiers, High Sheriff) S. D. ; T.
T. Adams, J. D ; the Rev. AVm. Eyre Massy, Chaplain.
Feb . 11.—The members of the Union Lodge, No. 13, at their monthl y
meeting, presented their late Secretary, George A. Dartnell, with a mag-
nificent and costl y salver (eighty ounces in weight), value fifty guineas.
The AVorship ful Master, Bro. John S. Brown, presided , ancl on pro-
posing the health of Bro. Dartnell , took occasion to allude to his arduous
and effi cient services to the Lodge, and felt proud that he was the
medium of presenting Bro. D. with a small token of their esteem ancl
regard, which declaration was cordiall y responded to by the entire Lod ge.
Bro. Dartn ell returned thanks in a trul y Masonic speech worth y of him ,
ancl when he sat down was warmly congratulated by the Brethren .
March 3.—Bro. George Furnell, Treasurer, has received the unani-
mous thanks of the County Grand Jury for his zealous and intelligent
exertions, hy which the County has been saved a sum of no less an
amount th an 7150/.
March 4. Lodge 13.—U pwards of seventy of the Brethren sat down
to an excellen t dinner, and in the absence of the Master, John S_ Brown,
the chair was filled by Bro. W. J. Tracey. Visiting m embers from Nos.
11, 20, 49, 50, 83, 104, 114, and 116, were present, as were officers of
the 17th, 67th , 74th , and 83d regiments.
March 6.—The Provincial Grand Master of North Munster (previous
to his departure on a continental tour and visit to the princi pal consis-
tories of Europe), entertained the Triune Lodge, No. 333, the junior
temple of his district, to take a leave dinner , but to render Masonic light
 more fascinating, Sister Furnell summoned all the Brotherhood and their
fair relatives (within hail) to a quadrille party " in Masonic costume, "
which enhanced by the mysterious charm , confidence and truth of Masonic
test , terminated when bri ght Phcebus reminded man y of their duties at
the Courts of Assize, and with aspirations for the speed y return of their
kind host and hostess , a deli ghted company of two hundred retired , of
whom every gentleman present , without a single exception , were united
in the royal bond , which none but Craftsmen can divine. Sister Furnell
appeared in the splendid costume of Iter Order.
BALLINASLOE, Jan. 14.—The third Union dinner of the Ballinasloe ,
Banagher, ancl Parsonstown Lodges, took place at Bro. Craig's Hotel .
To the officers of the Lod ge much credit is clue, for the anxiety ancl
interest they evinced , to render this entertainmen t all that it could be
desired—a meeting of pure Masonic harmony and Fraternal Fellow-
ship.
On the ri ght of the Master sat Bro. Newenham , of the Grand Mas-
ter 's Lod ge; Bro. Snow, of Lodge 50; and Bro. Bell, P. M., of Lod ge
137- On his left, Bro. Seymour, W . M., of Lodge 306 ; Bro. the Rev.
P. Browne, and Bro. C. D. Kell y, P. M., of Lodge 137.
On the cloth being removed, and thanks returned by Bro. the Rev. P.
Browne, Rector of Ahascragh,
The AVorshi p ful Master rose and proposed— "The Queen."
"His Grace the Duke of Leinster , Gran d Master of Ireland."
The AVorshipful Master next proposed—" Lodge 2," with which
he connected the nam e of Bro. George Eagle. This individual (said
the AV.M.) was an honorary member of Lodge 137. He knew him
well—a good and true Mason , as lofty in honour and principle as the
bird whose name he bore was majestic in his towering fli ght.
Bro. EA GLE returned thanks in very happy terms, and stated he would
endeavour to sustain the hi gh character which the AV. M. had given of
him , and to deserve the esteem of Lodge 137.
In the course of the evening the AVorship ful Master presented to
Past Master Bell, of Lod ge 137, a magnificent silver centre piece and
candelabra , which bore a Masonic device, and the arms of the Bell
family.
Jan. 15.—Bro. D. Leonard , the histrionic pourtrayer of . the Irish
parts, filled by the lamented Bro. Tyron e Power , was entertained by the
Lodge, No. 208, of which he is an honorary member.
N ENAGH , Dec.—The Lodge, No. 208, met according to ancient usage
on the 27th (St. John 's clay), and installed their new officers for the
ensuing six months—J. R . MInchin, Annaghbeg, as AV. M.; J. Bour-
chier , of Smithville, as S. AV. ; ancl Bro. Dr. Quin , as Proxy for W. H.
Minnitt. The Brethren were installed by Dr. Dempster, K. H., De-
puty P. G. M. of North Munster .
L ONDONDERRY, January. —The Light of the North , No. 69, has
dawned con spicuousl y, ancl most earnestl y do we hope its rays will shed
a benign influence, not only on the Brethren who compose the Lodge,
but that li ght and lustre will be diffused b y Bro. Alexan der Grant , ancl
the excellent cohort who acknowledge her rule. At the inaugural
meeting of the Lodge, the Brethren by acclamation elected Drs. Oliver
and Crucefix as honorary members—a mark of respect and attachment
which these Brethren will dul y appreciate.
 Jun. 14.—\Ve understand that a splendid reunion , under most dis-
tinguished patronage, will take place in the Corporation-hall of Derry,
on the 24th of March . In the list of Stewards, on the occasion , we
perceive the names of our worth y representative, John Boyd, Esq. ;
Colonel Cairnes and William Greene, Esq., agents to the Irish Society.
The decorations, &c, will be of the most costl y description, ancl the
scene altogether is expected to be one of the most brilliant which has'
ever taken place in Ulster. The profits are to be applied in aid of
building a Masonic Hall.

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Provincial and district Brethren to the state of the Funds of that
excellent Institution , and trust , that by the aid of Lodges and private
Contributions , the serious expenses to which the Charity has been sub-
jected may be met by the kindness and liberality of the Craft.
Post Office Orders , Bank paper , or references on London Houses, will
be thankfull y acknowledged by the Bankers , M ESSRS . PRESCOTT AND CO.,
62, Threadneedle Street , London; the Treasurer , D R . CRUCEFIX
Grove, Gravesend , Kent; or the Secretary, ad interim , M R . JOHN
AVHITMORE , 125, Oxford Street , London.

M ALTA , Dec. 27.—The members of the two Lodges in this islandy

tiie Lodge St. John ancl St. Paul ancl the Union of Mal ta , met together
at their respective Halls, according to ancient custom, for the installation '
of a AVorsh i p ful Master for the ensuing year. Capt. Robinson having
been elected Worshi p ful Master for the Lodge 437, was installed in
due form, and the Brethren of that Lod ge, at eight o'clock p. m ., sat
down to an elegant supper provided for the occasion.
Captain Drummond , of Her Majesty 's 42nd regimen t, having been
elected Worship ful Master of the Lodge 588, being absent from the
island, was not installed on this occasion, but the duties of the evening
were ably carried out by Bro. Stephen Jerome, P. M. The members of
the Union also sat down to an elegant supper , and the evening was spent
by the members of both Lod ges with harmony and conviviality.
A deputation was sent from the Union to the Lod ge St. Joh n ancl St. Paul
to congratulate th em on the return of this Masonic festival : to strengthen'
the ties of brotherl y love existing between the members of the Masonic
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bod y ; and to express the desire that the bonds by which they were
hound should never he dissolved—but that the existing good under-
standing might ever continue to reign , and prosperity continue to crown
the efforts of the members of the ancient ancl honourable Fraternity.
M ALTA —VALETTA .—The Zetland Lodge, 756, Feb. 5.—This day
being the anniversary of the birth of the M. AV. G. M. the Earl of
Zetland, one of the most interesting ceremonies that appertain to the
ancien t and honourable Fraternity, viz.—the consecration of a new
Lodge, was performed in this island. The authorised number of Bre-
thren having on the application of the " Union of Malta " to the Grand
Master of England , received a AVarran t authorising them to open a new
Lodge, rnder the title of the Zetland , No. 756, presented the same to
the Worshipful Master of the Lodge of St. Joh n and St. Paul , 736, and
to the Past Master and acting Worshipful Master of the Union , 586, to
be installed. But as the AA r orshipful Master of the Lodge St. John
and St. Paul imagined it necessary to have, besides the AVarrant , an
order from the Grand Secretary to do the needful , he declined. The
AVorshipful Master of the Union, however, conceiving the AVarrant a
sufficient authority, appointed seven o'clock on the evenin g of the above
day, for consecrating the Lodge.
At ten minutes after seven , about forty Brethren of different Lodges,
entered the Hall in Masonic order, and Bro. Jerome, with his officers,
took the chair, ancl the Lodge was opened in the usual solemn form.
A prayer was- then given, after which an ode was sung. The AA' arrant
having been read, ancl the approbation of the Brethren of the Officers
named in it being required and given , an anthem was chaunted , the new
Brethren assembled round the pedestal , and the new M aster was pre-
sented for Installation; when the charges , &c, having been read , the usual
obligation was administered, and he took the chair. The Warrant was
then presented,the books of constitution, &c. In short the whole ceremony
was highly imposing. At ten o'clock, the body adjourned to the refresh-
ment room , where they sat down to an elegant cold supper ; after which
the Lodge resumed work , and closed with the accustomed solemnities.
The Brethren then retired to the refreshment room, where the even-
ing was spent in that harmonious and Fraternal manner, which Masons
understand. I need hardly say, that the health of the M. AV. G. M.
the Earl of Zetland was received with enthusiastic cheers, when given
in his private capacity of patron of our Lodge.
The officers are—Thomas Hack ,W.M. ; Edmund Goodenough, S.AV.;
James Scotto Millar, J. AV.
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JAMAICA .—K INGSTON , Dec. 8.—The installation of the officers of the

Friendl y Lod ge, took place at Freemasons' Hall, Harbour-street, when
the following Brethren were dul y installed:—
W.M. David N. Martin ; Lewis Ashenheim, M . D., Senior War-
den ; Solomon Melhado, Junior AVarden ; D. 11. De Costa , Treasurer ;
Lewis Aria, Secretary ; Joseph Mendes, Senior Deacon ; Joseph Aarons,
Inner Guard : Joseph Chaves, Ty ler.
After the interesting ceremony, and the addresses of the several offi-
cers, which appeared to give general satisfaction , the Lodge was closed
in form ; when the members of the Lod ge, accompanied by a large
number of visiting Brethren, repaired to their Banqueting Hall, where
a sumptuous entertainmen t awaited them . The usual loyal and Masonic
toasts were proposed and drunk with enthusiasm, between which the
enlivening strains of an excellent ban d were happily introduced. The
whole proceedings of the evening were marked with innocen t mirth and
interchange of brotherly sentiments.
R OYAL LODGE , Dec. 10.—The Annual installation of Master and
Officers took place at the Sussex Hall.
The Lodge being opened in form, the AA'orshipful John Nunes pro-
ceeded to install Bro. John Burger as Master for the ensuing year. The
worth y Master then installed his officers , which are as follow :—
Bro. James Scott, S. W. ; Robert Aguilar, J. AV.: John Escoffery,
Treasurer ; Robert Linton, Secretary ; Aaron Salom, S. D. ; Robert
Osborn , J. D.; Robert Jordon, I.G. ; Alexander Malliet and AV.
Blakely, Stewards ; Joseph Chaves, T y ler.
The Master ancl officers severally returned thanks.
The Lod ge was then closed , when the Brethren , about eighty in
number, repaired to the banquet , the usual loyal , patriotic , and Masonic
toasts, were given from the chair ; viz.
" The Queen. "
"Prince Albert, Albert, Prince of Wales, and the Royal Family."
" Our beloved Governor ,—the Earl of El gin."
" The Earl of Zetland. "
" The AVorshi p ful Past Master, John Nunes,"—who returned thanks.
His interests, he said , were identified with Masonry—he hacl given it
the utmost consideration for more than five years, ancl been unceasing in
his endeavours to discharge the discharge the duties of his Mastershi p
with satisfaction. So long as he had a breath to draw he would always
be found ready and willing to promote the welfare of the Craft. He then
proposed "The Sister Lodges."
Bro. M ELHADO , on behalf of the Friendl y Lod ge, and the Sister
Lodges gen erall y, returned thanks.
" The Visiting Brethren ."
Bro. A RIANO returned thanks.
 Bro. SCOTT proposed the health of " The Ladies."
Bro. A GUILAII said that this was the second or third time he was
called on to respon d to the toast of " The Ladies." It was certainl y a
very pleasing duty. He thought he saw a smile playing on the li ps ,
ancl the countenances of some of the Brethren li ghted up with cheer-
fulness , anxious to hear what is to be said about— " The Ladies."
Pl easing, however, as is the duty, it is not a very easy one. Who can
speak of their sparkling eyes without being a lover of astrology—or of their
roseate cheeks ancl rosy lips, without being somewhat of a florist ,—or of
their sylph-like forms, without being an admirer of sculpture ; indeed,
said he, I must confess that 1 am a great lover of the ladies—but it is
the love of exalted virtue—it is the love of that influence which they
never fail to yield to all noble and laudable undertakings—it is a love
which lends to exalt , to ennoble, and to dignif y the mind. AVhere
would be the sweets of domestic felicity without the ladies ? In the
spheres in which they mov e, they are our guiding stars ; ancl I therefore
conclude with my sincere thanks for the very handsome 'mannerin whicli
you have drunk the health of " The Ladies."
Bro. SALOM , after a very appropriate eulogium proposed the health of
" Bro. Edward Jordon."
The hall resounded with the deafening hurrahs on the proposition of
this toast. After the impulse hacl subsided ,
Bro. JACKSON rose to return thanks on his behalf. In respon ding to
this toast , he observed , he should be ashamed to offer any eulogium—it
was one which was entitled to no thanks—it was the performance of a
duty of the Lodge. It was too well known that Bro. Jordon was the
friend—hot of Masons alone, but of mankind in general—not of a class
or body, but the friend of his fellow man , without distinction of class,
creed, or complexion ; he was the people's friend. And did we omit
this m ark of our love and our esteem we would have deserved censure^-
but to thus noticing the worth y—the beloved brother—we have only
done our duty—and may he return with renovated health and strength
to his native land.
Bro. M ELHADO proposed "The health of the members of the Roya)
Lodge."
Bro. B URGER returned thanks.
Bro. FAIRBANK proposed the health of the -'' Past Officers. "
Bro. Mc D OWELL returned thanks.
Bro. R IEUSSETT , after a few prefatory remarks, proposed the health of
." The Worshipful John Burger. "
Bro. B URGER returned thanks in an energetic and sound speech .
The conviviality of the evening proceeded for some time, when the
Brethren parted in harmony and good feeling with each other , ancl appa-
rentl y with themselves.
THE SCOTCH L ODGE . Glenlyon , No. 2.— We acknowledge with
much gratification the permission grantetl us, to announce that by the
last packet , has arrived the AVarrant , constituting in full the Glenl yon
Lodge, Provincial No. 2. This AVarrant is addressed to the Ri ght AVor-
shipful Provincial Grand Master, Rev. G. AV. Burton. Its first offi ce-
bearers are the Ri ght AVorshi p ful AV. J. Rutherford , Master ; AA'or-
shipful Alfred E. Robins, Senior Warden; and Arthur A. Chevalieau ,
Junior AVarden.
AVe beg respectfull y to congratulate thc many and respectable mem-
ber.., who, under dispensation , formed , and have hitherto most creditably
conducted this Lod ge, on the handsome manner in which their trul y
Masonic proceedings have heen confirmed b y the hi ghest authority ; and
we are perfectly satisfied that the working will be so continued, as to
ensure to this branch of the great Brotherhood a hi gh rank among the
Lodges of the western world. The Lodge-rooms have been fitted up in
a very handsome ancl tasteful sty le, admirably suited for the observance
of the Fra ternity 's labours, and appropriatel y adorned for the reception
of the Provincial Grand Master, who has intimated his readiness at the
earliest moment to attend , ancl with due pomp and solemnity install this
the youngest, but we believe yet destined to be among the noblest of the
Lodges in Jamaica.

B ERMUDA .—Masonic Festival , Dec. 27,—The anniversary of St.

John the Evangelist was celebrated with unusual splendour by the
Minden Lodge, No. 63, on the Registry of the Grand Lod ge of Ireland ,
held in the 20th Regiment , assisted by the Brethren of the Masonic
Fraternity in Bermuda. The Lodge was opened at the Masonic Hall
at ten o'clock, when the Installation of Bro. South as AVorship ful Master
for the ensuing year, took p lace, it being the fifth time during a Masonic
career of nineteen years, that this greatl y beloved and hi ghly talented
Brother presided over the Lod ge, with honour to himself and profit to
the Brotherhood , not only to Lodge 63, but to the Craft in general.
At hi gh noon the procession moved on in Masonic order , preceded b y
an excellent band play ing the " Freemasons' March." On reaching the
church door, the Brethren opened ranks ancl faced inwards, when the
Worshi pful Master (Captain South) of Minden Lodge passed into the
church, receiving homage from the Brethren, who followed their chief
in due order.
The service was opened by the choir, consisting of the excellent
band of the 20th Regiment, Miss Oliver presiding at the organ, who
sung an appropriate hymn composed for the occasion. After the service,
which was performed by the Rev . Bro. Mantach , the hundreth Psalm
was sung.
Between the Communion-service and the sermon , a beautiful anthem ,
composed expressl y for the occasion by Bro. Oliver, was exceedingly
well sung by tbe choir.
The venerable and Rev. Bro. Hoare gave a very edif y ing discourse
from Romans, xii. 9, 10., fully elucidating the princi ples of Freema-
sonry, and calculated to enlighten the mind of the uninitiated as well as
the Brethren of the mystic tie . We subjoin an extract:— "Let there
be no animosities, no discords, no jarriugs, no jealousies between the
Lodges; but let all be fraternall y united in the same mind, ancl in the
same jud gment from Lod ge 266 to Minden Lod ge; and here I cannot
but recollect the 20th Regiment, to which the Minden Lodge is attached.
That regiment beh aved most gloriously at the battle of Minden , near
which the French troops were defeated in 1789. On that memorable
day (1st August,) that regiment gained the unfading laurels. It is
recorded to their everlasting honour in the British Annals, ancl will never
be forgotten. Nor here I cannot but take occasion to remark, that if the
Bermudian fair , and indeed if all the fair sex throughout the world , did
but know the sentiments which Free and Accepted Masons entertained
towards them , they would admire ancl revere our ancient and honourable
Fraternity, than which, the reli g ion of our Saviour excepted , there is no
institution under the canopy of heaven that so unanimousl y fortifies,
guard s, maintains, ancl protects their honour , reputation , ancl virtue , as
the institution of Freemasonry."
After the banquet , on the cloth being removed , the AVorshi pful Master
proposed "the health of our most gracious Soverei gn the Queen ; may
her reign be happy and glorious, and may she hereafter be exalted to
that Heavenl y Lodge where the perfection of unity and brotherly love
can onl y be realized." "Plis Excellency the Governor." "The Grand
Masters of England, Scotland , and Ireland. " " Sir Francis Austen and
the Navy." " Colonel Hutchinson ancl the Army." " Bro. Dr. Hunter ,
the Provincial Grand Master of Scotland within these Islands." This
toast was responded to with peculiar eloquence by Bro. Egan , Senior
Grand AVarden of the Provin cial Grand Lod ge of Scotland. " The
AVorshi pful Master and Officers of Lodge 266. " " The Atlantic Phoenix
Lodge, thanking them for the blan d courtesy which they have shown
towards the Minden Lodge."
Bro. B. J. TUCKER , AV. M. returned thanks, and said the duties of a
Master are of a most honourable ancl most important description . In the
discharge of his momentous duties, he is expected to rule and govern
the Lod ge with the same precision and effect as the sun rules the day
and the moon the ni ght, else how can he be consistently classed with
those two great luminaries ? AVhy is he stationed in the east ? but because
the east is a place of light, it is his duty to enli ghten the understandin g
of his Brethren. And how can he discharge this paramount obligation ,
unless he himself is full y imbued with the true princi ples of Li ght ? To
maintain his authority, the Master of a Lodge must possess talent, moral
virtue, and courtesy, blended with firmness.
"Our Rev. Bro. Hoare."
Bro. HOARE addressed the Brethren in a very able and ferven t
manner, to the folloiving effect— " Freemasonry is a synonimous term
for morality ancl virtue—it is a branch of the tree of true religion, and a
glorious branch too. As Masons, we must remember that wherever we
are, the Supreme Grand Master observes us; and whilst we continue to
act in conformity to the established usages and customs of our ancien t
and honourable Order , we are under an obligation to discharge every
moral and social duty with fervency and zeal, thereb y reducing the
benign princi ples of Masonry to practice, and giving a lesson to the
world of the utility of that science in humanizing the heart. "
The band performed several very entertaining and enlivening p ieces
during the evening, until by square conduct and upri ght intentions,
together with the m erry glee and catch, sprightl y wit, ancl sparkling
wine, the day 's proceedings were closed at nine o'clock, in all that har-
mony, order, and good will, which ought always to chara cterise the dai n ty
banquet and the social hour , by the presiding W. M., Brother South ,
taking leave of the Brethren , who soon followed the examp le of th eir
noble leader in retiring to their respective homes.
We have abrid ged a very elaborate account of this interesting meeting,
and look for many future reports from the interesting but isolated colony,
where there are five Lod ges at work and going on well. It is no small
satisfaction to ourselves to be assured by an intelligent Brother that our
literary labours are appreciated in Bermuda , ancl that the gallant AV. M.
ancl other members of the 26th Regiment, are numbered among the
subscribers to the Freemasons ' Quarterl y Review.
N ASSAU , N EW P ROVIDENCE .—The Brethren united on St. John 's
day to celebrate the annual festival with great eclat. Bro. Dr. Strachan ,
Rector and Grand Chaplain , preached a sermon at Christchurch . The
discourse was most impressively delivered, and merited the thanks
afterwards recorded. At the banquet , Bro. J. F. Cooke, Prov. G. M.
(Scotland), presided ; supported b y his Excellency the Governor , Bro.
B. Mathew, Bro. the Hon. G. C. Anderson , Prov. G. M. (England),
ancl a large party of Brethren.
Jan. 1.—The new year was ushered in by a grand Masonic ball.

CANADA.

M ONTREAL .—St. George s Lodge, No. 643, Jara.20.—At a numerous

meeting of the Lodge held this evening, it was
R ESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY ,—" That Bros, the Rev. Dr. Oliver, vicar
of Scopwick , and Dr. Crucefix, of the Grove, Gav esend, England, he
Honorary Members of St. George's Lodge, ancl that the Worshipful
Master do request th eir acceptance of this mark of respect due to them'
for their grea t and disinterested services in the cause of Freemasonry."*
Officers f o r I846. -Bro. T. D. Harington , AV.M: Bro. D. Gorrie,
P. M.; Bros. J. McNider , S. AV. ; William Footner, J.W.; C. Macon ,
S. D.; J. R. Spong, J. D.; Rev. W. T. Leach, Chaplain ; G.Grundy,
Secretary; E.Thompson , Treasurer ; C.E. Anderson , D.C; T. A. Gary,
I. G.; — Price, T y ler.
St. George 's Lodge of Mark Master Masons , 1846. —Bro. W.
AA'ri ght , R. W. M.; Bro. R. Noxon , S. G. W.; Bro. George Fax,
M. O.; Bros. D. L. Macpherson , S. O.; C. Kadwell, J. O.; T. Dl
Harington , S. AV. ; R. S. Tylee, J. AV. ; Rev. W. Adamson , Chaplain ;
J. R. Spong, Secretary ; E. Thompson , Treasurer ; Thomas Ross,S.D.;
A. K Lavicount, J. D.; C. AAr . Macon , I. G.; J. Robson, Tyler.
St. George 's Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, No. 643, 1846 .—
M. E. C. Isaac Aaron , Z.; M.E. C. M. Moses, H.; M. E. C. Robert
Noxon, J.; E. C. T. D. Haihagton, E.; E. C. James Telfer, N .-;
E. C. William Browne, P. S.; E.C. John Orr, Treasurer ; C. John
Whitelaw and AVilliam Gibbon, A. S.; John Robson , Janitor.
As regards our condition in Lower Canada we have three Lodges in
this city, viz. St. Paul's, 514 ; St. George's, 643, and Zetland, 731. The
two former are old established, ancl are each from seventy to eighty
working members, and are gradually increasing in number , there are
not two finer Lodges on the whole of this continent. The Zetland is yet
but very, young. St. Paul's meets on the second Tuesday, St. George's
on the third Tuesday, and the Zetland on the second Thursday in
each month.
We have also three country Lodges, viz. St. Andrew 's, 516, E. R., in
very good condition , with thirty members . The Dorchester (St. John 's)
and the Provost Lodges, Dunham, both working at present under dispen-
sation , but very anxious that the Grand Secretary 's office would bestir
itself, and send their warrants. AVe have also a Mark Lodge and a

* This vole ha. been notified to Drs. Oliver and Crucefix , and has been acknowledged by
lllenl.
 Royal Arch Chap ter attached to St. George 's Lod ge,- with thirty mem-
bers and rising, although party feeling has been injurious to it. The
Lodges are in harmony and good feeling, and exchanged deputations
on last St. John 's day. We are striving to put aside refreshments, ancl
to get a separate building or part of one, unconnected with a tavern , as
a " Masonic Hall," which will add to our respectability.
We are on the point of taking preliminary steps for the re-organiza-
tion of the Provincial Grand Lodge for this province for this district ,
which, when once re-established , will prove of material benefit to the
Craft here.
In Quebec there are also several Lodges in tolerable working ord er,
and a very good military one attached to the 89th Regiment.
In Upper Canada the Order is progressing ri ght " merrilie." Toronto
has a numerous ancl excellent Lodge, and Kings ton , Belleville , Hamil-
ton, London , and Goderich have each thriving Lodges, ancl the Pro-
vincial Grand Lod ge is in full activity.

AMERICA—UNITED STATES.
NEW YORK .—The Masonic Library progresses , and the Masonic '
Charity is in the ascendant.
M ASONIC JEWS AND THE PRUSSIAN LODGE .—AVe regret that our
views on this, all-engrossing subject have not been rightly understood in
England. From the Protocol of the Grand Lodge of Frankfort, we
. find the subject has been discussed at Berlin , and that there we were '
not misunderstood. The Grand Master made a very fair statement of
the ground we took. AVe shall act in June whether we receive an
answer or not. As yet none has come to hand direct from Berlin,
although it was decided "to send a Brotherly letter to the Grand Lodge
of New York."
Our Grand Master has been for some time very seriously afflicted.
The " Strict Observance " has re-elected Bro. James Herring as
Worshi pful Master.
Generally speaking the Craft is in a very improving state. There is,
however, much complaint am ong the Brethren from Canada that they
cannot obtain their Grand Lodge certificates from England , which
causes serious inconvenience to them in- the United States , where certi-
ficates are indispensable.
Some coloured Brethren here intimate ah intention to apply to Eng-
land for a warrant to hold a Lodge, but we feel certain that any petition'
fi'om them will be disregarded.
BRO . OLE BULL .—The proceeds of a concert given by this distin-
guished violinist, at the Tabernacle, were presented by him to the
AVidows' and Orphans' Fund of the Ord er of Freemasons.
Between the acts, the Grand Master and his Officers , in full regalia,
were arranged in form on the platform.
Here the Grand Secretary proceeded to invest Bro. Ole Bull with '
the magnificen t regalia of the Gran d Lod ge amidst the applause of-
the audience, and continued :—-
 "Bro. Ole Bull,—Your mission to our country will shortl y close,
You brought with you the free spirit of your mother-land , which has
harmonized with the free spirit of our own. You have made kn own
the sweet melodies of ' The Mountains of Norway ' amidst ' The Soli-
tude of the Prairies' of America; you will carry back a transcript of
the music of 'Niagara;' you will leave behind you your tribute of
respect to ' The Memory of AVashington' (applause) : and you will be
followed by the 'Mothers'Prayer ' and the 'Orphans' gratitude;' and the
world will learn that while they talk about the union of states and
nations b y bands of iron , there is a band stronger than iron , which
unites the hearts of the true men and thefr ee men of every clime b y
the indissoluble ties of Fraternal love."
Bro. Herring concluded amidst continued plaudits.
Bro. OLE BULL, who was evidentl y deeply moved, made a brief repl y,
but he spoke so low as to be quite inaudible to us at the commencement.
Wh en we caught his words, he was referring to his latest composition ,
of which he said:—
" The tribute to the ' Memory of Washington 'is not mv own. It
is the tribute of the people of Norway which I only echo. The prin-
ci ples for which the people of this country drew their swords and shed
their blood , electrified the people of Norway and animated them in
their exertions for liberty. The admiration of the Norwegians for the'
institutions of America, ancl for their great Founder, was earl y im-
planted in my heart, and the admiration of AVashington and the love of
liberty are impressed there, and are eternal."
The audience, at the conclusion of this speech burst forth with the'
most vociferous applause, which con tinued for several minutes. At
the conclusion of the concert this was renewed with even increased
fervour. He terminated the " Polacca Guerriera " with a most brilliant
movement, which, during its performance , enthralled the attention
of the audience, but as the last notes died away, there was one simul-
taneous and overwhelming burst of applause, and again and again he
was called out to receive their boisterous ancl enthusiastic adieu.
We have listened most of us, probabl y for the last time, to the magic
tones of this master-spirit : but he is linked with so many beautiful
associations, that memory will delight to cling to them , and the recol-
lections of him and of his farewell will remain untarnished, when the'
rust of Time has obliterated less cherished impressions.
BOSTON, M ASSACHUSETTS .— The Gran d Lodge of this State has com-
menced most important relations with the Grand Lodge of Englan d, as
is shown by the following edicts :—
" From the East of the Most AA'orshipful Grand Lodge of Free'
and Accepted Masons in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
in North Am erica.
" AVhereas the said Grand Lodge, recognising their paternal relations
to the Most Worshipful United Grand Lodge of England , and desirous
of increasing, of strengthening, and perpetuating the bonds of Fraternal
union between the two Grand Lodges ; and haying full trust and con-
fidence in the personal worth and Masonic skill and fidelity of the'
Reverend Brother William James Carver, of London , did, at their
Quarterly Communication in June last, by unanimous vote, resolve that
the said Brother Carver should be appointed the resident Representa-
voi,. IV. B
tive of said Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, in the said United Grand
Lotlge of England.
" Now, therefore, Be it known , that I, Augustus Peabod y, Gran d
Master of the Grand Lod ge of Massachusetts , in pursuance of said
Resolution , ancl by virtue of the authority in me vested , do hereby
nominate, appoint , and commission, our well-beloved Brother , the
Reverend AA'illiam James Carver, of London, to be the residen t Repre-
sentative of our Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, in the Most AVorshi p-
ful United Grand Lodge of England, conferring on him amp le power
to do ancl perforin all such Masonic acts, as by the laws ancl usages of
the United Grand Lodge of England , a Representative of a Forei gn
Grand Lod ge may clo ancl perform.
" And I do hereby instruct our said Representative to make known
to the United G rand Lodge of England , that we hold that august and
trul y Masonic bod y in hi gh respect , and desire to cherish and increase
our Fraternal bonds of union with them ; and that we will cordiall y
co-operate with them in every effort that may be made to preserve the
unity, integ rity, purity and usefulness of Anglo-Saxon Freemasonry,
throughout the world.
" Given under my hand , and seal of our Grand Lod ge, this twenty-
seven th day of November, in the year of our Lord 1845, and of Li ght
5845 , at Boston.
"A UGUSTUS P EABODY , Grand Master.
" Attest. C HATCLES W. M OORE , Grand Secretary ."
" To all whom it may concern.
"BE IT KNOWN : That at a regular Communication of the M OST AV OR -
SHIPFUL G RAND LODGE OF FREE AND A CCEPTED M ASONS of the Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts, in the United States of America , on the
anniversary of St. John the Evangelist, being the 27 th day of December ,
. .
A D 1845, and A. L. 5845 , on motion of the M. W., Augustus
Peabod y, Esq., Grand Master, it was
R ESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY ,—" That this Grand Lodge have long
witnessed with admiration the indefati gable labours, in the cause of
Freemasonry, of the Reverend and Venerable Brother, the R. AV.
GEORGE OLIVER , D.D., of Scopwick, Lincolnshire, England; and that
they entertain a hi gh sense of his great learning, and intellectual and
m oral worth.
"Therefore, the better to testify the respect and affection they cherish
for him , as a man and as a Brother , it is further
" R ESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY , That the aforesaid George Oliver be, and
he h ereb y is, elected ancl constituted- an Honorary Member of the Grand
Lodge of Massachusetts, with the rank and privileges of a PAST
D EPUTY GRAND M ASTER .
"A UGUSTUS PEABODY , Grand Master.
" Attest C HAS . AV. M OORE, Rec. Grand Secretary.
"Boston, Mass., January 1st, 1846."
On the same day, on the motion of the M.AV- A UGUSTUS PEABODY ,it was
R ESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY ,—" That this Grand Lod ge have witnessed
with peculiar interest and satisfaction , the judicious ancl persevering
efforts of the W. Bro. R OBERT THOMAS CRUCEFIX , M. D ., of London ,
England, as well in the cause of humanity as in the cause of Free-
masonry, and entertaining the hi ghest respect for his great intellectual
and moral worth.
 " Therefore , in token of their appreciatio n of his distinguished cha-
racter for intelligence and benevolence , it is further
R ESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY , "That the said R OBERT T HOMAS CRUCEFIX
be, and he hereb y is elected, an H ONORARY M EMBER of the Grand
Lodge of Massachusetts, with the rank and privilege of a PAST SENIOR
GRAND AV ARDEN .
"A UGUSTUS PEABOD Y , Grand Master."
"Attest. CHAS . AV. M OORE , Rec. Grand Sec."
Jan. 1.—The Lectures and work were proceeded with as agreed on
by the National Convention by Bros. C. B. Rogers and H. G. fiarrus,
the Senior and Associate G rand Lecturers, with the decided and unqua-
lified approbation of a crowded assembl y.
The report of the Committee was very warmly cheered.
The address of the Grand Master on resigning the chair to his suc-
cessor, was remarkable for its exposition of every circumstance ancl
transaction , in particular the election of a representative to the Grand
Lodge of England; ancl the election of two eminent Englishmen as
honorary members of the Grand Lod ge is adverted to with courteous
remark. The address concluded b y the entrustment to the new Grand
Master of a sacred relic—a lock of hair—shorn from the venerable head
of the illustrious Washington , and sent by order of Lad y Washington
to the Grand Lod ge of Massachusetts, who enclosed it in a golden
urn.
T HE H IGH DEGREES .—" The Freemasons' Monthl y Magazine " enters
into some length on this subject, and gives s statistical account of them ,
whicli is well worth attention . The same periodical expresses its regret
that the SUPREME COUNCIL OF SCOTLAND should have adopted " the ob-
jectionable , not to say unmasonic plan of introducing and enrolling
under its jurisdiction several of the different rites cultivated on the con-
tinent." The Supreme Council of Rites for the northern jurisdiction
(U. S.), claims with great apparent justice a right to exercise their hi gh
prerogative, and will probably give some efficient proof of their compe-
tency to clo so ere long.
I ENESEE .—Masonry is in a very flourishing and prosperous con-
dition.
M ARYLAND .— The fund for widows aud orphans, promises well.
Committees of arrangement, ancl for the education of children , are ap-
pointed. The subject of one GENERAL Grand Lod ge for the U. S. is
under considera tion.
R HODE ISLAND .—A very interesting paper from the Convention, on
the subject of Certificates, has appeared , and among other suggestions,
is one to the effect, that to render a Grand Lod ge Certificate of the
highest possible value, it shall be deposited with the Lodge with which
the Brother is affiliated , ancl to be onl y in his possession when he is
abroad. Thus, if he be of indifferent , character , of course the Lod ge
will not allow him the use of his certificate.
SOUTH CAROLINA .—The Grand Master, M. AV. James C.Norris, and
his officers , have given such proofs of their general efficiency, that their
appointment is hailed with the warm est congratulation .
K ENTUCKY .—The Grand Lodge some time since came into possession
of property in La Grange, by bequest, consisting of a building, and land
of thc value of ten thousand dollars, conditioned lor the education of
youth : the sons of the citizens of the county and town to be received as
pay-pupils. Subscriptions have since doubled this sum. A Masonic female
academy is in contemplation.
OHIO .—The Grand Council of Royal and Elect Masters have held
its annual communication at Columbus, at which evidence was given of
the prosperity and excellent condition of this branch of the Masonic
Order.
MISSOURI .—The address of the Gran d Master includes several topics
of importance. The practice of conferring the P. M. degree on AVardens
of Lodges causes much complaint. The Masonic College is out of debt ,
with funds in hand ; its protection is confided to the zeal and liberality
of the Fraternity.
ILLINOIS.—Benevolent principles are rapidly spreading, and the Fra-
ternity numbers among its ranks many of the worthiest men of the
country.
GEORGIA .—The Grand Chapter have promulgated an edict , directing
that to preven t persons evading dues , by withdrawal from the member-
ship, that no R.A. Mason (who is a citizen of G eorgia), shall visit a
Chapter oftener than three times, without being a contributing member
to some Chapter.
VERMONT .—Mean s are in progress to give a new impulse to the Fra-
ternity in this state.

INDIA.
The A gents in Calcutta for this Review are—Messrs. L ATTEY ,
BROTHERS and Co., Government-place ; and Messrs. T HACKER and Co.,
St. Andrew's Library.

gg|= THE G ENERAL COMMITTEE OF THE A SYLUM FOR A GED AND

DECAYED FREEMASONS most earnestl y direct the attention of their
Provincial and district Brethren to the state of the Funds of that
excellent Institution , and trust , that by the aid of Lodges and private
Contributions , the serious expenses to which the Charity has been sub-
jected may be met by the kindness and liberality of the Craft.
Post Office Orders , Bank paper ,or references on London Houses, will
he thankfull y acknowledged by the Bankers , M ESSRS. PRESCOTT AND CO .,
62, Threadneedle Street , London; the Treasurer , DR . CRUCEFIX
Grove, Gravesend , Kent ; or the Secretary , ad interim , M R . JOHN
AV HITMORE , 125, Oxford Street , London.

BOMBAY .—FESTIVAL IN HONOUR OF THE R. W.Bno. JOHN GRANT ,

PROV . G R A N D M ASTER FOR BENGAL .—In order to give even a very
greatl y abrid ged account of this most interesting tribute to a meri to-
rious Brother of high Masonic rank , we have been compelled to omit
many general details of other occurrences. AVe must apologize accord-
ingly to some of our correspondents , who will, however, we trust , agree
with ns, that it is correct to pay honour to whom honour is clue.
Jan. 24.—The Provincial Grand Lodge of AA'estern India held its
Festival in honour of Dr. John Grant , the Provincial Grand Master of
Bengal, at Dr. Burnes ' residence, Girgaum, (the Lod ge-rooms at Mazagon
being too small), and never has any party, Masonic or otherwise, gone
oft' with more effect. The hall was elegantl y decorated with Masonic
banners ; the dinner, provided under the direction of Dr. Downes, the
Master of the Grand Stewards, b y Mr. Schuloff , was sumptuous ; and
the arrangements in every respect complete. Upwards of a hundred
Brethren sat down at table , an cl the speeches , parti cularl y those of the
two Provincial Grand Masters ancl the Commander-in-Chief , were most
effective and brilliant.
I he Lodge assembled in an adjoining building, and walked in pro-
cession to the dinner hall , to the tune of the "Masonic march ," played
by the Governor 's band, soon after seven o'clock, when the chair was
taken by Dr. Burnes, supported by Dr. Grant, Sir T. Me Mahon, the
Hon . Mr. Reid, P. AV. Le Geyt , J. P. AVilloughb y, Colon el Pennefather,
C. B., Bro. Mullaly, Princi pal of the Royal Arch Chapter Perseverance,
Bros. Blowers and Larkworthy, Masters of the Lodges " Perseverance "
and "Rising Star ;" Bro. EL Barr , P. G.D. ; Bros. Boyd and Wellis,
P. G. S. B., ancl other eminent Brethren . The Vice-President was Dr.
Purnell, P. S. G. AV., supported b y Majors AAllloughby and St. John ;
and the Croupier's chairs at the centre of the table ivere occupied b y
Dr. Glen, P.J. G. AV., supported by Dr. Don and Alexander Forbes ;
and Dr. Downes, supported b y Colonel Hagart and Dr. Bird. Amongst
those presen t we observed Bros. Compton , P. G. S.; Stuart , P. G. T. ;
Lynch , P. G. S. B.; Me Kim ancl Howard , P. P. G. R.; Ibbs and
Elliott , P. P. G. P.; Lawless, P. G.D.C; Acland , D. Davidson, Bate,
Jenkins, Aga Mahomed Jaffer, M. Cursetjee, &c. All the Brethren
appeared in full insignia, and the effect was very splendid.
On the cloth being removed, and after the usual loyal and Masonic
toasts—
The P.G. M. of Bombay rose to give the toast of the evening—the
h ealth of the distinguished guest, in an exposition of the princi ples of
Masonry. The latter portion , from where the R. AV. began to indi-
vidualize, was nearly as follows:—
" But honoured , thrice honoured , and exalted beyond these, and all
others, amongst the Brotherhood , is he who, having first achieved a
prominen t position and a commanding influence amongst men , by the
force of brilliant talen ts, ancl the exercise of an undeviating m oral recti-
tude, has nobly proclaimed that these advantages have been sought , not
for himself, but for others—not to gratify the cravings of personal ambi-
tion , but to satisf y the demands of his fellow-creatures—and who, leav-
ing nothing undone in the minor obligations of our Order , has brought
the power of his name, the strength of his character, and the energies of
his mind , to bear, with accumulated intensity, on the advancement of
its more stupendous objects—stupendous ! indeed, I may call them,
for they would embrace the spread of truth , charity, and enlightenment,
throughout the earth—that all-important truth , which conveys a just
estimate of the power , the glory, ancl the mercy of the Grand Architect
 of the Universe ; that enli ghtenment which aims at the amelioration of
the whole human race,—ancl that never-failing charity, which thinks
the best, says the best , and does the best, it can for all mankind.
" Such is the man , my Breth ren , whom, above all others, our Craft,
throughout every age, has deli ghted to honour—and such is the man to
whom , on behalf of all assembled h ere, and on the part of the Brethren of
AA' estern '.India, I now tender the ri ght hand of fellowshi p. (Here the R.W.
Bro. took his colleague of Bengal hy the hand amidst the acclamations of
the assembly .) Proud indeed we are, and should be, to welcome such a
Brother, for he has proved a pillar of strength to our Order , a true and
faithful leader of the Brotherhood , in the contest which divides the world
between li ght and darkness,—civilization andi gnorance,—the cause of love
and the cause of all uncharitableness. I urge not his official position in the
Craft , for far colder I know would be the homage we have to offer him ,
were it his Masonic duties and offices , instead ofhis Masonic virtues, and
services, that we hacl met to celebrate. No Mason will undervalue these,
the tribute of the free ancl unbiassed suffrages of the Brethren , but long
before they had been accorded to him , at the loud and reiterated demand
of his Brethren in Bengal, it had heen discovered and acknowledged that
the Grand Master of us all hacl invested him with dignities and qualities
far more noble than it is in the power of any man , however mig hty, or
of any association of men , however enlightened and illustrious, to bestow.
And it is, I conceive, a glory ancl a pride to Masonry, a noble tribute to
its merits , th at his name is enrolled amongst its dignitaries, and that his
qualities ancl energies have been devoted to the promotion of its pur-
purposes. But it is not my intention to recapitulate here the particular ser-
vices of our R. W.Bro. to the Craft. They have often formed the theme
of commen t, and of admiration amongst the Brethren of Bombay, and
I feel that I cannot pursue the subject into its details on this occasion
in his presence, even although I have truth to urge as an apology. For
similar reasons, I make but a passing allusion to my own obligations to
him, and to the affectionate personal regard which has so long subsisted
between us, but I feel that if I may not use my own words in regard to
him , I m ay, before sitting down, ask your attention to these expressions
which I shall read from an address which was presented to him by
the Freemasons of Bengal on his quitting India some three or four years
since, and which indicate the extent, as well as the foundation , of the
Brotherl y love and admiration which are entertained towards him , by
those amongst whom he has passed his days:—
" ' For love towards you , R. AAr . Sir, we have many causes. The mild ,
yet dignified firmness with which you have ruled the Craft, the urbanity
of manner, the kindliness of heart, the genuine spirit of a Mason , which
your whole conduct to us has exhibited , and has thus established over
our hearts, a dominion which bare power could not have effected , all
combine to create the claim upon our love , which we thus full y acknow-
ledge and respond to, and which we will acknowled ge, and to which we
will respond , while we exist.'
"Ancl this then is the Brother whom the Masons of AVestern India have
now crowded to welcome, I give ' Success and prosperity to him ,' let
your acclamations in his honour be free and fervent."—(Drunk with the
hi ghest honours and with enthusiastic app lause.)
Tiie reply of Bro. GRANT was nearl y to the following effect:—" Ri ght
AA' orshi p ful Sir, your Excellency, and Brethren all, I never felt more at
a loss than at this moment , overwhelmed as I truly am by your un-
bounded kindness. AVhat can I say, Right AVorshi pful Brother, in repl y
to your glowing and eloquent address ? Alas, my Brother , I cannot
repay you in kind , more especiall y when I balan ce an estimate formed
by the too great partiality of frien dship, with the humiliating conscious-
ness of my own great deficiencies. The embarrassment of such a mag-
nificent reception as this disqualifies me for the proper expression of
feelings that oppress by their very intensity, deny ing the power of utter-
ance. You yourself have, I doubt not, experienced, Ri ght AVorshi p ful
Brother , that to an ingenuous mind, it is even easier to confer a favour
than for the reci pient to express his sense of it. It is no affectation of
me to state, that I now experience this difficulty in no common degree.
If I mi ght have formed a supposition that , from my official position in
the Craft , some little mark of recognition mi ght possibly be extended to
it by yoursel f, Ri ght AVorshi pful Brother , and a few of the Brethren
here ; I am free to confess that the magnificent reality immeasurabl y
transcends all expectation , and that by its extensive character, its prompt
cordiality of kindness , no less than by its spontaneous unity of generous
ancl hospitable co-opeiation , it quite overpowers me.
" To call this a mere compliment were a misuse of terms. It is some-
thing much more impressive; a noble effusion of sentiment for the Craft ,
and a public testimonial to the claims of Freemasonry as a conservator
of good feeling, and efficient instrument of social and moral amelioration.
Disclaiming, therefore, the vanity of considering such a reception as due
to any supposed personal merits of an individual , but referring it rather
to a manifestation on your part, my Brethren , of a determination to con-
tinue steadfast in upholding the sacred interests of our venerable insti-
tution ; I cannot withhold my warmest admiration at the energy ancl
perseverance with whicli those interests have been promoted with such
successful results in AA'estern India , more especially under the masterl y
management of Ri ght AVorshi p ful Brother Burnes.
"Among the anomali es of the physical world, accounts have been given
by some who have gone clown to the deep in ships, and seen the wonders
therein displayed , of founts of living fresh water in the midst of the sea ;
ancl in arid deserts the weary traveller has been comforted by spots of
loveliness and verdure. It is even so in the moral world. In these cold
utilitarian days , whatever clings to the past or cherishes the tender and
the ideal , is apt to be looked upon with leer malign , b y material p hilo-
sophy and worldly wisdom. Springing up from the dim depths of rem ote
anti quity, like freshets of the ocean , preserving their sweetness amid the
waste bitterness around , the institutions of Masonry, from primeval eras
even th rough the darkness of the middle ages, athwart which they
gleamed star-like, have ever evinced a salient power, and living freshness
of their own, not to be overborne by barbarism ancl tyranny, or to be
annihilated by political changes and revolutions.
" You have heard of a dry mathematician , who dead to the imperishable
glories of the noblest epic poem of modern times , objected to the Para -
dise Lost that it proved nothing. There are those also who cavil at
Freemasonry as trivial or useless. Let such rail on . As true charity
vaunteth not itself, so must the Mason , in general (save defensivel y on
occasion), be silent regarding the active benevolence which operates as
the living princi ple of his Order. Sufficient for him , that through his
veiled agency, good is contrived and done ; that the indi gent aged Bro-
ther is supported ; the bereaved widow relieved and comforted ; and the
orphan read y to perish succou red and nurtured. Aye! but yours is
 selfish benevolence, continues the objector. The Mason might repl y,
Oh ! my brother of humanity, but yet sitting in the darkness of th y own
self-sufficiency, does not all benevolence centre in a self? The noblest
affections might be sneered at on the same ground , for where were
general philanthropy, if we hacl no individual benevolence ; or where
national were there no domestic morality ? AVe endeavour as Masons
to walk in the light of the apostolic injunction , to do good unto all men ,
but first unto them of the household of faith. The household of Masonry
has the first claim upon Masonic funds. Masons are, as it were, more
nearly related to us,_ ancl we know them and their necessities better.
I trust , however , that in India , at least, Masons may never again be
reproached on that score, seeing that Bombay not long ago, antl Calcutta
very recen tly, have sufficientl y testified that Masons do not always con-
fine that benevolence within the circle of the Craft ! but are ready, on
proper occasions, to succour the distressed wherever they may be found ,
whether it be the shipwrecked mariner of Old England , or the famished
peasant of Green Erin.
"It was the saying of a poet more fashionable in my boyhood than he
is now, that some of the happiest hours of life mi ght be deemed those
spent in an inn. A pply this sentiment of Shenstone's to a Masons'
Lodge, and I concur in it; ancl wh y is it so ? Because whatever is con-
tentious or invidious does not enter there. It is strictly guarded from
the intrusion of the base, and open onl y to kindl y feelings ancl honest
desert ; while its proceedings are regulated by old and venerable prece-
dents founded in love, ancl grounded on eternal truth . Within the walls
of this large and spacious room , we behold a striking illustration of the'
working of the Masonic principle. A fortnight ago, I arrived here an
entire stranger in Bombay, and known only to two or three, ancl now,
as if by the stroke of an enchanter 's wand, I find myself surrounded by
devoted friends and Brothers ! I may indeed well exult for myself and
Masonry on beholding here such a brilliant antl imposing array of the
brave and the good, the learned and the honourable. I thank you all,
my Brethren , collectively and individuall y, with all my heart. I am
especially grateful , and 1 may say proud , at the attendance here to-night
of one I have had the honour of knowing in other days, and who is not
more distinguished for his exalted position in society, than he is for the
true nobility of his nature and the mild lustre of his large innate worth.
Of simple, un exacting dignity, he unites soldierly frankness with the
most courteous urbanity, flowing from a heart not to be warped by paltry
prejudices or petty motives , or to be chilled by cold conventionalities
and aristocratic formalities. I would also just glance at a lady who
adorns her high rank ancl station by the virtues that constitute the glory
of the English matron. Dignified without hauteur, generous and bene-
volent without display, and graceful without affectation , she is respected
and beloved wherever she goes. His Excellency Sir Thomas Mc Mah on
I hope will pardon this allusion. I meant to have kept these sentiments
to myself, but they have been involuntarily forced from me by strong-
recollections of old kindness to me and mine ; and you know that out
of tbe fulness of the heart the tongue will speak.
"Again, my Brethren , begging to thank you, as I do from the bottom
of my heart, for your extreme kindness , as the only return for it at
present in my power, I have to propose the performance of a duty which
will be a delight to us all. I beg, therefore , to call upon you to pledge
II bumber toast to one whom I wil l not trust myself to dilate upon his
brilliant talents and genial dispositions here. I give you the health of
my honoured colleague ancl very dear friend , the far-shining beacon of
our Order here. Set on high in the AA'est, like a city on a hill that
cheers the pilgrim with auspicious promise of civilization and its ameni-
ties, he is the pattern of what a good and gifted Mason should be; nor
let us forget while we pledge the toast, to breathe an aspiration for her
now far away, our clear sister, and may every blessing attend her and
her children. ' Right AVorshi p ful Brother Burnes, and success to
Masonry.'" (Enthusiastic applause.)
Dr. BURNES returned thanks, ancl proceeded to propose the h ealth of
His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, in nearly the following terms :
"Having offered our tribute of respect and Brotherl y love to the Pro-
vincial Grand M aster of Bengal, we shall, I am sure, with equal cordiality,
tender the same to our Ri ght AVorshipful Brother the Past Provincial
Gran d Master of AVestern India.* These two distinguished Brethren
are disci ples of the same school in our Craft, brought up at the feet , as
it were, of the most distinguished Mason , I believe, that has existed in
our times, the late Marquis of Hastings; a nobleman who, in relinquish-
ing the Government of India, declared that his pride and exultation
were complete at its having been seen that Masonic princi p les hacl influ-
enced him in the exercise of his authority, ancl whose eloquent exposi-
tions of those princi ples (as witness his address to King George the
Third) are altogether unparalleled. Our gallant Brother was the friend
and fellow-labourer of that illustrious Statesman and General ; and that
he has closely followed in his footsteps, and exhibited true Masonic
princi p les in his conduct and practice , all here will be proud and happy
to acknowledge. But gratify ing as it would be to me, as a Mason , to do
full honour to our distinguished Brother , it yet becomes me not, an officer
serving under His Excellency 's command , to expatiate, even on this
social occasion , on his public character and services. They are kn own
in the glorious history of our country, ancl are sufficientl y indicated b y
the honours he bears, the appreciation he every where enjoys, and the
high command he has been called upon to exercise, and to retain , but
this I may be permitted to say, that in all countries the state of an army
reflects either honour or the reverse on the general who commands it ,
ancl that the unbroken disci pline, unshaken fidelity, ancl devo ted courage,
exhibited in so transcendant a manner b y the Bombay army, under cir-
cumstances of unexampled embarrassment, during the last six years,
have shown it to be second to none in those high qualities. Many of us
have personally experienced the charm which Sir Thomas Mc Mahon
ancl his most estimable lad y have thrown over the private society in
Bombay during their stay amongst us. Their genuine kindness and
elegan t hospitality are alike unequalled. A kinder friend to those closel y
associated with him , a more courteous gentleman to the many whom his
hi gh station draws towards him , or a m ore warm-hearted Mason to all
ranks, exists not than Sir Thomas Mc Mahon ; and I am sure I express
not only your sentiment, but that which pervades every Lod ge ancl
every mess-table throughout AVestern India, when I pray that 'All
success, happiness, ancl prosperity, may attend him and those connected
with him.'" (Drunk with enthusiastic cheers.)
Sir THOMA S MC M AHON then rose and addressed his Brother Masons
as follows :—

* It should be mentioned that Sir T. Mc Mahon had boon elected to this honorary office,
and invested with the jewel of the same.
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 " Right AA'orshi p ful Sir and Brethren ,—To say that 1 feci hi ghl y com-
plimented by the honour you have don e me personally and b y the manner
in which , the expression of the compan y has been so kindl y given to the
toast , and to the tribute offered to the exemp lary conduct of the army in
all respects , can but inadequatel y convey the extent of obligation , under
which you have placed me. I have but one voice in proclaiming the praise
due to the troops,but it is most gratif y ing to me to know , that government
entertains the most favourable op inion of them ; ancl this can be sup-
ported by a distinguished member of it , who is present , and who I am
proud to say always with his colleagues, exults in the fame of the army.
i mean liro. Held. 1here are many other gentlemen ot the civil service
h ere to-night , ancl in other civil occupations , who have cordially jo ined
in the acclamation , and in whose friendshi p, hospitality ancl kindness,
my brother officers and myself have largely participated. 1 arrived
here six years ago, known to my own cloth, but an entire stranger to
the gentlemen composing the civil service ; since then I have frequentl y
been their guest, ancl I have occasionall y been their host. I can there-
fore speak from experience and say, that in all the relations of life,
public and private, I think it impossible to find any class of men sur-
passing them , in zeal ancl efficiency on points of duty, or possessing a
hi gher sense of hon our and integrity. After the eloquent , and I may
add brilliant , addresses from the two speakers who have preceded me, I
cannot think of prolon ging your attention to myself another moment ;
as I freel y confess that I do not possess the power or ability to give
utterance to half what I feel."
pThe cheering stopped the gallant General for some time; after which
he continued in the following words.]
" Right AA'orshi pful Sir,—I have the greatest satisfaction in proposing
the health of 'Mrs. Grant , Masons ' Wives and Children ,' and I claim
for myself the best ri ght of any man in this room to that privilege,, for
I have known antl esteemed this lad y from her earliest days, and I had
the honour of being presen t at her wedding, which took place at Cal-
cutta, where her great amiability of disposition , kind manners , and
ch arm s of temper, secured for her in the extensive circle of the best
society in which she moved , the regard of all who knew her. I beg
leave to propose that this toast should be a flowing bumper." (Immense
applause.)
The PROVINCIAL GRAND M ASTER OF BENGAL then replied :—
"I thank your Excellency most sincerel y for the honour you have
done to one so inexpressibl y clear to me, ancl your kindly allusion to
the happiest day cf my life. That honour , to say nothing of the quarter
from which it emanates, is enhanced b y her nam e being associated with
Masons' wives and children . I will ven ture to say that there is not a
Mason present , whose heart was not as full as the bumper-.toast in his
hand , when his Excellency proposed that toast. But with what a
remorseful feeling must our bachelor Brothers have listened to it! Let
me entreat ot them to hasten and rid themselves of what that revered
and illustrious nobleman , to whom our R. AV. Brother has so beautifull y
alluded , happily called—their ' lamentable distinction.' Let them lose
no further time : but contract that golden link which gives man his true
dignity in the social scale and sweetens all his cares.
" Conceiving Masonry, under proper regulation , to be eminentl y
calculated to benefit the natives of this country, I need not say how
rejoiced I am to hail the presence here to-ni ght of several native
Brethren . I hope , in process of time , to see the number greatly
 increased here and elsewhere. Whatever lends to strengthen our
hold of the affection and loyalty of our fellow subjects, to elevate their
views and refine their ideas, oug ht surely to be encouraged. The R. W.
Alaster of AVestern India I know concurs in this. He has been most
ably assisted in carry ing out this object b y bis second in command. In
the ranks of Masonry, as well as in those of Christianity itself, there
are undoubtedl y lukewarm professors, or nominal and unworth y Crafts-
men. No human 'fassociation can be perfect. If the unworth y arc
permitted to remai n in the columns of our Order , it is because either
they keep on the win dy side of legality, or one charitabl y looks for
their reformation , unwilling to evince a rigour th at mi ght drive to
despair. How bri ght the contrast of one who is a Mason indeed , and
who unites in the character the trul y estimable man and the gentleman !
Without further preface, I have the honour to propose ' the health of
11. AV. Bro. Le Geyt, Deputy-Provincial Grand Master, and prosperity to
the Provincial Grand Lodge of AVestern India.' " (Great cheering.")
His Excellency the COMMANDER -IN -C HIEF here craved permission
to give a toast , which being accorded , he spoke as follows:—
" Right AVorshi p ful Sir and Brethren ,—I beg leave to propose that
we should pay due homage to the memory of a great statesman , a grea t
general, and a great Mason ; I allude to th e late Marquis of Hastings ,
whose virtues and talents gained for him the exalted reputation whicli
he bore throughout India and over all Europe. I may say of this distin-
guished nobleman that he was the scholar of the camp, the patriot ,
the benefactor of the poor , and one of the bri ghtest ornaments of his
country." (Drunk in solemn silence.)
R. W. Bro. L E G EYT returned thanks ancl concluded with , as a toast,
" Prosperity to the Most Excellent Bro. Mullaly and the Royal Arch
Chapter of Perseverance. The AV. Bro. Blowers and the Lodge Per-
severance. The AV. Bro. Larkworthy and the Lodge Rising Star and
the other 2>rivate Lodges of Western India. " (Drunk with loud applause
and all the honours.)
Bro. Dr. L ARKWORTHY returned thanks for the honour that had been
done him in a luminous address, which he concluded by observing he
gave credit to Bro. Le Gey t and Bro. Burnes that they had been the
ori ginators and founders of the Lodge Rising Star, and took credit to
himself that he had joined with them most hearti l y on the occasion ,
and had done all in his power , and would continue so to do to ensure
its perfect success, he continued, '•' and who shall blame us for our
exertions ? do we not all breathe the same air, inhabit the same soil, and
enjoy the like faculties ? and have ive not all souls to be saved, and
must we not all appear before the same throne of Justice in the Grand
Lodge above to be th ere jud ged for deeds done below? I look upon
Masonry as containing a more holy ancl more sacred princi p le than
that of mere active benevolence and chari ty—good though they be. I
consider it to develop that great principle wc all hope to see adopted and
believed b y the masses around us. I thank you again for the honour
that you have clone me as an individual, and propose ' Health and
success to the Native Brethren.'" (Loud applause.)
Bro. M. C URSETJEE acknowledged the toast in nearly the following
words: "I have, R. AV. Sir, and Brethren , a grateful , and a gratif ying
duty to perform—grateful, to have to return thanks on behalf of the
Native Brethren for the last toast, and gratify ing, to have to propose
another with , the permission of the Master, The establishment of the
Lod ge Rising Star of Western India is an event glorious in the aiiuai_
of Freemasonry. It has onl y been formed two years and yet it has
attracted much notice, so gratif ying to its members, that it must be a
matter of proud gratulation to those who ori ginally planned its erection,
supported its construction , and are now endeavouring to consolidate it.
The gratitude which the native members owe to its ori ginators and sup-
porters, is of a permanent kind—like the national debt it can onl y be
acknowledged by humble instalments. I believe there is no Lodge
where our prin ciples are more beautifull y practised. There indeed, we
know no distinction of colour, creed, or caste, save that marked b y
virtue. M y toast needs no eloquence to ensure its welcome. It is a
Masonic one, and will be hailed with cordiality by every Mason in India.
It is ' Prosperity to the Provincial Gran d Lod ge of Bengal ,' a distin-
guished bod y, happily under the government of one whom we are
deli ghted to see here,—one, of whom we heard ancl read so much, and
who has now afforded us an opportunity of ascertaining the truth of all
we heard and read in his favour. Brethren , I would point out the
great parity between him and our own Provincial Grand Master,—alike
ornaments of the same profession ,—they are, as Masons , equally enthu-
siastic; the Craft owes a deep debt of gratitude to both , for it was
sinking in India, until they took the helm in their hands, and guided its
course to its present haven of prosperity. Truly it is gratif y ing to the
mind, and refreshing to the sight, to see two such resplendent orna-
ments of Masonry seated side by side; we know of the brilliant recep-
tion our P. G. Master met with in Bengal, but there, though Bro. Grant
was foremost, he was not alone in paying homage to our Head. There,
every Mason stood up, each Lodge vied with one another in the warmth
of its greeting, and the splendour of its entertainments to him. Let
us then fill our glasses, and drink ' Prosperi ty to the Provincial Grand
Lodge of Bengal, and the Bretheren of that Province.'" (Great
applause.)
The P. G. M. of Bengal returned thanks in warm terms, and paid a
kind and brotherly compliment to M. Cursetjee , observing that the
sentiments he had expressed did honour to his heart and head.
V. W. Bro. BLOWERS then rose to acknowledge Bro. Le Geyt 's toast,
ancl proposed " The health of the R. W. Bros. Reid ancl Willoughb y."
(Loud applause.)
Companion M ULLALY M. E. Z., proposed " Heal th ancl Prosperity to
Bro. Colonel Pennefather and the Visiting Brethren. "
Bro. P ENNEFATHER returned thanks and expressed his gratification
at being present at such a meeting.
Bro. G RANT then again addressed the meeting on the excellent con-
duct of the Grand Stewards, and proposed " The h ealth of V. AV. Bro.
Downes and the Grand Stewards ' Lodge." (Great applause.)
Dr. D OWNES returned thanks, and this happy and joyful gathering of
the Craft shortly after separated. The recollection of this great festival
will , we are sure, long live in the memory of all who were present at it,
Bro. Grant ancl the gallan t Commander-in-Chief remained to the last,
and entered their carriages amidst the cheers of the Brethren.
Would that some member of our charitable institutions could have
been present at this auspicious meeting—what great events mi ght have
resulted from a personal appeal to such Brethren as the two Provincial
Grand Masters, M. Cursetjee , Sir Thomas Mc Mahon , Dr. Lark-
worth y, and other Brethren , whose addresses were such beautiful expo-
sitions of our charitable tenets.
 LITERARY NOTICES.

An Apology f o r Freemasons. By the Rev. George Oliver, D. D.

Spencer.
This pamp hlet is a reprint of three articles which lately appeared in
the " Freemasons' Quarterl y Review," on the reli gious tendency of the
Order. The author has revised those articles and made considerable
additions: the form of the pamphlet will , no doubt, extend the circu-
lation beyon d the readers of the F. Q. II., ancl diffuse the princip les of
Freemasonry far and wide, in refutation of the unfounded attacks
upon its purity.

A Sermon. By the Rev. Frederic AVilliam Freeman , M.A. Spencer.

Our reverend author is AVorship ful Master and Chaplain to the British
Union Lodge, 131, and uniting in his own person two Masonic offices of
hi gh import , words falling from him are of double value. The discourse
was delivered at Stowmarket, on the consecration of a new Lodge, the
Phoenix , No. 557, by Bro. James Clarke, to whom it is appropriatel y
dedicated. As may be expected , it has reference to the solemnities oi
the occasion. The text is from Gal. vii. 9, 10. Our author observes
that " the church of Galatia hacl been founded by the Apostle Paul him-
self, who asserted that his knowledge was obtained from God , ancl not
from man , and gave'directions and precepts all tending to the cultivation
of practical virtue." The discourse is an admirable exposition of the
principles of Freemasonry, as a grand scheme of morality ; in no way
more beautifull y-proved than as it has power to draw together in one
bond of indissoluble affection , men of the most distant countries, of the
most contradictory opinions. Charity and benevolence are enlarged
upon as the leading basis of all good. This sermon is hi ghly worth y of
meditation.
The Trestle-Board. C. AV. Moore, Boston, U. S.
This useful work has been reduced in size, but not in matter. Large
orders have been sent from London , giving good evidence of a desire to
facilitate a more general uniformity of work.
Freemasons ' Monthly Magazine. Boston , U. S.
AVe have received numbers of this periodical to February inclusive.
As will be seen by our American intelligence we have profited accord-
ingl y by their contents. It is gratifying to find the labours of our brother
editor are so highly appreciated; those labours are too essential to our
own necessity not to wish him long life, and health to enjoy it.
American Masonic Register . Hoffman , Albany, N. Y.
From what cause we know not, but we are without numbers since
October last; we mention this lest we should be thought wanting in
respect to our contempora ry, or negligent to our readers.
 Historical Landmarks. By Dr. Oliver. Spencer.
This labour of Hercules is , we presume, d rawing to a close ; not that
such is desirable, unless as some relief to the industrious author , for the
work increases in interest. The present is a double number , 33 and 34,
and is embellished with flue engravings of the tabernacl e and encamp-
ment of Israel in the wilderness, and of an exp lanation in the Royal
Arch , by Bro. Harris.
A Sketch of the Life and some Account of the Writings of the late
Dr. James Johnson . By his Son. Hi ghley.
A son , on writing the biography of his father , must be pardoned the
amiable weakness of making the parent appear as the preux cheva lier of
his order. That the late Dr. Johnson was a man of more than average
talent we agree ; but we differ on many points from the author , ancl ive
apprehend so do many others. The late ph ysician could emp loy the
pen as a "read y writer " with much facility ; and the " Sketch " shows
that the son inherits this not unenviable power.
The New Timon. A Romance of London. Colburn.
The Cynic may question the talent of this poem , but it will be in
vain ; its ori ginality will claim for it a precedence , that its great merit
will support. To us, "The New Timon " embraces the leading merits of
conten ding spirits—its language is terse and expressive. —Its poetry
harmonious ancl energetic. Its satire is pointed , and in description of
character , there is a raciness and truthfulness that tells home. The
Political portraits are well drawn by a master-spiri t, both the fore-
ground and the perspective prove his power of illustration. We under-
stan d that, in the very latest edition , some of the more personal allusions
have been delicatelv softened.
Friendly International Addresses recommended. Manchester. Brad-
shaw ancl Blacklock.
The peace of nations, in this unpretending little brochure, is recom-
mended with so much pathos, yet so much moral power, that to pass it
over without comment, would argue indifference to princi ples second
only to the duty we owe to GOD the Almi ghty Father.
The appeal to the good sense, the honour , the benevolence of human
nature is irresistible, and we are grateful to a large bod y of the public
press who have given the sanction of their position in favour of the
principles of peace. In adding our feeble aid to theirs, we are sensible of
our inferiority, but do not, on that account, hesitate to unite in the great
and good cause of universal Peace.
$_§* AA'e have been favoured by the perusal of some highl y interesting
MSS., written by the Rev . Erskine Neale, M. A. Some on Masonic
points, others on subjects of domestic interest ; there are also several
reprints by the sam e author, which have appearetl in the leading peri-
odicals. The whole of the papers are now collected , antl will appear in
one volume. The Reverend Au thor, we understand , intends with praise-
worth y liberality to devote his share of the proceeds to the Masonic cha-
rities. The title of the work is " A Home for the lonely, or wh y falter
in the erection of thc Masonic Temple." As Bro . Spencer is entrusted
with the typographical department, there is no doubt but he will do
justice to tho author,
 TO CORRESPONDENTS.
&§* We are requested to state that Dr. Crucefix has altogether retired
from London. His address is, Grove, Gravesend , Kent ; where all
communications should be addressed that are intended for his personal
observation—ind eed letters for the Editor,, under cover to him, will more
immediately reach their destination.
It is most earnestly entreated that, wherever possible, all communi-
cations may be written only on one side of tbe paper ; also, that all
German and other foreign words may be most legibly written .
We are requested by Dr. Crucefix , who is preparing for tbe Press an
account of popular events in English Freemasonry, to be favoured by any
Masonic papers ; more especially as relating to York and Athol Masonry
—the trials of Preston , Whitney, Bonnor, and others. His own escapade
is complete.
Many ladies have enquired after some of our Masonic poets, won-
dering that their lyric power should he in abeyance; Bros. Gilfillan ,
Carpenter , Hersee , and Lee Stevens well know how welcome are
their contributions , and loitt we hope, rep ly according ly to their fair
^
enquirers.
We are requested by "Mrs . Crucefix to offer her best thanks to "Sir James Stuart, the
Wardens, and Brethren, " for the honour of their polite invitation to the Ball announced for
the 24th , and to express her regret at not being able to attend on an occasion so promising to
the advancement of Masonic purposes.
The nddress of the Rev. G GO . Oliver, D.D., is at Scop wick Vicarage, near Slenfonl ,
Lincolnshire.
CA V K A C , 90S.—A lea rned Brother is desirous of knowing the "undp -derivafur " of this
word . Perhaps some member of the " Cavenc Lodge " will oblige him. An Anglo-Sumatran
lias ruled it to be the Eldtrado term for " Hammersmith ," but we fear he is incorrect.
A PAST G R A N D ST E W A K D, will please to accept our best thanks for the perusal ofthe very
interesting ann.
A \ * Onn FrcLr __ o'.v_.—With gre;it respect for a charitable institution, from which in many
point's , certain Freemasons might c.<pv with advantage to society, we must decline the
article. The members tor Windsor cannot have acted unwist-'.y iu joining the Order , but we
are not aware that either are Freemasons.
A N A RCHITECT .— The la ' e Wif'iam WiJUins was a Brother , and probabl y initiated in tho
Scientific Lndge , Cam brid ge , when an under-graduate of Cains College. He expressed
himsel f grained with having entered the Order and found it essential to him (Hiring his
travelling fellowship.
C M? mens.—Wc have not seen any "Japonic productions in the form of sermons, or other
writings by any of lhe Chaplains of lhe Grand Lodge since the Union ; they are , we are
told , unaware of tf>e existence of Masonic works ! However estimable as men, they are of
no authority as Masons. How selected for their office we know not.
An OPS.— The Grand .Secretary is a grod Alasonic Lexicon, and may be consulted with
advantage on things past. As ii Masonic authority he mav ntlo a case from his position , but
is not hi f allible.
 A CO M P L A I N A N T .— Onr reasons for declining the advertisement are obvious , we do ii.- 'f
wish to mislead our readers by sharing in dishonourable profits. One class arc a disgrace to
society, the other reckless adventurers on the credulity of unthinking men , and plunderers
of the widow ami orphan.
A N A NGLO -I N D I A N .— We cannot state that the late lamented Sir Robert Sale was a Free-
mason.
A G R E A T SH A R E H O L D E R .—Vide Group Anpersan (provisionally not registered), for further
particulars. Of the Suinatran railway, tunnel, pier , and every-thing-e!se project , the
syilabus , index , appendix, &c. , are all in the pi ess.
A SunsfmrnRR. —Instea I of abusing us for not inserting a report of the amateur perform-
ance on the liJth December last , for the benefit of " Thc lloyal Masonic Benevolent A n n u i t y
Fund ," a "subscriber " should himsel f have sent a report. * It is mi ghty courageous to use
big words and coarse vulgarity umbr an anonymous signature.
A M ASONIC C L E R G Y M A N .—Many thanks for the suggestion, of which we shall avail
ourselves.

A P AST G R A N D ST E W A R D A N D OT H E R S .—The memorial has been scut to the Grand

Master and is under his consideration.
A SO M E R S E T M ASON .—The promised accounts will be welcome.
L. M. may be correct in stating that there is but one non-purpled membvr of the Al pha
Lodge. No. 10*, but he is, incorrect in stating that the Lodge is in arrear ; we have spoken to
a member who assures us that the following dues were paid to Christmas last , viz., Benevo-
lence , 4/. 4.?., joinings 10s. We have heard passim , that the solitary non-purple will
assume the livery next month , nous verrons.
A T YRO .—The Masonic Almanack will give the necessary information as to meetings of
Lodges and Chapters in a concise form. It can be procured of Bro. Spencer , 31-1, High
Holborn.
A N A GED M ASON , BUT NOT A POOR . O N E , complains that the system of " Robbing Peter
to pay Paul ," is on the increase , and that the favourable state of the financial accounts of
the Board of Benevolence is attributable to the doling out of paltry pittances to many deserv-
ing Brethren. It would seem by the letter that there are more ways of picking a poor Masons
pocket than hy thrusting your hand into it.
A M ASTKR —We are not in the secret conclave, and therefore cannot exp lain wh y the
representative of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts was not presented as such at the last
Grand Lodge.
A NTIQUITAS .— It was our intention to have commenced a series of Lodge annals with thc
present number. We defer, probably for twelve months.
A F R I E N D A N D OT H E R S .— The F. Q. R. was not foisted on the Craft by previous solicita-
tion , not even a prospectus heralded its gestation. At once ic proclaimed and proved itself
the friend of Masonry.
A P ROV. B R O T H E R .—We cannot insert the letter in its present shape; it may suffice to
observe that although a social compact is difficult to dissolve , still the elements do not cohere ,
otherwise than in manifestation nf power. In Landseer 's (we believe) po: trait of dogs round a
certain barrow , did you ever mark the look and bearing o f t h e sentinel at the poor half
famished do<r ?
S H R E W S B U R Y CLOCK .— Tho dial points ri ghtly—we will watch proceedings.
A CO V E N T R Y M ASON should address his P. G. M., who has the power and may not. lack
desire to act with Masonic justice.
A WARWICK M ASON was not more surprised than ourselves at the attack which was out
of time and place.
H INT .— "Comparisons are odious," so says an old and good rule *—Copy Book.
A. O.—Be not deceived , if the advertisement be paid for it is still a snare ; if inserted
gtatts , the shame is shared without the profit.
B RO . JO H N C LA RK E .— We look hopefully for future correspondence.
A B ROTHER BUT NOT A M E . IIJEH .—The Lod ge is a mere drone in the
hive.
A PAST MASTER .—The notice of motion for limiting the duration of the office of Grand
Master to one nobleman was given in August 1043, and withdrawn for a time in September
following. It was a distinct declaration that it was not A B A N DO N E D . The urgent recuest of
the Marquis of Salisbury, D. G. M. at the time was complied with on sucH clear
standing. under
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generous, although our correspomlent is^ot US J ? T "
trCati Ttms far
™ »*
:D E For ob v i ous reas°"s "e suppress
Seeretaria,. HSLftlr Z the communications
month would on the

^J ^ ^^g be sti!,
^
are ^^^^
decidedl ^O^^-^ ^ communication , and we
y of opinion
view of the Craft. that a SuaSv
iu.ii.eriy itei
Re? lew
ew is
i, sufficient f erly
nm,iL5f"for a considerate and condensed

DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE ,

tlie^enin^
ue
T
obsl'n"edTn hi _ °r er an
LodTe^Luh^he '^Sar-,! ^T *** d d d "-orum be
case in question theater hi a? a m arti,ler
. - In "><=
received with regret , and, like allno. S i dfscreetlv y A I^T'nd r 'of
T f^'Snalion is generally
not merel y impl y correctness of h other nrnewdin^ =i,;_f I
6™*?0
"tM , "' .Confirmation does
"e C0,.ls "I a «?n 'hey are to be
confirmed or otherwise. Now, minute
" ™ r
< ">er, it naturally follows that ifonwhen a ett e_ of r$™»?£.n eCe;VedF
?
he ronflraation of ? w - • "is ord «ed to "< "><>
over , because it was so ordered. T h f m n U eS
the satisfaction of the Brethren atemrtS?a W lfr *Sf , i' i r' (5e0™fS»«««»than *< "•>!*
exposes Wm to nniXh ?™ b_ fe 'T j lS^ ""'"wise to
of his retirement from office i , « H __ _ °? "?,? dl,te 'lty. and the period
question the ultimate withdrawn! .,/»?.„ a with ^reSret . butl with pleasure! In the
• .- case in
of all dues peVfeSlj ju t Th * h C °r reC Reding, and 'e Payment
other highly respectable Lod ges reiain Lthe T ffl!
. T^ . ' 'I
aZsof __ _ £&" ' ^""?e "/Wa,es ' and ma "V

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opfniSplI^ScTr^ gir The B
being of a sufficientl y aristocratic cake rS %££Z£t£%SS? "i"'1 ,he PreCedi^' "*
lly , ^'2
D?s_ust a snnh H Promotion , as not
Brother was worth y of affiliation he wal iustS in L'n^ ? 1S 0ur rst <l ualm - If the
J to ?
and would prove ,ra unworthy membe? if' hJ did „ , „1'" 5?rwar d , 'I,e hi B hest honours ,
superior in mental attainment TnTnatura, But in t! s case he
**
to disparage him j his aristocracy is that of M endowment! to ft™
0Se 1
who ,
,,ave - Vy conspired
vam|
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tt
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mo re o *«*
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taml y lamentabl y deficient in simple evolutions.' S^
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g the,r fac,ngs
- They are cer-
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f f i^$ ^ ,'S .," ^
™™^l^n%£X*
A Brother who by written commnnica on "
th
mtended s a ^courtesy
Mtort."." by giving
6
being paid and no attainder against him-is deehres of?" th^r'^dge P™Per?'yT that is, dues
however , the minutes be not confirmed ' de facto nn 1™,L
, thfrresignation
esf ^ should be repeated , but his dues if -
cease from thc first resignation. would

aSsS lt^
present Master must rule the Lodge untiUh " K"S ' A "2_ P- «»• T "e
? C""st be
i
election should of course take place forthwith. elect m successor confirmed. The

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Gra "d MasterU Si^S^^
A PAST MASTER 'S letter on the impronrietv of _ Prov r __ ¦ ¦. i •
previous to his installation is generally correcf but wantS, S,™ 3 '_??
any ste P as such
insert it. We do not however 3™ ^ ","/ ad<Tress we feline to
w
question , propriety does. Why should a Pro/ r AI , *t hat S H oush »,„
the law may not decide the
e
,
fr0m the
the Masted of a Lod ge? Would ^ any Grand? ilStar »^ T '"Ponsibilily of
Lod ge until he had bfenoWi g^VMfil 6" ",0 Grand
sometimes have erred , and on a tr_mm*Sedm »S1i„ 184
« F Th^late
io,n Setewa
^S^
RoyaI Gral,d_ ?f
M«ster mi ght
himself for having declare d tlwt h?°ho,,M „« °"- ? ° ? ? very nearly
not be thought to^have le_t his presen??to the si,HV n "" "5 3"_' . 0ctoP er th '" he raig'>t
commitlfng
the Throne to the MinniW sSSv -S ™?. f r-, "e delegated the ' occupancy
of
mentioned to a Grand Officer that there
" cofjlfl he n_ S . "sHadvanta Se and in confidence
The Marquis was installed as Deputy Grand _ .
U
• ^"i 1
" weasel a s'eep. "
at .^Hrt Grand Lodge IS M«7p?™^h
^^Z^Z.TIST £S $$ ™^^
 th at if

that obligation and installation were essential requi sites; be it observed , ^vcr a
_
Lodge. Lord Mane s Lgerton , it noi
Prov. G. M. be otherwise qualified he can sit m Grandat the Grand Lodge in June last.
otherwise qualified , ought not to have been present

TEMPLARS, &c.

E C -The proper designation for an E. C. is Sir Knig ht sense.A. or B., not Sir A. B., which is
an impertinent assumption. " Want of decency is want of
»*»«
A P BOVISCAL KS.OHT -The Apron is thc Masonic Badge to Those i I n. the 1»c " pn mis
every thing rarel y know any thing. The time has not arrived entel ^
_ _ ^^
ende.ivo r to g u.ird a inst
of our correspondent's letter; but we are at our post , ami will '' of the woii d ne
surnrise More mischief lias arisen from the " Crmkum-crankums
Adam were n. the
ho gW learn , l!thin from the ap- .thy of thirtj; years' duration; as if
common progenitor of all. An honest tradesman ,s every whit as good a man as a m.igist ate .
who w;.s a labourer , aud himself a porter , yet the sovereign
we knew one of the latter class
conferred honours on the latter. We could multip ly instances.
. Alexander Dcuchar , S. G-1. G.
T HIM-V -TH I H D D KBI .R E -A S conferred by thc laic Bro
Edinburgh. Confer with Dr. Crucefix.
beyond our expectation , and with that, let the past be
A CAPTAi.v.-The amende was
remembered no more.
BENEVOLENT A N N U I T Y FUND.

..^s-sss^r
sHH ife
probability
Sected TL™- -lS ™r opinion releif by Grand Lodge is itself a denial to the
"
of nich A» DAL Income. The non-examination of a petitioner under the circumstances
tional error on the part of lhe Bond . «ho te »
statedf™ ™ douSTLhiten ,£*-
misinformed or misdirected. The Committee is composed of > "fyj ™= » ht
them eschew prejudice-accept every good ease, and leave the result to tue ballot.
inequality of the elective
•»* We have received several provincial letter on the supposed consideration We
power in London and the Provinces. The subject requires very grave
insert one letter as a sample of the others , which are chiefly from the north. Vide page 4J.

THE ASYLUM.

OF TUE
THE GENERAL COMMITTEE EARNESTLY SOLICIT SUBSCRIPTIONS
DEFAULTER AND
FRATERNITY , TO REPLACE THE SERIOUS LOSS BY A
THE EXPENCES OF THE CHANCETtY SUIT.
PLACE ON WEDNES-
THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL IS FIXED TO TAKE
*
DAY, THE 17TH OF JUNE NEXT , AT FREEMASONS HALL.
 CONTENTS.

PAGE

THE MASONIC JEWS . . . 139 . .

THE RECENT OUTRAGE . . . 141 . .
THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS - - . - - - 142
FREEMASONRY PAST AND PRESENT - .145
THE MASONIC CHARITIES - - - - 146 -
-
ON THE STUDY OF MASONIC ANTIQUITIES - 147
ADDRESS OF SIR CHARLES LEMON - 152
ADDRESS OF BRO. W. TUCKER - - - - 15-5
FREEMASONS ' LEXICON - - . . - - - 158
COLLEGE MUSINGS - - - - - - -167
KNIGHT S TEMPLAR - - - - - -174 -
A MASONIC ANECDOTE - - - - - - 177
THE STATUE AND THE DREAMER - - - - 177
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - - - - - 172 -
COLLECTANEA - - - - - - - - 182
POETRY - - - . - - - 185-

MASONIC INTELLIGENCE _
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS
OF ENGLAND - - - - - 1-89 -
ESPECIAL GRAND LODGE - - - - 18-9
THE FESTIVA L - - - - - - - 190
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND - - - 190
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION - - - .. 192
THE GRAND CONCLAVE - - - - - 196
SUPREME GRAND COUNCIL OF RITES - - - 201
THE CHARITIES - - - - - -202 -
THE REPORTER - - - - - 215
- -
MASONIC CHIT CHAT - - - - - 217 -
OBITUARY 219
PROVINCIAL - - - - - - 224 - -
SCOTLAND - - - - - - 239- -
IRELAND - - - - - - - - 243
FOREIGN - - - - - - - 253 -
AMERICA UNITED STATES - - - - 257-
INDIA - - - - - - - 260 - -
LITERARY NOTICES - - - - - - - 262
TO CORRESPONDENTS - . - - - - - - 267
 TO THE FRIENDS OF THE WIDOW AND THE FATHERLESS ,
AT HOME AND ABROAD.

I N the vineyard of Freemasonry my duties have been shared b y many

deserving fellow-labourers, man y of whom "have passed to that bourne
from whence no traveller has returned." Among these worthies was one
whose character was illustrative of the leading princi ple of our Order—
charity —Godlike and human. This frien d, of many years intimate
association, was latel y suddenly summoned from earth ; and if man can
form an estimate of the future by his hope, that frien d must now be
happy, for his conduct here was upri ght, manl y, and benevolent.
M y friend has left a dearly beloved affectionate wife, with five infant
children (and an unborn !) to struggle with the difficulties of the world,
without any means of future support. He had just reached that period
of age and circumstance when experience was of priceless value to others
and to himself, to others by the exercise of sound talent and a cul tivated
mind, and to himself by the prospective advantages which an extensive
medical practice was opening to his anticipation.—But it has been
otherwise ordained !
It is of the widow and the fatherless of whom I must now speak. —
She is a lady of high intellectual attainments. Awful as is this visitation
to her, reduced on the sudden from a position in society to which she
was by nature entitled (possessed of a fond husband's protection , his
confidence, and his love), to encounter the dread realities of poverty
and distress—still she is not appalled , but rises superior to despair , for
she abides hopefull y in H IM, who is husband to the widow and father to
the orphan.
In a few weeks her sixth trial of life is to be endured , but without the
endearing happiness of presenting a new born pled ge of love to its
father ! Yet will she be sustained by her faith ; and if it be the will of
God that she be restored to the world, she will adorn it b y the exercise
of her virtues. She will educate her children—she feels that for the
future the duty of father as well as of mother devolves on herself, and
her sons will listen to the words that fall from the lips of such a mother
with double interest, while the daughters will imbibe her purest lessons
with abiding grace.
William Howitt observes of women :— "It is in them that confiding
children hear the divinity speak ; it is on them that they depend in
fullest faith ; and the maternal nature grafted on the ori ginal, grows in
them stronger than all the other powers of life."
The widow of my departed friend is one of such women . What more
need be said to benevolent Freemasons, whose hearts will , I hope, supply
whatever I have omitted. From obvious motives of delicacy the name
is suppressed , but I append my own, and implore of my Masonic Bre-
thren, in the name of the Great Architect of the Universe, that they will
not peruse this appeal without contributing to the widow , whose mite
was esteemed more precious than all the rest, by Him who knew not
where to rest his head.
Whatever I may receive shall be faithfully applied.
Grove, Gravesend , 29lh June, 184G. R 0Bi TH OS. CR VCEFIX.
QAs there is no station to which the lad y alluded to is unequal , I
respectfull y observe, that if any lady or gentleman should hear of any
vacancy requiring superior qualifi cations, information thereof will be
most gratefully acknowledged , and every exertion will be used to ob-
tain it.!
 INDEX.

Page Page
Abuse of Freemasonry 418 Crafts of Olden Time 303
Adventures of a Masonic Hat. .442 Crucefix , Dr. 67, 70, 123, 139, 194,
Aerolites ..276 209, 307
Albert , Prince 328 Cursetjee Manockjee 131
Alston , Bro. E. G 67
America 6, 82, 120, 257, 366 Dakeyne, Rev 464
Annuities to Widows 2 De Lande, Bio 19
Ashley, John 224 D'E yncourt , Rt. Hon. C., and
Asylum 3, 76, 204 Protestantism 453
Athol, Duke of 481 Doom of Admnh (tale) 285
Awful Retribution 7 Drinkwater, Bro 324
Dutch and Bel gian Lodges .... 47
Beauchamp, Earl 101
Benevolent Annui ty Fund and
Asylum 5, 215 Eccles, Mrs 188, 306
Boys' School 73, 214, 440 Editor , letters to 42, 178, 439
Brewster, Bro 211 Fllis, John 209, 234
British Freemasonry and Catho- Ellesmere, Earl 321
licism .' 425 Eliot , P. G.M. Dorset, farewell 334
Burns, picture of 41 Enchanted Lake 185
Burnes , Dr 125, 379 Esoteric and Exoteri c Masonry 408
Byron, J. B 205
Faith and Fidelity, Sov. Chap. 311
Cabbell, Bro. B. B 440 Farnfield , Bro., additional salary
Canada , 119, 491 to 2, 44
Carpenter , Bro 66, 106, 304 Faudel , Bro 141, 193, 361
Cato 31, 42, 285, 420 Fergusson , the late Governor of
Carver, Rev. W. J. representa- Sierra Leone 443
tive from Massachusetts .. .. 121 Fidus .178
Catholic, A 181, 289, 425, 441 Field, Mrs 192
Catholic Hierarch y of England 428 Fire at Gravesend, furniture of
Caution to Grand Lodge 395 Lodge and Chapter burnt... .459
Chari ties 5, 73, 202, 312 Fire in Freemasons' Hall 144
Chit Chat 81, 217, 312, 453 Fletcher, Dr. Bell 91
Collectanea 182, 299 Foreign 113, 253, 360, 489
College Musings .36, 167, 282 Fortescue, Earl 235
Combermere, Visct. ..97, 205, 468 Foundations laid 105, 236, 329, 485,
Coming Events 145 .: ; 49:1
Compliment to Dis. Oliver and France, King of, (his present); 81
Crucefix 82 French Lod ges 49
Constitutions to be reprinted ..396 Freemasonry 9, 277
Continental Lodges 47 in Liverpool .... 25
Correspondents.. 135, 267, 388, 505 Furnell, M. .... ......111,,355
 Page Page
German Lodges 56 Madias Mason .377
General Purposes 144, 191 Main , John, reply to charges ..484
Gibbins , Bro 180 Martin , A. R 233, 485
Girls' School 23, 203 Masonic Medal 261
Glenlyon , Lord 106, 347 Anecdotes .. 177
Grand Hall 2 Antiquities 20, 147
Chapter 67, 189, 305, 446 Ball, Worcester 99 ; Lon-
Festival 190 donderry, 249 ; Cork, 252 ; To-
Bellows-blower 298 ronto, 256.
Lodge 67, 190, 305, 448 Outrage 141, 191
not infallible 179 Dialogue .419
Conclave 5, 71, 196, 309, 447 Masons' Marks ,409
Gran t, Dr. 5, 124 Masonry in Irelan d .410
Grant, Alexander 250, 260 Mayor and Kni ghthood .... _ . .314
Grylls, Rev. (Sermon) 233 Moran , E. R 185, 212. 391
Monteith , Sir J .242
Halliwell, J O 313
Hardy, Bro. (Jubilee) 229 Obituary • • •¦ ¦ ¦ .86
Harington , Bro 366, 493 A. M. Davies, J. C. Carpue,
Haverfield , Rev. T 478 F .R.S., W. Hawes, J. D. Loder,
Herring, Bro. .... ...... .273, 369 Baron de Bulow, Rob. Field.—
Hersee, Bio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 219. Capt. E. Shuttl eworth ,"Isaac
High degrees 123, 145, 201, 259, Walton, Wm. Eccles, Mrs. . Har-
310, 360, 267, 398, 433, 448 per, G. Hazelton , Mrs. Furnell.
Howe, Earl ................ 92 —316. Rev. — Fe -ntpn/ WyG ,
Jones, Lord Bloomfield, Sir|C.
India 5, 124, 260, 375 Wetherell , Lea Wilson , Louis
Inquisition in Rome 430 Bonaparte (ex-king). —392. C. L.
Ireland .... 107, 243, 353, 397, 487 Maher, Mrs. Goodwyn , William
Dyer. —454. James Black, Diet-
Jersey and Queen Victoria .... 344 iicbsen , Sir Charles Wolseley, R.
Jewish Brethren and the G. Li. Hunt , W. ClifFe, James Lee,
of Prussia 1, 19, 120, 139, 217,259 James Waghorn.
O'Connor, H Ill
Kni ghts Templar (curious).... 174 Oliver , Dr. . .9, 122, 262, 274, 277
Larkworthy , Dr 131 Percy, Rev., (Sermon) ... .11, 334
Leading Article ..1, 139, 269, 391 Pharisaical Masons 269
Lee, Bro. C 96 Pharisee Mason , 391
Leeson , Dr 360 Philo-Masonicus 46
Le Geyt, P. W 260 Pius IS. (petition to) 425
Lewis (766) 410 Poetry 61, 185, 303, 443
Lemon , Sir C. (address of) 153, 233 Poole, Rev. Bro 63, 187, 443
Le Veau, Bio 464 Pringle, A., M.P. 351
Lexicon , Freemasons' 32, 158, 292, Provincial 88, 224, 319, 458
420 Pryer, Bro 20, 46, 403
Library 2, 68
Question 437 Ramsbottom , the late John 81
Literary Notices 133, 262, 381, 496 Reli gion (that) in which all men
Liverpool (the mayor and kni ght- agree 399
hood ,) 314 Reporter 78, 215, 452
Liverpool Sailor's Home 328 Robbery of a Lodge 102
Lyra Masonica 245 Robert the Bruce, Order of .. .240
Bobertson , A. (Grand Master)
Maberly, Lieut. -Col 439 death of 257
Macdona , Bro., address and tes- Roman Catholic Freemasons ..288
timonial 107 lloyal Arch , origin of, in Eng-
Maddock , Finchett 470 land 274
 Paire
Royal Order 275 Temple, Order of 105, 239
Rugby Lodge consecrated . . . . . 495 Templarius . . . . . . . . - . . . .439
Testimonials, Farrow, 98 ; M'Dona ,
Sad Case 270 109 ; Dartnell , 111 ; Lord D.
Salary, additional , to Clerk 2 Stuart , 218; Le Geyt, 260 ; Her-
Savile, Hon. and Rev. P. 96 ring, 273; Whitaker, 459, 475 ;
Scarboroug h, Bro. . . . . . . . . . .. . 69 Wright , 494. ' .
Scotland . . . . . . .105, 239, 346, 481 Time gained versus Time lost. .396
Scott, Sir W., statue revealed. .346 Toxotes - '.'.61
—¦ his tombstone ..454 Tucker, Bro. W 155, 238,- 322
Sharpe , J. .... .459 Tynte, Col ..5, 196
Sit Lux (Strictures on) ....16, 145
Slade, Dr IS, 91, 227, 461 Verax (Limerick) 248
Smith, John 466 Vernon, Capt. Geo 94
Snewing, Bio. . ..65, 303, 429, 443 Vitrified Forts in North Britain 403
Statue and Dreamer 177
Stebbing, Rankin 479 Watson Stewart .41, 239
Stevens, J. L 187 West Indies..... . . . . . . . : ....115
Stewart, Sir Jas., installed P. G. M. Widow and Fatherless,,139, 269, 391
_tR__ —¦ and her Committee of
St John 's Eve (ancient observ- Enquiry . . . . . . . v . . ... 394
ance of) 289 Widow's Fund ..............273
Stuart, Wm. .. : ,199 Whitaker , Bro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .459
Stuart , Lord Dudley ;. .218 Wolff , Rev. Dr., initiated 476
Suffolk Rector 43 Wolseley, Sir Chas. (his letters) 427
Sumatra (its P.G. M.) 376 Worsley, Lord 193, 306
Supreme Council (Scotland) 241,
"" ¦' ¦¦'' . 366 Yarborough, Earl of (deceased) 269
__ —_ (Ireland) 243,
246, 353 Zetland , Earl of ..1, 141, 391, 463
Sussex, Duke, Statue of 73, 262 Letter to Grand Master
Syriad (legend of, a tale) 29 of Berlin . . . . . . . : ........392
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EMPOW ERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT
CAPIT AL , £500,000.
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, ' DIRECTOR S.
.
C/j ai> »nan—JOSEPFI RO GERSON, Esq
Manag ing Director— W'. SHAW , Esq.
E.
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consistent with security .
ments for Childien, may be accomp lished on bams as low as is
A Dividend of Four per Cent, is now in course of payment to the Shareholders in
POLICIES held by Shale-
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green-houses, oi private houses, 20. per cen t.
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 FREE MASONS'
Q U A RT E RL Y A D VE R T I S E R ,
SECOND SERIES .—No. XIII.
MARCH 31, 1846.

FREEMASONRY.

ASYLUM FOR AGED MASONS

the Aged and Decayed
" That this Grand Lodge recommend the contemp lated Asy lum forUnanimous
Freemason to the favourabl e consideration of the Graf t. "— Resolution of
Grand Lodge, December 6, 1837.
The G ENERAL COMMITTEE of this Institution respectfull y announce that all proceed-
ings in the Chancery suit have terminated. They consider it desirable to announce the
fact , and the appointment of the new Trustees—viz., The Right Hon. the Earl of
Aboyne • the Right Hon. the Lord Southampton ; the Hon. Col. George Anson, M.P. ;
Benjamin Bond Cabbell, F.R.S., &c. ; Robert Thos. Crucefix , M.I)., LL.D.
The expenses contingent on the suit in Chancery have been very serious, and the
General Committee trust that they shall not appeal in vain to the generosity of the
Breth ren for a contribu tion to defray the charges that have been rendered necessary.
By timely aid the funds of the Institution may be preserved in tact, and the princi p les
of the Charity maintained in their purity . The General Committee , hopefu of the
future, refrain from reflection on the past. '
Subscriptions and donations will be thankfully recei- ed by Post-office orders, p able
in London , or personal payment , by Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co., 62, Threadneedle-
street, London ; Dr. Crucefix , the Treasurer, Grove, Gravesend; Bro. R. Spencer, 314,
Hi<*h Holborn ; and Bro. J. Whitmore, 125, Oxford-street.
° JOHN WHITMORE , Secreta ry ad interim .
$3f A newl y Revised Edition of the Laws and Regulations, with a list of Governors
and Subscribers, is in the Press, and when published may be had of the Secretary .

THE ELEVEN TH MfWI VESSAUY FESTIVAL

Of this Institution , will be held at Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street , London, on
Wednesday the 17th of June.
The Right Hon. Lord Account Combermere, Prov. G. M. for Cheshire, has volun-
teered to join the Board of Stewards, which is forming. The earl y accession of Brethren
to the Board is earnestly requested.
Hour of Dining, Six o'clock punctually.
The Tickets, as usual, will be 15.?., to be had of the Stewards, or at the bar of the
Freemasons' Tavern.
THE CONCERT (after the dinner) will be on tbe same efficient scale as last year ; to
volun-
ensure which several ladies and gentlemen of the highest professional tal ent have
teered th eir valuable services.
The I TALIAN musical and vocal arrangements will be conducted by Brothers Signers
Negri and L. Negri—pere et fils.
The E NGLISH arrangements under the superintendan.ee of Bro. F Nicholls Crouch. A
Solo on the Harp by Bro. F. Chatterton.
There will also be a Concert for the ladies in the Glee-room.
 FREEMASONRY.

BROTHER J. P. A C K L A M ,
MASONIC JEWEL, FURNITURE , AND CLOTHING MANUFACTURER ,
T> ESPECTFULLY solicits the Orders and Patronage of the Craft. He has always
¦"- *' ready on sale a Collection of Jewels and Clothing, for Craft, Royal Arch Masonry,
Knights Templar, &c. As he is the real maker, and every article is manufactured on his
premises, and under his personal inspection , the Fraternity may rely on being furnished
in precise conformity with the authorised Constitutions of the different Orders.
138, Strand , opposite Catherine Street.

FREEMASONRY.
"DROTHER ROBERT C. TATE , Jeweller and M anufacturer of Masonic Clothing
-*-* and Jewels, No. 204., Regent Street, opposite Conduit Street, begs to express his
grateful acknowledgments to the Brethren for their liberal support and patronage, and
begs to acquaint them that he has always on hand a well-selected stock of Aprons ,
Collars, Jewels, &c. &c, both for Craft and Royal Arch Masonry.
All orders from the Country or Colonies will meet with prompt attention , and drawings
for Presentation and other Medals will be sent by post when required.
Every article will be of the first quality and workmanship.

FREEMASONRY.

W. E V A N S,
MASONIC JEWELLER AND CLOTHING MANUFACTURER,
WO. 6, CSAET NEWPORT STREET, X.OKG ACRE! ,
Four Doors from St. Martin 's Lane, London, removed from No. 28, New Street ,
Covent Garden.
"D ROTHER WILLIAM EVANS returns his sincere thanks to his Friends, and the
-*-* Masonic Craft in general, for their patronage and support, and begs respectfully to
solicit a continuance of their favours, which it will be his constant study to merit.
Brother E VANS being really the manufacturer of every description of work apper-
taining to Masonic Parap hernalia , is enabled to supply the members of the Craft , and
Lodges, on most advantageous terms.
Every article may be depended upon as strictly in conformity with the Constitutions.
An extensive collection of Jewels, Collars, Aprons, Sashes, Clothing, Working Tools,
Banners, and Furniture, &c. &c, suitable for the several degrees of Craft, Royal Arch,
and Templar Masonry, always read y for sale.
Masonic furniture of every description manufactured to order, on the shortest possible
notice.
Letters requiring information respecting any business in the Masonic line, will be
punctuall y answered.
A cash remittance, or an order for payment (in London), is requested to accompany
all orders from the country ; and his friends may rest assured of the utmost possible
expedition, as well as care in the perfect execution of the same.
The Brethren may rely on being supplied with articles of the best quality, and on
the most reasonable terms, consistent with a fair profit.
Brother E VANS will feel obliged by Post Office Orders being made payable at Charing
Cross.
 FREEMASONRY.
TV/FASONIC KNIGHTS T E M P L A R — A Meeting will be held at Freemasons ' Hall
•*- -"¦ Grea t Queen-street, on Friday, the Srd of April next , at three o'clock in the after-
noon , for the purpose of installing Colonel C. K. K. Tynte, who has been unanimousl y
elected Most Eminent and Supreme Grand Master of the Order of Masonic Kni ghts
Templar in Englan d and Wales. A Banquet will take place at six o'clock on that day,
for which tickets may be obtained of any of the Members of the Committee appointed by
Grand Conclave, or at the Secretary 's office , Freemasons' Hall. All Kni ghts Templar
presenting a ticket for the banquet will be admitted to witness the ceremony of Installation.
The following are the Members of the Committee :—
J. C. Burchardt , esq. Dr. Crucefix. R. Spencer , esq.
B. B. Cabbell, esq. James Gibbens, esq. W. Stewart , esq.
C. B. Claydon, esq, J. H Goldsworthy, esq. W. H. White, esq.
James Wyld, esq.
Tickets for the Banquet One Guinea each.

FREEMASON RY*.

"VTOTICE. —Bro. J. H ARRIS begs to inform the Craft , that his N EW TRACING BOARDS
-1- ' will not be read y for a few weeks, in consequence of the great care required in the
Engraving and Colouring. Due Notice will be given previous to the day of publication.
March 31st , 1846.

FREEMASONRY.

Just Published, price 1*.

AN APOLOGY FOR THE FREEMASONS ; by the Rev. Dr. Oliver .

Also, just Published, price 1*.

A SERMON, preached at Stowmarket, Suffolk, at the CONSECRATION and
CONSTITUTION of the PH(ENIX LODGE, No. 757, on Sept. 24 1845 bv the
Rev. Bro. F. W. Freem an , M.A., &c. '
Sold by Bro. R. Spencer , 314, Hi gh Holborn ; Pawsey, Ipswich ; Woolb y, Stow-
market; and all Booksellers.

FREEMASONRY.
In the Press, to form One Volume in Svo.
A HOME FOR THE LONELY : or, Whv Falter in the Erection of the Masonic
-ri Tem ple? By a Suffolk Rector.
CONTENTS .—1. Sir William Webb Follett in Earl y Life.—2. The Soldier Mason.—
3. The Anti-Masonic Vicar.—4. Canning in Retirement. —5. A Mason 's Home—New-
stead Abbey and Colonel Wildman.—6. A Grand Master 's Ancestral Halls—Hastings
and Donnington.—7. Nidus Passerum , or the " Sparrowe's " Nest at Ipswich.—8. A
Mason in Hi gh Places—Bishop Griswold.—9. A Literary Soiree—Sir Walter Scott,
Maturin, Gifford , the Miss Porters , C'olton, Sir Thomas Lawrence, &c 10. The Forei gn
Sorceress and the British Statesman .—11. The Juryman Mason 12. The Measure
meted out to others measured to us again, &c.
* * One-third of the Profits the Author intends giving towards the erection of an
* for the Aged and Decayed Freemason
Asylum , the remaining Profits will be devoted to
other Masonic Charities.
Subscribers ' Names received b y Bro. R. Spencer, 314, Hi gh Holborn , and all other
Booksellers.
 FREEMASONRY.
Just Published , Vol. I, demy Svo., with Plates ; and Parts 9, 10, and 11, of Vol. II.
rp iI E HISTORICAL LANDMARKS , and other Evidences of Freemasonry
explained, in a Series of Practical Lectures. By the Rev. G. Oliver, D.D.
London : Published by R. Spencer, and sold by R. and C. Chalmers, Montreal, who
have also for sale a collecti on of the most useful and popular Masonic Works, by
Dr, Oliver and others. Catalogues of which , with full descriptions, can be obtained
gratis, on app lication.
THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW will, in future , be received
regularly as published , and delivered to Subscribers in Canada at 20s. currency, per
annum .
R. & C. Chalmers, Montreal , Jan. 1, 1846.

FREEMASONRY.
BROTHER W. P O V E Y ,
MASONIC BOOKBINDER AND BADGE CASE MAKER ,
120, F E T T E R L A N E ,
T) ESPECTFULLY solicits the patronage of the Fraternity in his line of business.
¦*¦*- Books neatly and elegantly hound , with every description of Masonic embellishments.
W, POVEY will feel obliged by a Penny Post Letter from any Gentleman who may have
any Orders, however small, which will meet immediate attention.

"O OYAL ASYLUM OF ST. ANN'S SOCIETY , for Maintaining, Clothing, and
¦*¦*•
Educating the Children of those once in prosperity, by Voluntary Contributions.
PATRONS :
The Queen The King of the Belgians.
The Queen Dowager The Duchess of Kent
The Prince Albert The Duchess of Gloucester
The King of Hanover The Duke of Cambridge
The Pacha of Egypt
The A NNIVERSARY F ESTIVAL will he holden at the London Tavern , on Thursday,
Anril 30. 1846.
H. R. H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE , K. G., in the Chair ;
Supported by the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor, V. P., and the Sheriffs.
FIRST LIST OF STEWARDS.
His Grace the Duke of Rutland W. J. G. Dihvorth, esq.
The Ri ght Hon . the Earl of Cadogan Thomas Dix, esq.
The Ri ght Rev. the Lord Bishop of Exeter Charles Evans, esq.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Norwich Charles Few, esq.
The Rev. M. W. Lusignan , M. A. Robert Field, esq.
The Rev. J. M. Prower , M. A. Robert Gibson, esq.
J. A. L. Barnard , esq. Philip Green, esq.
Hector Baxter, esq. Thomas Grissell , esq., F. S. A.
J. Beaumont , esq. Robert Laing, esq.
John Bigg, esq. S. H. Lee, esq.
Charles Bleaden, esq. James Lowry, esq., M. D., R. N.
C. P. Bousfield , esq. Thomas Natt, esq.
Edward Brewster, esq. Henry Overton, esq.
John Bright, esq., F. L. S. J. M. Rainbow, esq.
R. Iv . Charrington , esq. W. P. Scott, esq.
William Day, esq. J. C. Weatherley, esq.
Thomas Dean, esq. ,„. . _ _ . ,
^ Tickets One Guinea each.
2, Charlotte-row, Mansion House. E. F. LEEKS , Secretary.
rpiIE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' AND GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE
x ASSURANCE COMPANY Adelaide-place, London Brid ge; 444, West Strand ;
,
33, Thistle-street, Edinburgh ; Great Bridgewater-street, Manchester ; Wason-buildings,
and Matthew-street , Liverpool .
(Empowered by Act of Parliament.)
The Company transact business in every department of Life and Fire Assurances, in
Annuities , Reversions, and Loans.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
A CTUARY — J. T. Clement, Esq.
At the last.quinquennial meeting there was added a bonus to the Life Polices equal to
25 per cent, on the sums paid , and a bonus cf 5 per cent, to the Shares , in addition to
the payment of the annual interest.
For the convenience of parties wishing to insure for a specific sum , withou t a
prospecti ve bonus , a new table, at lower rates, has been calculated , in which , as well as
on the partici pating scale, one-half the premium may remain on interest at 5 per cent,
for five years, thus enabling a person to assure his life for ,£1,000 on the immediate
payment of the premium for £500 onl y.
The following are the annual premiums for the assurance of .£100 for the whole life,
one-half of which may rem ain for five years by merely pay ing the interest annually at
5 per cent. ; and should the policy become a claim in the interim, the am ount due will
then be deducted :—
Age 20 without profits £1 13 0 With profits . . £1 18 0
30 . . 1 19 8 , . . . 2 5 8
40 . . . 2 14 3 . . . . 3 I 3
50 . . . 4 3 4 . . . . 4 9 6
For short periods the premiums are considerably lower ; and for any ages or contin-
gencies not usually advertised, information may be obtained on application to the actuary
or secretary.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The Company insures houses, furniture, stock in trade, farming stock, and every
description of personal property against loss or damage b y fire.
The Directors beg to remind their friends, whose premiums becom e due at Lad y Day,
that no extra charge is made at this office for the transfer of policies, and that they will
be rated on terms peculiarl y favourable to the parties insuring.
Insurances may be effected for any period of time; if for seven years, the premium
and duty will only be charged for six.
March , 1846. JOHN BIGG, Secretary.

f < l T Y OF LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Incorporated by Act of

^- ' Parliament, 7th and Sth Vic., cap. 110.
13, Swithin 's-lane, London, until the completion of the new off ices ,
No. 2 , Royal Exchange-buildings.
Capital , 250,000^, in 5,000 Shares of 50/. each .
Amongst the principal advantages of this office are, rates of premium and partici pation
in the management, adapted both to the mutual and proprietary systems; the profi ts in
the mutual division declared triennially. Premiums payable yearly, or b y instalments,
at stipulated times and amounts, including the half-premium and increasing or decreasing
rates. AVidows or children of naval and military officers , and of clerks in governmen t
and municipal offices , insured under distinct and modified regulations; and a new and
valuable extension of the princi ple of Life Assurance, viz. —
ACCUMULATIVE ASSURANCES,
by which deposits are either made available for an assurance, or may be reclaimed at any
period. The details of this important princi ple may be obtained at the office.
EDWARD FREDERICK LEEKS , SECRETARY.
THE SOCIETY OF GUARDIANS FOR THE PROTECTION OF TRADE :
1 Established 1776.
President— C HARLES FAREBROTHEH , Esq., Alderman,
l The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor.
Vice-Presidents \Joseph Brotherton , Esq., M.P.
(W. T. Copeland, Esq., M.P., Alderman .
Counsel—G. M. Dowdeswell, Esq.
Solicitors—Messrs. Dean, Leeks, Dixon, and Redpath , IS, St. Swithin 's Lane.
An Association of Merchants, Bankers, and Traders (in connexion with corresponding
Provincial Societies) for Protection of its Members from the various Frauds and Decep-
tions hourly attempted , and the punishment of those guilty of Fraud or Robbery ; also
for granting assistance in certain cases of Opposition in Bankruptcy, &c, and affording
mutual information amongst its Subscribers. Annual Subscription One Guinea.

LIMBIRD'S MAGNUM BONUM STEEL PENS.

AT 6d. PER DOZEN, WITH HOLDER.
' com-
STATIONERY , envelope and dressing cases, travelling writing desks, ladies and
panions, albums, scrap-books, portfolios, and blotting books , inkstands, gold
lain
silver ever-pointed pencil cases, pearl and ivory tablets, &c. Bibles and Prayers in p
and elegant bindings. Name-p late engraved for 2s. 6d. 100 best cards, 2s. 6d. ; super-
fine letter paper from (?s. the ream ; note paper from 3s. the ream ; with every article in
Stationery of the best quality and lowest prices.
LIKBIRD 'S, N O. 143, Strand, facing Catherine-street. Best Envelopes Is. the 100.

WATS ON' S ALBATA PLA TE.

E L E G A N CE Jt&b AND . ECONOMY
FOR THE TABLE , JZL WARE USES
^ ^gl lS^ fflf ^?x '
41, 8s 42, BARBICAN, J^ - 16> NORTON FOLGATE
J ib **
Corner of Princes Street, ^mJ^^^Jt Bishopsgate,
il
Five Minutes walk from the Hi @^^^^^>> I #07 Fifty Doors from the Eastern
Post Office , IT* \ Counties Railway.
% JiJ S
SILVER SUPERSEDED , and ^%* KB A j W(CT - WATSONthat this
C. begs the Metal
Public will
those corrosive and injurious ^w_. Jj_lM_fSs_£a. J ^JL ^I understand is pe-
metals, called, Nickel and German . ouliarly his own. and that Silver,
^3sJ^J_^^^5/_^^^
Silver, supplanted by the introduc- v_fi__ S* ^«__s6S§__ *Metal is from all others ; the Gold,
s not more different from
ction of a new, and perfectly matchless «?!_&_ *SM EMM T'than bistherefore Pub-
ALBATA PLATE. C. W ATSON , aided by SKsS^^^^S H O will the animus have no difficultythein dis-
a person of Science, in the amalgamation gWjllvffil^M^C covering which directs viru-
who the
of Metals, has succeeded In bringing to flyfli$RfKs«lSa Ient attacks fromhim, by a party
made against
Public Notice, the most beautiful Article Mi^MyT^yJ is daily suffering unparalleled
ever yet offered; possessing all the rich- IllMywmjffiy] success which has marked the progress of
^___
ness of Silver in appearance—with all its Xg@®,j$\$$s[ J Aw New Plate since its introduction. C. W.
durability and hardness—with its perfect ^Sjg __:_gar unlike this parly, courts comparison, feel-
sweetness in use—undergoing as it does, a ./^Ulllll SrfV, ing confident that Entire the result will establish
Services
Chemical Process, by which, all that is nail- ^§gs=||§S ^^ its pre-eminence. of PZfc_«
seous in mixed Metals is entirely extracted ' " Purchased.
—resisting all Acids—may be cleaned as aliased COMMUNION SERVICES,
silver, and is Manufactured into every Coffee Pol full Size, . . _ a _»»i,i. MataL
Article for the Table and Sideboard. £2 5 0 Manufactured of tlu. molai.

f WATSON I ffll
V . 4J_4_BAR_KAN \ li' |p

Ws-Cd .Carver, f i t.*•

Steel Blades, with Watson's NewAtbataPlate Handle Table Knives 22s. 6d. per doz. Desserts
J hreaded.
Albata Plate . Fiddle. Strong Fid dle] Threaded AlbataP tate Fiddle. I Stron,,Fiddle
8 0 doz J8 J, dig.
Tablespoons... 16 6 doz. 1 1 0 doz. 1 10 Odoz. Tea Spoons 5 6 doz.
12 0 Gilt 18 0 pit .
,. Forks ... 16 6 „ 1 I 0 „ 1 10 0 „ Salt Ditto ... 6 0 „
" 16 6 „ "
1 5 0 , Sugar Tongs 1 8 each 1 9 each 3 0 each
Dessert spoons 12 6 ,
Forks 12 6 „ 16 6 „ I S O ,, » -
Three Papier Mache Tea Trays, full sizes, ornamented for 353—Patent Candle Lamps 3s. 6£-Solar Lamps
to burn common Oil 22s. 6d.-Bronze Fenders 9s. 6d. Steel Fire Irons 4a. 6d. per set-Ivory Handle Table
Knives,,rimmed Shoulders lis. per Doz. Desserts 9s. rer doz. Carvers 4s. 6d. oer nair.
"WOOD'S CIGAR ESTABLISHMENT, No. G9, King William-street, City.—E DWIN
W OOD be<*s to inform the admirers of a genuine Havannah Cigar, that they will
find at this Establishment the Largest and Choicest Assortment in London , selected
with great care by an experienced agent in Havannah , and consigned direct to the adver-
tiser ; comprising the first qualities from all the most approved Manufacturers.
Genuine Havannahs l S s-
Superior ditto 22s-
The finest imported %® s -
Genuine Old Principes 24s.
British Havannahs 1Is. to 16s.
Ditto Cheroots 9*- t0 12s- &<=•
The " far-famed" Old Cubas 12s.

An inspection of the Stock is respectfull y solicited, when it will be evident that the
advantages offered, both in quality and price, are far superior to any other house in the
trade. Goods delivered free within ten miles of London daily.
69, King William-street, City.

ROBINSON'S PATENT BARLEY is the only genuine article by which pure

Barley Water can he made in ten minutes. It produces an excellent mucila-
ginous beverage, more palatable than that made from Pearl Barley. Mothers, during
the anxious period of suckling, will find it a cooling drink ; ancl in constitutions where
stimulant and fermented liquors are inadmissible, it is an ample and productive source
of comfort both to the parent and the infant. There are numerous other uses to which
the Patent Barley may he applied:—Light Suppers, delicious Custard Puddings, Thick-
ening Soups and Gravies, and as an Adjunct with New Milk for Breakfast. It is espe-
cially recommended by the Medical Profession as a nutritious food for Infants, being,
from its taste and purity, more suitable to their delicate stomachs than any other kind of
food. Sold by all respectable Grocers, Druggists, and Oilmen in Town and country,
in Packets of 6d., Is., and in Family Canisters, at 2s., 5s., and 10s. each.
R OBINSON and BELVIU/E, the only Manufacturers of the Patent Barley, also of the
Patent Groats for a Superior Gruel in ten minutes, Purveyors to the Queen, 64, Red
Lion Street, Holborn, London.

COMPORT F O R T E N D E R F E E T , &c.
WELLINGTON STREET, STRAND, LONDON.
HALL and Co., PATENTEES of the PANNUS CORIUM, or Leather Cloth
borne the
Boots and Shoes , for Ladies and Gentlemen. These articles have troubled with
test and received the approbation of all who have worn them. Such as are
other cause will find
Corns, Bunions, Gout, Chilblains, or Tenderness of Feet from any or get
them the softest and most comfortable ever invented—they never draw the feet
hard , are very durable, and adapted for every climate.
and waterproof ;
The Patent India-rubb er Goloshes are light, durable, elastic,
Gentlemen may be
they thoroughly protect the feet from damp or cold. Ladies and
fitted with either of the above by sending a hoot or shoe.
Gentlemen . These
HALL andCo.'sPortable Waterproo f Dresses for Ladies and
Ladies Cardinal
desirable articles claim the attention of all who are exposed to the wet.
antl Hood, 21s.
Cloaks, with Hoods, 18*., Gentlemen 's Dresses, comprising Cape, Overalls,
The whole can be carried with convenience in the pocket.
which are
&2_ Hall and Co. particularly invite attention to their ELASTIC BOOTS,
in an instant, ancl
much appro ved ; they supersede lacing, or buttoning, are drawn on
are a great support to the ankle.
 GALL'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS.—The most useful Famil y Medicine in circulation ,
being mild iu operation , ami certain in its beneficial effects for those disorders arising
from a vitiated state of the Bile, and morbid action of the Liver, namel y, Indi gestion , Loss
of Appet ite, Sick Head-ache, Heart-burn , Flatulency, Jaundice , Habitual Costiveness,
Head-ache arisi ng from Intemperance , and all the variety of Complaints produced by a
¦disordered state of the Stomach and Bowels ; thc disagreeable operation of an Emetic, may,
in most cases, be avoided, by taking them according to the directions.
GALL' S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS are prepared without Mercury, and may be taken
by the most delicate constitutions without restraint or confinement; they have stood the test
of the last forty years with increasing circulation.
Travell ers to, and residents in the East or West Indies, will find them a valuabl e appen-
dage, being eminentl y adapted to repel the serious Bilious attacks to which Europeans are
subject in these climates. They are particularl y recommended to correct disorders arising
from excesses at the table, to restore ton e to the Stomach , and to remove those complaints
¦occasioned by irregularity of the Bowels.
'Sold in Boxes 13JJ. and 2s. 'Od. each , hy all Vendors of Medicine in the United King dom,
¦and in Family Boxes, at 20s. each ,
BY THE PROPRIETORS ,
AT WOODBRIDGE , SUFFOLK ,
FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
'To preven t counterfeits, the public are cautioned to observe that the Names of
BENJAMIN and ABRAHAM GALL, are by permission of her Majesty's Honourable
Commissioners , engraved upon the Stamp surrounding each Box , without which Stamp the
.Medicine cannot be genuine .
The following extracts of Letters, received by tho Proprietors, at various periods, prove
¦th e estimation in which this valuable Medicine is held b y the Public:—
From Sir Thomas Strickland, Part., Kendall, Westmorland, August 19$, 1824.
Sia, Your Antibilious Pills having been so much approved of by myself and many of my
friends, I beg you to send me down , by the very first conveyance , one dozen Boxes.
I am , Sir, your obedien t servant, T HOMAS STRICKLAND .
.From Mr. Thomas Wood , Dalling ho, Suffolk , December 15th , 1805.
"Siu, Your Antibilious Pills having been so much recommended to me as a general Laxative
Medicine, and for removing obstructions in the Stomach , &c, 1 was induced to make trial
•of them myself, and have frequentl y given them to my family, and poor nei ghbours, where
I have seen their good effects in removing Bilious attacks , and in my opinion preventing
tserious illness. For the good of the Public, and in justice to so excellent a Medicine, you
ihave my permission to make this public.
I am, Sir, yours obediently, T HOMAS W OOD .
T'ronx Lieut.- Col. Kemm, 31st Native Infantry. Calcutta , 1st May, 1835—Sm , Prior to
¦my leaving England in July last , 1 was recommended to apply to you for a suppl y of your
Antibilious Pills, having for a long time suffered severel y from a violent Bilious attack ; I
am bappy to I have found so much benefit from them , that I request you will
mesayfresh
^prepare for a supp ly, and forward them to me by the very first vessel coming out.
1am , Sir , your obedient servant , \V. KEMM .
IMPORTANT TO FEMALES.
There are few Mothers who do not suffer severel y from that distressing complaint , sore
.nipples, which makes them dread giving to their offspring the nourishment designed by
¦nature , tbe administering of whicli is as beneficial to the child , as it is a source of peculiar
pleasure to the fond parent.
GALL'S NIPPLE LINIMENT
Is particularly recommended to Mothers, as a safe and efficaciou s remed y for that painful
disorder, since its use will enable them in almost every ea?e to perforin their office with
impunity, and even with comparative ease and comfort. In bottles , Is. lid. each.
Sold by most respectable Medicine Vendors in the Kingdom.
Obserue (7ie names of Benjamin and Abraham Gall are engraved on the Government Stamp,
¦w ithout which, they are not genuine.
 By Kor Mtajesty 's Royal letters Patent.

THE BEST AND MOST DURABLE HOOFING,

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WITH WHICH THE

Whole ofthe Committe e Rooms of the New Houses of Parliament

are covere d, under the direction of C. Barry, Esq. , K. A.

THOMAS JOHN CROGGON ,

S, -LA URE N CE PO UN TNEY HILL, CANNON STREET, LONDON,

Begs to call the attention of Noblemen, Gentlemen, the Trade , and the Public ,
to the sole

PATENT ASPHAX.TE , PELT , FOR RO O PSKG

As improved by the Ori ginal Inventor and Patentee , and patronized by many members of

Z\)z_&ogal agricultural ^octettes of Utt£lani., Scotland , ant) IrclanD.

11 has been used f o r severa l y ears at the R OYAL H O R T I C U L T U R A L S O C I E T Y 'S
G A R D E N S , Chiswick ; the Swiss G A R D E N S , Shoreham, Sussex ; on the
M ARQUIS OF A N G L E S E A 'S P R O P E R T Y ; at the R OYAL A G R I C U L T U R A L
SOCIETY 'S H O U S E , Hanover Square ; and extensively on the D UKE OF
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r pHIS FELT is greatly superior to every other description of Felt in the market, being
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For COVERING Conservatories and Garden Sheds and Frames, being (from its impervi-
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Price— One Penny per Square Foot.

Croggon's Patent Waterproof Double Bituminous Paper ,—Letters Patent for which
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Price— Sixpence per Square Yard.

THOMAS J O H N CROGGON respectfull y requests that his Address may be parti-

cularly noted , as the only means of having orders executed promptl y—and witli the
Patent Asphalte Felt.
8, LAURENCE P OUNTNEY H ILL ,
CANNON S-raisiax, L ONDON .
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 THE FREEMASONS ' a UARTRRLY RRVIBW.
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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR of H. R. H. thc late DUKE OF SUSSEX, M.W.G.M.
in a Supplementary Number of 108 pages, embellished with a fine Portrait , and fac-
simile of his handwriting.
ADDRESSES b y the Earl of Aboyne—Rev. Dr. Oliver—Rev . Dr. Slade—Dr. Crucefix
—Sir E. F. Bromhead, Bart.—-Lord Carberry—Lord Viscount Combermere—
Earl of Mexbovougli—Lord Frederi ck Fitzclarence—Earl Fortescue—Dr. Grant -
Rev. Dr. Nay lor—J . Ramsbottom , Esq., M.P.—Marquis of Salisbury—Earl of
Zetland—Rev. J . Wodderspoon , &c. &c.
OOBTEITM OS" TJK-E VOX'SHE __ £"© „?_. 3.85:4.V*
E LECTION OF T H E EARL OF ZETLAND AS GRAND MASTER — Appointment of
EARL HOWE AS D EPUTY GRAND M ASTER .
ADDRESSES by Lord Combermere—Earl of Mexborough—Duke of Leinster—
Sir W. Lemon—Colonel Wildman—Colonel Tynte—Bros. Drs. Oliver—Slade—
Roden and Crucefix—Dakeyne—Adams—Chas. Lee—P.V. Robinson—M . Furnell
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GRAND FESTIVALS at Lincoln and Wakefield in honour of Rev. Dr. Oliver and
Bro. Charles Lee—the Masonic Schools, and Asylum for the A ged—Grand Conclave
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COETTHKriS OS THE V02rtT»2E 3P03_ 1845. ***
A D D R E S S E S by Earl Zetland , M. W. G. M. —Duke of Leinster—Earl of Elgin-
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Burton , and others.
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Lodges in the London district—Centenary of St. Andrew 's Lodge (Edin.)—Termina-
tion ot Masonic differences in Ireland—Tbe Jewi sh Freemasons and Bro. Faudel—
Foundation. , laid by Masons in various parts—Important Paper by Dr. Oliver—Free-
masonry in China. Obituary of Lord Carberry—J. Ramsbottom , Esq., M. P.—Sir
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Testimonials to Dr. Slade—J. Hutt—H. O'Connor, and others New Indian Order,
the Olive Branch in the East— Masons' Marks—Marshal Soult 's orders to Colonels as
to Masonry.— Support of Freemasonry by the Bishop of Antigua and other Clergymen
—Presentation of the " Sussex Testimonial " to the Grand Lodge by the Duchess of
Inverness , &c. &c.
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Irelan d, and Scotland.
LITERARY REVIEWS-ORIGINAL TALES and POETRY.
ARTICLES on Masonry and collateral subjects by Brethren of distinguished merit.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE from all parts of the World.
MASONIC OBITUARY , REMARKABLE EVENTS, &c. &c.
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