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156 5 Earl of Chester , F . M . H ., Lymm 16 39 Watling Street , Cock , Stony Stratford 1770 Vale of White Horse , Faringdon 1790 Old England , Art Gallery , Croydon 1829 Burrell , Royal Pavilion , Brighton 18 74 Lechmere , F . M . H ., Balsall Heath

18 99 Wellesley , Wellington , Crowhurst 2043 Kendrick , F . M . H ., Reading 216 9 Osborne , F . M . H ., East Cowes 2321 Acacia , F . M . H ., Bradford 7342 Easterford , Mas . Temple , Kelvedon

2350 Corinthian , Bird i' th' hand , Hindley 2386 Clarence , F . M . H ., Chester 2433 Minerva , BankBdgs ., Connah ' s Quay 2496 Wirral , Claughton Hall , Birkenhead 2602 Baring , Hotel Mietropole , Cromer 2651 Charity , F . M . H ., Warrington .

Friday . 33 Britannic , Freemasons' Hall 134 Caledonian , Ship and Turtle i ? 7 Bedford . Freemasons' Hal !

177 Domatic , Andeiton ' s Hotel 1602 Sir Hugh Myddelton , Agricultural Hall . 1704 Anchor , Cafe Royal 2076 Quatuor Coronati , Freemasons' Hall 2399 Ordnance , F . M . H ., Plumstead

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2552 Stoke Newington , Stoke Newington 2737 Captain Coram , Foundling Hospital 2740 Comrades , Holborn Restaurant 3 6 Glamorgan , F . M . H ., Cardiff 81 Doric , Private Room , Woodbridge 170 All Souls , F . M . H ., Weymouth

45 a Aire and Calder , F . M . H ., Goole 516 Phcenix , Fox , Stowmarket 526 Honour , Star & Garter , Wolverhampton 6 S 0 Sefton , Adelphi , Liverpo . 1 7 86 Croxteth United Service , Liverpool 815 Blair , Town Hall , Hulme

916 Hartmgton , Queen's , Eastbourne 1001 Harrogate & Claro , F . M . H ., Harrogate 1087 Beaudesert , Ass . Rs ., Leighton Buzzard no 2 Mirfield , F . M . H ., Mirfiekl 1121 Wear Valley , F . M . H ., Bishop Auckland 1289 Rock , Masonic Chambers , Birkenhead

1295 Gooch , Queen ' s Royal , New Swindon 1428 United Service , F . M . H ., Landport 1605 De la Pole , F . M . H ., Hull 1676 St . Nicholas , Cen . M . H ., Newcastle-o-T .

1715 A . J . Brogden , M . H ., Grange-o-Sand ? 1 S 49 Royal Leek , F . M . H ., Bangor 1983 Martyn , Town Hall , Southwold 2359 Doric , F . M . H ., Chorlton-cum-Hardy 2554 Manchester , F . M . H ., Manchester

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2558 Furnival , F . M . H ., Sheffield 2594 Old Priory , Masonic Rooms , Beeston 2608 Headingley , Parochial Institute , Leeds 26 C 2 Albany , Kingston-on-Thames 2660 Crane , George , Cranbrook 2674 Ravensworth , F . M . H ., Gateshead 2677 Calcaria , Masonic Rooms , Tadcaster 2811 St . John , Queen's , Coventry

Saturday . 108 London , Ship and Turtle 173 Phcenix , Freemasons' Hall 1 ^ 28 Granite , Holborn Restaurant

1426 Great City , City Terminus Hotel 1446 Mount Edgcumbe , Holborn Restaurant 1607 Loyalty , London Tavern 1686 Paxton , Surrey Masonic Hall 1743 Perseverance , Anderton ' s Hotel

18 39 Duke of Cornwall , Freemasons' Hall 202 9 King Solomon , Freemasons' Hall 2206 Hendon , Midland Grand Hotel 737 Wentwoith , F . M . H ., Wellingborough 1556 Addiscombe , Public Hall , Croydon 1755 Eldon , Royal , Portishead 2001 ; Caterharn , F . M . H ., Caterham 2685 Alfred Newton , Royal Palace Hotel

Is He Qualified?

IS HE QUALIFIED ?

MEN sometimes gain access to Masonic Lodges and become influential members therein , who are so narrowminded , so indifferent to the true intent of Masonry and so

utterly selfish in working only for the advancement of their Own interests , that they use the power their position gives them to prevent the admission of others , against whom they may have a personal grudge .

Nothing can be more despicable than such conduct as this , and the individual who exhibits such spleen has not in his composition the material out of which to build a genuine Mason , at least on short notice . To oppose the candidacy of a good citizen—a kind husband and father , a man generous

in thought and act , and confessedly clean in his relations with society—simply because one has , for some reason perhaps impossible to rationally explain or justify , conceived a dislike to-. such individual , is totally indefensible , and one . who does it is wholly out of his sphere in the Masonic Lodge room .

We may honestly dislike the man personally , and find neither enjoyment nor benefit in his company ; he may not belong to our church , or believe as we do about baptism or transubstantiation ; he may not vote with our party ; he may be an unreasonable democrat , an unreflecting republican or an

unphilosophical populist ; he may not be a member of our club or set or take his daily plunge in our social bathing hole ; he may eschew what we revere and champion what we loath and flaunt the flag of arrogant independence and universal heterodoxy in our face at every turn , and yet ,

strange as it often seems , be a good man after all and as justly entitled to a seat in the New Jerusalem as ourself , and hence as fully entitled to all the privileges and honours of Masonry . In spite of his being out of affinity with us he may pay his debts , love his wife and children , have beating in

his bosom a kind heart and really desire the betterment of mankind . Personal predilection for or against should not govern us in our yes or no when the admission of a member is under consideration . The onl y proper action is for us to weigh the candidate as to character and qualification for

Masonry . If he meets the requirements bar not his way , though he may be your aldermanic competitor , while if when put on the scales he be found wanting , you should stop his Masonic advancement though he- were your political campaign manager . — " Indian Freemason . "

High Degrees.

HIGH DEGREES .

WE have heard some pretty tall stories of high degree Masonry in the United States of America , but our cousins across " the herring pond " will have to look to their laurels , if there is any foundation for the followihg , which we extract from the " Manx Sun , " and which would seem to point to a society having a membership of about seven millions , or so .

MASONIC HONOUR FOR SHEIKH ABDULLAH QUILLIAM .

A mandate , dated 12 th October 1901 , has been issued from the Supreme and Ultimate Council 360 degrees of the Royal Oriental Order of the Sat Bhai ( Asiatic Masonry )

High Degrees.

" ordering that Bro . W . H . Abdullah Quilliam be constituted one of tne Seven Arch Censors ( the highest dignity in the Sat Bhai ) . " This Oriental Order includes 360 degrees and embraces the highest point of the Masonic fabric , and forms the junction of Oriental and Occidental Masonry .

Each Arch Censor has rule over seven Arch Couriers , 49 Couriers , 343 Arch Ministers , 2 , 401 Ministers , 16 , 807 Arch Heralds , 117 , 649 Heralds , 023 , 543 Arch Scribes and Scribes , Arch Auditors , and Auditors , Arch Mutes and Mutes . The Sheikh was first received into the Order twentyone years ago .

Masonry At The Front.

MASONRY AT THE FRONT .

AMONG the Boe ' rs there are scores of Freemasons , and not a few of them belong to English Lodges .

" It is a well-known fact out here , " writes an Answers reader from Middelburg , ' that if a soldier who is a Mason happens to be made prisoner by the Boers he is treated much better th'in his non-Masonic confreres . "

" One particular instance , ' he says , ' was of an officer of the Imperial Yeomanry who was captured in the Orange River Colony . Pie had been trekking as a prisoner with his men for many days , when by some mysterious means he intimated to the Boer commandant that he was a Mason .

From that day until the prisoners arrived near the Natal border every possible kindness was shown him . On arriving near a British camp , the commandant came to him one evening and offered him his freedom , also a horse and Cape

cart , with a guide , if he wished to escape under cover of darkness . This , however , the officer refused , saying that he would not use his Masonry for such a purpose , and preferred rather to stay with his men . "

" Almost all the old Transvaal Government officials are Masons , and even away in the wildest parts of the veldt each little village has its Masonic Lodge . "

At the installation meeting of the Blackheath Lodge , No . 1320 , held on Thursday , 17 th ult ., at the Bridge House Plotel , Bro . Plenry Cornford , after being again installed W . M . for the ensuing year , was presented with a handsome

Past Master ' s jewel . A solid silver tea service was handed as a wedding present to Brother Councillor William Henry Morson P . M ., as a token of the high esteem in which he is held by the members of the Lodge , of which he has been again elected Treasurer , an Office he has filled for many years .

Ihe Ethical Lodge of Instruction , held under the sanction of the Wharton Lodge , No . 2045 , meets on Thursday evenings , 9 to 10 . 30 p . m ., at the Hotel Great Central , Marylebone Road , N . W ., under the preceptorship of Bro . Dr . A . L . Achard .

The Lord Mayor-Elect and the Sheriffs have accepted invitations to the installation of Bro . Alfred F . Robbins as the Worshipful Master of the Gallery Lodge on Saturday , 7 th December .